"In truth, it was the only option we had to save the game," Rugby Australia (RA) chairman Hamish McLennan told the Sydney Morning Herald after World Rugby confirmed the hosts for the next five World Cups. With rugby union struggling in a packed Aus...

Israel and the Palestinians have traded blame over the fatal shooting of the 51-year-old Palestinian-American during clashes in the Jenin refugee camp. The body of Abu Akleh, a Palestinian Christian born in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, has been ...

Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in late Thursday to navigate his country through the worst downturn in its history as an independent nation, with months of shortages and blackouts inflaming public anger. The 73-year-old insists he has enough support...

China is digging in its heels on a zero-Covid strategy to stamp out clusters as they emerge, hitting hundreds of areas across Beijing with some form of restrictions, including hard lockdowns. Residents rushed to supermarkets on Thursday to stock up...

The flights are one component of a renewable two-month truce that went into effect in early April, but they have been delayed as warring factions squabbled over which documents passengers should use. The government has agreed "during the armistice ...

For nearly five decades, survivors have been fighting to be given compensation by the multinational firms Nicaraguan courts have held responsible for the malpractice. In the municipality of Tonala -- a paradise turned hell for plantation workers in...

But Cannes is also about discovering fresh talent, so here are a few of the names making "le buzz" ahead of the festival's opening on May 17. - Austin Butler - Butler is set for stardom as he steps into the blue suede shoes of The King for Luhrma...

Having handed its top prize, the Palme d'Or, to the blood-soaked "Titane" last year, there is more horror on the slate for the 75th edition that kicks off on May 17. Among the most anticipated entries is the return of body-horror maestro David Cro...

Battered by relentless Russian bombardment, the fate of the sprawling steelworks and the more than 1,000 fighters holed up inside, has gripped the global headlines. But on Wednesday, Yegorchenko got the message: her 22-year-old son was dead. Utte...

Hotel occupancy in the city rose in April, which included the Easter long weekend, to nearly 85 percent, close to its pre-pandemic levels, according to the Barcelona Hotel Guild. "There are more and more cruise ships, more and more tourism, more an...

Europe's biggest economy is rethinking its way of death, with one start-up claiming to have found a way of prolonging life -- digitally at least -- beyond the grave. Youlo -- a cheery contraction of "You Only Live Once" -- allows people to record p...

Fighting was intense around the northeastern city of Kharkiv on Friday as Ukrainian forces continued to make relatively steady progress in the region, according to a FRANCE 24 team reporting in the country’s second-largest city. Britain’s Defens...

At the show "An Arrow Through History" that opened this week at Manhattan's Gagosian Gallery, Murakami builds bridges from traditional fine arts to Japanese pop art to buzzy NFTs -- the digital tokens that represent original artwork. Murakami told ...

Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in late on Thursday to navigate his country through the worst downturn in its history as an independent nation, with months of shortages and blackouts inflaming public anger. The 73-year-old insists he has enough supp...

Jurgen Klopp's men have four matches left in their historic attempt to become the first English team to win all four major trophies in one season. They beat Chelsea to lift the League Cup in February and have reached the finals of the FA Cup and Ch...