Beijing staged the unprecedented sea and air drills in retaliation for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan this month, sending tensions to their highest level in decades. Three US politicians have visited in Pelosi's wake, the latest be...

After a six-year hiatus, supporters in the city can get their Rugby Championship fix when New Zealand host Argentina. But many are choosing not to bother. Despite boasting a capacity of just 20,000, including 3,000 temporary seats, the stadium had...

The months-old James Webb Space Telescope has added another major scientific discovery to its growing list: detecting for the first time signs of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system.

The former Fluminense and Flamengo star was sent off in Henan Songshan Longmen's 2-2 draw on Sunday at Wuhan Yangtze River after appearing to deliberately run at speed into the back of the referee in the 16th minute. The 32-year-old Dourado sent th...

"She was lovely and fair as the rose of the summer," they sang as this year's winner was paraded through the town in County Kerry, southwest Ireland, which gave the contest its name. When all 33 contestants departed the stage, fireworks burst overh...

Giorgia Meloni is expected to become Italy’s next prime minister in the September 25 general elections as her far-right Brothers of Italy party rides high in the polls, capitalising on widespread disillusionment with the status quo. FRANCE 24 repo...

"We need this place to fight on the cultural front too," says artistic director Artiom Svytsoun. The tiny underground stage and the minimalist set provides "a form of 'art therapy'" for the people who have stayed in Mykolaiv and need something othe...

Four players currently ranked inside the top 10 will compete in the September 17-25 event, including two-time Grand Slam winner Garbine Muguruza and fellow Spaniard and world number four Paula Badosa. Japan's Osaka beat Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuche...

Russian missiles slammed into the town of 4,000 people, a railway hub in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, killing 25 people including two children and injuring 31, the presidency said Thursday. "An 11-year-old boy was killed under the rubble, a...

Getting off to a storming start has not been Australia's strong suit this season against England then Argentina, where they have been constantly chasing the game. It is an issue 119-Test veteran Slipper wants fixed at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday ...

Off the back of a record-breaking defeat of Australia, the Pumas lead the competition for the first time in their decade-long involvement. Their form has prompted head coach Michael Cheika to pursue another landmark -- toppling an All Blacks side i...

Australia on Friday tapped a former high court judge to investigate ex-prime minister Scott Morrison's decision to secretly appoint himself to several key ministerial portfolios.

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Algeria on Thursday for his first visit since 2017, hoping to build trade links and turn the page on a diplomatic row tied to disputes over the legacy of France's colonial rule. As Macron seeks to improve ...

A potential papal visit to the isolated, nuclear-armed country was previously floated in 2018 when Seoul's former president Moon Jae-in embarked on a round of diplomacy with Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un. Moon, who is Catholic, said during a summi...

Incumbent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the creation of the inquiry, saying the country's system of "parliamentary democracy" had been tested. During the Covid-19 pandemic, conservative leader Morrison appointed himself to the ministrie...