Coach Fabien Galthie unveiled France's most trusted halfback pairing for the first time since March 2025, the duo having each suffered injuries since then. It will be the 30th time that Dupont and Ntamack, aligned regularly at club level with Toulo...

The 33-year-old England captain joined Bayern from Tottenham in 2023 and has scored 156 goals in 161 games in all competitions. "I feel right at home at FC Bayern. I love the club, the fans and the city of Munich. We have a fantastic team and, in ...

RC Lens suffered the heaviest defeat in the history of French football in European competition, losing 9-1 at home to Como in the Champions League. Having already been beaten by Club Brugge (3-0) and Sporting CP (2-0), Lens have now suffered three c...

Bangladesh's garment wage board agreed on Wednesday to raise minimum pay in the key sector, which generates around four-fifths of the country's export earnings, worth up to $38 billion. Gazi Jasim Uddin, who heads the police unit for industrial zon...

Democrats secured new trifectas -- control of both chambers of the legislature and the governor's seat -- in at least five states in Tuesday's midterms, flipping at least 11 state legislative chambers from Republican control, according to data from ...

A remake of 1990s action-adventure classic "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time", which comes out Thursday, has sparked nostalgic fan excitement. But market analysts will be watching to see how much the title can boost sales of the Switch 2, which...

Strikes and demonstrations are planned across France on Thursday, with trade unions urging the government to support households struggling with rising living costs. The nationwide protests follow weeks of social unrest. Follow our liveblog for the l...

The protests come as the eurozone's second largest economy battles to redress its finances, six months ahead of elections to replace centrist President Emmanuel Macron, with the far right leading in opinion polls. The high school student movement t...

Hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to march through French cities and public workers to strike on Thursday, in a fresh test for President Emmanuel Macron after weeks of ​unrest that have rattled ‌his government and dominated the ag...

The Nigerian political scene is dominated by a caste of competing kingmakers stretching all the way to the very top -- with President Bola Tinubu, who is seeking re-election, known as the "godfather of Lagos". Nigeria's distinct brand of patronage...

For the current year to March 31, 2027, the firm said it expected net profit of 3.57 trillion yen ($22.6 billion), up from its previous projection in August of 3.25 trillion yen. However, the forecast still foresees a year-on-year decline in profit...

With an installed capacity of 93 megawatts, it generates 287 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, enough for around 115,000 households. "By replacing electricity that would otherwise come from fossil fuel-fired power plants, this output av...

"Democrat, Republican, that didn't matter," said Alisha Lange, a farmer from Piqua, Ohio. "People want their town back." She was one of the driving forces behind the grassroots group Save Piqua, which advocated for a ban on data centers with a capa...

The crushing defeat for the Republicans is particularly stinging for Vice President JD Vance, who had been the frontrunner but now risks being seen as tied to his lame-duck boss. But the midterms are a potential launchpad for rising Democratic sta...

Most bakeries in the capital Khartoum have shut their doors because of surging wheat prices and fuel shortages. Mahmoud, 44, says she and her husband now spend their combined salaries on bread alone. "The situation has become unbearable," the moth...