Following on "I'm Still Here," winner of last year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, the new film about Brazil's 1964-1985 dictatorship has captivated Hollywood. Fresh from winning two Golden Globes, the period thriller picked up four Oscar n...

Competitors, spectators and officials roasted on day seven at Melbourne Park, where play was suspended on outside courts in the afternoon because of the scorching weather. Courts that have roofs closed them to fend off the baking sun. Matches star...

This week, the Intercontinental Exchange announced it is developing a platform for 24/7 operations that offers "instant settlement." The around-the-clock operations would rely on digital tokens mirroring the shares of listed companies, the NYSE's p...

The two-time defending champion was broken three times in the first set and six times in total as he laboured to a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory on Rod Laver Arena over a lung-bursting 3hr 45min. His reward is a clash next with fellow Italian Luciano ...

The first known direct contact between Ukrainian and Russian officials on the proposal began Friday. Ukraine's chief negotiator Rustem Umerov said the discussions focused "on the parameters for ending Russia's war and the further logic of the negoti...

The Pacers, back in Oklahoma City for the first time since falling in game seven of last season's championship series, took a 39-28 first-quarter lead then fended off every Thunder charge. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 15 points in the fourth quarter a...

The British NSN sprinter powered clear in the dash to the line in Willunga township to take the penultimate stage ahead of Denmark's Tobias Lund Andresen (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Australia's Laurence Pithie (Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe). Vine overcame t...

The incident happened during a training session this month with the big lock unleashing on Angus Scott-Young. Local media said he threw three punches before teammates were able to separate the pair, with Scott-Young reportedly left with multiple st...

In Ismir, they met Isra'a, a then-11-year-old girl whose family had left Aleppo as bombs rained down on the city, and who would become the subject of their documentary "One In A Million," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday. For...

Facing challenges from China and the United States, India and the European Union have been negotiating a massive free trade pact -- and talks, first launched about two decades ago, are nearing the finishing line. "We are on the cusp of a historic t...

In Gopalganj, south of the capital Dhaka and a strong bastion of Hasina's iron-grip rule, residents are grappling with an election without the party that shaped their political lives for decades. "Sheikh Hasina may have done wrong -- she and her f...

The Arctic island, a Danish colony for three centuries, still has a complicated relationship with Denmark, which now rules it as an autonomous territory. Greenland's main political parties all want independence, but disagree on how exactly to get t...

Her departure adds to the upheaval at the top of the European luxury clothing sector over the last 12 months, which has seen a new generation of designers promoted at a host of brands including Chanel, Dior and Gucci. Many of them were barely in sc...

The fourth seed defied a Melbourne Park heatwave to run out a comfortable winner in 71 minutes in roasting sunshine. The impressive 24-year-old will play either 13th-seed Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic or China's Wang Xinyu for a place in the ...

A rare public reckoning is unfolding in the High Court of London. For deeper perspective on this high-profile trial targeting the publishers of Britain's popular Daily Mail tabloid, France 24's Gavin Lee is pleased to welcome fellow journalist Guil...