Cristiano Ronaldo announced his retirement from international football on Thursday, ending his 23-year career with Portugal. At 41, the Al-Nassr forward leaves the national team with 234 caps and 146 goals, both world records. As captain, he helped ...

In August, buzzy Chinese startup Unitree, whose walking, dancing humanoids are often used by AI researchers trying to make robots act autonomously, went public. Its shares skyrocketed on its Shanghai debut in August -- but almost three months later...

Wainiqolo was last season's leading try-scorer in the French Top 14 with 18 touchdowns for Lyon, while Bielle-Biarrey, in his distinctive red scrumcap, has notched up 29 tries in 28 Les Bleus appearances. The Pacific Islander has some way to go to ...

In American politics, even presidential power has its limits. And now, the laws of political gravity may finally be catching up with Donald Trump's hyper-aggressive exercise of executive authority. Following what political scientist Ian Bremmer desc...

"We call it the pit of hell," muses the 48-year-old activist and local leader of Ikizkoy village, which has 70 homes. When COP31 begins Monday in Antalya, summit host Turkey is hoping to show off its best side with a campaign focused on renewable e...

Toxic air pollution in the megacity spiked on Friday to more than 25 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily limit, data from air monitors showed. The southeastern coastal city of Visakhapatnam will instead host the one-day internat...

"I've never worked as hard in my life. I mean, writing a book is easier than that. It was a revelation and a privilege," Beard, who is chairing the Booker prize judges, told AFP. For the prize -- which celebrates the best long-form fiction by write...

The seven families from Helsingor, north of Copenhagen, had their leases terminated in 2022 under a 2018 law that says all social housing estates where more than half of residents are "non-Western" must rebuild, renovate and change the social mix by...

The 73-year-old former leader was jailed for his role in one of the largest-ever global plunders of a sovereign wealth fund, the now-defunct 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). But King Sultan Ibrahim granted him a conditional pardon in September,...

Au, who was sentenced to 12 years and six months in jail, was also accused of "building links with external groups and individuals" and "breaching confidentiality". His trial is the first case under the National Security Law in the former Portugues...

Lawrence threw for 242 yards and a touchdown pass to Parker Washington, with Bhayshul Tuten running for a touchdown on the game's first drive and fellow Jaguars back Chris Rodriguez Jr. sealing victory on a dismal rainy night for Baltimore fans. De...

District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the case, ruled that the Trump administration cannot start construction on the arch for two weeks while the court considers challenges to its legality. The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) ...

The months-long blazes have engulfed huge tracts of land and produced air pollution that has harmed human health, drifted across borders and frayed Indonesia's ties with its neighbours. The C-130 Hercules plane left the Indonesian capital Jakarta f...

The seizure, which the Kremlin ordered Thursday, is the latest move against a foreign company's Russian operations under rules that Moscow casts as retribution for international sanctions. Japan Tobacco is one of the world's biggest tobacco compani...

In American politics, even presidential power has its limits. And now, the laws of political gravity may finally be catching up with Donald Trump's hyper-aggressive exercise of executive authority. Following what political scientist Ian Bremmer desc...