The Cannes jury led by Spike Lee will announce the winner of the festival's top prize Saturday with a vintage crop of films in the running for the Palme d'Or. The race is wide open, with critics pointing towards many possible successors to "Parasi...

New Zealand's team said on Saturday they were helping weightlifter Laurel Hubbard cope with the "huge focus" as she prepares to become the first transgender Olympic athlete. Hubbard, who was born male but transitioned to female in her 30s, has spar...

Troops and firefighters scrambled through the night Saturday to find victims of the devastation left by the worst floods to hit western Europe in decades, which have already left more than 150 people dead and dozens more missing. Western Germany ha...

In a beachside suburb of Senegal's capital Dakar, fisherman Madiop Dieng urges police officers to get dozens of youngsters out of the water. "If we let it happen, there will be drownings. The sea is rough today," he says. The youngsters come ash...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says violent protests over the past week were spread by "instigators". FRANCE 24's Camille Nedelec reports.

The chief of the Tokyo Olympics tried to reassure "worried" athletes on Saturday as the Games Village was hit by its first coronavirus case, six days before the pandemic-delayed event opens. As thousands of competitors pour into Japan for the Games...

Samoa confirmed their place in the 2023 World Cup in France with a comfortable 37-15 victory over Tonga in Hamilton on Saturday to sweep their two-leg Oceania qualifying series. They will go into Pool D alongside England, Japan, Argentina and the A...

US President Joe Biden said Friday that social media misinformation about Covid-19 and vaccinations is “killing people” and the White House said Facebook needs to clean up its act.

Junior Flemmings notched the winning goal as Jamaica came from behind to beat Guadeloupe 2-1 on Friday in Group C of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Guadeloupe took the lead after just four minutes at the Exploria Stadium in Orlando, when Dimitri Ramothe's ...

Britain said on Friday that it was scrapping a planned easing of coronavirus rules for travellers from France, which had been due to take effect on Monday, because of the continued presence of the Beta variant of COVID first identified in South Afri...

An unconventional photography exhibition in London has turned toxic pollution into art to raise awareness about the British capital's persistent air-quality problems. Visual artists and scientists have teamed up for the exhibition, entitled What On...

The Cannes jury led by US director Spike Lee will select their Palme d'Or on Saturday, and the competition is wide open, thanks in part to a backlog of films postponed by the pandemic. Here are some of the movies making "le buzz", and what some of ...

The death toll from disastrous flooding in western Europe rose above 150 on Saturday as rescue workers toiled to clear up the devastation and prevent further damage.

China are missing banned superstar Sun Yang but they will take a record contingent to Tokyo seeking a strong showing with their own Olympics just months away. The world's most populous country topped the medals table at Beijing 2008 but then slumpe...

Tokyo Olympics organisers revealed the first Covid-19 case in the Games Village on Saturday as they sought to reassure competitors that the pandemic-delayed event would be safe. Six days before the opening ceremony, organisers said an unnamed perso...