AFP looks at what has happened to the Azzurri since their triumph at Euro 2020, which seemed to announce their return as a world power after missing out in 2018. Swaggering style vanishes One of the hallmarks of the early stages of Roberto Mancini...

Leto made his name in more independent and cult projects, such as his Oscar-winning turn in AIDS drama "Dallas Buyer's Club" or as a junkie in "Requiem for a Dream". But he has no qualms about joining the superhero juggernaut with "Morbius", that ...

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 2 million refugees have crossed into Poland, with thousands continuing to arrive at the border every day. The crisis has inspired many individuals to help: Hundreds of volunteers, along with N...

Van Gaal said this week that it was "ridiculous" for the World Cup to be held in Qatar and that FIFA had only been motivated by money. In a rare outburst, Hassan al-Thawadi, chief executive of the World Cup Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy...

The South Asian nation of 22 million people is facing its worst economic meltdown since independence from Britain in 1948 after its foreign reserves hit rock bottom. Privately owned Upali Newspapers said their English-language daily, The Island, an...

The 13-year-old was one of thousands of jubilant girls who flocked back to secondary schools reopening across the country on Wednesday, for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August. But just hours into classes, the education ministr...

Haq was unbeaten on 66 and skipper Babar Azam 19 as Pakistan added 63 runs to their overnight score of 73-0 in the extended two-and-a-half-hour session due to Friday prayers. The home team, set a challenging 351-run target, need another 215 runs to...

Tigrayan rebels agreed to a “cessation of hostilities” on Friday, a new turning point in the nearly 17-month war in northern Ethiopia following the government's announcement of an indefinite humanitarian truce a day earlier.

They waved banners outside Kirribilli House reading "Don't be a fossil fool" and "Scotty coal 4eva" in protest of Morrison's support for coal, a major contributor to emissions of gases that trap the Earth's heat. The prime minister has promised to ...

But more than a thousand miles away in her new home in Serbia, the 41-year-old former travel agent has found herself unable to escape the long arm of Russian propaganda in Belgrade where the Kremlin's war enjoys broad support. "Some locals tell me...

The world's largest coral reef system, stretching for more than 2,300 kilometres (1,400 miles) along the northeast coast of Australia, is showing the effects of the heat, said the Reef Authority. Aerial surveys showed coral bleaching at multiple re...

Yvan Colonna, a former goat herder on the French Mediterranean island, was announced dead on Monday after being strangled and attacked in prison on March 2. The 61-year-old was serving a life sentence after his conviction of assassinating a senior ...

The result ends Bangladesh's slim hopes of securing a semi-final berth, although the Tigers pushed the six-time champions hard in a match where innings were reduced to 43 overs because of the weather. Bangladesh made 135-6 after being put in to bat...

US President Joe Biden will travel to a town near the Polish-Ukrainian border Friday to signal Western resolve against a Russian invasion that has increasingly turned to a grinding war of attrition. Follow FRANCE 24’s live blog for the latest upda...

The tricky 24-year-old winger sent Japan to the Qatar showpiece with a late brace in a 2-0 win over Australia in Sydney on Thursday just minutes after coming on as a substitute. Mitoma's heroics came in only his second appearance for his country an...