Julien Stephan, who guided Rennes to Champions League qualification for the first time in their history, has resigned following a poor run of results, the Ligue 1 club announced Monday. "This morning, Stade Rennais FC acknowledged the resignation o...

Ghana's president Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday became the world's first recipient of a coronavirus vaccine from Covax, a global scheme to procure and distribute inoculations for free for poorer countries. Richer countries have surged ahead with inocul...

Olympic men's basketball champions the United States will play France in their Tokyo Games opener on July 25 -- three days after the end of the NBA Finals -- organisers said Monday. The mighty US, aiming to win their fourth straight gold and 16th i...

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder says his side's hopes of staying in the Premier League are all but over after their 21st league defeat of the season, at home to Liverpool. The 53-year-old Englishman guided the Blades to an impressive ninth-pl...

Some decided to acquire French nationality, others moved their businesses or their family from the UK to Europe. FRANCE 24 spoke to British expatriates in France about the impact of Brexit on their lives. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran on Monday for a blast aboard an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week but sidestepped a question on whether he planned to retaliate. Tehran promptly rejected the accusation.

Authorities in France have opened an investigation for attempted murder after a news photographer was attacked and seriously injured while reporting on a suspected outbreak of youth violence in the northeastern city of Reims, his newspaper said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused arch-foe Iran on Monday of a recent attack on an Israeli-owned ship, noting his country was "striking back" the morning after a raid on Syria. The latest escalation between the sides came as the internation...

Britain's Prince Harry, who has blamed press intrusion for contributing to his mother Princess Diana's death in 1997, has told US chat show host Oprah Winfrey he was worried about history repeating itself. Harry and his wife Meghan Markle rocked Br...

A citizens’ council on climate met for the last time over the weekend to finalise proposals on climate change laws aimed at rapidly transitioning to a greener economy and enshrining the fight for climate change in the French constitution. While ...

Alexandra Wong disappeared for more than a year into mainland China's opaque judicial system because she joined Hong Kong's democracy rallies. But that did not deter her from joining protesters outside Hong Kong's West Kowloon court on Monday as m...

Papua New Guinea security services called for calm Monday, as incidents of rioting and looting followed the death of a beloved former prime minister. Police Minister William Onglo warned officers would "step in to fully restore order" after disturb...

The "shocking" collapse of champions Jiangsu FC is a watershed for Chinese football that should prompt a rethink from top to bottom, state media said. Jiangsu, who are owned by the conglomerate Suning -- which also owns Italy's Inter Milan -- said ...

A Myanmar court filed two new charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, a lawyer acting for her said, as protesters marched in defiance of a crackdown by security forces that killed at least 18 people the previous day. 

The Golden Globes on Sunday experimented with a virtual format and cemented "Nomadland" as the film to beat this Hollywood awards season. Here are five key takeaways from the night: - Netflix arrives (sort of...) - When it lost the first few awar...