Polls opened in Senegal on Sunday (March 24) morning in a presidential race that followed months of uncertainty and unrest. Around 7.3 million voters are registered in the West African nation. FRANCE 24's Sam Bradpiece tells us more.
One of France’s most historic sporting venues, the Colombes stadium northwest of the French capital was the principal venue when Paris hosted the Olympic Games in 1924. After undergoing thorough renovations, the site will recover some of its former glory by again playing host to Olympic sport this summer.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stood near a long line of waiting trucks Saturday (March 23) and declared it was time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid," calling the starvation inside the enclave a “moral outrage.” He urged an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
Indonesian authorities recovered two bodies from the shores of West Aceh on Saturday (March 23) and said local fishermen reported several other drowning victims washed up after a vessel carrying Rohingya migrants capsized off the coast earlier this week.
Polls opened in Senegal on Sunday morning in a tightly contested presidential race that followed months of uncertainty and unrest that has tested the West African nation’s reputation as a stable democracy in a region that experienced a wave of coups in recent years.
Thousands of protesters rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday (March 23) to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Protesters also demanded the government make a deal for the hostages being held in Gaza, taken by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack.
Russia will observe a national day of mourning on Sunday (March 24) after a massacre in a Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130 people, the deadliest attack in Europe to have been claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.
Senegalese headed to the polls Sunday in a tightly contested presidential race that followed months of uncertainty and unrest that has tested the West African nation’s reputation as a stable democracy in a region that has experienced a wave of coups in recent years.
Slovak ex-foreign minister Ivan Korcok and current parliament speaker Peter Pellegrini will face off in April's presidential election runoff, near-final results showed Saturday.
Spanish World Cup winner Iniesta, who spent five years with Japan's Vissel Kobe until 2023, was found to have failed to declare approximately 860 million yen ($5.7 million) in income for 2018, according to public broadcaster NHK and other media. If a foreign player's contract is for less than one year and they are not accompanied by family members, Japanese authorities classify them as non-residents and they pay less tax than residents, reports said, citing the National Tax Agency. The Osaka regional... Читать дальше...
'Wallpaper pattern' "Impressionism" was never meant as a compliment. While today works by artists such as Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas fetch eye-popping sums at auction, reviews after their inaugural 1874 exhibition in Paris were scathing. "A preliminary drawing for a wallpaper pattern is more finished than this seascape," wrote critic Louis Leroy about Monet's "Impression. Sunrise". It was Leroy who coined the name for the movement, intended as an insult. But the epithet stuck... Читать дальше...
The Orsay Museum in Paris is marking 150 years of Impressionism from Tuesday with an unprecedented reassembling of the masterpieces that launched the movement, and a virtual reality experience that takes visitors back in time.
The visitors reached 338-7 at tea on the third day at Sylhet, leading Bangladesh by 430 runs, with de Silva making 108 runs to go with his 102 in the first innings. Kamindu Mendis, who also scored 102 runs in the first innings, reached the same milestone after de Silva to remain unbeaten on 100 at the interval. The Chappell brothers, Greg and Ian, of Australia achieved the feat against New Zealand in March 1974, before Misbah-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali emulated it against Australia in Abu Dhabi in 2014. Читать дальше...
Russia will observe a national day of mourning on Sunday after a massacre in a Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130 people, the deadliest attack in Europe to have been claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.
Sam Hauser made seven of the Celtics' 21 three-pointers, missing just once from beyond the arc on the way to 23 points. Al Horford also scored 23 while Jayson Tatum -- back after sitting out a victory over the Pistons in Detroit on Friday -- led the way with 26. With Tatum back it was the turn of Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis to rest nagging injuries, but the Celtics didn't miss a beat. Horford drilled five three-pointers and the Celtics, who led 95-92 going into the fourth quarter relentlessly pulled away. Читать дальше...
The clutch of cubs, also known as moon bears after the white crescent of fur across their chests, are classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of endangered species. Across Asia, thousands of the animals are kept as pets or farmed to extract their bile for use in costly traditional medicine. Wildlife conservation charity Free the Bears said they found 17 cubs in the private home in Laos early last week, but that one of them had already died. "When we arrived at the house there were bear cubs everywhere," said Fatong Yang... Читать дальше...
The 43-year-old, his family and local volunteers have risked everything to get supplies to feed around 150 families caught in the crossfire between the army and paramilitaries. "The only thing that matters is that people eat. If I had died while making that happen, so be it," said Makki. Since the war began last April between the army of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, tens of thousands have died and millions more have been forced to flee their homes. Читать дальше...
Generations of kids there have been enthralled with stories told with the help of a projector. Alexandra Csosz-Horvath turns off the lights and reads "Sleeping Beauty" from a series of still captioned images projected onto the bedroom wall -- her three- and seven-year-old clearly under her spell. "We're together, it's cozier than the cinema yet it's better than a book," said the 44-year-old lawyer. Filmstrip -- a century-old storytelling medium that was killed off in the West by the video cassette... Читать дальше...
A round featuring five straight birdies from the third through the seventh holes propelled Shin to a nine-under-par total of 204, where she was joined by Lee after the American signed for a three-under-par 68 at Palos Verdes Golf Club in Los Angeles. They were two strokes clear of Australian Gabriela Ruffels, Americans Nelly Korda and Malia Nam and China's defending champion Yin Ruoning. Yin had the lead at 10-under through 15 holes before a triple-bogey seven at the 18th dropped her into the tie for third. Читать дальше...
Canada advanced to the tournament after defeating Trinidad & Tobago 2-0 before Costa Rica came from behind to down Honduras 3-1 at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco. Cyle Larin and Jacob Shaffelburg sealed victory for Canada, who will now face world champions Argentina in the opening game of the Copa America on June 20. "It means a lot for us as a team, I'm happy I scored and to move forward to the Copa America," Larin said after the win. "It was a good performance by the guys. We knew it was... Читать дальше...
The deluge came as Brazil, South America's largest country, suffers through a string of extreme weather events, which experts say become more likely due to climate change. The storm caused a house to collapse in the city of Petropolis, 70 kilometers (45 miles) inland from the capital, killing four people, the Rio state government said. An AFP team witnessed the rescue of a girl Saturday morning who had been buried more than 16 hours in the rubble. Her father, who was found dead next to her, "heroically... Читать дальше...
Florian Wirtz grabbed his first international goal with a strike that will go down in the history books as his Germany side beat France 2-0 in an international friendly on Saturday.
The 19-year-old nicknamed the "Quad god," who is the only skater to land a quadruple Axel in competition, dazzled with an array of breathtakingly executed jumps starting with his quad Axel and including a quadruple Lutz in combination with a triple flip and a quadruple toe loop in combination with a triple toe. He added an unexpected triple-triple combination at the end to earn 227.79 for the free skate for a championship total of 333.76 points. With the crowd at Montreal's Centre Bell on their feet by the end of his routine... Читать дальше...
The prohibition was one of many side issues included in the mammoth $1.2 trillion package to fund the government through September, which passed early Saturday shortly after a midnight deadline. As Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, a conservative Christian, scrambled for votes to get the bill passed in his chamber, he "boasted" of the Pride flag ban as a reason his party should support the bill, the Daily Beast reported. The White House said Saturday it would seek to find a way to repeal the ban on flying the rainbow flag... Читать дальше...