Senegal's prime minister Ousmane Sonko raised the possibility of closing French military bases in the West African country on Thursday in a wide-ranging speech that also touched on the euro-backed CFA franc currency, oil and gas deals and LGBTQ rights.
Berkane hold a 2-1 aggregate lead after the first leg last Sunday in a repeat of the 2019 title decider won by Zamalek on penalties after a 1-1 overall tie. The Moroccans, who have won the African equivalent of the UEFA Europa League twice, built a two-goal half-time lead through captain Issoufou Dayo and Adil Tahif. But Tunisian Seifeddine Jaziri halved the deficit in the opening minute of the second half to set up an intriguing return match at the 75,000-seat Cairo International Stadium. Gomes took the Zamalek reins in January... Читать дальше...
French police on Friday shot dead an armed man who was trying to set fire to a synagogue in the northern city of Rouen.
"Megalopolis" had been the most anticipated film of this year's festival. And the morning after its world premiere, the debate swirling around Coppola's decades-in-the-making passion project showed no sign of fading. US reviews of the wildly ambitious and experimental movie from the 85-year-old director of "The Godfather" were largely enthusiastic, while some French outlets were markedly less positive. Coppola -- who faced similar controversy in 1979 with "Apocalypse Now", which went on to win... Читать дальше...
The Women's World Cup will take place in South America for the first time after Brazil was chosen to host the 2027 edition at a FIFA congress Friday marked by debate about the war in Gaza.
"Today at approximately 9 a.m. (Gaza time), trucks carrying humanitarian assistance began moving ashore via a temporary pier in Gaza," the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement, adding that no US troops went ashore. "This is an ongoing, multinational effort to deliver additional aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza via a maritime corridor that is entirely humanitarian in nature," it said. The pier was successfully anchored on Thursday, with around 500 tonnes of aid expected to enter the Palestinian territory in the coming days. Читать дальше...
"I feel much better here than in France," the 32-year-old of North African descent told AFP. "We're all equal. You can have a boss who's Indian, Arab or a French person," he said. "My religion is more accepted." Highly-qualified French citizens from Muslim backgrounds, often the children of immigrants, are leaving France in a quiet brain drain, seeking a new start abroad in cities like London, New York, Montreal or Dubai, according to a new study. The authors of "France, you love it but you leave it"... Читать дальше...
France's government has no doubt that Azerbaijan is stirring tensions in New Caledonia despite the vast geographical and cultural distance between the hydrocarbon-rich Caspian state and the French Pacific territory.
From "Ghost" to "Pretty Woman" to "Dances with Wolves", they are responsible for some of Generation X's favourite movie moments. AFP looks at what they've been up to since. Demi Moore: ghost girl On the Croisette, 61-year-old Moore will be making her unexpected return in slasher-horror "The Substance", competing for the festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or. It has been a long time since Moore came anywhere near a Cannes red carpet, having appeared mostly in small TV roles and forgettable films since the early 2000s. Читать дальше...
After the success of Australia and New Zealand in 2023, which earned a record $570 million in commercial revenue, FIFA chose to continue its push to expand women's football to new continents. Delegates meeting in Bangkok voted by 119 votes to 78 to send the 10th Women's World Cup to the land of samba football, which beat a joint bid from Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. The decision sparked jubilant celebrations from the Brazilian bid team. Brazil, home of women's football great Marta, scored... Читать дальше...
As the conflict in Gaza sharply polarises opinion, "we must be inflexible" in defending the free exchange of ideas and opinions, the acclaimed Swiss director told AFP in an interview this week. "I'm not going to take a step aside... If we let the antagonism of the war and of our society seep into our cultural and academic institutions, we will have completely lost," said the 47-year-old, who will inaugurate the Wiener Festwochen, a festival of theatre, concerts, opera, film and lectures that runs... Читать дальше...
Property and construction accounts for more than a quarter of gross domestic product, but the sector has been under unprecedented strain since 2020, when authorities tightened developers' access to credit in a bid to reduce mounting debt. And in an effort to boost the ailing market and ensure millions of unused homes go to those in need of housing, Beijing's State Council met Friday, state news agency Xinhua said. "Great efforts should be made to promote the handling of commercial housing projects... Читать дальше...
The archipelago is located halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, in an Arctic region that has become a geopolitical and economic hotspot as the ice melts and relations grow ever frostier between Russia and the West. For 300 million euros ($326 million), interested parties can acquire the remote Sore Fagerfjord property in southwestern Svalbard. Measuring 60 square kilometres (23 square miles) -- about the size of Manhattan -- the property is home to mountains, plains, a glacier and about five kilometres of coastline... Читать дальше...
The last time La Rochelle failed to make the play-offs of French run's elite division was in the 2017-18 season. Ronan O'Gara's team are currently in the sixth and final play-off spot on 56 points, 1pt behind Racing 92, but with Pau (55pts) Castres (54), Perpignan (53) and Clermont (51) all hot on their heels. They have won just 11 games out of 23 this season, including 10 at home. They were knocked out of the Champions Cup in the quarter-finals by Leinster, who will play Toulouse in the final at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on May 25. Читать дальше...
Real Madrid have been crowned champions, Barcelona, Girona and Atletico have sealed Champions League qualification, while Almeria and Granada are down, but there are still some key issues to be resolved. Europa League battle Real Sociedad and Real Betis clash in a tussle to secure Europa League football next season on Sunday. La Real, sixth, travel to Seville to face Betis, seventh, leading by a single point. The hosts are sweating on the fitness of midfielders Isco and Guido Rodriguez after both... Читать дальше...
Chelsea lead Manchester City on goal difference ahead of Saturday's shootout for the title after a remarkable series of twists and turns. Hayes said her side's four-year reign as champions was over after a thrilling 4-3 defeat to Liverpool at the start of the month, which left City needing just four points from their final two matches. However, City conceded twice in the dying minutes to lose 2-1 to Arsenal on May 5 and watched in horror hours later as Chelsea smashed Bristol City 8-0 to bolster their goal difference. Читать дальше...
Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen can become the first team in Bundesliga history to go through a campaign unbeaten by avoiding defeat against Augsburg. Not even the greatest Bayern Munich sides have managed an invincible season. That Alonso's men have done it without losing in any competition -- a European record 50-game streak which includes runs to next week's German Cup and Europa League finals -- shows how incredible they have been. A win against Augsburg would net Leverkusen 90 points from 34 games... Читать дальше...
AFP Sport looks at five moments that defined the German's manager's time at Anfield: - 2016 Dortmund delight It took nearly four years for the trophies to start flowing for Klopp in England but there were memorable moments from his first season as Liverpool reached the Europa League final, where they lost to Sevilla. Klopp faced a reunion with former club Borussia Dortmund in the quarter-finals. After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, two early goals from the Germans at Anfield left Liverpool with a mountain to climb. Читать дальше...
Ever since the manager in January announced the shock decision he would be stepping down at the end of the season, the sense of loss that has enveloped Merseyside has been palpable. The raw emotion is testament to a transformation that Liverpool had not seen since the days of Bill Shankly decades ago. On Klopp's first day in charge at Anfield in October 2015 he modestly declared himself as "a Normal One", in stark contrast to Jose Mourinho's bombastic "Special One" arrival as Chelsea boss a decade earlier. Читать дальше...
Donald Trump's lawyer took cracks at key witness Michael Cohen during wide-ranging cross-examination Thursday, questioning his memory and poking at his credibility during the first criminal trial of a former US president.
Anthony Edwards shook off an injury scare to finish with 27 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals as the young, hungry Timberwolves fended off elimination against Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets, who had won the previous three games to take charge of the best-of-seven series. Jaden McDaniels scored 21 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 10 points and 13 rebounds. Minnesota finished with a 62-43 advantage in rebounds and the Timberwolves reserves outscored the Nuggets bench 36-9. The Nuggets... Читать дальше...
French police reinforcements have started arriving in New Caledonia as part of a massive operation to regain control of the capital Noumea, the top French official in the Pacific island territory said on Friday.
South Africa urged the United Nations’ top court on Thursday to order a ceasefire in Gaza during hearings over emergency measures to halt Israel’s military operation in the enclave’s southern city of Rafah. The country said it vowed to "intensify" its offensive there, in defiance of global warnings. Follow our liveblog for all the latest on the war in Gaza.
More than two-thirds of India's 1.4 billion people are estimated to be on the lower rungs of a millennia-old social hierarchy that divides Hindus by function and social standing. Politicians of all stripes have courted lower caste Indians with affirmative action programmes, job guarantees and special subsidies to mitigate long-standing discrimination and disadvantage. But Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has established itself as India's dominant political force with a different pitch... Читать дальше...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a full pardon Thursday for a former US Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice.