China’s leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with US President Joe Biden on Saturday but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and his “America first” policies, saying Beijing “is ready to work with a new US administration.” Details by Camille Knight. Source link
Eder Militao’s scream as he tore a cruciate ligament in his knee for the second time in just over a year reverberated around the Bernabeu earlier this month. It also reverberated around the men’s football world as the horror of the player workload crisis was laid bare. His Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, said “the … Read more
Some news outlets have decided to quit X, formerly known as Twitter, since the election of Donald Trump, whose campaign was financed and supported by X’s owner Elon Musk. Sweden’s newspaper of record, Dagens Nyheter, cited a “harsh and extreme” environment on the website. Since buying Twitter two years ago, Elon Musk has drastically reduced … Read more
Gabon extended a night curfew Saturday as it held a referendum on a new constitution the ruling junta says will mark a new chapter after 55 years of dynastic rule in the oil-rich African nation. Details by Yinka Oyetade. Source link
The skeleton of a 22-meter-long dinosaur (70 feet) sold for six million euros ($6.4 million) Saturday, at auction houses Collin du Bocage and Barbarossa. Story by France 2 and Andrew Hilliar. Source link
European farmers protested in Brussels on Wednesday against the EU-Mercosur free trade deal with South American countries, with farmers in neighboring France saying they would follow suit from early next week. Details by Shirli Sitbon. Source link
Japan’s foreign minister arrived in Kyiv on Saturday to discuss North Korea’s deepening military alliance with Russia, including the deployment of thousands of troops to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Story by Yinka Oyetade. Source link
An Israeli strike hit south Beirut on Sunday where the military said it targeted Hezbollah, hours after the Iran-backed group said it fired on Israeli bases around the city of Haifa. Details by Charlotte Hughes. Source link
In between settling scores with his former finance minister during an occasionally hot-tempered speech in the Bundestag this week, Chancellor Olaf Scholz tried to take a conciliatory tone with the opposition. “My proposal, my appeal to this house: Where we are unified, let us act unified. It would be good for our country,” he told … Read more
Senegal on Sunday voted in parliamentary elections, with the new leaders aiming for a resounding majority to see through the promise of ambitious reform that swept them to power eight months ago. Details with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Dakar, Caitlin Kelly. Source link