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American golfers who joined the Saudi-funded circuit are ineligible to play in the tournament, which pits the United States against Europe every two years. The make-up of the European team hinges on this week's arbitration hearing in London, which will decide whether players signed up to LIV Golf can play on the DP World Tour, formerly known as […]

2004: 230,000 dead, southeast Asia On December 26, a massive earthquake measuring 9.1 on the Richter scale strikes off the coast of Sumatra, triggering a tsunami that kills more than 230,000 throughout the region, including 170,000 in Indonesia alone. Huge waves of 700 kph (around 435 mph) reach heights of 30 metres (100 feet). 2010: 200,000 […]

"The whole football family has lost 'the coach of all coaches' today," the federation wrote on social media. Blazevic died in the capital Zagreb after a long fight with cancer, spurring a flood of condolences. Croatia's national team coach Zlatko Dalic paid his respects, saying he mourned his "football father... a true inspiration for everything […]

But little prepared him for the rumble of the 7.8-magnitude quake that devastated his adopted home in Turkey on Monday. The 42-year old joined nearly four million Syrians when he moved his family for the relative safety of southeastern Turkey -- a region that has suffered its own share of violence between militants and government forces. He […]

In the quake-stricken Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, locals and rescue workers are digging through the rubble, some with their bare hands, clinging to hopes of a miracle as they hunt for survivors of Monday’s devastating earthquakes in a frantic race against the clock – and the bitter cold.

A powerful earthquake brought down entire apartment blocks and killed more than 8000 people across a swathe of Turkey and northwest Syria with freezing winter weather adding to the plight of the thousands of survivors left injured or homeless. For more on the on-going rescue efforts and lifesaving humanitarian aid, FRANCE 24 is joined by Shadi […]

The monolithic sculpture, which weighs almost 200 kilogrammes (440 pounds), was brought into Switzerland by truck in 2016 from Germany at the request of a German art dealer. Switzerland's Federal Office of Culture (FOC) said in a statement that the sculpture had not been properly declared as a cultural property. It was later confiscated as there […]

Mining companies gather this week in Cape Town, South Africa, for the first major industry conference of the year. A predominant theme is investment in Africa, which has the potential to play a major role in providing the minerals for a transition to a lower carbon economy, but concerns about high interest rates and faltering economies are likely […]

This weekend's hosts are top of the World Rugby rankings with Ntamack's outfit, who won a Grand Slam last year, second. Both sides won their opening games of the tournament. Andy Farrell's Ireland eased past Wales last Saturday thanks to a first half blitz while Les Bleus claimed a 14th straight Test victory by holding on against Italy 24 hours […]

For two days and nights since the 7.8 magnitude quake, thousands of searchers have worked in freezing temperatures to find those still alive under flattened buildings on either side of the border. Turkish Red Crescent chief Kerem Kinik had warned that the first 72 hours were critical in search and rescue efforts but pointed to complications of […]