Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from AFP

Wu, Zhang end China's 86-year French Open wait

Paris (AFP) - Twelve months ago, a despondent Wu Yibing was retiring with injury from a low-level clay court tournament in Italy, earning a meagre 530 euros ($570) for his troubles.

AFP

Brazil's Indigenous peoples ministry could see key powers curbed

Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's congress could strip the ministries of environment and Indigenous peoples of key functions, their heads warned Wednesday.

AFP

Most markets down as US debt impasse sparks Fitch ratings warning

Hong Kong (AFP) - Most Asian equities sank Thursday on fears of a US default as the struggle to hammer out a debt deal led Fitch to warn the country's gold-plated credit rating was at risk.

AFP

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

US, Microsoft warn Chinese hackers attacking 'critical' infrastructure

Washington (AFP) - State-sponsored Chinese hackers have infiltrated critical US infrastructure networks, the United States, its Western allies and Microsoft said Wednesday while warning that similar espionage attacks could be occurring globally.

AFP

Singapore economy beats estimates but govt warns of global risks

Singapore (AFP) - Singapore's economy posted better-than-expected results in the first quarter of 2023, official data showed Thursday, but the government warned that the global outlook remains gloomy.

AFP

El Salvador ends football tournament early after deadly stampede

San Salvador (AFP) - Citing safety concerns, El Salvador's football authorities announced Wednesday they were canceling the country's Clausura national tournament following a stampede at a game over the weekend that killed 12.

AFP

Alonso eyeing chance to end Red Bull winning streak

Monaco (AFP) - Fernando Alonso will seek to break Max Verstappen and Red Bull's winning streak and claim his first win since 2013 as Formula One resumes this weekend with the 80th running of the classic Monaco Grand Prix.

AFP

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Wallabies' Robertson out of World Cup but Rodda, Paisami return

Sydney (AFP) - Tom Robertson's World Cup dream ended on Thursday after a knee injury but fellow Wallabies Izack Rodda and Hunter Paisami will return this weekend from long-term layoffs.

AFP

Ji opens LPGA Match-Play defense with victory

Los Angeles (AFP) - South Korea's Ji Eun-hee kicked off her LPGA Match-Play title defense with a 3amp;2 victory over Matilda Castren on Wednesday as top-seeded Lilia Vu surged late for a win.

AFP

Syrians abandon babies at mosques, under trees as war grinds on

Hazano (Syria) (AFP) - One cold winter night, Syrian Ibrahim Othman went out to pray and came home cradling a baby girl, abandoned at the doorstep of the village mosque just hours after she was born.

AFP

UN conference pledges $2.4 bn to head off Horn of Africa famine

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - A United Nations-backed conference raised $2.4 billion Wednesday to prevent famine in the Horn of Africa, which is reeling from its worst drought in decades as global temperatures rise.

AFP

Typhoon Mawar leaves trail of destruction as it moves from Guam

Los Angeles (AFP) - A typhoon that slammed into Guam, knocking out power and flooding buildings with a powerful storm surge, was moving away Thursday -- leaving residents of the US Pacific Ocean territory to survey the damage.

AFP

DeSantis White House launch plagued by Twitter meltdown

Washington (AFP) - Florida governor Ron DeSantis's long-awaited entry into the 2024 presidential campaign descended into a fiasco on Wednesday as the opening of the live Twitter event intended to announce his candidacy was derailed by glitches.

AFP

US warned debt standoff could hit credit rating

Washington (AFP) - Ratings agency Fitch put the United States on notice Wednesday that its perfect credit rating could be jeopardized if the White House and Republican opposition fail to overcome their impasse on raising the nation's borrowing limit, a week before a key deadline.

AFP

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

AFP

Home is where the hurt is at French Open

Paris (AFP) - It's been 40 years since a French player last won the men's singles title at Roland Garros and Yannick Noah's 1983 achievement is unlikely to be matched this year when the second major of the season starts on Sunday.

AFP

World's biggest warship visits Oslo, angering Russia

Oslo (AFP) - The world's biggest warship, the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, arrived in Oslo on Wednesday for a stopover criticised by neighbouring Russia as an "illogical and harmful" show of force.

AFP

DeSantis White House launch derailed by glitches

Washington (AFP) - Florida governor Ron DeSantis's hotly-anticipated entry into the 2024 presidential campaign descended into a fiasco on Wednesday as the live Twitter event intended to announce his candidacy was all but derailed by glitches.

AFP

Stars' Benn suspended two games after Stone hit: NHL

Los Angeles (AFP) - Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn was handed a two-game suspension on Wednesday following the cross check that led to his ejection from his team's playoff defeat to the Vegas Golden Knights.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

AFP

Biden to nominate Air Force general as top US officer

Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden will on Thursday nominate Air Force General Charles Brown to replace Army General Mark Milley as the country's top military officer.

AFP

Simply the best: Rock queen Tina Turner dies at 83

Los Angeles (AFP) - Tina Turner, the trailblazing rocker whose powerful voice and imposing stage presence thrilled global audiences for decades, died Wednesday at the age of 83.

AFP

Emotional Biden mourns on anniversary of Uvalde school massacre

Washington (AFP) - An emotional President Joe Biden marked the first anniversary of the Uvalde, Texas school massacre on Wednesday, saying that mass shootings have spread "killing fields" across America.

AFP

Militia leader to be sentenced for US Capitol plot

Washington (AFP) - Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, is to be sentenced on Thursday for his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former president Donald Trump.

AFP

Florida school curbs access to poem read at Biden inauguration

Miami (AFP) - A Florida school has restricted access for students to the poem "The Hill We Climb," read at President Joe Biden's inauguration before a live audience of nearly 34 million people, the poet says.

AFP

'Devastated' Halep says doping hearing postponed again

Paris (AFP) - Former world number one Simona Halep on Wednesday said her doping hearing, scheduled for this weekend, had been postponed for a third time by the International Tennis Federation.

AFP

Brighton end Man City's winning run to secure top-six finish

Brighton (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Pep Guardiola praised his Manchester City players for shrugging off their hangovers after clinching the Premier League title with a 1-1 draw at Brighton on Wednesday to stretch an unbeaten run to 25 matches.

1 … 5 6 7 8

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.