At least 32 people, including several children, were killed in two separate stampedes in Nigeria as large crowds gathered to collect food and clothing items distributed at annual Christmas events, the police said Sunday.
The 33-year-old star all-rounder was not considered after damaging a hamstring during England's defeat by New Zealand in the third Test at Hamilton earlier this month. "Durham all-rounder Ben Stokes was not considered for selection as he continues to be assessed following a left hamstring injury sustained," said an England and Wales Cricket Board statement. Stokes did not bat in the second innings of that match as England slumped to a 423-run defeat -- a result that meant his side still won a three-match series 2-1. Читать дальше...
Samantha Davies, currently sailing toward Cape Horn, is raising funds for a charity supporting children with heart conditions. She was France 24's guest.
The town of Tabqa in northeast Syria has become the gateway for refugees who fled the pro-Turkish offensive twenty days ago against Kurdish-controlled areas north of Aleppo. That offensive took place as HTS rebels moved towards Damascus. A stadium in Tabqa has become home to a camp for displaced people. Families left from the areas of Shahba and Tell Rifaat, north of Aleppo, but when they arrived, thousands of people were missing. They are now searching for their missing relatives.
Residents of Syrian towns in a province bordering Israel observe IDF troops establishing themselves in their neighborhoods. The province, Quneitra, is located on the Golan plateau. Israel took the Golan Heights in 1967 after the Six Day War. After another war that followed, a UN Buffer zone was established between Israel and Syria in 1974. This month, Syrians and international observers have reported that Israeli troops have been expanding their reach in the area - drawing concern from the UN Security Council.
The US military said it conducted precision airstrikes against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen's capital, Sanaa. David Smith tells us more.
Germans on December 21 mourned the victims of an apparent attack in which authorities say a doctor drove into a busy outdoor Christmas market, killing five people, injuring 200 others and shaking the public’s sense of security at what would otherwise be a time of joy.
Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday killed at least 28 people, according to Palestinian medical officials. Rescuers said four children were killed in a strike on a school that the Israeli military said was used by Hamas militants.
Two US Navy pilots were recovered alive after their aircraft was shot down over the Red Sea early on Sunday in what the US military described as "an apparent case of friendly fire". The military earlier said it struck Houthi targets in Yemen, hours after the Iran-backed militia fired a missile at Israel's commercial hub Tel Aviv.
One week on from a devastating cyclone that battered France's Indian Ocean territory, aid is still only trickling in to the worst-affected areas in Mayotte, where emergency workers are scrambling to restore essential services and aid a beleaguered population.
German officials faced mounting criticism on Sunday over the failure to prevent a deadly Christmas market attack in Magdeburg as it emerged that the 50-year-old suspect had made online death threats against German citizens and had a history of quarrelling with state authorities.
The 22-year-old is coming off a breakthrough season that reaped three singles titles, with the highlight winning Olympic gold in Paris. She also made her first Grand Slam final, at Melbourne Park, losing in straight sets to current world number one Aryna Sabalenka on the back of playing the mixed-teams United Cup. Zheng has opted for more rest this time ahead of the season-opening major from January 12. "After the long season that 2024 was for me, I need a few extra weeks of rest, recovery, and... Читать дальше...
Tatum added 16 rebounds and 10 assists in a dominant performance in Chicago, connecting on 16 of his 24 shot attempts and nine of 15 from three-point range. Tatum joined Larry Bird as the only Celtics player to record a 40-point triple-double. He joined current Clippers star James Harden as the only players to record at least 40 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists and nine made three-pointers in a game. "It's all about finding your moments to accommodate the game," Tatum said, adding that coach Joe... Читать дальше...
"We appealed to all authorities in the country, but no one listened to us," said the owner, a Christian who asked not to be named. Although a law banning the sale and import of alcohol was passed in 2016 and came into force at the start of last year, its enforcement had been patchy. But conservative lawmakers have a majority in parliament, and have pushed for stronger action. Several private "social" clubs that have operated in Baghdad for decades were sent official letters in November forbidding... Читать дальше...
Yet the harvesters say they have little choice but to struggle on, as there are few opportunities in a country hit hard by unemployment, inflation and high living costs. "There is a huge difference between the situation in the past and what we are living now," said Mabrouka Athimni, who heads a local collective of women herb harvesters named "Al Baraka" ("Blessing"). "We're earning half, sometimes just a third, of what we used to." Tunisia produces around 10,000 tonnes of aromatic and medicinal herbs each year, according to official figures.
"I am playing football"; "She is eating an apple"; "The boys are flying a kite" are written in English. Outside, the remaining children in the Damascus suburb of Yarmuk now play among the shattered ruins left by Syria's years of civil war. And as the kids chase through clouds of concrete dust, a torture victim -- freed from jail this month when rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad's government -- hobbles through the rubble. "Since I left the prison until now, I sleep one or two hours max," 30-year-old Mahmud Khaled Ajaj told AFP. Читать дальше...
A short walk away is a state-run insurance office with giant Egyptian-style carvings, and a palm-lined seafront promenade with pastel-coloured apartments with porthole windows, curved balconies and exotic motifs. Architecture aficionados may go crazy over Miami's South Beach, but the coastal Indian megacity is home to what experts believe is one of the world's largest collections of Art Deco buildings. Decades of neglect, however, have led to buildings being demolished or compromised through slapdash modern renovation. Читать дальше...
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Saturday announced the shutdown of TikTok for at least one year from 2025. The decision comes after a 14-year-old student was stabbed to death by a classmate last month in a fight that had started on social media.
