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All to know as Benfica host 15-time champion Real Madrid in the opening leg of the UEFA Champions League knockout phase.

Ukraine's former energy minister German Galushchenko has been formally named as a suspect in a high-profile money laundering probe, investigators said Monday. The announcement comes one day after Galushchenko was detained by law enforcement attempting to leave Ukraine, and is the latest development in a corruption scandal in the energy sector that rocked the government last year. FRANCE 24's Emmanuelle Chaze reports from Kharkiv.

Congress is out on recess as a partial shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security is underway. And, why some superstar athletes have been getting the "yips" at the Winter Olympics in Italy.

Two years after Alexey Navalny’s death in an Arctic penal colony, supporters gathered at his Moscow grave.

Samsung has released a new advertisement for its upcoming Galaxy S26 launch that all-but confirms rumors of a new display with a built-in privacy mode. Leaked videos show that the feature could be capable of entirely blacking out content from specific apps or parts of the display when viewed at an angle. The new advert […]

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez visited Algeria on Monday in what could signal a thaw in relations between the two countries. Under his predecessor, Bruno Retailleau, France tightened entry conditions for Algerian diplomats and threatened retaliation if Algeria refused to take back its citizens ordered to leave French territory. Ties worsened further after France recognised Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, a region at the heart of a decades-long dispute.

The prolific, pioneering filmmaker made dozens of documentaries and chronicled the inner workings of institutions. His 1967 film, Titicut Follies, revealed appalling conditions at a prison facility.

Slalom skier Dave Ryding bids farewell to the Winter Olympics with a 17th-place finish in mixed conditions in Bormio.

US soldiers will not have a combat role and are to operate under full command authority of Nigeria's military.

Drone-fired missiles hit when market packed with people, 'exacerbating the humanitarian tragedy', rights group says.

League One club Mansfield will host record 14-time winners Arsenal at Field Mill in the FA Cup fifth round, as Manchester City head to Newcastle in a repeat of the League Cup semi-final.

CDC awarded $1.6 million for study birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau.

American sliders Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, and Kaillie Humphreys, 40, secure gold and bronze medals. Meyers-Taylor built on her record as the Black athlete with the most Winter Olympics medals.

Displaced Palestinians forced to live on a landfill battle rats, scabies and unexploded shells.

The migrant workforce is the backbone of the Indian economy, and Kerala is among the biggest beneficiaries.

Bus's rear tyre bursts, causing it to overturn on the BR-153 highway.

As costs increase, primary care practices are joining forces in Independent Physician Associations. The goal is to leverage better insurance contracts, while ensuring doctors still call the shots.

Sony and Nintendo are reportedly feeling squeezed by RAM shortages as demand from AI data centers takes up an increasing share of memory chip production. In response to rising costs and dwindling chip supplies, Sony is considering pushing back the release of its next PlayStation console "to 2028 or even 2029," according to industry sources […]

Starmer says Europe must be ready to fight, but can it afford to?

Officers knew CCTV discredited their key witness in Omar Benguit's conviction for murder of Korean woman.

Millions will vote in parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales, and local elections in England.

In the wake of the Munich Security Conference, we ask: what happens now? With Russia’s war on Ukraine still raging, do the grand words of Munich mean anything to those struggling to feed themselves, stay warm, or survive under Vladimir Putin’s ongoing missile and drone attacks?

Robert Duvall, a prolific, Oscar-winning actor who shunned glitz and won praise as one of his generation's greatest and most versatile artists, has died at age 95. Duvall's death on Sunday was confirmed by his wife Luciana Duvall in a statement posted Monday on Facebook. FRANCE 24's Jennie Shin reports.

One passenger was taken to hospital after the derailment, which police say could have been caused by an avalanche.

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