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The 27-year-old struggled to shine during a two-year spell at Chelsea between 2020 and 2022 after a £45 million ($57 million) move. Werner scored 23 times in 89 appearances, but did help the Blues lift the Champions League in 2021. However, his return for a second spell at Leipzig has also been far from a success as he fell down the pecking order under Marco Rose. Spurs are in need of attacking reinforcements with captain Son Heung-min away at the Asian Cup for the next month. Ivan Perisic, Manor... Читать дальше...

Tshisekedi got 73.47 percent of vote during a December 20 election, the court said. The Democratic Republic of Congo held a presidential, legislative, regional and local election on December 20 that opposition leaders had called a "sham". Nine opposition candidates signed a declaration in late December rejecting what they termed a "sham" election and called for a re-run. More than 40 million people out of the 100 million inhabitants of the vast country were registered to vote on December 20 for president... Читать дальше...

Armed men wearing balaclavas burst into the studio of a public television station on Tuesday in Ecuador's drug violence-torn port city of Guayaquil, taking hostage several journalists and staff members, live footage showed.

The 70-year-old's failure to disclose his hospitalization left top officials in the dark about his status as Washington struggles to contain the fallout from the Israel-Hamas war, which has sparked violence against American forces in Iraq and Syria as well as attacks on international shipping. Austin's "prostate cancer was detected early and his prognosis is excellent," two doctors from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center said in a statement released by the Pentagon. The cancer was detected... Читать дальше...

Pro-Israeli social media users have been claiming, wrongly, that Palestine’s official flag before 1948 featured the Star of David, a Jewish symbol. The spread of this false information online has picked up momentum since the start of the latest round of conflict between Israel and Hamas in October 2023, which has inflamed questions about the history and geopolitics of the contested region. An image of the flag that has been circulating appeared under the entry for “Palestine” in a 1939 edition of the French dictionary Larousse. Читать дальше...

Hezbollah said the attack was part of its response to the killings of top field commander Wissam Tawil on Monday and Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Aruri on January 2. The Shiite Muslim movement, a Hamas ally, said in a statement that it had targeted the "enemy's northern command centre" in the Israeli city of Safed with "several suicide drones". The Israeli military confirmed that a "hostile aircraft" had crashed at one of its bases in the north, and said that "no injuries or damage were reported". Читать дальше...

Fixed to the top of United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan rocket, Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander blasted off Monday from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, then successfully separated from its launch vehicle. But a few hours later, Astrobotic began reporting malfunctions, starting with an inability to orient Peregrine's solar panel towards the Sun and keep its battery topped up, owing to a propulsion glitch that also damaged the spacecraft's exterior. The company said it had "no chance of soft landing" on the Moon. Читать дальше...

After a swift rise up the ranks, 34-year-old Gabriel Attal took the reins as France’s new prime minister on Tuesday. With a background steeped in privilege, the first openly gay head of government is expected to bring new energy to President Emmanuel Macron’s government, which has been weakened by months of protests over pension reform, the lack of a parliamentary majority and low approval ratings.

The 77-year-old Trump attended the appeals court hearing held under tight security in a Washington courthouse just blocks away from the US Capitol stormed by his supporters on January 6, 2021. Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, listened quietly to the arguments in front of a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals before he addressed reporters and warned of "bedlam" if his prosecution goes ahead. Trump, who was impeached twice by the Democratic-controlled... Читать дальше...

Ratuniyarawa attacked the three young women in three consecutive nights at the same city centre establishment. The 37-year-old admitted two counts of assault by penetration and one of sexual assault between October 31 and November 2, 2023. He was sentenced by a judge at Cardiff Crown Court to two years and 10 months in jail. Two further charges of sexual assault relating to one of the three women were ordered to lie on file. All incidents were caught on security cameras, and none of the victims... Читать дальше...

With a likely rematch of the 2020 election looming, both Biden and Trump have frequently invoked Jan. 6 on the campaign trail. Trump, who is under federal indictment for his efforts to overturn his 2020 loss to Biden, has consistently downplayed or spread conspiracy theories about a riot in which his supporters — spurred by his lies about election fraud — tried to disrupt the certification of Biden's victory. Trump also continued to bemoan the treatment of those who have been jailed for participating in the riot... Читать дальше...

Artemis, named after the sister of Apollo in Greek mythology, was officially announced in 2017 as part of the US space agency's plans to establish a sustained presence on Earth's nearest space neighbor, and apply lessons learned there for a future mission to Mars. Its first mission, an uncrewed test flight to the Moon and back called Artemis 1, took place in 2022, after several postponements. Artemis 2, involving a crew that doesn't land on the surface, has been postponed from later this year to September 2025, Nelson told reporters. Читать дальше...

The 22-year-old beat Japanese double world champion Shoma Uno to claim the Cup of China, and also joined an elite group of men to score over 300 points (306.78) on his way to victory in the Grand Prix in France this season. But he slumped to fourth in the Grand Prix final in Beijing in December, a victim of stress generated by the high expectations. "It was really new for me, I had never entered a competition as number one and world number one at that," the skater from Bordeaux told AFP. "I was... Читать дальше...

South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to ban the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that will end the controversial centuries-old practice amid growing support for animal welfare. Support for the ban has grown under President Yoon Suk Yeol, an animal lover who owns six dogs and eight cats with first lady Kim Keon Hee, also a vocal critic of dog meat consumption.

President Daniel Noboa, who is only 36, was elected in October on a pledge to fight rampant drug-related crime and violence in this South American country that has a key intermediary role in the US- and European-bound cocaine trade. Noboa declared a 60-day state of emergency throughout the country on Monday, including in Ecuador's notoriously violent prisons, and imposed a nighttime curfew. He acted after a powerful gang leader, Jose Adolfo Macias, known as "Fito," escaped from prison. Overnight... Читать дальше...

The Grammy award-winning singer, best known for her 1990 cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U", was found unresponsive at her south London home last July. She was 56. London police said at the time that officers were not treating it as suspicious as an autopsy was carried out to determine the cause of her death. A short statement by Southwark Coroner's Court in south London said: "This is to confirm that Ms O'Connor died of natural causes. The coroner has therefore ceased their involvement in her death."... Читать дальше...

Gabriel Attal was named Tuesday as France’s youngest-ever prime minister, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest of his term amid growing political pressure from the far right. Attal, 34, rose to prominence as the government spokesman then education minister and had polled as the most popular minister in the outgoing government. He is France’s first openly gay prime minister. His predecessor Elisabeth Borne resigned Monday following recent political turmoil over an immigration... Читать дальше...

World Health Organization officials voiced concern on Tuesday about the possible collapse of hospitals in southern Gaza as the conflict intensifies around the city of Khan Younis, with many medical staff and patients fleeing for their lives.

Gabirel Attal said his objective as prime minister would be “keeping control of our destiny and liberating our French potential” as he made a speech on the steps of the Élysée presidential palace on Tuesday following the handover ceremony with his predecessor Elisabeth Borne.

French President Emmanuel Macron named 34-year-old Education Minister Gabriel Attal as his new prime minister on Tuesday, seeking to breathe new life into his second mandate ahead of European parliament elections. FRANCE 24's James Andre reports from Paris.

The year of 2023 was the hottest on record, with the increase in Earth's surface temperature nearly crossing the critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius, EU climate monitors said Tuesday.

The Israeli army bombed Gaza and battled Hamas fighters on Tuesday as US top diplomat Antony Blinken was in Tel Aviv on a regional tour aimed at stopping the war from escalating across the Middle East. Frnce 24's corresponden in Jerusalem Irris Makler has the latest.

Breivik has sued the state, claiming his extended isolation is a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which prohibits "inhuman" and "degrading" treatment. Now 44, he has been held apart from other inmates in high-security facilities for over 11 years. The trial, which opened Monday, is being held for security reasons in the gymnasium of Ringerike prison where Breivik is serving his sentence. More than 12 years after committing the bloodiest attack on Norwegian soil since World War II... Читать дальше...

Ten Hag was without at least 10 senior players for Monday's 2-0 win at third tier Wigan in the FA Cup third round. Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen missed the tie due to illness, while Brazil winger Antony was injured. United's substitutes were entirely comprising of youngsters, with the oldest outfield player on the bench being 22-year-old Facundo Pellistri. Although Ten Hag is optimistic a number of players could return in time for Sunday's Premier League match against Tottenham, he is well... Читать дальше...

Three policemen went on trial in France on Tuesday over an assault that inflicted severe rectal injuries to a black man during a stop and search in 2017 in a case that provoked shock across the country.