The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations will expand from 16 to 24 teams and be staged in June and July, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Thursday. The tournament has traditionally been...
The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has passed a proposal shifting the scheduling of the AFCON from January to June and July. This follows the decision to expand...
Austria's foreign minister Sebastian Kurz called on Italy Thursday to stop migrants from reaching the mainland by halting the ferry services from the islands where they first land. Kurz said he had...
Citigroup has picked Frankfurt as its headquarters for broker-dealer duties for EU countries after Brexit, a Citigroup executive announced Thursday in an email reviewed by AFP. The operations are...
Six Syrian actors battled a fraught US visa process to tread the boards in New York this week, seeking to impress on American theater goers the human cost of a war raging halfway round the world....
Dustin Johnson is aiming to show why he is ranked number one in the world and emerge from a field full of potential winners at the British Open, which gets underway at Royal Birkdale on Thursday....
Radio 2 host, Chris Evans, has topped the list of the BBC’s best-paid stars. He topped the table, in a salary bracket of £2,200,000 – £2,249,999. Claudia Winkleman who was the highest-paid...
Morgan Stanley has picked Frankfurt as a new temporary hub to operate in the European Union when Brexit takes effect, a person familiar with the situation said Wednesday. The New York investment bank...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday denounced the EU's political demands on Israel as "absolutely crazy", in remarks leaked from a closed-door meeting with eastern and central European...
Diminutive Ghana international, Kingsley Sarfo’s hopes of playing in the Champions League were dashed last night as his Swedish side Malmo were dumped out of the competition’s second round of...
The Managing Director of Yara Ghana Limited has mounted strong defence for government’s move to increase fertilizer use to boost farming in the country, as he rejects long-held perception linking...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday denounced Brussels' repeated criticism of Israel as an "anomaly" and called on Europe to reassess its relationship with the Jewish state. The EU has...
Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright warned Wednesday that "rule-of-law" issues could harm investments in the Philippines after her nation and rights groups criticised President Rodrigo...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that Tehran would "respond appropriately" to new US sanctions but that Iran remained committed to its nuclear deal with world powers. "The Islamic...
For years, Iranians have had to put up with the likes of "Mash Donalds" and "Pizza Hat". Now real Western food franchises have finally arrived, but doing business in Iran is not for the...
Long before he was the auteur behind some of the most spectacular, extravagant action movies ever made, Luc Besson was a young boy in love with a comic book character. He first encountered Laureline,...
Twenty-three west African migrants, including a seven-year-old girl, were found alive after being abandoned in the depths of the Sahara, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said...
Shares of iconic US motorcycle company Harley-Davidson stumbled Tuesday following weak earnings that underscored its troubles finding new customers. Shares were down 8.5 percent at $47.60 midday...
There are those who believe the Cup of Nations is perfectly placed at the beginning of the year while others reckon a change on the calendar year will serve the tournament well and help increase the...
Rapidly growing bike-sharing startup Mobike already has 100 million users in China. And it's now looking to the US and Europe in the hope its unique 'dockless' system can disrupt the industry. Mobike...
