Author: France 24

Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday. The African nation has been roiled by a 16-month conflict and devastating floods.

French film legend Alain Delon, a divisive star known to some as a sex symbol and to others as an egotistical chauvinist, has died aged 88, his children announced Sunday. The actor, known for his roles in classics “Purple Noon” (1960) and “Le Samourai” (1967), died in the early hours of the morning, his son Anthony told AFP. He had been suffering with lymphoma.

After leading France’s Olympic team to a silver medal at the Paris Games, Thierry Henry left his coaching job Monday, with the French soccer federation saying he had cited personal reasons for the departure. Henry had a contract through the next season and was due to resume coaching the France under-21 team next month in its qualifying group for the 2025 European Championship. FRANCE 24 Sports Editor Leo McGuinn brings you the latest.

Fighting continues Monday in Gaza and southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah is based, as US top diplomat Antony Blinken meets with Israeli officials to secure a Gaza truce and hostage release deal. While mediators struggle to come up with a proposal that satisfies both Israel and Hamas, the ongoing talks have “defused” the “threat of a war with Iran”, FRANCE 24’s Irris Makler said, reporting from Jerusalem. 

Tributes poured in Sunday for film legend Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed actor and heartthrob described as the “last of the giants” of French cinema’s golden age. 

The World Health Organization on Wednesday (August 14) declared the mpox surge in Africa a global public health emergency, sounding its highest possible alarm over the worsening situation.

France bid a reluctant farewell on Monday to an “enchanted” fortnight of Olympic sport as athletes headed home from Paris praising a dazzling edition of the Games that has breathed new life into the biggest show on earth. FRANCE 24 Sports Editor Leo McGuinn recaps the event of the year that took place in the City of Light.

Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 24 people overnight and into Sunday, including a woman and her six children, local health officials said, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the region to try to seal a cease-fire deal after months of negotiations. FRANCE 24’s Irris Makler reports.

Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who embodied both the bad guy and the policeman in movie pictures died at age 88. Born to charm with his handsome looks and tender manner, Delon made hearts throb around the world through his films and interviews.

India’s medical workers began a countrywide strike Saturday to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in the eastern West Bengal state. Saturday’s strike was called by the country’s largest group of doctors, the Indian Medical Association, saying all non-essential services at hospitals would be shut down across the country for 24 hours.