Pope Leo XIV plans to meet with seven survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy during his visit to France.

Pope Leo XIV opens a four-day visit to France this weekend that is expected to touch on church teaching about the value of all human life.

Angel Reese scored 30 points on 11-of-14 shooting and had 10 rebounds to help the Atlanta Dream rout the Connecticut Sun 103-59 on Thursday night in the first WNBA game following a nearly three-week break for the FIBA World Cup.

Paris has been grappling with intense heat and illustrator Marina Antonova captures this in her series “Chronicles of a Heating Planet.”.

The names may change, but the results are the same for the U.S. women’s basketball team — another FIBA World Cup title.

Breanna Stewart scored 22 points, Jackie Young added 18 and the U.S. beat France 97-79 to win its fifth consecutive women’s FIBA World Cup championship.

A series of art heists in France has highlighted the country's struggle to protect its cultural treasures.

Mont Blanc, western Europe's highest peak, is experiencing dramatic changes due to climate warming.

The United Kingdom has banned trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, where it says “settler terrorists” are carrying out “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians.

Global shares are mixed, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul leading gains thanks to buying of computer chipmakers.

Katie Taylor has closed out her remarkable career with a dominant victory over previously undefeated Flora Pili in front of 80,000 fans at Croke Park.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Britain's King Charles III have visited the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum.

Five-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar has posted a photo from the hospital wearing a neck brace and with bandages on his hand and face on Sunday, a day after crashing out of the Spanish Vuelta.

Five-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar was sent hurdling head-over-handlebars in a frightening crash while leading the Spanish Vuelta.

European soccer body UEFA is set to formally withdraw its threat to boycott FIFA competitions after receiving assurances Gianni Infantino’s failed World Cup sell-off plan will not be revived.

A tornado has ripped through a small village in southern France, damaging about 300 homes and injuring dozens.

Firefighters are tackling multiple fires in central England on a day that the U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year as an intense stretch of hot weather continued to grip Europe.

The U.K. and France are bracing for the fifth heat wave of the season, adding to an intense stretch of hot weather that has repeatedly sent temperatures soaring across Europe since May.

After winning the Women’s Tour de France for the second time Demi Vollering tried hard to hold back tears while the Dutch national anthem played.

Italy has placed all major cities under the highest heat alert as Europe faces a severe heat wave.

Europe is grappling with a record-breaking hot and dry summer.

Greece’s fire department says the collision of two firefighting helicopters battling a major wildfire burning out of control west of Athens left two crew members dead, while another two were recovered alive.

Firefighters have contained a vast wildfire in southwestern France, allowing nearly 200,000 people to return home.

Jean-François Pauner is among many volunteers helping firefighters battle wildfires in southwestern France.

Tens of thousands of migrants who crossed into Spain’s tiny Ceuta territory have returned voluntarily to Morocco.

Two new studies reveal climate change's fingerprints over extreme fire weather-triggering infernos in Spain and France.

George Clooney says his family has been forced to evacuate their home in southeastern France due to a nearby wildfire.

France has allowed 84,000 evacuees to return home after a massive wildfire, signaling progress in battling the flames.

Wildfires near Bordeaux are hurting the wine region's economy.

Fire crews in southwest France are battling a massive blaze four times the size of Paris, while two firefighters were killed fighting a wind-driven blaze on the Greek island of Crete.

A wildfire in southwest France grew so powerful that its towering smoke column became a thunderstorm, generating lightning that struck the ground and ignited new fires beyond the original blaze, French officials said.

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged fire crews to “stay strong” as they battle to bring a monster wildfire under control, warning that the fight will take time.

World War II’s D-Day landing beaches in northern France and the iconic Mount Olympus in Greece were among the sites added to the World Heritage List on Sunday at a U.N. committee meeting in South Korea reviewing dozens of nominations.

A raging wildfire in southwest France has forced the evacuation of 55,000 more people overnight.

Gabby Thomas chose to view herself as “healing” instead of “injured” last year.

France is using a massive cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants on a wildfire near the wine country city of Bordeaux.

Massive forest fires are raging out of control in southwestern France and central Spain, forcing authorities to evacuate around 200,000 people.

OpenAI has disclosed an "unprecedented cyber incident" where its AI system allegedly hacked into another AI company.

Expect goals in the World Cup final, as history suggests.

Kylian Mbappé had France poised for another run to the World Cup final with a team that seemingly had the offensive firepower to solve Spain’s stout defense.

Mikel Oyarzabal scored from the penalty spot after a heady play by teenager Lamine Yamal, Pedro Porro added another goal and Spain advanced to its first World Cup final since winning in 2010 with a 2-0 victory over France.

Former Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is facing backlash for comments about France's World Cup team ahead of their semifinal match.

Haeran Ryu has birdied the first hole of a playoff with Brooke Henderson to win the Evian Championship for a second straight major title in the space of three weeks.

Firefighters in Spain are battling one of the country's deadliest wildfires, which has killed at least 12 people.

The Bayeux Tapestry has returned to England for the first time in nearly 1,000 years.

Kylian Mbappé had a goal and an assist after missing a first-half penalty kick, Ousmane Dembélé also scored and France beat Morocco 2-0 in the World Cup quarterfinals.

Tadej Pogacar has produced a tremendous ride on the Col du Tourmalet to earn a 23rd Tour de France stage victory.

France's upcoming election has taken a striking turn after far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s decision to run for the presidency for a fourth time.

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she’ll run for the French presidency next year despite being sentenced Tuesday to wear a court-ordered electronic monitor for embezzlement.

Kylian Mbappé put France ahead with a brilliant crossover step in the 45th minute and added a second-half goal to break a World Cup knockout round scoring record, and Les Bleus beat Sweden 3-0 to set up a round of 16 match against Paraguay.

France forward Kylian Mbappé scored his 17th and 18th goals at the World Cup, moving one behind Lionel Messi on the tournament’s all-time list and tying him with the Argentina great in the race for the Golden Boot at this year's tournament with six apiece.

A record-breaking heat wave has overwhelmed mortuaries in Paris, leaving funeral directors struggling to find space for bodies.

A skydiving plane has crashed in northeastern France, killing all 11 people on board.

All of the matchups have been set for the World Cup's round of 32 with the knockout stage getting underway Sunday when Canada plays South Africa in Southern California.

France forward Ousmane Dembélé scored a first-half hat trick, including one off a feed from Kylian Mbappé, to help his team beat Norway 4-1 at the World Cup.

Paris Fashion Week Men’s became a test of fashion’s relationship with heat.

In designing the uniforms for this year's World Cup, Nike and other apparel makers sought to channel national pride and maximize comfort.

Pharrell Williams has sent Louis Vuitton’s dandy surfer over a giant wave at Paris Fashion Week.

Argentina's Lionel Messi has been mesmerizing.

France recorded its hottest day ever as an early heat wave gripped Europe.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms prompted a rare World Cup weather delay on Monday, when the halftime break during a match between France and Iraq lasted 2 hours, 10 minutes.

A newly unsealed court filing shows the U.S. government opposes a plan to auction more than 100 artifacts recovered from the wreckage of the Titanic in the North Atlantic.

A founder of Ubisoft, the global gaming company behind Assassin’s Creed, has been killed in a plane crash in western France.

President Donald Trump is lashing out at Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni once more.

French President Emmanuel Macron is opening the gilded gates of Louis XIV’s palace to U.S. President Donald Trump for a private reception, show and dinner marking America’s 250th birthday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine has secured key support from world leaders at the Group of Seven summit in France.

Cristiano Ronaldo looks to make history by becoming the first player to score a goal in six World Cups when Portugal meets Congo on Wednesday.

France striker Kylian Mbappé has scored the 13 and 14th World Cup goals of his career, tied for the fourth most in tournament history.

The White House has informed supporters that President Donald Trump has accomplished his goals in the war with Iran despite the details of an initial agreement remaining unclear.

President Donald Trump and G7 leaders are focusing on the Ukraine war and Trump is considering reimposing sanctions soon on Russian oil shipments.

U.S. President Donald Trump is in France this week for a G7 summit.

As summer travel ramps up, more families are turning to artificial intelligence to help plan their vacations.

The leaders of the U.K., Ukraine, France and Germany discussed the “urgent need” to ramp up production of weapons to combat Russia’s powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missiles in a meeting in London on Sunday.

The European Union has agreed on a major overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to increase deportations and establish detention centers abroad.

Adolfo Daniel Vallejo faces a significant fine for his sexist remarks at the French Open.

A new exhibit called “Hidden Treasures” shines a light on the 250 year cultural dialogue between France and the U.S. through the lens of French luxury goods.

Triple Espresso is back.

Parents’ groups in France are calling for more attention to child abuse scandals as a rare public trial opens in Paris.

A spring heat wave is scorching parts of Western Europe, breaking temperature records and triggering government warnings.

Europe is baking under unseasonal heat that is shattering temperature records and prompting government warnings after deaths were reported at amateur sports events in France.

Home player Arthur Gea ran off the court for an emergency bathroom break early in the first set of his French Open debut.

The Cannes Film Festival is wrapping up its twelve days of premieres and high fashion.

Victor Wembanyama is heading back to France next season with the San Antonio Spurs.

Malaysia's government is seeking $251 million in compensation from Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace AS after Norway revoked an export permit.

John Travolta was surprised with an honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of his directorial debut.

French authorities have ordered over 1,700 passengers and crew on a British cruise ship to stay on board due to a gastrointestinal illness outbreak.

The 79th Cannes Film Festival has kicked off.

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced new investments in Africa at a summit held in Kenya.

France is pitching what it says is a new model of partnership with African countries at a summit that begins Monday in Kenya as it completes a military withdrawal from West African countries that has been widely seen as marking declining influence on the continent.

The International Olympic Committee says athletes from Belarus should once again be able to compete with their full national identity and not be vetted for neutral status.

Kylian Mbappé insists he remains fully committed to his recovery from a left hamstring injury.

European leaders say President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Germany is just the latest signal that Europe must take more responsibility for its security.

Real Madrid says star forward Kylian Mbappé has injured his left hamstring, putting in doubt his participation in the Spanish league clasico in two weeks.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is declining to engage in a dispute with the U.S. over reports that the Pentagon is considering punishing NATO members who don't support U.S. operations in the Iran war.

The U.K. and French governments have signed a new multimillion-euro deal to reduce migrant crossings in the English Channel.

Nathalie Baye, a French actor known for her versatility and charm, has died at 77.

Natalie Portman is expecting her third child at age 44.

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says the 85-year-old French widow of an American military veteran has returned home from U.S. immigration custody.

American sprinters Sha’Carri Richardson and Christian Coleman have won their heats and qualified for Monday’s semifinals of the Stawell Gift, an annual race contested over 120 meters on grass in a small Australian town near Melbourne.

Olympic gold medalist Lin Yu-ting has won her quarterfinal bout at the Asian boxing championships in her first event since World Boxing said she passed a gene test to confirm her gender.