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Spain Ousts Germany in UEFA Euro 2024 Quarter-Finals The German team lined up for their pre-match pictures ahead of the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-final against Spain in Stuttgart on July 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei) In a nail-biting climax, Mikel Merino netted a goal in the 119th minute, securing Spain's place in the semifinals and sending Germany packing from the tournament at MHP-Arena on a gripping Friday night. Regular time ended with a 1-1 deadlock, pushing the contest into extra time. A precise cross from Olmo to the…

Portugal's goalkeeper Diogo Costa shut down three penalties in the shootout, knocking out a tenacious Slovenia 3-0 in their Euro 2024 Round of 16 clash at Frankfurt's Deutsche-Bank-Park on Monday. From the get-go, Portugal hogged possession, pushing Slovenia onto the ropes in the initial minutes. Yet, Robert Martinez's squad found it tough to capitalize on their early dominance. Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes both squandered golden opportunities from close range. Slovenia's defense held firm, with every…

Rodri, Spain's captain, takes a shot in the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 clash against Georgia in Cologne, Germany, on June 30, 2024. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo) Spain battled back from a one-goal deficit to demolish a tenacious Georgia 4-1 in the Euro 2024 round of 16 at a packed-to-the-rafters Rhein-Energie Stadium on Sunday. Right out of the gate, Spain pushed aggressively, crafting multiple early opportunities. However, Georgia's goalie, Giorgi Mamardashvili, thwarted efforts from Daniel Carvajal and Pedri. Meanwhile, Nico…

On July 8, 2020, Amadou Gon Coulibaly disappeared from a heart attack, when he had been called the RHDP candidate for the presidential election by Alassane Ouattara. The Presidential Party pays tribute to him and on this occasion the Heart and the Spirit appears, his autobiography written with the journalists Zyad Limam and Venance Konan. A book would accompany his presidential campaign and allow him to change his image of a tight technocrat. .

Congo-Brazzaville lives in step with the first edition of the book and theater trolley; an authors' initiative that aims in particular to bring books closer to the public in a country with abundant literature. Leaving Brazzaville, this caravan must stay in five sections in southern Congo. The initiator, playwright Mireille Emma Opa Elion, at the head of a writers' collective, sets the goals for the event. “The reason for the book and theater carriage is quite simple; it is our desire to make books and theater beloved…

This Saturday, March 20, marks La Francophonie's International Day. Postponed for a year, the Estates General of French-language books will gather publishing professionals in September next year, in Tunis, on the sidelines of the summit of heads of state La Francophonie. Access to books is still too difficult in the…