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The Paris Olympic Games officially get underway on Friday, at a period of high geopolitical tensions. An impressive security operation has been put in place, but the Games also face unpreced… Read More
The European Council on Friday launched formal action against France, Italy and five other EU countries for breaking the bloc's budget rules, kickstarting a procedure forcing them to negotia… Read More
The French capital is hosting the 2024 Olympic Games and its organisers say they are the first in history where women and men will be equally represented. But do these Games deserve a gold m… Read More
Some of the last, but surely not least. Former US President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama endorsed Kamala Harris’s bid for the White House on Friday, in a filmed vi… Read More
Organisers have promised an Opening Ceremony the likes of which audiences have never seen to launch the 2024 Paris Games. More than 80 boats bearing nearly 7,000 athletes will set off from P… Read More
Some 300,000 spectators are expected to attend the historic Olympic opening ceremony in Paris on Friday, which will take place along the River Seine. Expected to unfold under a rainy sky, th… Read More
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates discussed the US presidential bid of Vice President Kamala Harris, who is set to be the new Democratic… Read More
French train operator SNCF on Friday said that the country’s high-speed network had been targeted with widespread and "criminal" acts, disrupting travel for hundreds of thousands of pe… Read More
Speaking to the press on Thursday, Kamala Harris insisted she would "not be silent" on the ongoing suffering in the Gaza Strip after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. H… Read More
With bounties of several million dollars offered for their capture, Mexican drug lords Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of the infamous “El Chapo&rdqu… Read More
If she convinces voters in the November election, Kamala Harris could be the first Black and South Asian woman to become US president. It’s a prospect her supporters find exhilarating… Read More
NASA has yet to fix a return date for its two astronauts at the International Space Station, who have now been stuck there for more than a month due to technical issues with the Boeing-manuf… Read More
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is vying for a third term in Sunday’s presidential election after being in power for more than a decade. But weakened by economic crisis and a deter… Read More
On visit to Paris for the Olympics Games, Argentina’s Javier Milei is scheduled to meet President Macron Friday at the Elysee Palace, according to the Argentine presidency. The two lea… Read More
UN human rights chief Volker Turk Thursday demanded Bangladesh disclose details surrounding the crackdown on anti-job quota protests last week that killed 193 people. Turk also called on the… Read More
G20 finance ministers gathering in Brazil Thursday are set to discuss the much-debated topic of taxing billionaires amid widening global inequality. According to a Oxfam study, the world&rsq… Read More
Organisers of the Paris Olympics have promised the event will be "historic for the climate". As part of its climate strategy, the committee established a goal of generating no more than half… Read More
While team sports will take centre stage Thursday on the eve of the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics, the first individual event of the 2024 Games – archery – will be drawi… Read More
As FRANCE 24 takes a look at the artistic and cultural iterations of the Olympic Games, fashion designer Stéphane Ashpool invites us into his Paris workshop to get a sneak preview of… Read More
Bomber jets from Russia and China flew over the far east of Russia and the Bering Sea near Alaska on Thursday during a joint aerial patrol. Although not seen as a threat by the North America… Read More
A senior Paris prosecutor on Thursday announced that authorities have kicked off a major operation to target a network of bots that have been infecting computers with a malware programmed ai… Read More
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will be meeting with Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu at the White House on Thursday. Biden will try to secure his elusive ceasefire deal… Read More
The Israeli Defence Forces announced on Thursday that they had found the bodies of five hostages killed during the October 7 attacks who have been held in Gaza ever since. Corpses of a kinde… Read More
Boeing Co. has reached an agreement with the U.S. government to plead guilty to criminal conspiracy related to two fatal crashes of its 737 Max jetliner, paving the way for a potential court… Read More
A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil sank off Manila, leaving one crew member missing and 16 rescued, authorities said. An oil slick was detect… Read More
President Joe Biden's decision not to seek reelection in November was meant to unify the nation under a new generation of leaders, he said on Wednesday night in his first public address sinc… Read More
In his first address to the nation since quitting the race, 81-year-old US President Joe Biden gave an Oval Office speech Wednesday night explaining his historic decision to step aside… Read More
Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Washington on Wednesday, in opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu's visit and his address to a joint session of US Cong… Read More
Football and Rugby Sevens matches kicked off the Summer Olympics in Paris on Wednesday, two days ahead of the much-anticipated opening ceremony that will see hundreds of thousands of spectat… Read More
Several plots to disrupt the 2024 Paris Olympics have been foiled by French authorities over the past weeks, according to officials. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin Wednesday… Read More
Hundreds of dancers set to perform Friday at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony have called off a planned strike over pay disparities after reaching a deal with the event’s organisers… Read More
On visit to China for talks, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that Russia was not ready to negotiate an end to the war in “good faith&rdquo… Read More
Remaining US troops stationed in Niger’s Agadez drone base in the north will leave the country by early August, according to a US commander. Niger’s junta, who seized power in a… Read More
Final preparations are under way as the French capital prepares to host the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Streets and bridges are closed, large areas are inaccessible, and securi… Read More
Schools and offices in Taiwan closed on Thursday as the island braces itself for the first typhoon of the year. Expected to be the strongest storm in eight years, Gaemi brought strong winds… Read More
For the 2024 Olympics, Paris has become an open-air art gallery. In part three of our arts24 Olympic series, we talk to American artist Alison Saar, who was commissioned to create an Olympic… Read More
Football and Rugby Seven matches will kick off the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday, before the grandiose opening ceremony that will see hundreds of thousands of spectators line the banks of… Read More
Just two days before the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony kicks off, France was granted conditional approval to host the 2030 Winter Olympics. Set to take place in the French Alps, the g… Read More
Trash from at least one North Korean balloon hit the South Korean presidential compound in Seoul on Wednesday in what is the first time the fortified no-fly zone has been directly struck by… Read More
With a promise to lay out “what lies ahead”, US President Joe Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday. In what could be his last major speech as president… Read More
After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the US on Monday to speak before Congress on Wednesday, police cracked down on Jewish Voice for Peace demonstrators who staged… Read More
Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo is willing to explore avenues towards a “peaceful, negotiated political solution” to the devastating war with… Read More
Despite renewed communication efforts between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels, Hans Grundberg, the UN envoy to Yemen, warned the UN Security Council that growing international tensio… Read More
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is slated to deliver a landmark speech in Congress on Wednesday in which he is expected to seek support and attempt to regain credibility, both from… Read More
A Russian man was under investigation on suspicion of trying to disrupt the Paris Olympics that are set to kick off on July 26, French prosecutors said. The state prosecution service gave no… Read More
US Vice President Kamala Harris has supported President Joe Biden, a seasoned politician with decades of foreign policy experience, on key international issues. With the former California at… Read More
US Vice President Kamala Harris hit the campaign trail Tuesday after effectively clinching the Democratic party's presidential nomination in just 36 hours, with a rally in the battleground s… Read More
France's President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said he would maintain the current centrist caretaker government through the end of the Paris Olympics to avoid “disorder”. His rema… Read More
French President Emmanuel Macron's office said on Tuesday that he was pressing Danish authorities not to extradite anti-whaling activist and Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson to Japan after h… Read More
The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia rose to at least 229, a local official in the remote Gofa Zone said on Tuesday, as the search for survivors continued into the second… Read More
French President Emmanuel Macron hoped the Paris Olympics would be a shining part of his legacy. But a failed bet on a snap legislative election – in which his coalition lost seats &nd… Read More
Both Republicans and Democrats in the US Congress called on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign following her appearance before a congressional committee on Monday. On Tuesday… Read More
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Sirens rang out across Taiwan’s capital Taipei Tuesday, July 23, while streets emptied and people hurried to take shelter as part of civil defence drills designed to simulate a Chinese… Read More
France's leftist party France Unbowed (LFI) announced its plan to introduce legislation on Tuesday to repeal President Emmanuel Macron's contentious pension reform, which raised the legal re… Read More
For the Paris 2024 Olympics, dancer, choreographer and photographer Mathieu Forget invited athletes to dance with him for a series of jaw-dropping photographs in iconic cultural spots around… Read More
More than 2,500 people have been arrested in Bangladesh amid ongoing violence triggered by protests over employment quotas, according to an AFP tally on Tuesday. At least 174 people, includi… Read More
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Paris is readying for the Games with extensive efforts to keep its rat population out of sight, ensuring visitors experience the city's charm without encountering its infamous rodents. City… Read More
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit China this week in a bid to persuade Beijing to reduce its support for Russia and get behind Kyiv’s push for “susta… Read More
American rapper Snoop Dogg will carry the Olympic flame through Saint-Denis this Friday, marking a significant moment before the Paris Games' opening ceremony. Joining him are French actress… Read More
Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the US Congress called on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign over the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, who was sli… Read More
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said a curfew imposed last week following days of clashes between protesters and security forces would be lifted when the situation improved. Days of… Read More
French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné said on Monday that the "Israeli delegation is welcome in France", adding that the call by a far-left lawmaker for the country'… Read More
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Paris restaurant owners had hoped to see a boom in business as crowds flocked to the city for this summer’s Olympic Games, but instead many along the French capital’s River Seine… Read More
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US President Joe Biden said Sunday he was endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for the 2024 election after announcing he was dropping of the race for the White Ho… Read More
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President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France was ready to host the Paris Olympics as he visited the Athletes' Village four days before the Games begin. The opening ceremony on t… Read More
China and the Philippines have struck a deal aimed at stopping the two countries from clashing over the fiercely disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, the Philippine governmen… Read More
Russia on Sunday said two US bomber planes had approached its border in the Arctic and that it had scrambled fighter jets to make them turn away. Moscow has previously accused the United Sta… Read More
The Supreme Court in Bangladesh on Sunday ruled that only a small share of government jobs can be allocated to relatives of veterans who fought in the country’s war of independence. Th… Read More
Israel’s military said it had intercepted a surface-to-surface missile headed for the Red Sea resort town of Eilat early on Sunday. Yemen’s Houthi rebels later confirmed they had… Read More
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In his first rally since the assassination attempt last week, Donald Trump said he had taken "a bullet for democracy” and urged his supporters to “fight, fight, fight” to e… Read More
Paris's road to the 2024 Olympics has been anything but plain sailing. From political bickering, to last minute sponsors and nail-biting suspense over the cleanliness of the Seine river, the… Read More
Donald Trump's former White House physician said that the bullet wound sustained by the Republican presidential candidate in an assassination attempt was beginning to heal, adding that the b… Read More
Israel's military confirmed Saturday that its fighter jets had hit Yemen's port city of Hodeidah with air strikes earlier that evening, alleging that the port had been used by the Houthis to… Read More
Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogacar won his fifth stage in this year's Tour de France on Saturday, edging out his rival Jonas Vingegaard in the race's second-to-last stretch Read More
Five protesters and a police officer were injured during a mobilisation against irrigation reservoirs being built on France's Atlantic coast. Critics of the massive infrastructure projects s… Read More
Fifty years since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus split the island in two and displaced roughly 40 percent of the population, Turkish and Cypriot leaders still have radically different vision… Read More
A pregnant woman who was fatally wounded in an Israeli air strike on a refugee camp in central Gaza managed to make it to hospital in time for doctors to deliver her baby through an eme… Read More
Preparations for the Paris Olympics intensified in the French capital on Saturday as security teams patrolled the six-kilometre route along the Seine for the waterborne opening ceremony, the… Read More
Eight Palestinian athletes will take part in the Paris Olympic Games, which get under way on July 26. After nine months of war in Gaza, their presence will serve as a platform to raise publi… Read More
A government curfew was in place Saturday as military forces patrolled cities around Bangladesh after another day of violent clashes between student protesters and police over civil ser… Read More
A week after surviving an assassination attempt, US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday said he spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by telephone, and pledged… Read More
