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2023-03-20 21:45
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed a bill that requires Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to declassify information related to the origins of COVID-19, the White House sa… Read More
2023-03-20 20:55
Parliament adopted a divisive pension bill Monday raising the retirement age in France from 62 to 64, after lawmakers in the lower chamber rejected two no-confidence votes against the govern… Read More
2023-03-20 16:52
America readied itself Monday ahead of the possible historic indictment of Donald Trump over a hush-money case, with the former president calling for mass demonstrations if he is charged Read More
2023-03-20 15:35
The European Commission said Monday it will support Turkey with one billion euros ($1.07 billion) to help with reconstruction in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated parts of the… Read More
2023-03-20 15:32
After six months of protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, our Observers say that "irreversible" changes have taken place in Iranian society. The most noticeable is the number of Iranian wo… Read More
2023-03-20 14:28
Devastating climate impacts are hitting faster than expected as the world teeters on reaching the 1.5 degree Celsius warming limit in a little over a decade, the UN said Monday Read More
2023-03-20 13:53
Protests erupted across France on Monday night, hours after the government adopted deeply unpopular pension reforms after surviving two no-confidence votes. Opposition lawmakers have vowed t… Read More
2023-03-20 13:51
Olivier Dubois, a French journalist who was abducted in Mali's Gao region (north) on April 8, 2021 by the al Qaeda-linked Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM), was released on Monday an… Read More
2023-03-20 11:00
A major new United Nations report being released Monday is expected to provide a sobering reminder that time is running out if humanity wants to avoid passing a dangerous global warming thre… Read More
2023-03-20 08:15
Iraq on Monday marks 20 years since the start of the US-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, but no official celebrations are planned Read More
2023-03-20 07:38
Ukraine's defence ministry said on Monday that an explosion in Dzhankoi in the north of the Crimean penin… Read More
2023-03-20 07:18
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Monday faces two motions of no confidence in the National Assembly lower house, after forcing through an unpopular pension reform last week without a… Read More
2023-03-20 04:44
The 41-year-old man, who was deployed in Afghanistan, is accused of having killed a civilian. A four-year investigation revealed that Australian special forces killed 39 unarmed civilians an… Read More
2023-03-20 02:43
New York Community Bank has agreed to buy a significant chunk of the failed Signature Bank in a $2.7 billion deal, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said late Sunday Read More
2023-03-20 00:00
Barcelona snatched a 2-1 Clasico win over Real Madrid with Franck Kessie's late goal Sunday to move 12 points clear at the top of La Liga Read More
2023-03-19 23:50
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for the country to stand ready to conduct nuclear attacks at any time to deter war, accusing the US and South Korea of expanding joint m… Read More
2023-03-19 18:25
The death toll after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Ecuador and Peru, has risen to 15, authorities said Sunday Read More
2023-03-19 17:22
UBS agreed to buy rival Swiss bank Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.23 billion) in stock and agreed to assume up to 5 billion francs ($5.4 billion) in losses, in a shotgun merger… Read More
2023-03-19 12:06
French President Emmanuel Macron faces a critical test on Monday when the National Assembly is due to examine no-confidence motions filed after his government bypassed parliament on Thursday… Read More
2023-03-16 18:09
Greek police fired tear gas and protesters hurled firebombs on Thursday as more than 40,000 people took to the streets to slam the government and voice outrage at last month's train disaster… Read More
2023-03-16 17:49
A renewal in diplomatic ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia has raised hopes of an end to fighting in Yemen, where the two regional powers have been locked in a proxy war for eight years.&nbs&hell…Read More
2023-03-16 17:10
An Israeli army raid killed four Palestinians, including a teenage boy, near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday, Palestinian officials said. Read More
2023-03-16 16:48
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan granted an interview to FRANCE 24 from Lahore. Earlier this week, police came to arrest him at his home for not appearing in court over a corruptio… Read More
2023-03-16 16:41
Britain said on Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move that follows other Western countries in barring the Chinese-owned video app over security conc… Read More
2023-03-16 16:28
Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as president of FIFA until 2027 after standing unopposed at the congress of world football's governing body on Thursday. Read More
2023-03-16 16:02
Videos filmed on March 14, 2023 show armed supporters of the Palestinian political movement Fatah firing celebratory gunshots into the air in Hebron in the West Bank. The men were celebratin… Read More
2023-03-16 15:24
The founder and leader of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been touted as someone who could pose a political challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin. … Read More
2023-03-16 13:59
French President Emmanuel Macron shunned parliament on Thursday and invoked a special constitutional power to force through a controversial pension reform that raises the retirement age by t… Read More
2023-03-16 13:09
Six months after the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, protests have dwindled in many parts of Iran. But in Sistan and Baluchestan province on Iran’s eastern border, hundred… Read More
2023-03-16 09:56
Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday said Warsaw would deliver an initial batch of four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, in what would be the first such shipment by a NATO member. Ukrain… Read More
2023-03-16 08:39
Israeli protesters pressed ahead on Thursday with demonstrations against a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary, pushing back against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after… Read More
2023-03-16 04:59
Swiss bank Credit Suisse said Thursday it will move to shore up its finances, borrowing up to $54 billion from the central bank after its shares plunged, dragging down other major European l… Read More
2023-03-16 04:46
Around 50,000 teachers in New Zealand went on strike on Thursday, after union talks with the Ministry of Education aimed at improving salaries and conditions stalled Read More
2023-03-16 03:55
TikTok confirmed Wednesday that US officials have recommended the popular video-sharing app part ways with its Chinese parent ByteDance to avoid a national ban Read More
2023-03-16 01:21
North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan on Thursday, hours before South Korea's president was due to fly to Tokyo for a… Read More
2023-03-15 23:35
UN nuclear watchdog inspectors have found that roughly 2.5 tons of natural uranium have gone missing from a Libyan site that is not under government control, the watchdog told… Read More
2023-03-15 22:37
There was no historic comeback for Liverpool. Real Madrid's title defense in the Champions League rolls into the quarterfinals Read More
2023-03-15 18:42
An activist in Poland was convicted on Tuesday for helping a pregnant woman access abortion pills, as a legal case in the US attempts to ban access to medical abortion altogether. In co… Read More
2023-03-15 17:13
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday urged Ethiopia to "deepen the peace" in its war-torn north, as he announced a $331-million aid package to the country during a visit aimed a… Read More
2023-03-15 16:58
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad offered Russian President Vladimir Putin his support in the Ukraine conflict during a visit to Moscow on Wednesday. The meeting between the two leaders in Mo… Read More
2023-03-15 16:14
After a journalist and three Arabic-language correspondents of FRANCE 24 were accused of certain comments posted on their personal social media pages, the management of the channel immediate… Read More
2023-03-15 15:18
Conspicuous by its absence at the coronation of Britain's King Charles III on May 6 will be the Koh-i-Noor diamond. In this edition of Coronation Countdown, FRANCE 24's International Affairs… Read More
2023-03-15 12:31
A Pakistan court ordered police on Wednesday to suspend an operation to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan, bringing a halt to pitched battles in which police baton-charged supporters o… Read More
2023-03-15 12:00
France saw on Wednesday an eighth day of protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Garbage piled up in Paris and rail services were… Read More
2023-03-15 10:12
Cameras installed in a grocery store in Canada have sparked a furore on Twitter, with some people claiming that they are being used to surveil the population and limit their purchases. The p… Read More
2023-03-15 09:06
A Russian fighter jet struck the propeller of a US surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday in what a US spokeman called a “brazen violation of international law”, forcin… Read More
2023-03-15 07:07
The death toll from Cyclone Freddy in Malawi and Mozambique passed 200 on Tuesday after the record-breaking storm triggered floods and landslips in its second strike on Africa in less than t… Read More
2023-03-15 06:13
France faces another day of strikes on Wednesday over highly contested pension reforms which President Emmanuel Macron appears on the verge of pushing through despite months of protests Read More
2023-03-15 00:33
The startup OpenAI on Tuesday said it is beginning to release a powerful artificial intelligence model known as GPT-4, setting the stage for human-like technology to proliferate and more com… Read More
2023-03-14 22:09
Recent US military activity in the Asia-Pacific is on the rise, including drills in the Philippines and South Korea as well as a submarine deal struck between the US and Australia. China has… Read More
2023-03-14 21:23
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived late Tuesday in Ethiopia on a bid to support the peace process after a brutal two-year civil war, and renew ties with a longtime ally Read More
2023-03-14 20:36
Pakistan riot police on Tuesday used water cannon and tear gas to push back supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan who have gathered outside his house to prevent officers from arrest… Read More
2023-03-14 17:10
Facebook owner Meta announced a fresh wave of job cuts on Tuesday, part of what CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the company's "year of efficiency" as the US tech sector continues to downsize Read More
2023-03-14 16:32
Polish activist Justyna Wydrzynska was on Tuesday found guilty of supplying a pregnant woman with abortion pills in the Catholic country, her NGO said, in Poland's first such case Read More
2023-03-14 15:21
FRANCE 24 spoke to the former head of Saudi intelligence, Turki al-Faisal, following the announcement that Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations. The prince e… Read More
2023-03-14 14:11
An Indian newspaper report alleges that New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is home to 77 smuggled antiquities. According to UNESCO estimates, some 50,000 pieces of art stolen from In… Read More
2023-03-14 14:08
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Tuesday he had complained to President Vladimir Putin about "problems" with Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh, warning of an escalation in… Read More
2023-03-14 13:38
French President Emmanuel Macron launched the countdown to the 2024 Paris Olympics on Tuesday, taking stock of preparations for the mammoth event as officials race to get the city’s tr… Read More
2023-03-14 10:47
Our Observer, Kwajo Tweneboa, didn't become an activist by choice. Instead, he began campaigning for tenants' rights after living in a London council house for years with his dying father an… Read More
2023-03-14 09:22
A Russian fighter jet struck the propeller of a US military surveillance drone on Tuesday, causing the US to crash the drone into the Black Sea, the Pentagon said. Russia denied striking the… Read More
2023-03-14 08:54
China warned on Tuesday that Australia, Britain and the United States were treading a "path of error and danger" after they unveiled a nuclear-powered submarines deal. Read More
2023-03-14 06:15
Asian markets sank Tuesday, with banks bearing the brunt of the selling on fears of contagion in the sector after the collapse of two regional US lenders. Read More
2023-03-14 04:38
China said that it will reopen its borders to foreign tourists for the first time in the three years since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic by restoring the issuance of all types o… Read More
2023-03-14 04:18
Mozambique and Malawi on Monday were counting the cost of Tropical Storm Freddy, which killed more than 100 people, injured scores and left a trail of destruction as it ripped through southe… Read More
2023-03-14 01:58
A California state appeals court on Monday revived a ballot measure allowing app-based services such as Uber Technologies and Lyft Inc to treat drivers as independent contract… Read More
2023-03-14 00:42
North Korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles in another show of force Tuesday, a day after the United States and South Korea began military drills that Pyongyang views as an inv… Read More
2023-03-13 21:41
French President Emmanuel Macron received Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban to discuss the Ukraine war and other issues ahead of a European Council meeting over a working dinner at the E… Read More
2023-03-13 19:44
A protracted strike by rubbish collectors has added a new twist to France’s festering dispute over pension reform as the battle over President Emmanuel Macron’s deeply unpopular… Read More
2023-03-13 19:12
Australia will buy as many as five US nuclear-powered submarines and later build a new model with US and British technology under an ambitious plan to beef up Western muscle across the Asia… Read More
2023-03-13 17:31
Britain on Monday detailed plans to bolster military and security spending to confront the "epoch-defining challenge" posed by China while also countering Russia, as London updated its strat… Read More
2023-03-13 16:53
Officially, the El Ouardia migrant centre in Tunis is meant to serve as a reception centre to “welcome and orient” new arrivals to Tunisia. However, what is actually happening th… Read More
2023-03-13 15:09
The Biden administration is approving a scaled-back version ConocoPhillips' COP.N $7 billion oil and gas drilling project in Alaska, the US Department of Interior said on… Read More
2023-03-13 13:19
Cyclone Freddy hit Madagascar first in February and then again in March, a rare loop trajectory that left behind a trail of destruction. The island nation was already reeling from last year'… Read More
2023-03-13 11:13
Gary Lineker will return as presenter of the flagship BBC football show Match of the Day, the broadcaster said on Monday, ending a crisis sparked by his criticism of the UK government's new… Read More
2023-03-13 09:55
European finance ministers and the EU's economics commissioner played down the contagion risk of the collapse of US Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) while European bank shares saw their bigges… Read More
2023-03-13 08:36
Russia consented on Monday to prolong an ongoing Black Sea grain deal for 60 days following its second-term expiration date on March 18. The original deal was brokered by the UN and Turkey i… Read More
2023-03-13 07:11
New Chinese Premier Li Qiang sought to reassure the country's private sector on Monday, saying the environment for entrepreneurial businesses will improve and that equal treatment will be gi… Read More
2023-03-13 06:54
Nicaragua on Sunday said it was considering suspending diplomatic ties with the Vatican, after Pope Francis days earlier called the Central American country's government a "crude dictatorshi… Read More
2023-03-13 06:36
French lawmakers start examining a new bill on Monday aimed at speeding up the construction of new nuclear reactors, which President Emmanuel Macron says are crucial to bolstering France&rsq&hell…Read More
2023-03-13 03:14
In the end, its victory was utterly predictable and yet still totally implausible Read More
2023-03-13 02:38
The US government took extraordinary steps Sunday to stop a potential banking crisis after the historic failure of Silicon Valley Bank, assuring all depositors at the failed institution that… Read More
2023-03-12 23:44
Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine on Sunday, state news agency KCNA said on Monday just as US-South Korea military… Read More
2023-03-12 21:12
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday the government wants to avoid financial "contagion" from Silicon Valley Bank's implosion, but while the US rules out a bailout it reportedly is co… Read More
2023-03-12 20:39
About 30 migrants were missing and presumed drowned after the overcrowded boat they were on capsized during a rescue attempt by a cargo ship off Libya's coast, Italy's coastguard said. … Read More
2023-03-12 19:32
After the publication of an article on the CAMERA website (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America), and taken up by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, implicating a journalist… Read More
2023-03-12 16:40
Thousands of tonnes of garbage has piled up on streets across the French capital after a week of strike action by dustbin collectors against government pension reforms, city hall said Sunday… Read More
2023-03-12 14:42
Thousands of people protested on Sunday against safety deficiencies in Greece’s railway network nearly two weeks after dozens were killed in the country's deadliest train crash. Read More
2023-03-12 10:58
"Everything Everywhere All at Once," a wacky sci-fi film featuring multiple universes, sex toys and hot dog fingers, enters Sunday's Oscars ceremony as the highly unorthodox frontrunner for… Read More
2023-03-12 10:38
The BBC was forced to scrap much of its weekend sports programming as the network scrambled to stem an escalating crisis over its suspension of soccer host Gary Lineker for comments criticiz… Read More
2023-03-12 10:25
The Paris Opera on Saturday appointed 23-year old dancer Guillaume Diop to its Etoile category, the first time a black person has received the ballet's coveted top rank Read More
2023-03-12 09:44
The Ukrainian military was preparing Sunday for a counterattack in Bakhmut after more than seven months of fighting in the region, a top commander has said. Ukraine's foreign minister has ur… Read More
2023-03-12 06:46
Israeli soldiers shot dead three Palestinian gunmen after they fired at troops in the occupied northern West Bank near Nablus, the army said on Sunday, as violence in the region continued Read More
2023-03-12 06:06
France's Senate voted late Saturday to approve a deeply unpopular reform to the country's pension system, hours after demonstrators took to the streets to oppose the cornerstone policy of Pr… Read More
2023-03-11 21:41
Another powerful storm pummeled California overnight into Saturday, forcing thousands to evacuate and resulting in at least two deaths, while causing a levee to give way in coastal Monterey… Read More
2023-03-11 20:39
On one of the darkest days in English rugby history, France put on a clinic by running in seven tries in a record 53-10 humiliation of its cross-channel rival at Twickenham in the Six Nation… Read More
2023-03-11 15:47
Scientists in Japan say they have succeeded in breeding mice with two fathers, using eggs originating from male cells. While the scientific breakthrough could pave the way for new fertility… Read More
2023-03-11 14:53
Demonstrators in France took to the streets Saturday for a seventh day of protest against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform plans, with police expecting up to a million people at ra… Read More
2023-03-09 19:19
Three people were wounded in shooting in Tel Aviv on Thursday and were being treated by emergency services, Israel's ambulance service said, as television footage showed large numbers of pol… Read More
2023-03-09 18:28
One of the most contentious elements of the French government’s controversial pension reform is the increase of the legal retirement age from 62 to 64, something that would normally se… Read More
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