Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put his contentious judicial overhaul plan on hold this week, but he has vowed to pass the package through parliament “one way or another.” However, he may have a hard time keeping that promise. While Netanyahu has the parliamentary majority to push through …
Vice President Kamala Harris has stepped through the wide doors of a seaside fort and down into the dungeons, touring a site where millions of enslaved Africans were held captive before they were loaded onto ships bound for the Americas. During her visit to Cape Coast Castle, Harris insisted…
Facial recognition has long been criticized as an overreaching and oftentimes racist surveillance tool. It has also been utilized in places like Hong Kong to identify and track those who were protesting a bill allowing extradition to China back in 2019. Now, many are accusing Russia of doing…
Kamala Harris is in Ghana for talks with President Nana Akufo-Addo. The US Vice President brought with her a 100 millions dollar aid package meant to build up security in West Africa. FRANCE 24's Olivia Bizot takes a closer look at the visit that will take Harris next to Tanzania and Zambia.
Rescuers in Ecuador are searching for at least 46 people still missing after a landslide on Sunday night.
As war toll mounts Ukraine is faced with the fact that it needs more prosthetics clinicians to endure Russia’s attacks. The Without Limits prosthetics clinic, one of almost 80 operating in Ukraine, has seen a significant increase in the number of patients, from 20 to 30 a month to three time…
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol is set to chair a meeting on his country’s shrinking population.
Scientists have reclassified a nearby galaxy after discovering that it contains a supermassive black hole facing our own solar system.
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Paragliding is a dangerous sport, all relying on the wind to keep one’s chute aloft in the sky. But this is the moment those very winds turned on this paraglider, sending him plummeting down to earth. This video was captured in the skies over France, and this is 60-year-old paraglider Eric D…
Migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention center in Mexico, starting a fire that left 39 dead, Mexico’s president said Tuesday.
More than three dozen migrants have died in a fire at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico near the U.S. border, an official said Tuesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed his contentious judicial overhaul plan on after a wave of mass protests. The Israeli leader said Monday that he wants to give time to seek a compromise with his political opponents. Netanyahu spoke after tens of thousands of people demonstrated outside the parliament building in Jerusalem. It was the latest in three months of mass protests. His announcement appeared to calm some of the tensions that have fueled three tumultuous months of unrest. Israel's main labor union called off a general strike. But it failed to address the underlying issues that have polarized the nation, and the anti-government protest movement vowed to intensify its efforts.
Houthi rebels ousted the government from Sanaa in late 2014, following years of instability.
One year ago, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele suspended constitutional rights and started an all-out offensive on gangs. Now, El Salvador has undergone a radical transformation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed his contentious judicial overhaul plan Monday and said he wanted "to avoid civil war" by making time to seek a compromise with political opponents.
A massive strike in Germany was set to begin early Monday, crippling mass transport and airports in one of the biggest walkouts in decades as Europe's largest economy reels from soaring inflation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday sacked Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, triggering mass protests, a day after Gallant broke ranks with the government and urged a halt to a highly contested plan to overhaul the judicial system. As news of the dismissal spread, tens of thousa…
A lawyer for a group of British tabloids is asking a judge in London to toss out lawsuits by Prince Harry, Elton John and several other celebrities who allege phone tapping and other invasions of privacy. The Duke of Sussex and Elton John showed up for the hearing Monday that is expected to last four days.
Cyclone Freddy is gone but the talk about its effects remains. The devastating impact on human lives, environment and infrastructure is deep with most affected households. Poor sanitation worsened by lack of running water and adequate toilets in evacuation camps is exposing Cyclone Freddy su…
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Panama's government estimates 50,000 migrants crossed the treacherous Darien Gap linking Colombia and Panama in the first two months of 2023. That is five times more than in the same period of last year.
With inflation running high at 10.4% and rising costs of living, Tunisians are struggling more than ever to make ends meet as Ramadan gets underway. Our team on the ground reports.
Netanyahu says legislation paused until after Knesset's Passover recess in April
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has opened her weeklong trip to Africa by pledging support for Ghana, a democratic pillar in the region that’s being squeezed by an economic crisis and security concerns. The visit comes as fears of terrorism and Russian mercenaries are rippling through West Africa. Harris made a high-profile show of support for Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, who faces rising discontent over inflation after previously overseeing one of the world’s fast-growing economies. Harris announced $100 million in assistance for the region. The administration also is requesting another $139 million from Congress to help Ghana reduce child labor, improve weather forecasting, support local musicians and defend against disease outbreaks.
New Zealand has launched a big mental health support campaign for young people.
A Florence museum and the city's mayor are inviting parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit and see Michelangelo’s “David” after the school principal was forced to resign following parental complaints that an image of the nude Renaissance masterpiece was shown to a sixth-grade art class.
Six women who arrived in French Polynesia on Monday have achieved an incredible feat. After crossing the Pacific in an expedition aimed at raising funds to support children with cancer, they arrived at shore after nearly 3 months.
Furious not just with the prospect of working for longer but also with the way Macron imposed it, his opponents switched to full-on disobedience mode.
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