All eyes are on Mexico and the Estadio Azteca as the 2026 World Cup kicks off Thursday with El Tri taking on South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in the Group A opener. Follow the match, opening ceremony and FRANCE 24’s special coverage. Source link
What are the social and environmental costs of the race for critical minerals? Minerals like cobalt, lithium, and nickel are crucial for the development of new technology, including clean energy. But mining and refining them can be hugely polluting and water intensive – with a risk of deforestation, water contamination, and health problems for local … Read more
Renowned French yachtsman Charlie Dalin, who won the non-stop round-the-world Vendee Globe race last year, died aged 42 after a long battle with cancer, his family announced on Thursday. It is tough enough for any sailor just to complete the Vendee Globe, but Dalin did that in victorious fashion despite battling cancer. Source link
SpaceX is set to launch a record-breaking IPO on Friday. But it’s the company’s rocket launches that are concerning critics in its home state of Texas. The US government is set to give SpaceX some 280 hectares of land that are currently part of a wildlife refuge near its Starbase facility in South Texas, in … Read more
France players with stars Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele and Michael Olise arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel in central Boston on Thursday, where the team will be staying during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Source link
The federal prosecutor’s office detected previous omitted movements of more than USD 340,000. The official took refuge in the Fiscal Innocence Law, but the criminal case remains open. Manuel Adorni, Chief of Staff of Argentina, reported today, June 11, 2026, that he presented a formal rectification of his assets to detail funds in bitcoin (BTC) … Read more
Iran analysts are debating whether the Islamic Republic is on the verge of a historic transition – from a theological system to one in which the military holds real power. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – a force originally established in 1979 to defend the Islamic Revolution – has transformed from a military faction … Read more
British, French and German ambassadors to Russia held talks Thursday in Russia’s foreign ministry, as the war in Ukraine reaches a grim milestone. 1,569 days and counting… The Russian full scale invasion of Ukraine started a century after World War One began and it’s now gone on longer than that confit itself. Source link
Xenophobic violence and displacement are escalating across South Africa as tensions over foreign nationals boil over. In Mossel Bay, two Mozambicans were killed and dozens of homes torched in informal settlements, in attacks residents have linked to ethnic targeting – leaving hundreds displaced and entire areas in ruins. Outside Durban’s Department of Home Affairs, dozens … Read more
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has forcibly recruited thousands of people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and detained them in inhumane conditions, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. The anti-government group has seized vast swathes of territory since it re-emerged in 2021 in eastern DRC, which has been plagued by conflict for over 30 … Read more