ADF fighters killed at least 16 people in the city of Beni on Sunday, according to the Congolese government. While the details about the attack are still not clear, it is the first time the ADF made an incursion into Beni in three years. FRANCE 24’s Emmet Livingstone reports from DR Congo. Source link
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame is in Paris with President Emmanuel Macron for the inauguration of a new memorial site dedicated to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis. More than one million Tutsis were killed over a period of just over 100 days. France at the time, was accused of complicity in the … Read more
The price of stellar (XLM) is up more than 50% over the last 7 days. In general, the market fears generalized falls in the midst of an adverse context. The stellar cryptocurrency (XLM) shows great strength while bitcoin (BTC) trades below $70,000 and the market faces one of the most adverse contexts of the year. … Read more
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told legislators Tuesday in his first public testimony since the Iran war began that the Iranians have agreed to negotiate on nuclear points that they had not been willing to address in the past but would not offer an assessment on what those talks might produce. Source link
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Bill Pulte as the acting Director of National Intelligence (Acting DNI). Pulte is currently the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The 38-year-old actor will continue in that role while also playing the role of acting DNI. … Read more
MTONGA stands for “Make TON Great Again”, the 7-step plan announced by Durov. Telegram displaced the TON Foundation and became the largest validator on the network. On June 1, 2026, Pavel Durov announced that Toncoin would be renamed Gram, a change that applies exclusively to the cryptoasset while The Open Network retains its name. The … Read more
Now that France has finally repealed the so-called Code Noir or Black Code, experts are urging the country to also consider the issue of reparations. The Code Noir was the law that effectively regulated slavery by making people like property, notably in the French colonies – enabling people to be worked, beaten, sold, raped and … Read more
The UN weather agency issued an update on Tuesday predicting an 80% chance of an El Nino event between June and August this year. El Nino is a periodic increase in ocean temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, typically lasting between nine and 12 months. According to WMO. The weather patterns could cause … Read more
Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed at least eight people, including a father and his two children, a day after US President Donald Trump said Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah agreed to dial back fighting. FRANCE 24’s Renée Davis reports from Beirut, Lebanon. Source link
Angela Diffley is pleased to welcome Peter Zalmayev, director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative. He offers a forceful assessment of the evolving dynamics of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Rejecting narratives of Russian momentum, he argues that Moscow’s intensified bombardment of Kyiv reflects mounting pressure on President Vladimir Putin, whose military campaign has become increasingly “bogged … Read more