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Overburdened hospitals, overwhelmed mortuaries and millions suffering in temperatures touching 40°C – prolonged and intense heatwaves are the new normal, and a healthcare burden that France must immediately tackle. Source link

As rescue efforts continue in Venezuela after the twin earthquakes struck, social media has been flooded with misleading videos falsely claiming to show the devastation. Viral clips have been recycled from disasters in other countries, old footage from Venezuela presented as current, and AI-generated videos posing as real. Together, these tactics are driving widespread misinformation … Read more

Iran said Monday it had held its first meeting with Oman on managing the Strait of Hormuz since it signed a preliminary deal to end the Middle East war with the United States. Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen, Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, says that “the United States is … Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court dramatically expanded presidential power on Monday when it ruled to uphold President Donald Trump’s firing of the heads of independent federal agencies. However, the top court stood firm against its decision to sack the governor of the US central bank Federal Reserve. In a series of rulings, the court 5-4 rejected … Read more

Kudos to Venezuela’s first responders and all the brave citizens still pulling survivors from under the rubble of the 774 buildings that collapsed in last Wednesday’s double earthquakes. Is the sudden pancaking of so many structures – structures built during the boom years of high oil prices, a tipping point for an under-sanctions nation dogged … Read more

If you feel invisible for the rest of the year, Pride Month in June takes on even more importance. And many LGBTQ+ people in Slovenia understand what that means. There is not a district – or even a single street – in the picturesque capital of Ljubljana that could truly qualify as “gay friendly”. The … Read more

Pakistani forces’ ground operations and strikes killed at least 36 civilians in Afghanistan overnight and wounded more than 160 others, Afghan officials said Monday, as tensions between the neighbors escalated. An Afghan official said the attacks would be met with retaliation. Pakistan said the operations were launched in response to militant attacks across Pakistan. Source … Read more

As French President Emmanuel Macron meets Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman amid efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East, François Picard welcomes Dawud Al Ansari, a geopolitics and energy analyst. As diplomacy in the Gulf is once again being tested by renewed military tensions, Al Ansari offers a nuanced assessment from an Omani … Read more

Residents of Caracas woke up on Monday to an aftershock that rocked their houses, while rescue teams continued their fourth day of round-the-clock work in the areas affected by last week’s powerful earthquakes in Venezuela. France 24’s Noris Soto has the latest from the Venezuelan capital. Source link