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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
Poland and Sweden signed a €4.2 billion ($4.8 billion) arms deal on Monday at a ceremony in the Polish port of Gdynia on the Baltic Sea. In the deal, Poland’s State Treasury Armaments Agency ordered the purchase of three new submarines from Swedish aerospace and defense contractor Saab. a monday Press release from Saab Outlining … Read more
France’s government has come under fire from parties on both the left and right over what they say was a lack of preparedness for the recent record heatwave that swept across Europe, with the country recording around 1,000 excess deaths. France 24’s Marc Perelman takes a closer look. Source link
Anti-#immigration groups in #SouthAfrica have set a ‘deadline’: by June 30 all undocumented immigrants must have left the country, or groups will ‘shut the country down’. The weeks up to the ‘deadline’ have been marred by xenophobic violence, from attacks on foreign-owned businesses to #immigrants killed during #protests. Demonstrators accuse them, without evidence, of stealing … Read more
The US Supreme Court on Monday boosted presidential power, upholding President Donald Trump’s firings of the heads of independent federal agencies with one important exception: the Federal Reserve. Source link
Brazil’s quest for a sixth World Cup title enters the knockouts on Monday as they face Japan in Houston for a place in the last 16. Carlo Ancelotti’s men are favorites but mindful of the threat posed by tournament dark horses Japan, having lost 3-2 when the teams last met in a friendly. Follow our … Read more
Electric vehicles (EVs) have ridden an unprecedented wave of popularity in the wake of the global oil crisis caused by the conflict in the Middle East. In Australia, sales rose more than 150% in April year-on-year, while across the Asia Pacific region they surged 80% in the first three months of 2026 – except in … Read more
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye will call a referendum on a proposed constitutional amendment that would strengthen the power of parliament and the prime minister, the country’s justice minister said Monday. The country’s National Assembly overwhelmingly backed the reform in a vote earlier in the day that saw roughly 50 opposition protesters attempt to storm … Read more
The Syrian foreign ministry on Monday condemned Israeli incursions and bombardment in the country’s south a day after Israeli forces advanced into the village of Abidin, where angry residents tried to block the road with stones to stop the patrol. The Israeli military has conducted at least 70 incursions into southern Syria this month alone, … Read more