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In an interview with FRANCE 24, Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said his country is “disappointed by the increasingly biased US mediation” in the conflict with DR Congo. He also accused the US of sanctioning Kigali alone while Kinshasa fails to honor the 2025 Washington Accords between the two countries. Source link

Americans’ pride in their country’s history or the way its democracy works has dropped noticeably over the past decade, according to a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Source link

Pakistan’s security forces killed at least 29 militants in ground and air operations along the Afghanistan border, it said on Monday, while the Afghan Taliban said at least 38 civilians were killed in airstrikes. France 24’s correspondent in Islamabad, Shazaib Wahlah, as the latest. Source link

The Vespa was celebrating its 80th birthday on Saturday with thousands of riders parading through the historic center of Rome to celebrate the legendary scooter, which has become an icon of the Italian way of life. Source link

Co-hosts Canada beat South Africa 1-0 to advance in the knockout round for the first-ever time at a World Cup. Meanwhile Monday’s action will see the Netherlands take on Morocco in one of the most hotly anticipated games of the Round of 32. Brazil will face Japan and Germany play Paraguay, the winner of which … Read more

India and the United States have made substantial progress towards signing a landmark bilateral trade agreement (BTA), but there has been no significant breakthrough even after several rounds of talks. The reasons lie in the familiar fault lines in global trade – market access, tariffs and a negotiation where neither side can appear to blink … Read more

Her paintings are rich, layered works that feature distorted or warped figures – something that Georgia Semple says represents the “loss of perception” that one experiences throughout one’s life. Speaking to FRANCE 24, the London-based artist explains how themes of faith and addiction as well as her Guyanese heritage are expressed in her thought-provoking works. … Read more

Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Elinor Raikes. Vice President and Head of Program Delivery at the International Rescue Committee. According to Raikes, earthquakes expose and amplify the vulnerabilities that already exist beneath the surface of a society. She suggests that the devastation unfolding in Venezuela is not solely the consequence of seismic forces, but … Read more

Hopes were fading Monday of survivors more than four days after powerful twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, as residents grew increasingly frustrated with the government’s response to the disaster that has killed at least 1,450 people. Source link

Emergency teams with rescue dogs were searching Sunday for any remaining survivors of powerful twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela, where the death toll has exceeded 1,450 and the critical 72-hour window for rescuing trapped victims following a natural disaster has now passed. Source link