Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation Monday after nearly a decade in power, bowing to rising discontent over his leadership and growing turmoil within his government signaled by the abrupt departure of his finance minister. FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen speaks to Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute. She says that a … Read more
Troubled US Steel and Japanese giant Nippon Steel jointly filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging outgoing President Joe Biden’s decision to block their takeover deal. Both companies accused the Biden administration of “illegal interference” in the transaction. In an anticipated move, Biden blocked the deal last Friday after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the … Read more
Amidst rallying support for far-right Tommy Robinson and a U-turn on support for Reform UK’s Nigel Farage, Elon Musk’s latest intervention into British politics involves a new barrage of insults against PM Sir Keir Starmer. Musk accuses Starmer of being “complicit” in covering up a national child sex abuse scandal a decade ago, though Starmer … Read more
Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election victory was officially certified without opposition on Monday in a ceremony led by outgoing Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. Source link
It is known as the “poor man’s cocaine”. The illegal drug Captagon was a major money-maker for the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Now, the rebels who overthrew them are destroying state-run factories producing the stimulant. Reporter Joan Cabases Vega went inside one of the region’s largest and there’s more in this report by … Read more
Finnish operator Elisa said two telecommunications cables linking Estonia and Finland have been repaired after suspected sabotage. Finnish authorities are investigating the suspected sabotage of four telecommunications cables and a power cable on December 25, just weeks after other cables in the area were torn down. The cables are steel-reinforced with a diameter of just … Read more
Happy New Year. Welcome to a 2025 where we’ll do our darndest to sort the significant from what is little more than white noise. And yes, there is a shrill quality to this first Monday of the year. What is extraordinary is that it is largely coming from one single individual. Source link
Hamas has yet to clarify whether an initial batch of captives it said it was prepared to release were dead or alive, Israel said Monday, amid a months-long attempt to strike a deal to end the fighting in the besieged Palestinian enclave. The negotiations continued as Israel kept up its bombardment of the Gaza Strip, … Read more
Nearly three years ago, just before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 23-year-old Ukrainian Army Lieutenant Myroslav Pylypchuk was preparing to become a father. Instead, he found himself facing the invaders on the front lines, where he faced death repeatedly, including a head-on encounter with a Russian tank in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging allies to boost Ukraine’s air defenses at an upcoming meeting in Germany amid Kyiv’s new counteroffensive in Russia’s Kursk region. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on Ukraine’s latest offensive as they seek to gain favor with the incoming Trump administration, FRANCE 24’s Angela Diffley welcomes Julia Friedrich, … Read more