Appeals for unity are a common refrain at EU summits, often issued at 3 a.m. by exhausted Brussels officials as they desperately try to broker a deal between the 27 member states. But this time it was the Ukrainian president’s turn to deliver a message at a gathering of EU leaders on Thursday and a … Read more
The United Arab Emirates has promised the United States not to arm paramilitaries in Sudan’s brutal civil war, US lawmakers said Thursday. The assurance came as the US announced $200 million in new aid for Sudan, one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters where tens of thousands have died in fighting since April 2023. We … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has been repeatedly taunting counterpart Justin Trudeau about Canada becoming the ’51st state’ of the US. He’s publicly referring to Trudeau as a “governor”, and claimed Canadians are keen. This comes amidst a tariff dispute and a political crisis in Canada, and whilst unlikely, it raises the question if Trump’s theory … Read more
Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, who survived a decade of sexual abuse by her husband and dozens of strangers, said she hoped her ordeal would help make the world a better place for “women and men alike” as her former spouse was jailed for 20 years. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks to feminist writer Cécile Simmons, a … Read more
In tonight’s edition, the US pledges 200 million dollars in humanitarian aid for Sudan. Also, Nigeria reels as more details emerge of the circumstance and heartbreak caused by a fatal crush at a school event. And rediscovered cassettes preserve the identity of Somaliland, a country that ‘doesn’t exist’. Source link
US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday called on Congress to avoid a shutdown and said he had “success” in crafting a new plan to fund the government and lift the debt ceiling. Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk had publicly rejected a previous bipartisan proposal, which had Republicans in Congress ready for a government shutdown … Read more
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused Israel of causing the deaths of thousands of Palestinians by systematically restricting and targeting Gaza’s water supply in a campaign that amounts to “acts of genocide”. Source link
Guilty verdicts for all. A court in southern France sentencing Dominique Pelicot along with the fifty co-defendants he invited over the Internet into the family home to rape his drugged wife. The seventy two-year old pensioner got the maximum twenty years. Source link
With just days to go before Christmas, thousands of Amazon workers across the US walked off the job. European stocks fell on the Fed’s inflation outlook, while US stocks rebounded after being rattled on Wednesday. Meanwhile the US is once again facing the prospect of a government shutdown. Plus, you can now call ChatGPT on … Read more
