Moscow on Wednesday accused Kyiv of firing US-supplied ATACAMS missiles on a military airfield in its southern Rostov region and threatened to retaliate. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine’s “destructive” approach made peace impossible. Source link
Dheepthika Laurent and film critic Perrine Quenesson look at the latest film releases in France, starting with a very famous aviator: the enigmatic Antoine de Saint Exupéry, best known for writing “The Little Prince”. He’s the focus of “Saint-Ex”, a biopic by Argentinian-French filmmaker Pablo Aguero. Also on the big screen is another biopic on … Read more
SYRIA UPDATE : The overthrow of Syria’s Assad government has changed the entire world order. In one stroke, the dominance of Russia and Iran ended and the money invested by China in Syria under the BRI project also seems to be wasted. China will also be most troubled by this development. Which has been a … Read more
An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was rescued after three days at sea off Italy’s Lampedusa island, a rescue charity said Wednesday. She was the sole survivor after the boat, which had more than 40 people on board, capsized. Source link
France has restricted the sale of certain common cold medicines by making them prescription only. On today’s edition, we explain why the ANSM – France’s national agency for the safety of medicine and health products – has made this call. We also dive into some preconceived notions about the French’s love of prescriptions. We find … Read more
According to figures released by Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, or Destatis, on Wednesday, tourism in 2024 was greater than the pre-pandemic record year of 2019. Destatis recorded some 433 million overnight stays in Germany between January and the end of October of this year. In August, the most popular month of the year for European … Read more
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is set to present on Wednesday the formal application for a vote of confidence in his government. This is the first step on the road to snap elections scheduled for February. Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, will then vote on the motion of the 16th of December. It is largely considered a … Read more
Sudan topped the ICR’s watchlist of global humanitarian crises for the second year in a row in a report released Wednesday. The organization said a total of 30.4 million people were in humanitarian need in the war-torn African country, making it the world’s single biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded. Source link
Loneliness is becoming a more serious problem in Germany, according to a new survey carried out by one of the country’s leading public health insurers. Around 60% of Germans suffer from loneliness either often, sometimes or rarely, according to the survey, which was presented in Berlin on Wednesday by the Technician health insurance (TK). The … Read more
A world-renowned news photographer has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her efforts to document the conflict in Yemen. Asmaa Waguih has been to numerous countries, including Afghanistan and Libya – and won last year the Reuters Photographer of the Year for her coverage of the Arab Spring. Her latest book of pictures from Yemen, called … Read more