Taiwan’s Olympic boxing champion Lin Yu-ting pulled out of the World Boxing Cup Finals in Britain on Wednesday, the country’s sports chiefs said, saying that organizers had questioned her gender eligibility. The featherweight was one of two women boxers kicked out of last year’s world championships after the Russian-led International Boxing Association accused them of … Read more
A senior official at Romania’s telecoms watchdog called for TikTok to be suspended on Wednesday pending an investigation into the platform’s possible role in the surprise victory of a far-right candidate in the first round of its presidential election. Romanian officials are also set to meet over possible cyber threats to its elections. Source link
Following the ceasefire deal between Hezbollah and Israel, there are fears for the fate of the Gaza Strip with Israel now able to direct its military effort on the Palestinian territory. FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen speaks to Elijah Magnier is a veteran war correspondent and senior political risk analyst. He says that the Israeli PM … Read more
Thousands of Namibians queued to have their say in general elections.. Logistical issues held up the scheduled closure of pivotal presidential and legislative polls. The vote was held as the ruling party SWAPO faced its strongest challenge yet in 34 years since independence from South African rule. This time around Swapo, whose roots are in … Read more
The French government has claimed the Israeli Prime Minister has immunity from the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for war crimes — on the grounds that Israel isn’t an ICC member. This position has garnered criticism, in contrast to Paris’s attitude towards the ICC warrant issued against another non-member Vladimir Putin. But does Netanyahu really … Read more
Prosecutors in France’s mass rape trial denounced the “casualness” of defendants who claimed their rape of Gisèle Pelicot was unintentional as they wrapped up their case on Wednesday, requesting lengthy jail terms and calls for a wider societal reckoning with the scourge of sex abuse and rape . Source link
Another looming political crisis is battering France’s reputation on global markets. Borrowing costs spiked as investors looked to a possible vote of no confidence over the government’s budget proposal. That led the spread between French and German bond yields to hit its highest level since 2012. Also in the show – Ursula von der Leyen … Read more
Will this trial be remembered as France’s reckoning with sexual violence in the digital age? Closing arguments are underway in the mass rape trial of 51 men who were invited over the internet to the home of Dominique Pélicot to assault his sedated wife, Gisèle—repeatedly, over several years. The defendants come from all walks of … Read more
A police officer in the central state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, has been slightly injured after stopping a driver who had a small child seated on his lap, driving his vehicle, local authorities said Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon in the town of Querfurt, around 80 kilometers (49 miles) west of Leipzig. What … Read more
France said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had immunity given his country was not party to the statutes of the International Criminal Court that sought his arrest, and Paris would continue working closely with him. FRANCE 24’s James Vasina reports. Source link