After a leak of confidential documents revealed how Russian agents have been placing hundreds of articles in French-speaking media outlets in West and Central Africa, FRANCE 24 traveled to Dakar, Senegal, to investigate this secret operation. Source link
US President Donald Trump, in a primetime speech on Thursday, attacked the country’s voting system and made several unverified claims about the electoral process. He cited newly declassified evidence about alleged Chinese interference in the 2020 election, highlighted an old case in Michigan about voter fraud and reiterated a campaign favorite: that non-citizens are illegally … Read more
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, July 17: China reacts after the UK nationalizes its last remaining virgin steel factory, expropriating Chinese Jingye Group. In other news, low rainfall in May followed by three intense heatwaves have 100 French departments under water restrictions. Also, in Central Asia, a team of Spanish scientists want to refill a long-desertified … Read more
🔴 UK’s Andy Burnham named Labor leader ahead of taking over as PM Source link
US President Donald Trump on Thursday revived sweeping and unsupported claims of voter fraud and Chinese meddling, firing a clear warning shot ahead of midterm elections that many expect him to argue. What should be remembered from this speech? FRANCE 24’s Andrew Hilliar looks at what was said, but also what was left unsaid, by … Read more
This week in Reporters: a special report by FRANCE 24’s The Observers. After a leak of confidential documents revealed how Russian agents have been planting hundreds of articles in French-speaking media outlets in West and Central Africa, FRANCE 24 traveled to Dakar, Senegal, to investigate this secret operation. Nathan Gallo and Derek Thomson report. Source … Read more
Donald Trump is reviving his long-running claims about the security of US elections. In a primetime address, the president accused China of what he called the largest election data breach in history. He also released documents he says reveal foreign interference, despite intelligence officials saying there is no evidence that foreign actors changed the outcome … Read more
In July, hundreds of firefighters battled flames in Spain, Portugal and France. A map from NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) shows more wildfires: Red dots are scattered all over the world – essentially only the white areas of Greenland and Antarctica are excluded. Each dot marks a hotspot or active fire detected … Read more
Russia continues to recruit Africans to fight on the front in Ukraine. The Stop Russian Recruiters platform, which is linked to Urkaine’s Ministry of Defense, has now identified nearly 3,000 recruits. Around one in six has already been killed. Among the countries most affected are Cameroon, Ghana, Egypt and Kenya, where FRANCE 24’s Bastien Renouil … Read more
US strikes hit transport infrastructure in Iran, including bridges, overnight between July 17 and 18, Iranian media reported, marking a further escalation more than a week after fighting resumed around the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Even as the campaign intensifies, the White House insists the door to diplomacy remains open. Source link