Cuba suffered another blackout of the National Electric System, or SEN, on Tuesday, leaving the entire country without power, officials said. It was the third such incident in two weeks as a US oil embargo stressed the island’s grid. Source link
France 24’s Claire Paccalin reports from Fontainebleau near Paris, where wildfires that have devastated large parts of the region’s forests have been contained, but not yet extinguished. She says locals there have been left shocked by the blazes in a part of France not usually hit by forest fires. Source link
Two fires that have burned just over 2,000 hectares since Sunday in the Fontainebleau Forest south of Paris, have been “contained”, even though they are not extinguished, the local prefect said Tuesday evening. Two people have been arrested on suspicion of having started the fire with one of them, a volunteer firefighter, confessing that he … Read more
Two separate reports, one published recently the new York Times and by another Haaretzhas reignited debate on Israel’s thinking regarding regime change in Iran. He also raised questions about the place of ultraconservative former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – who served two terms from 2005 to 2013 – in Iranian politics. According to reports, Israeli officials … Read more
Days of retaliatory strikes across the Middle East by Iran show that American claims to have largely knocked out Tehran’s military capabilities in the initial phase of the war are false, says France 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani, with Iran still clearly possessing the means “to create chaos in the region”. Source link
It was France’s biggest hurdle at the World Cup, and a team that they still haven’t beaten since 2017. For Les Bleus, that unfortunate streak continues as Spain outclassed Didier Deschamps’ side with a 2-0 win in Dallas. The 2010 champions will now get a chance to add a second star to their shirt, as … Read more
The US military on Wednesday launched a fresh “wave of strikes” on Iran, CENTCOM announced. News of the strikes came after an Iranian government spokesperson said more than 30 civilians were killed in US air strikes targeting the country’s southern region in “recent days”. Tehran was quick to retaliate with Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain all … Read more
PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, July 15: French papers weep, while the Spanish press celebrates the World Cup semi-final. Also in France, papers discuss the dying bill that will be voted on today. Finally: are cigarettes back in vogue? Source link
Confirmed cases of Ebola in DR Congo have reached 2,011, including 754 deaths, according to government data in what authorities say is the fastest-growing outbreak on record. It comes as health workers at the Bunia General Hospital went on strike on Wednesday, the latest group to have walked off their job at the epicenter over … Read more
For Spotlight, François Picard is pleased to welcome Barış Altıntaş, co-founder and co-director of the Media and Law Studies Association, providing pro-bono legal support to writers and journalists in Turkey. She warns of systemic democratic erosion across Turkey rooted in sustained institutional pressure. Rather than portraying recent arrests, prosecutions, and restrictions as exceptional responses to … Read more