Gunshots broke out at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday and people ran for cover after a top politician wanted by the International Criminal Court said his arrest was imminent and security forces entered the building. Senator Ronald dela Rosa, a former police chief who was the main enforcer of ex-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war … Read more
🎞️ Who really walks the steps at Cannes Film Festival? Not just the stars and not on the same carpet! 🚕Celebrities arrive by car, guests on foot, and badges decide everything. At Cannes, even the red carpet has a hierarchy. Source link
Almost two months after the start of the appeal trial concerning allegations of Libyan funding of Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign, the prosecution takes the floor to present its closing arguments. Sarkozy, 71, has faced a raft of accusations since leaving office after a single term from 2007 to 2012. He has denied all allegations … Read more
A French woman repatriated from a cruise ship struck by hantavirus was Tuesday in intensive care on a ventilator battling a severe case of the rare disease, a doctor said. The woman, one of five French passengers flown back from the MV Hondius and placed in isolation in Paris, started to feel very unhappy on … Read more
The #cruise ship Ambition arrived in #Bordeaux… and its passengers were stopped from disembarking, due to suspicions of a stomach flu outbreak aboard. One passenger has died, and about 50 others have shown symptoms. Authorities say it has no connection to the #hantavirus outbreak. Source link
Several heads of state, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, are gathering in Bucharest this Wednesday for the B9 summit, which brings together NATO’s eastern flank countries amid growing tensions linked to the war in Ukraine. Even in Romania, the conflict feels increasingly present. In recent months, Russian attacks have intensified against Ukrainian Danube ports … Read more
As the Africa Forward summit concluded in Nairobi, FRANCE 24 sat down with Kenya’s President William Ruto. For him, the summit was “significant” after French President Emmanuel Macron announced investments in Africa in areas such as the energy transition, digital and AI. Ruto also discussed the war in Sudan, refuting claims that he is siding … Read more
France’s iconic teething toy is caught up in a manufacturing scandal. The investigative journalism website Mediapart has found that Sophie the Giraffe, or Sophie la Giraffe in French, is actually made in China and has been for decades. We dive into how the toy has been seen as a French-made success story for nearly 65 … Read more
King Charles III outlined UK leader Keir Starmer’s legislative plans during a pomp-filled ceremony Wednesday, despite uncertainty over the prime minister’s future as he faces calls to resign from his own party. The monarch’s address, and its lavish traditions, was meant to be a brief interlude from the open warfare within the ruling Labor party … Read more
Argentina’s city “at the end of the world,” Ushuaia, the jump-off point for expeditions to the Antarctic, is working under suspicion of being the source of the deadly hantavirus outbreak that killed three cruise ship passengers. The MV Hondius set sail from this spectacular Patagonian port, sandwiched between snow-capped mountains and the South Atlantic, on … Read more