Air France and Airbus were on Thursday found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a Paris appeals court in connection to the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in France’s aviation history. Source link
PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, May 21: There’s outrage and condemnation in the international papers over a video showing Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir taunting detained flotilla activists. One Israeli editor says he should be fired for his video. Also: the US indicts former Cuban president Raul Castro – is this a prelude for a … Read more
India and the African Union (AU) on Thursday postponed the India-Africa Forum Summit scheduled for next week in New Delhi, due to the “emerging public health situation” in Africa, India’s foreign ministry said, in an apparent reference to the Ebola outbreak. A first Ebola case was confirmed in the DR Congo’s rebel-held South Kivu province. … Read more
A French court on Wednesday handed down a dramatic verdict against Airbus and Air France over France’s worst air disaster, ruling that both companies were guilty of corporate manslaughter in the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash near Brazil. Both companies have been ordered to pay a maximum fine of €225,000 ($260,971). More appeals are expected in … Read more
An up-and-coming soul star spoke to FRANCE 24 about her love for music, and her new collaboration with the megastar Elton John. Nectar Woode was raised in the UK by British Ghanaian parents, and is already becoming a huge star with a series of releases, her latest called “Naturally”. She also gave us the exclusive … Read more
A Paris appeals court will issue a verdict on Thursday on the 2009 crash of an Air France passenger jet after the airline and planemaker Airbus faced trial over corporate manslaughter. Relatives of some of the 228 passengers and crew who died when the Airbus A330 vanished in darkness during an Atlantic storm are expected … Read more
Israel’s security minister sparked outrage at home and abroad after he showed himself taunting activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla bound and forced to their knees following their arrest by Israeli troops. Foreign ministers from many countries have denounced a “monstrous” treatment, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denounced actions “not in line with … Read more
France 24’s François Picard welcomes veteran Israeli journalist and Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy. He offers a scathing analysis of Israeli politics, the Gaza war, the unprecedented rise of xenophobic nationalism, and Israel’s growing dependence on the United States. Speaking from Tel Aviv amid mounting electoral tensions, Levy argues that “everything – war and peace, domestic … Read more
The United States announced murder charges against former Cuban President Raul Castro on Wednesday, a major escalation in Washington’s pressure campaign against the island’s communist government. The charges stem from a 1996 incident in which Cuban jets shot down planes operated by a group of Cuban exiles. France 24’s Philip Turle takes a look at … Read more
Donald Trump has made much of his nation’s deposing of Nicolas Madruo earlier this year, and the wealth to be had from forging new deals with Venezuela to exploit its oil resources. Trump said on Wednesday that shipments were already inbound to destinations in the United States. But even sitting atop the largest reserves of … Read more