The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said the Ebola epidemic risk was high at the national and regional levels and low at the global level. Source link
Skip to next section Görlitz: Search continues after house collapse 05/20/202620 May 2026 Gorlitz: Search continues after house collapse More than 36 hours after a house collapsed in the center of the eastern German city of Görlitz, emergency services are still searching for three missing people – but hope is fading. Local fire department chief … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing at the start of a visit focused on energy security. The meeting comes on the heels of US president Donald Trump’s visit to the Chinese capital. France 24’s Andy Hilliar takes a look at the latest developments. Source link
François Picard is pleased to welcome Paranjoy Guha-Thakurta, Indian journalist, investigative author and filmmaker. He offers a sweeping critique of the nexus between oligarchic wealth, political power, and weakened institutional accountability in contemporary India. Drawing on the allegations surrounding billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani, US sanctions investigations, and the politics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he … Read more
Annette Young welcomes Julie Drouet, DRC Director for Action Against Hunger. She offers a sobering assessment of the early Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Speaking from the frontline of a rapidly evolving health emergency, Drouet describes a humanitarian system racing against time in one of the world’s most fragile and conflict-affected … Read more
Shared any birthday photos on social media recently? There better be enough candles on that cake, otherwise your account could be blocked. Meta, the tech company behind Facebook and Instagram, plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to find and delete profiles of users under the age of 13. The minimum age for a person to … Read more
South Korea’s labor minister will personally mediate talks between Samsung Electronics and its South Korean union, the ministry announced Thursday after the union threatened a strike following the collapse of talks on bonus payouts. Source link
Iran and the US traded threats as President Donald Trump warned of renewed strikes a day after he said he held off a major assault in hopes of a peace deal. Reporting from Tehran, FRANCE 24’s Reza Sayah says Iranian officials have maintained their position that “they prefer diplomacy. They don’t see a military solution … Read more
India’s Internet has got a new political power. Meet the “Cockroach Public Party,” a groundbreaking Gen Z online movement built around a very enduring mascot: the cockroach. On Tuesday night, the party’s Instagram page hit 1 million followers and has now crossed 3 million followers in a matter of hours. What is cockroach movement? It … Read more
Hearing aids amplify everything – “blindly” – a group of scientists working on a system that could make brain-controlled hearing aids possible have written. Their lead author Vishal Chaudhary* said, “Current hearing aids are good at amplifying sounds and voices, but they struggle with the classic ‘cocktail party problem’ – deciding which sounds matter to … Read more