Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, who survived a decade of sexual abuse by her husband and dozens of strangers, said she hoped her ordeal would help make the world a better place for “women and men alike” as her former spouse was jailed for 20 years. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks to feminist writer Cécile Simmons, a … Read more
In tonight’s edition, the US pledges 200 million dollars in humanitarian aid for Sudan. Also, Nigeria reels as more details emerge of the circumstance and heartbreak caused by a fatal crush at a school event. And rediscovered cassettes preserve the identity of Somaliland, a country that ‘doesn’t exist’. Source link
US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday called on Congress to avoid a shutdown and said he had “success” in crafting a new plan to fund the government and lift the debt ceiling. Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk had publicly rejected a previous bipartisan proposal, which had Republicans in Congress ready for a government shutdown … Read more
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused Israel of causing the deaths of thousands of Palestinians by systematically restricting and targeting Gaza’s water supply in a campaign that amounts to “acts of genocide”. Source link
Guilty verdicts for all. A court in southern France sentencing Dominique Pelicot along with the fifty co-defendants he invited over the Internet into the family home to rape his drugged wife. The seventy two-year old pensioner got the maximum twenty years. Source link
With just days to go before Christmas, thousands of Amazon workers across the US walked off the job. European stocks fell on the Fed’s inflation outlook, while US stocks rebounded after being rattled on Wednesday. Meanwhile the US is once again facing the prospect of a government shutdown. Plus, you can now call ChatGPT on … Read more
Dozens of defendants in the Pelicot trial — the men who visited the Pelicot family home to rape Gisele Pelicot who was unconscious after being drugged by her husband — were handed terms of between three and fifteen years. Women’s rights groups and the three Pelicot children, expressed disappointment, arguing the sentences were too lenient. … Read more
France’s new Prime Minister François Bayrou said on Thursday he hopes to have a budget ready by mid-February, and would consider using special constitutional powers to get the budget through parliament, if opposition parties tried to block it. Source link
Germany’s political parties have started submitting their draft election manifestos ahead of an upcoming snap election in February 2025. This is earlier than originally planned (explained here), and election campaigns of major parties have also started on social media. A survey spread by supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) received more than 370,000 … Read more
