A fourth round of negotiations between German car manufacturer Volkswagen and workers’ unions began on Monday against a backdrop of renewed rolling strikes and with little sign of an agreement in sight. Following a sharp drop in profits caused by increasing costs at home and competition from abroad, particularly from China, Volkswagen is looking to … Read more
Millions of refugees could finally go home from camps in Lebanon, following the toppling of Bashar al-Assad by rebels over the weekend. However, some Syrians are also lining up on the other side of the border with Lebanon, fleeing the uncertain times to come. More information with FRANCE 24 Lebanese correspondent in Damascus, Rawad Taha. … Read more
The Kremlin said it would discuss the status of Russia’s two military bases in Syria with the country’s new rulers following the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad by opposition rebels. Story by Emerald Maxwell. Source link
A Turkish drone strike in a Kurdish-held area in northern Syria killed 11 civilians including six children, a war monitor said Monday. The attack comes a day after Islamist-led rebels ousted president Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive that saw them sweep swathes of territory from government control. Details with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Ankara, … Read more
British oil giant BP is significantly reducing its investment in renewable energy for the “rest of this decade”, it said in a statement Monday, noting it was instead entering a joint venture with Japanese power company Jera to create one of the world’s largest offshore wind businesses. Since Murray Auchincloss became BP’s new chief executive … Read more
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said that his country had struck “chemical weapons” in neighboring Syria, where rebel forces ousted president Bashar al-Assad over the weekend. More information with FRANCE 24 correspondents in Jerusalem, Noga Tarnopolsky. Source link
On today’s weekly music show on Arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim speaks to the singer of one of the most successful British bands of the last decade. Bastille stormed the UK charts in 2013 with their debut album “Bad Blood”, spawning smash-hits like “Pompeii”. Four records later, Dan Smith has taken a gap year of sorts, … Read more
One year after France’s northern Pas-de-Calais region was hit by record floods, victims are still recovering from the disaster. FRANCE 24 visited the town of Blendecques, where an entire neighborhood is set to be demolished and transformed into a stormwater basin to prevent future flooding. Residents now say they’re among the first in France to … Read more
Nominations for the 82nd Golden Globe awards were announced on Monday with French Director Jacques Audiard’s genre-defying “Emilia Pérez” leading with 10 nods ahead of fellow musical “Wicked”. Stars of film and TV featured heavily in this year’s list of nominations, while the award body continues to recover after years of upheaval and scandal. Source … Read more
Syrians now face a hopeful if uncertain future, after rebels seized the capital Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, following 13 years of civil war and more than 50 years of his family’s brutal rule. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on a new era in Syria, as the world watches, FRANCE … Read more