On January 7, 2015, gunmen stormed the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and assassinated 12 people in an attack that shook France to its core and sparked a global outcry about press freedom. Ten years after the assault that coined the phrase “Je suis Charlie”, the fight for secularism continues. A look back … Read more
More than 120 people have died after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Himalayas on Tuesday morning, while more than 200 people have been injured in the natural disaster. Local Chinese media reported at least 126 deaths in and around the Tibetan city of Shigatse, while tremors were felt in neighboring Nepal and India. “A … Read more
As France marks 10 years since the terror attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, we speak to journalist and filmmaker Paul Moreira, who witnessed the immediate aftermath of the massacre. Moreira’s production company had offices next door to those of Charlie Hebdo, and upon arriving at the building on January 7, 2015, he compared … Read more
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the former paratrooper and rabble-rousing politician who co-founded France’s National Front and pushed the far right into the limelight, died on Tuesday aged 96. Follow our live blog for reactions to the death of a polarizing figure in French politics, who was convicted on numerous occasions of anti-Semitism, discrimination and inciting racial … Read more
The ETF is expected to launch in late January. The fund will be listed on the CBOE stock exchange in the United States. The Calamos Investments firm announced the upcoming launch of an exchange-traded fund (ETF), called Calamos Bitcoin Structured Alt Protection (CBOJ). This is designed to offer bitcoin upside exposure with full protection against … Read more
Mutare, Zimbabwe – Government officials in Zimbabwe are investigating a Chinese mining company that has been operating a gold mine in the east of the country since at least 2021. The investigation comes as residents have expressed concerns about the impact on health and the environment. The company in question is Sino Africa Huijin Holdings, … Read more
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the rabble-rousing far-right leader who died on Tuesday aged 96, was a political outcast on April 21, 2002, when he stormed into the second round of France’s presidential election, confounding pollsters’ predictions and knocking out the Socialist frontrunner in a political earthquake that would forever change French politics. Source link
Washington: In America, on Saturday, President Joe Biden honored 19 people with the highest civilian award ‘The Medal of Freedom’. Among all these 19 people, there was one name which was being discussed from America to India. This name was George Soros who is seen as an enemy of India. There was huge anger among … Read more
Ten years after the terrorist attacks on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people, in arts24 we’re talking about freedom of expression and the role of satirical cartoons in today’s world with two cartoonists. Presenter Eve Jackson is joined by Kak, the president of Cartooning for Peace – an … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump’s eldest son landed in Greenland Tuesday for a private visit as speculation mounted that the incoming US administration could seek to take over the Danish territory. Source link