Russia’s deputy chief executive believes that in 5 to 10 years, the electricity shortage will be serious. Putin considers that bitcoin mining “is good,” but there are more important things. The deputy head of the executive cabinet of the presidency of the Russian Federation, Maxim Oreshkin, considered that the electricity shortage may affect the Russian … Read more
Unrest broke out before and after the Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv football match in Amsterdam on November 7. In the following days, international media coverage of the riots was criticized. Many outlets focused on anti-Semitic attacks, while overlooking anti-Arab or anti-Muslim behavior by Maccabi supporters. Part of this was because a video filmed by Dutch photographer … Read more
In between settling scores with his former finance minister during an occasionally hot-tempered speech in the Bundestag this week, Chancellor Olaf Scholz tried to take a conciliatory tone with the opposition: “My proposal, my appeal to this house: Where we are unified, “let us act unified. It would be good for our country,” he told … Read more
This week, FRANCE 24’s Valérie Fayolle takes us inside one of Paris’s most famous luxury hotels, the Hôtel de Crillon, and introduces us to Michelin-starred chef Paul Pairet, who heads up of one of the hotel’s restaurants, Nonos. We also meet Hélène in Paris, a fantastical singer whose voice places her among the most extravagant … Read more
If you spread the risk across different channels, you can react more flexibly to market fluctuations. This was one of the reasons why Goldkrone launched the online industry solution Bagmondo.de three years ago. The platform has now established itself as a digital contact point for local leather goods retailers and offers participating retailers a supplement … Read more
Binancealong with other cryptocurrency exchanges, broke records in bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts, according to CryptoQuant analysis. The firm notes that, in general, when the BTC derivatives market “heats up,” especially in the futures segment, along with a significant price increase, “the market may experience increased volatility.” According to the datathe BTC futures market has reached … Read more
Trump is laying down a gauntlet even before taking office challenging the Senate, in particular, to dare defy him over the nominations of Matt Gaetz, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other controversial choices for his Cabinet and administration positions. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on Trump’s highly controversial cabinet appointments, FRANCE 24’s William … Read more
Indonesia may be on the front lines of the fight against global warming, but many of its people are climate sceptics. A 2019 survey found that Indonesia – the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country – has the highest proportion of climate change skeptics globally. About 18 percent of respondents said human activity is not affecting the … Read more
Nearly three years after more than 100 countries promised to tame methane emissions, the indiscriminate leakage of this powerful greenhouse gas is still rampant. As world leaders convene in Aerbaijan for the COP29 climate summit, FRANCE 24’s reporters follow the trail of methane leaks in Romania, home to one of Europe’s largest oil reserves. Source … Read more
Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a special UN committee said Thursday, as a Human Rights Watch report said Israel’s displacement of Gazans amounts to a “crime against humanity”. Israel said HRW’s claims were “completely false”, insisting its “efforts are directed solely at dismantling Hamas’s terror capabilities and not at … Read more