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An astronaut crew that carried out an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station splashed down as planned Thursday off the coast of California. During the mission, Sophie Adenot became the first French female astronaut to venture outside the space station for a spacewalk. In all, she undertook three…
Liverpool's Andoni Iraola looks to Manchester City clash and rival's appeal over guilty verdict for financial breaches.
British and Irish cinema have been in the spotlight at the Breton resort of Dinard for more than three decades, with films like "The Full Monty" and "Billy Elliot" getting their starts at the town's annual film festival. FRANCE 24's Culture editor Eve Jackson brings us the latest from this year’s edition, from its…
Manchester City face Liverpool at Anfield after being found guilty of financial breaches.
Driver films from inside vehicle as car swept away in Chile floods
This week, FRANCE 24's media show Scoop revisits a fatal assignment for a Fox News team in Ukraine. On March 14, 2022, a Russian strike hit the crew reporting near the capital Kyiv. Reporter Benjamin Hall was seriously injured and two other journalists were killed. The journalists' families are suing Fox, saying the…
Eritrea denies backing TPLF as Ethiopia alleges collusion, further straining their already volatile relationship.
Cultural gestures have kept relations from collapsing, but repairing ties with India will require tough negotiations.
A condemned female murderer who survived two lethal injections during a botched execution by the US state of Tennessee was in critical condition and receiving "life-saving care," according to her attorneys. In an extraordinary chain of events, Christa Pike, 50, was whisked from a prison execution chamber to a…
A rare double waterspout formed off the coast of Marsala in western Sicily on 9 October, before moving inland and causing significant damage.
Saudi Arabia and its allied forces in Yemen vowed a "firm response" to Houthi attacks that target civilians. The kingdom's authorities said three Saudi nationals were killed in Thursday's attack on Riyadh airport.
"Blood diamonds" became infamous for funding the brutal civil war in Sierra Leone. Beginning 25 years ago, the Kimberley Process aimed to put an end to this illegal trade. Accused of complicity in the conflict, the diamond industry has since sought to clean up its image, emphasising an ethical shift. But a quarter of…
Officials also said that six suspects had been arrested in the robbery, which targeted a museum in southern France last month.
Russia has detected no health issues or dangerous micro-organisms after tracing all contacts of a woman who reportedly died of plague, the governor of Siberia's Irkutsk region said Thursday. Russia has not confirmed the woman died of plague, and Governor Igor Kobzev said in his statement she had contracted…
Tens of thousands of mourners marched through Madrid on Thursday in tribute to a Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked national housing protests that culminated in the calling of early elections. The death of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on Wednesday produced tears and anger in the Spanish capital's emblematic…
Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her efforts to promote international law as it comes…
A planned protest against a sweeping voter roll revision prompted police to order a virtual shutdown of New Delhi, the capital. The country’s highest court intervened.
In response to the massive high school student protests in France, Education Minister Édouard Geffray announced emergency measures on Thursday, October 8. Some students reacted to these measures in interviews with France 24.
Truckloads of Eritrean soldiers have been seen driving into Ethiopia, which has reportedly responded with drone strikes.
A young orangutan has been rescued from wildfires in Borneo. Named Novita, the three- to four-year-old female was found clinging to a tree in Central Kalimantan on 26 September, with burns to her hands and feet after crossing the flames.
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Russia is fighting for settlements it once firmly held in Donetsk, and has retreated from many others.
A Palestinian boy was seen fleeing after Israeli settlers attacked his father and stole their car in Ramallah.
In this edition of Access Asia, we find out why multiple protests have broken out in India after an investigation by The Indian Express raised concerns about the integrity of the country's Election Commission. Journalist Faye D'Souza joins us to unpack how Narendra Modi's government is facing mounting pressure from…
