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Europe: New far-right generation turns away from Putin
🇺🇦🇷🇺 "The image of Putin as the great power is totally gone."Thibault Muzergues tells #F24Debate the new generation of European right-wing politicians are distancing themselves from Russia, turning instead towards #Ukraine
Iran: Global internet access to reopen after 3-month blackout
🇮🇷 Just an empty gesture? Paymon Azmoudeh weighs in on #Iran’s orders to reopen international internet access after a 3-month blackout. More on #F24Debate ➡️https://go.france24.com/XiV5
World number two Rybakina sent spinning out of French Open by Starodubtseva
Ukraine's Yuliia Starodubtseva won a surprise victory over world number two Elena Rybakina on Wednesday, knocking her out of the French Open after the Kazakh player blew a one-set lead under the sweltering sun.
3 scientists win Hong Kong’s Shaw Prize for developing therapy for rare leukaemia
Three life scientists from mainland China and France have won Hong Kong’s Shaw Prize for developing a therapy that has turned a rare form of leukaemia from deadly to widely curable. Professor Emerita Anne Dejean, Professor Hugues de The and Professor Chen Zhu have won in equal shares the life sciences and medicine prize of the Shaw Prize, which has been dubbed the “Nobel Prize of the East”. The three academics were recognised for their discovery of the molecular and cellular bases of acute...
Film show: French WWII epic 'De Gaulle: Resistance' hits screens
Ben Croll takes us through four films from the Cannes Film Festival which are being released in cinemas this week. One of France's biggest film events of the year is Antonin Baudry's "De Gaulle: Resistance", the first of a two-part WWII epic centred on French general Charles de Gaulle, from the fall of France in 1940 to the liberation in 1945. Ben tells us why this film is part of a new trend of French blockbusters focused on uniquely French stories.
Greetings from Cape Verde, where the sounds of samba, jazz and morna fill the air
Music is interwoven with the sounds of daily life in this West African island nation, which hosted two international music festivals in April and has been named the African Capital of Culture for 2028.
Trump Board of Peace's official Gaza fund is empty despite billions pledged, source says
Four months after its creation, the Gaza reconstruction fund of US President Donald Trump's so-called Board of Peace has yet to receive any of the billions of dollars pledged by donor countries. Israel has continued to carry out strikes across the devastated Palestinian territory despite a US-backed ceasefire, killing at least 910 people since the truce was signed.
New Zealand sees brain drain to Australia amid stagnating economy
New Zealand is facing a major brain drain. Even former prime minister Jacinda Ardern has chosen to relocate to Australia. Her decision has reignited a debate over the country's persistent struggle to retain its talent, against a backdrop of a stagnating economy and a soaring cost of living. Our Auckland correspondent Emma Garboud-Lorenzoni reports.
Palestinians use recycling as Israel's restrictions trigger a trash crisis
Palestinians in the West Bank live amid garbage following Israeli restrictions. Two Palestinian entrepreneurs are trying to make a change.
Witnesses accuse the Israeli army of arbitrary arrests in Syria
The Israeli army has arrested at least 197 men in southern Syria since late 2024. A lawyer confirmed that 43 of them are still being held in what he says is arbitrary detention in Israeli prisons. The Israeli army, for its part, says they are targeting “suspected terrorists”.
Stamp of approval sought on HK$4.6 billion lifeline for struggling Hongkong Post
Hong Kong authorities are seeking to inject HK$4.6 billion (US$587 million) into the government-owned postal service provider to sustain its operations for the next three years, following eight years of operating losses and declining mail volumes. A document submitted to Legislative Council on Wednesday by the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau showed a bruising fiscal trajectory for the Post Office Trading Fund (POTF) of Hongkong Post since 2017-18. Self-financing since 1995, Hongkong...
Inside the Struggle to Build an Iranian Opposition
A new group is trying to create what its predecessors could not: an effective democratic force for Iran.