Oracle is poised to become the US partner for ByteDance, owner of the TikTok short-video app. FRANCE 24 business editor Catherine Bennett reports Oracle has close to the Trump administration, which last month threatened...
‘Touching’ French ad campaign highlights need for social distancing
The French government has launched a public health advertising campaign in response to a steep rise in coronavirus cases. The government is also handing more power to regional authorities, such as in hard-hit cities of...
Israel imposes second national lockdown
Daily life in Israel will grind to a halt from Friday as the country enters a second lockdown, amid a steep rise in coronavirus cases. Only essential services will be open, and no travel allowed within the country...
Lesbos migrants fear detention in new refugee camp | DW News
Greece has opened a 3,000-capacity tent camp for the migrants made homeless by the Moria fire. But a large number of migrants, who were residents of the destroyed Moria camp, have refused to enter the new facility...
How the US election works – BBC News
The president of the United States isn’t directly elected by American voters but by members of what’s known as the electoral college. Here’s how the system works. Motion graphics by Jacqueline Galvin. Produced by...
Coronavirus: Hospital rules kept young couple apart during miscarriage
A young woman has told how she was forced to suffer a miscarriage without the comfort of her partner, due to strict coronavirus rules in hospitals. Lucy Slater was told at her 12-week scan that she had suffered a...
‘Workshy William’ transformed by pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant effect on the reputations of many politicians and public figures, and that includes the Royal Family and the Duke of Cambridge. Only a couple of years ago, headlines...