Credit agency S&P said Friday it had cut its rating for France to A+ from AA, citing risks that the government would fail to significantly reduce its deficit next year. Story by Peter O’Brien. #France #S&P...
Target Venezuela: Drug war or US power grab? | Mapped Out
Trump has authorized a CIA covert operation against Venezuela. His administration has already targeted “drug boats” in the Caribbean. Dozens of people have been killed, and UN rights experts have called the US strikes...
Kenya: At least two die in stampede at Raila Odinga’s funeral • FRANCE 24 English
Two people died and 18 people were injured in Kenya after a stampede broke out during the state funeral of Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. The incident comes a day after three people were killed when...
BBC questions Trump on Ukraine at Zelensky meeting. #Ukraine #BBCNews
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Tunisia: Violence erupts during anti-pollution protest as anger boils • FRANCE 24 English
Police rained tear gas on crowds and several demonstrators and riot police were injured in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes as thousands of people marched Wednesday to protest worsening air pollution from a phosphate...
Freed Palestinian prisoner says abuse in Israeli jail blinded him
Mahmoud Abu El-Fool says he entered Israeli custody with his sight — and left blind. The 28-year-old was arrested at a hospital in northern Gaza while already injured, and claims he was beaten and denied medical...
Netanyahu facing growing dissent within his far-right coalition
After two years of Israel’s genocidal war, a fragile calm has returned to Gaza. The ceasefire marks the end of one of the bloodiest and most divisive conflicts in Israel’s history. But as the country begins...