Nvidia has hit a new milestone, becoming the first company in the world to reach a market value of $5tn (£3.8tn). The US chip-maker has rapidly climbed from a niche graphics-chip manufacturer to an AI titan, as euphoria...
Death toll in Rio drug raid surges as residents find more bodies • FRANCE 24 English
The Rio de Janeiro public defender’s office on October 29 said a total of 132 people died in the bloodiest police raid against drug gangs in the Brazilian city’s history, as grieving residents laid out...
Anti-gang force in Haiti is ‘a step in the right direction’, former PM Claude Joseph says
In an interview with FRANCE 24, former Haitian prime minister Claude Joseph welcomed the UN Security Council’s recent decision to transform the multinational police support mission into a more robust anti-gang...
Pro-Palestinian protesters force Israeli cruise ship to change course in Greece
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered at Patras Port on October 29, to protest the arrival of the Crown Iris cruise ship carrying Israeli tourists. The protest prompted the vessel to reroute to Katakolos Port on the...
WWI soldiers’ messages found on Australian beach in a shored-up bottle • FRANCE 24 English
Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia’s coast. One of the soldiers...