In this edition of Access Asia, we explore what the recent visit by India’s prime minister to Israel means for both sides. Narendra Modi’s public embrace of Benjamin Netanyahu may have raised eyebrows at...
‘Our enemy is not the Afghan people’ Pakistani ambassador tells France 24 • FRANCE 24 English
Pakistan’s enemy is not the people of Afghanistan but rather the terror groups it claims the Afghan government has been supporting, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, Pakistan’s ambassador to France told France 24 on...
Pakistan declares ‘open war’ against Afghanistan • FRANCE 24 English
#Pakistan conducted airstrikes in Kabul and three other Afghan provinces overnight between Thursday and Friday, authorities in #Afghanistan said, as the former’s defence minister said that the countries were now...
Bill Clinton faces grilling from lawmakers over his connections to Jeffrey Epstein • FRANCE 24
Former President Bill Clinton is testifying Friday before members of Congress investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, answering for his connections to the disgraced financier from more than two decades ago...
Children get taste of rural life at France’s farming show, despite lack of cows • FRANCE 24
France’s farming show Le Salon de l’Agriculture wraps up this Sunday, and according to organisers, this year has seen a drop in the number of attendees, which were down by 25 percent during the first few days. A...
Can surfboards, handbags and coffins be made from mushrooms? • FRANCE 24 English
Can mushrooms replace leather and plastic? Thanks to mycelium derived from fungi, companies can now make 100 percent biodegradable products such as shoes and furniture that look exactly like leather. Major brands are...
Green Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election | BBC News
The Green Party has won the Gorton and Denton by-election, with Hannah Spencer taking the Greater Manchester seat from Labour in the Greens’ first ever Westminster by-election victory. Labour, which took the seat...