Tech giant Meta is feeling the heat, no matter how relaxed its leader Mark Zuckerberg might appear. Despite the waves of bad news buffeting his company, CEO Zuckerberg is surfing ahead with a new relaxed persona. We...
Hundreds trapped in gold mine without water as authorities wait to arrest them
Police in South Africa say they’re determined to arrest hundreds of illegal miners they’ve cornered underground – but relatives say they’ll die without the food and water authorities are blocking...
New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous treaty bill • FRANCE 24 English
New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and...
International media accused of skewing and lying in coverage of Amsterdam riots • FRANCE 24
Unrest broke out before and after the Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv football match in Amsterdam on November 7. In the following days, international media coverage of the riots was criticised. Many outlets focused on anti...
Trump says vaccine sceptic RFK Jr will do ‘unbelievable things’
Robert F Kennedy Jr abandoned his own independent presidential campaign to endorse the president-elect and, as promised, he’s being rewarded with a top job. In return for Mr Kennedy’s support during the...
Electoral commission says South Sudan ready for first election
Thirteen years after gaining independence, South Sudan is yet to hold a general election. In September, the transitional government extended its term by another two years, citing a lack of electoral preparedness. But...
Israel strikes Beirut’s southern suburbs | BBC News
Israeli airstrikes have targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut, sending plumes of smoke into the sky and flattening a building near one of the city’s busiest traffic junctions. The strikes followed a warning of...