British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, leaders both of nations with nuclear arsenals, were in Paris under the iconic Arc de Triomphe, where dozens of wreaths were touched by a milky...
Donald Trump & Fed independence: Elon Musk supports presidential intervention in monetary policy
The Federal Reserve has a double mandate: price stability and job market health. It tries to achieve both via monetary policy, chiefly benchmark interest rate levels and bond purchases. Current chair Jerome Powell was...
COP29 kicks off in Azerbaijan: what is the impact of Trump’s election on the UN climate talks?
The Paris climate agreement’s goals "are in great peril" and 2024 is on track to break new temperature records, the United Nations warned Monday as COP29 talks opened in Baku. What is the impact of...
Armistice Day commemorations take place across UK
A two-minute silence has been observed to mark the 106th anniversary of the end of the First World War. It comes as Armistice Day commemorations take place across the UK. Read more: #armisticeday #cenotaph #uknews...
Air raid alerts issued across Ukraine, blasts heard in Kyiv • FRANCE 24 English
In anticipation of what the military expected to be a large-scale attack, Ukraine introduced preventative power blackouts and urged people across the country to seek shelter. Details with FRANCE 24 correspondent in...
After years of conflict in Iraq, residents of Mosul organize a reforestation project • FRANCE 24
As the curtain rises on COP29, attendees are hoping to seal an agreement to unlock trillions of dollars to help climate vulnerable countries adapt to climate change. Among these countries is Iraq, where in the city of...
Tourism revives in Iraq’s Amediye after years of PKK terror threat
For decades, the ancient town of Amediye in northern Iraq served as a testament to a rich history – untouched yet under threat. Amediye is an architectural gem, filled with traces of its Assyrian, Yezidi, Jewish...