Sri Lanka has a new president-elect: Anura Kumara Dissanayake has claimed victory after winning just over 42 percent in Saturday’s election. The incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe has congratulated AKD on the victory...
WEEKEND Iceland’s vertical farm turning algae into food | BBC News
With short summers, a cold climate, and a landscape of lava fields and glaciers, Iceland’s not the first place you’d link with food production. But pioneering entrepreneurs are growing some surprising crops...
Marxist lawmaker Anura Dissanayake elected president in Sri Lanka says victory ‘belongs to all’
Sri Lanka elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president on Sunday, putting faith in the 55-year-old’s pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery following its worst...
An explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran kills at least 34 workers • FRANCE 24 English
An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country’s history as others remained missing...
Russian dissident fighting with the Ukrainian army, Alexy Makarov, speaks to France 24 • FRANCE 24
As Ukraine’s attempts to repel the almost three-year long Russian invasion, Alexy Makarov speaks to France 24. A self-described anarchist, born in Moscow, he has been actively opposing the current Russian regime...
Watch live: Foreign Minister David Lammy speaks at the Labour Party Conference
David Lammy will speak at the Labour Party Conference on the government’s foreign policy. The ongoing tension in the Middle East and the Ukraine war is expected to be a focal point in his speech At least 50 people...