US president Joe Biden met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington on Wednesday amid rising tensions with North Korea. Earlier this month, the North fired a missile towards the Japan Sea – the third...
Biden, Japan PM announce historic boosting of defence ties with eye on China • FRANCE 24 English
US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled their countries’ biggest ever upgrade in defence ties Wednesday during a White House state visit focused on countering a resurgent China...
US and Japan vow new security collaboration with eye on China
US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have announced plans to strengthen military cooperation to counter the threat from China. The deal was unveiled during Kishida’s official visit to...
US inflation comes in hot, casting doubt on June Fed rate cut • FRANCE 24 English
The US consumer price index for March stood 3.5 percent higher than a year earlier, as inflation proved stickier than expected. A rate cut from the Federal Reserve, anticipated for June, is now in doubt. Also in this...
Exit polls suggest a big win by liberal opposition parties
South Koreans headed to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new National Parliament. The exit polls suggest that ruling People Power Party concedes the majority to the main opposition Democratic Party, reflecting the...
Islamic State threat in Paris raises security alert
There was tight security at Wednesday night’s Champions League Quarter Final in Paris after an Islamic State terror threat. The security alert was raised to the maximum level in the French capital – with...
Billal Higo, a young German, cycles from Germany to Palestine to visit Al Aqsa
Billal Higo, a young German, cycled from Germany through 12 countries to reach Al Aqsa in occupied East Jerusalem, where he spent the last 10 days of Ramadan and celebrated his birthday, before celebrating Eid...