The US president-elect Joe Biden has started assembling his team as he prepares to take office in January.
Hopes of coronavirus vaccine breakthrough – BBC News
The world’s leading scientists have expressed delight, along with a strong note of caution, at the news that a vaccine against coronavirus has proved 90% effective in early results.
US election results: Why did so many Latinos back Trump? – BBC News
A record 32 million Latinos were eligible to vote in the 2020 election, making them the largest minority bloc of voters in the country. Although they historically lean Democrat, their support for the Republican party...
US president-elect pushes forward with plans for office
US President-elect Joe Biden will steer the US in a dramatically different direction than the path taken under Donald Trump. Biden has pledged to reassert the US leadership role on the global stage, and he’s...
French minister seeks to ease tensions over cartoons in visit to Cairo
France’s foreign minister visited Cairo to meet with the grand imam of Al Azhar in the hopes of calming tensions between France and the Muslim world.
Millions of mink to be culled after fears of mutated-COVID spread
Amid fears that visitors from Denmark might bring a new mutation of the coronavirus with them, the UK has denied entry for those arriving from the country. The mutation is believed to have begun on mink farms, and has...
Analysis: how will Trump spend his last months in office?
Incumbent President Donald Trump has so far refused to concede the election and continues to mount legal challenges against Joe Biden’s victory, which was declared on Saturday. FRANCE 24’s international affairs editor...