French President Emmanuel Macron was in Lithuania Tuesday, in talks with exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in a bid to resolve the country’s political crisis. The meeting was...
Mass death of elephants in Botswana: climate change is a ‘threat amplifier’
Climate change is a “threat amplifier”. It takes tough scenarios and makes them more likely to happen and more frequent. That’s the view of passionate biologist and activist Niall McCann, who says the...
Analysis: Trump and Biden hope for killer blow at first debate
FRANCE 24’s international affairs editor Philip Turle predicts the televised face-off between Joe Biden and Donald Trump on Tuesday will be like no other debate. Issues will likely include Covid-19, the economy, urban...
French telcos bid on rights to 5G network
French telecommunications operators are bidding for the rights to 5G networks, which promises download speeds up to 10 times faster than 4G, even while the technology’s impact on health and the environment is not yet...
France begins auction of 5G frequencies to major mobile operators
The French government has begun auctioning off frequencies for the next generation of mobile network, known as 5G. The country’s four main telecom operators will take part in the bidding process, which is expected...
Covid-19: dozens of UK universities hit by infection clusters
Students at UK universities have been forced to curtail their on-campus activities as the country struggles to contain a surge in coronavirus cases. Clusters have popped up at some universities, mostly due to illegal...
Fighting escalates in Nagorno-Karabakh, sparking fears of regional conflict
Fighting escalated sharply on Monday between Azerbaijan and its ethnic Armenian mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and at least 55 people were killed in a second day of heavy clashes.