IN THE PAPERS – Friday, September 18: We look at two different polemics in France over the way girls are dressed. In the first, secondary and high school students criticize rules in some schools that prohibit them...
Scramble to keep TikTok alive in the US as Trump-imposed deadline looms
Walmart could reportedly play a role in a new American version of TikTok as a deadline approaches for the app’s Chinese owners to either sell or restructure the platform in the US. Also, the head of the UN’s...
Foreigners ‘live in constant fear’ in South Africa, Human Rights Watch reports
Foreign nationals in South Africa suffer “routine” harassment, violence and discrimination by locals and government authorities, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.
Tackling xenophobic discrimination in South Africa
A new damning report from Human Rights Watch says that Black and Asian non-nationals living in South Africa frequently find themselves subject to discrimination, forced displacements and violence. It also concluded that...
Islamic State claims killing of French aid workers in Niger
Islamic State has credited its West Africa affiliate for killing six French aid workers and their Nigerien guide and driver at a giraffe reserve in Niger on August 9, according to a statement published by the site...
Swedish scientists are working on a radical Covid-19 blocker involving alpacas
Tyson the alpaca could hold the key to developing a process to block the coronvirus. FRANCE 24’s Catherine Norris-Trent and James André report from the prestigious Karolinsa Institute in Stockholm.
FIFA head visits White House amid corruption investigation in Switzerland
FIFA president Gianni Infantino met President Donald Trump this week at the White House to discuss preparations for the 2026 World Cup in his third visit to the US and amid an ongoing probe by the Swiss into corruption...