Australian indigenous groups have welcomed the resignation of Rio Tinto’s CEO and two top lieutenants over the mining giant’s destruction of a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site to expand an iron ore mine in Australia. The...
Sweden’s chief epidemiologist: ‘We are happy with our strategy’ on Covid-19
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Swedish chief epidemiologist Dr. Anders Tegnell, the man in charge of Sweden’s strategy to fight Covid-19, defends his country’s specific approach.
The ‘splinternet’: Are the core principles of the internet under attack?
How can we ensure that the internet remains an open and safe place for everyone? We put that question to Konstantinos Komaitis, the spokesperson of the Internet Society. The NGO has just launched a new toolkit to...
The new normal: FRANCE 24 reports from South Korea to Egypt
In our show “The New Normal”, which examines the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond, FRANCE 24 brings you four reports from our correspondents around the globe.
Conditionings worsening for migrants left hungry and fearful by Lesbos blaze
Correspondent Nathalie Savaricus reports from Lesbos, where asylum-seekers have spent a third night in the open following a fire that destroyed Greece’s largest refugee camp. While nobody was seriously hurt, the blaze...
Covid-19 new measures, Brexit negotiations, Australia-China row over journalists, LVMH vs Tiffany’s
After summer vacation, school’s back in and the scramble is on to avoid a return to lockdown. In France, where Covid cases continue to rise, prompting a rush on labs for testing like this one in France’s...
Lost and confused: When people with Alzheimer’s go missing
Some 60 percent of those with Alzheimer’s disease are expected to wander off at least once. It’s a serious and little-known consequence of the condition. Many sufferers will wander off multiple times and...