Modi Indian Prime Minister Modi poised for a second termRFI A landslide victory is nearly certain as the Election Commission showed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Baratiya Janata party had won 92 …
European News British press savages May as EU polls hang in the balanceRFI The British newspapers were aving a field day on Thursday regarding Prime Minister Theresa May’s anticipated exit as the tabloids, including Daily …
Environment Paris braces for more youth climate protestsRFI - Christina Okello Paris braced itself for global youth strikes for climate action Thursday, as the European Parliament elections got underway. Activists have called …
Brexit Brexit vote in UK parliament delayed until 4 JuneRFI The British government has informed MPs that the vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s latest Brexit plan will be postponed until 4 June. "We will …
British Steel Eye on France: It's a steal - French money to pay British debt!RFI - Michael Fitzpatrick British Steel is broke. We’ve known for a while that the company needed at least 35 million euros of government money to keep the furnaces fired-up. …
Africa Focus on Africa: Kenya in 'fool's gold' controversyRFI - William Niba Fraudsters passing for gold traders have thrown Kenya into a diplomatic crisis after allegedly swindling 3.5 million euros from a member of the Dubai …
Nasser Al-Khelaifi PSG supremo Al-Khelaifi charged with corruption over Doha athletics eventRFI Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the boss of Paris Saint-Germain football club and of the Qatari television channel BeIn Sports, was on Thursday charged with …
Brexit Party UK prime minister Theresa May prepares her resignationRFI British Prime Minister Theresa May is reportedly consulting with close allies as she considers whether to give in to relentless pressure to resign, …
Africa Chadian solutions viable for local problems in the restive north - analystRFI - Laura Angela Bagnetto In the restive gold-mining northern Chad region of Tibesti, Chadian government officials working together with locals could de-escalate the current …
Scotland Should I stay or should I go? Scotland and the European ElectionsRFI - Assa Samaké-Roman With Brexit being postponed until later this year, the United Kingdom is obliged to take part in the European Parliament elections. Voters in the UK, …
Play buttonEiffel Tower US architect picked to design car-free Paris’ Eiffel Tower gardenRFI The city of Paris has chosen an American landscape architect to re-design a huge area surrounding the Eiffel Tower, a project that will banish almost …
Asia Pacific The count of more than 600 million votes begins in IndiaRFI Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP party is set for a historic victory as the vote count got underway this Thursday of hundreds of millions of …
European News Fake news campaigns evolve ahead of European electionRFI - Mike Woods European officials have been warning of foreign interference in this week’s EU elections for months, but a report on disinformation campaigns in …
François Hollande Eye on France: Hollande tells Macron how to be a good presidentRFI - Michael Fitzpatrick A left-wing former president talking about the current one, who is a centrist, in a right-wing newspaper. How’s that for political balance? François …
EU Elections EU Elections - As the polls open, what's at stake?RFI Citizens of the 28 member states of the European Union begin voting this Thursday to elect their representatives to the 751-seat European …
France Bees, global diet at frontlines of biodiversity crisisRFI - Amanda Morrow As the world marks Biodiversity Day this Wednesday, scientists are keen to drive home the message that not only is protecting nature as critical a …
Marseille Rudi Garcia to leave Marseille at end of the seasonRFI - Paul Myers Marseille coach Rudi Garcia announced on Wednesday he will quit the club at the end of the season. Garcia, 55, joined Marseille in 2016 just after it …
Ghana Nana from heaven: Ghana president woos Gyan back into national squadRFI - Paul Myers A day after Ghana's president Nana Akufo-Addo called Asamoah Gyan to ask him to rethink his decision to quit the national squad, the 33-year-old …
Cannes Film Festival French screen idol Alain Delon thanks his fansRFI Veteran French screen idol Alain Delon has paid tribute to his fans in an open letter, telling them that they made him the man he is. In the letter …
Brexit Party Tories and opposition against May's Brexit plan voteRFI British Prime Minister Theresa May is due to ask Parliament to vote for her new Brexit compromise plan on leaving the European Union on Wednesday, …
India India's Dhobi Ghat laundry workers care more about survival than politicsRFI - Dhananjay Khadilkar As the eyes of the world turn towards India where ballot counting is continuing after a month-long election involving 900 million voters, we go to …
Africa Kenyan writer and LGBTQ activist Wainaina diesRFI Kenyan writer and gay activist Binyavanga Wainaina died on Tuesday night in Nairobi after an illness, according to one of his colleagues on Wednesday. …
Ghana Wham, bam, no thank you, Gyan: Ghana's president steps in to stop player quittingRFI - Paul Myers It was the legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly who once rasped that football was more important than life or death. But the notoriously fiery …
Abortion Women's bodies the battleground for US anti-abortion campaignersRFI - Anne-Marie Bissada As Missouri becomes the latest southern US state to pass anti-abortion laws, the president of the French National College of Gynecologists and …
Africa Focus on Africa: Zambia in battle over copper royaltiesRFI - William Niba Zambia tries to reclaim strategic copper mines as debt burden worsens. Zambia placed one of the country’s major copper mining companies Vedanta in …
Environment Bayer-Monsanto lawsuits spell 'end of chemical era', NGO saysRFI - Christina Okello US seeds and pesticides maker Bayer-Monsanto is under fire after revelations that it illegally tracked critics of chemicals and genetically modified …
France French film directors' guild urges Europeans to voteRFI - Rosslyn Hyams The Cannes Film Festival ends one day ahead of the European election ballot in France on Sunday 26 May. On Tuesday, a group of French film makers …
OECD World economy threatened by sabre-rattling trade-warsRFI - David Coffey The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the OECD, has released its economic outlook for 2019-2020 at the establishment’s annual …
Steve Bannon Steve Bannon in France to try and frame European electionsRFI - Mike Woods France’s European election campaign has an unexpected guest: controversial American political strategist Steve Bannon, who is praising far-right …
Brexit Brexit leaves French Brits stuck in the middleRFI Ahead of this week’s European elections, with the United Kingdom half way to Brexit, how do Brits living in France feel about it all? Giles Goulding, …
