Rohingya US bans Myanmar army chief over Rohingya 'ethnic cleansing'France 24 - NEWS WIRESThe United States on Tuesday banned visits by Myanmar's army chief and three other top officers due to their role in the "ethnic cleansing" of the Rohingya minority, urging accountability for their brutal
World News US House condemns Trump over 'racist comments' tweeted at congresswomenFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESTempers flared in the hours leading up to the vote that mainly split along party lines, the culmination of three days of outrage sparked by a Trump tweetstorm that diverted attention from all other business
World News Élisabeth Borne to replace François de Rugy as French Environment MinisterFrance 24 - FRANCE 24De Rugy resigned on Tuesday following a week of reports by an investigative website about his high spending on private lobster dinners and costly renovations of his ministerial residence. In a posting
Amazon No bargain for workers: Amazon employees stage strikes during 'Prime Day' salesFrance 24 - France 24 ENAs Amazon launched its annual two-day global shopping offer known as Prime Day, employees of the Seattle-based online retail giant went on strike in Germany, the US and France. Around 20 workers tried
Play buttonZulu Johnny Clegg, South Africa’s 'White Zulu' rocker, dies aged 66France 24 - NEWS WIRESNicknamed the “White Zulu”, he mastered the language, culture and high kicks of Zulu dance, creating two multi-racial bands in defiance of the segregationist laws of the apartheid-era government, which
Play buttonUrsula von der Leyen Profile of Ursula von der LeyenFrance 24 - FRANCE 24The European Parliament confirmed Ursula von der Leyen as EU Commission president in a secret ballot on Tuesday. She succeeds Jean-Claude Juncker to become the first woman to head the commission, which
Ursula von der Leyen Ursula von der Leyen confirmed to head EU CommissionFrance 24 - Louise NORDSTROMGerman Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen emerged as the favourite to head the European Commission at the 11th hour of an epic EU emergency summit on July 2. The surprise announcement came after weeks
World News Penguins in South Africa rescued after 400 liters of oil spilled during refuelingFrance 24 - France 24 ENMore than 100 oiled penguins and other seabirds are being cleaned in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, after an oil spill off the coast earlier this month. Nearly 400 liters of oil were spilled by a Liberian
Play buttonMoon Fifty years after Apollo 11 lifted off, NASA prepares new Moon missionFrance 24 - FRANCE 24NASA has invited Apollo 11’s original astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on Tuesday. They are returning to the exact spot from where they flew to the
Play buttonPatricia Arquette Encore! - Patricia Arquette talks awards, activism and ageingFrance 24 - Genie GODULAPatricia Arquette has won an Oscar, an Emmy and two Golden Globes. But it's her work on two of this year's most buzzed-about TV shows that's got people saying the 51-year-old could still have her best
Play buttonEuropean News Lobster and champagne: French minister resigns over spending scandalFrance 24 - Yena Lee"The attacks and media lynching targeting my family force me to take the necessary step back... I presented my resignation to the prime minister this morning," said Rugy in a statement. De Rugy also said
Julian Alaphilippe Julian Alaphilippe, France’s humble heir to the cycling throneFrance 24 - France 24 EN“This will be one of the most beautiful moments of my career,” said French cyclist Julian Alaphilippe, after winning the coveted yellow jersey at the Tour de France for the first time last Monday. “Even
Play buttonFacebook Business daily - US lawmakers to question Facebook over digital currency planFrance 24 - Stephen CarrollLawmakers in the United States are to question Facebook executive David Marcus later about the social network's plans for a new digital currency, known as Libra. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has
Play buttonEbola DR Congo urges calm after first case of Ebola reported in GomaFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESGoma, a border city with a population of one million, lies next to the Rwandan town of Gisenyi and has transport links to other parts of the DRC and beyond. The UN's World Health Organization (WHO) described
Lunar Eclipse Lunar eclipse to mark launch of Apollo 11 mission, 50 years onFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESBritain's Royal Astronomical Society said in a statement the event would be visible from parts of northern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and Western Australia. Lunar eclipses happen when the Earth
World News Trump reiterates racist comments against four congresswomenFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESSpeaking at the White House, Trump said people he described as critical of the United States should leave the country. Those remarks followed his Twitter messages on Sunday that said the four left-wing
European News European Commission hopeful von der Leyen faces sceptical parliamentFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe 60-year-old conservative will replace Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission if she secures a majority in the Strasbourg assembly. If she fails – and Tuesday's secret ballot could
Play buttonIran Iran nuclear deal ‘not in good health, but still alive,’ says EU top diplomatFrance 24 - FRANCE 24Speaking to reporters in Brussels at the end of a meeting of EU foreign ministers, the bloc's current diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said the steps taken by Iran so far -- including enriching uranium
World News Trump moves to end asylum protection at US-Mexico borderFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESAccording to a new rule published in the Federal Register, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border. The rule, expected to go into
Hunger More than 2 billion people lack access to healthy food, UN report saysFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESMore than a quarter of the world's population now struggles to eat "safe, nutritious and sufficient food", according to the U.N.'s State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019 report. That includes
Play buttonEuropean News Luxury land grab? Monaco’s offshore urban expansionFrance 24 - Sam BALLThe €2 billion scheme, will see five new apartment buildings and 14 villas added to the tiny principality’s stock of luxury housing by 2025. The first phase of the project in which 18 caissons – vast watertight
Jacob Zuma Zuma slams ‘character assassination’ plots at graft hearingFrance 24 - FRANCE 24In an often rambling monologue, Zuma struck a defiant note, accusing unnamed foreign intelligence agencies and spies of working against him and added: "I have survived attempts to kill me." His appearance
Play buttonTurkey Focus - Turkey still reeling from consequences of failed coup, three years onFrance 24 - Shona BHATTACHARYYAThree years ago, Turkey witnessed a coup attempt whose ramifications can be felt to this day. The authorities have carried out the biggest purge in the country's history. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
World News Did a palm tree in Dubai really catch fire because of extreme heat?France 24 - France 24 ENVideos of a palm tree and of bushes in flames have been circulating on Facebook, with social media users claiming that blistering temperatures in Dubai had caused the fire. But it's just a hoax that resurfaces
Alan Turing World War II codebreaker Turing to be face of UK’s new £50 noteFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESGovernor Mark Carney said Turing, who did ground-breaking work on computers and artificial intelligence, was "a giant on whose shoulders so many now stand." During World War II Turing worked at the secret
Play buttonAmy Winehouse Encore! - Chile's answer to Amy Winehouse: Mon Laferte on trying to conquer EuropeFrance 24 - Florence VILLEMINOTWith her tattoos and raspy soulful voice, some call her the Latin American Amy Winehouse. Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and actress Mon Laferte is the Chilean artist with the most sales in the
Rohingya US bans Myanmar army chief over Rohingya 'ethnic cleansing'France 24 - NEWS WIRESThe United States on Tuesday banned visits by Myanmar's army chief and three other top officers due to their role in the "ethnic cleansing" of the Rohingya minority, urging accountability for their brutal
World News US House condemns Trump over 'racist comments' tweeted at congresswomenFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESTempers flared in the hours leading up to the vote that mainly split along party lines, the culmination of three days of outrage sparked by a Trump tweetstorm that diverted attention from all other business
World News Élisabeth Borne to replace François de Rugy as French Environment MinisterFrance 24 - FRANCE 24De Rugy resigned on Tuesday following a week of reports by an investigative website about his high spending on private lobster dinners and costly renovations of his ministerial residence. In a posting
Amazon No bargain for workers: Amazon employees stage strikes during 'Prime Day' salesFrance 24 - France 24 ENAs Amazon launched its annual two-day global shopping offer known as Prime Day, employees of the Seattle-based online retail giant went on strike in Germany, the US and France. Around 20 workers tried
Play buttonZulu Johnny Clegg, South Africa’s 'White Zulu' rocker, dies aged 66France 24 - NEWS WIRESNicknamed the “White Zulu”, he mastered the language, culture and high kicks of Zulu dance, creating two multi-racial bands in defiance of the segregationist laws of the apartheid-era government, which
Play buttonUrsula von der Leyen Profile of Ursula von der LeyenFrance 24 - FRANCE 24The European Parliament confirmed Ursula von der Leyen as EU Commission president in a secret ballot on Tuesday. She succeeds Jean-Claude Juncker to become the first woman to head the commission, which
Ursula von der Leyen Ursula von der Leyen confirmed to head EU CommissionFrance 24 - Louise NORDSTROMGerman Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen emerged as the favourite to head the European Commission at the 11th hour of an epic EU emergency summit on July 2. The surprise announcement came after weeks
World News Penguins in South Africa rescued after 400 liters of oil spilled during refuelingFrance 24 - France 24 ENMore than 100 oiled penguins and other seabirds are being cleaned in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, after an oil spill off the coast earlier this month. Nearly 400 liters of oil were spilled by a Liberian
Play buttonMoon Fifty years after Apollo 11 lifted off, NASA prepares new Moon missionFrance 24 - FRANCE 24NASA has invited Apollo 11’s original astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on Tuesday. They are returning to the exact spot from where they flew to the
Play buttonPatricia Arquette Encore! - Patricia Arquette talks awards, activism and ageingFrance 24 - Genie GODULAPatricia Arquette has won an Oscar, an Emmy and two Golden Globes. But it's her work on two of this year's most buzzed-about TV shows that's got people saying the 51-year-old could still have her best
Play buttonEuropean News Lobster and champagne: French minister resigns over spending scandalFrance 24 - Yena Lee"The attacks and media lynching targeting my family force me to take the necessary step back... I presented my resignation to the prime minister this morning," said Rugy in a statement. De Rugy also said
Julian Alaphilippe Julian Alaphilippe, France’s humble heir to the cycling throneFrance 24 - France 24 EN“This will be one of the most beautiful moments of my career,” said French cyclist Julian Alaphilippe, after winning the coveted yellow jersey at the Tour de France for the first time last Monday. “Even
Play buttonFacebook Business daily - US lawmakers to question Facebook over digital currency planFrance 24 - Stephen CarrollLawmakers in the United States are to question Facebook executive David Marcus later about the social network's plans for a new digital currency, known as Libra. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has
Play buttonEbola DR Congo urges calm after first case of Ebola reported in GomaFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESGoma, a border city with a population of one million, lies next to the Rwandan town of Gisenyi and has transport links to other parts of the DRC and beyond. The UN's World Health Organization (WHO) described
Lunar Eclipse Lunar eclipse to mark launch of Apollo 11 mission, 50 years onFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESBritain's Royal Astronomical Society said in a statement the event would be visible from parts of northern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and Western Australia. Lunar eclipses happen when the Earth
World News Trump reiterates racist comments against four congresswomenFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESSpeaking at the White House, Trump said people he described as critical of the United States should leave the country. Those remarks followed his Twitter messages on Sunday that said the four left-wing
European News European Commission hopeful von der Leyen faces sceptical parliamentFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe 60-year-old conservative will replace Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission if she secures a majority in the Strasbourg assembly. If she fails – and Tuesday's secret ballot could
Play buttonIran Iran nuclear deal ‘not in good health, but still alive,’ says EU top diplomatFrance 24 - FRANCE 24Speaking to reporters in Brussels at the end of a meeting of EU foreign ministers, the bloc's current diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said the steps taken by Iran so far -- including enriching uranium
World News Trump moves to end asylum protection at US-Mexico borderFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESAccording to a new rule published in the Federal Register, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border. The rule, expected to go into
Hunger More than 2 billion people lack access to healthy food, UN report saysFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESMore than a quarter of the world's population now struggles to eat "safe, nutritious and sufficient food", according to the U.N.'s State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019 report. That includes
Play buttonEuropean News Luxury land grab? Monaco’s offshore urban expansionFrance 24 - Sam BALLThe €2 billion scheme, will see five new apartment buildings and 14 villas added to the tiny principality’s stock of luxury housing by 2025. The first phase of the project in which 18 caissons – vast watertight
Jacob Zuma Zuma slams ‘character assassination’ plots at graft hearingFrance 24 - FRANCE 24In an often rambling monologue, Zuma struck a defiant note, accusing unnamed foreign intelligence agencies and spies of working against him and added: "I have survived attempts to kill me." His appearance
Play buttonTurkey Focus - Turkey still reeling from consequences of failed coup, three years onFrance 24 - Shona BHATTACHARYYAThree years ago, Turkey witnessed a coup attempt whose ramifications can be felt to this day. The authorities have carried out the biggest purge in the country's history. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
World News Did a palm tree in Dubai really catch fire because of extreme heat?France 24 - France 24 ENVideos of a palm tree and of bushes in flames have been circulating on Facebook, with social media users claiming that blistering temperatures in Dubai had caused the fire. But it's just a hoax that resurfaces
Alan Turing World War II codebreaker Turing to be face of UK’s new £50 noteFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESGovernor Mark Carney said Turing, who did ground-breaking work on computers and artificial intelligence, was "a giant on whose shoulders so many now stand." During World War II Turing worked at the secret
Play buttonAmy Winehouse Encore! - Chile's answer to Amy Winehouse: Mon Laferte on trying to conquer EuropeFrance 24 - Florence VILLEMINOTWith her tattoos and raspy soulful voice, some call her the Latin American Amy Winehouse. Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and actress Mon Laferte is the Chilean artist with the most sales in the
