France 24added this to EarthPlay buttonJapan Japan welcomes G20 leaders for summit centred on climate changeFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESActivists say Japan has fallen behind on reducing plastic consumption and is caving to US pressure to water down language on climate change to achieve a unanimous statement on the issue. Japan, chair this
France 24added this to HealthWorld News 10 Democratic hopefuls face off in first round of US Presidential debatesFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESMillions of voters are expected to watch the sprawling two-night affair in Miami, with the climax Thursday as former vice president Joe Biden squares off against nine different challengers, including two
France 24added this to Americas NewsNicolás Maduro Venezuela government says it derailed a coup attempt, opposition deniesFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESCommunications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said the plan involved active and retired army officers and was to have been executed between Sunday and Monday this past weekend. "We were in all the meetings plan
France 24added this to EarthEgypt Egypt secures a place in the final 16 of the Africa Cup of NationsFrance 24Ahmed Elmohamady prodded Egypt ahead on 25 minutes after a wicked Salah cross and the Liverpool star slammed in a second shortly before half-time to spark frenzied celebrations at a packed Cairo International
France 24added this to EarthPlay buttonWorld News Images of drowned Salvadoran migrant father and daughter spark global anguishFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe photos show the bodies of the man and his 23-month-old daughter lying face down near the river bank. Her arm was draped around his neck, suggesting she clung to her father in their final moments. photos
France 24added this to Business Play buttonLondon Stock Exchange Business daily - French retailers eye summer sales to make up for yellow vest lossesFrance 24 - Kate MOODYThe six-week summer sales period has kicked off across France, with retailers hoping to make up for revenue lost during the Yellow Vests protest. Also in the show...Donald Trump weighs in on trade with
France 24added this to Africa NewsAfrica Dozens killed in foiled Ethiopia coup attempt, authorities sayFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe militia attacked the police headquarters, ruling party headquarters and president’s office where they executed three top officials in Amhara’s regional capital of Bahir Dar on Saturday, Asemahagh told
France 24added this to HealthMauritania Mauritania cracks down on opposition after disputed electionFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe operation late Monday came after police clashed with opposition supporters angered over the declared victory of ruling party candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, they said. A former general and long-time
France 24added this to HealthWomen's Soccer Ellen Wille: The ‘mother’ of women’s footballFrance 24 - France 24 ENWille used her moment in the spotlight to demand that women’s football no longer be ignored. Unexpectedly, the majority of male delegates agreed. Women’s football was belatedly getting its deserved place
France 24added this to Top StoriesPlay buttonEuropean News Water, shower and shelter: Heatwave help for Paris migrantsFrance 24 - Sam BALLAt a Salvation Army centre outside just outside Paris near the Porte de la Chapelle, migrants and refugees from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and many other countries besides mingle, drink tea and water
France 24added this to EarthMatteo Salvini Sea-Watch rescue boat enters Italian waters despite Salvini’s threatsFrance 24 - NEWS WIRES"I've decided to enter the port of Lampedusa," Sea-Watch tweeted Captain Carola Rackete as saying. "I know this is risky, but the 42 shipwrecked on board are exhausted. I will bring them to safety." Marine
France 24added this to HealthChinese Communist Party Tibetans ordered to replace Dalai Lama portraits with Chinese party leaders or risk losing aidFrance 24 - France 24 ENSome families in Tibet are being forced to replace portraits of the Dalai Lamai with those of President Xi Jinping of China in order to continue receiving government aid, as authorities clamp down on to
France 24added this to CulturePlay buttonJeff Goldblum Encore! - Film show: Jeff Goldblum perfects lobotomies in 'The Mountain'France 24 - Eve JACKSONFilm critic Lisa Nesselson speaks to Eve Jackson about the week's film news, including "The Mountain" with Jeff Goldblum, French movie "All About Yves" focusing on a man's relationship with his fridge,
France 24added this to Middle East NewsPlay buttonNetflix Middle East matters - Netflix launches its first Arabic series, 'Jinn'France 24 - Haxie MEYERS-BELKINMeanwhile, the first instalment of Washington's long-awaited peace plan for the Middle East is unveiled in Bahrain. Palestinian leaders, however, reject the initiative that earmarks $50 billion for investment
France 24added this to SportsArsène Wenger The Interview - Arsène Wenger on the Women's World Cup: 'The Americans are not unbeatable'France 24 - France 24 ENFormer Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger sat down with FRANCE 24 to share some of his wisdom. "Managing a football team for twenty years is like managing a normal company for 200 years", he told our Sports
France 24added this to Europe NewsEuropean News No sign of criminal cause in Notre-Dame fire, prosecutors sayFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESFrench investigators were examining many hypotheses "including a malfunctioning of the electrical system or a fire which started with a badly stubbed-out cigarette", said a statement, indicating there
France 24added this to Top StoriesPalestinian Authority Palestinian activist: Trump's economic plan for the Middle East an ‘attack’ on dignityFrance 24 - FRANCE 24Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, on Tuesday opened an international meeting in Bahrain by urging Palestinians, whose leaders are boycotting the event, to think
France 24added this to Americas NewsPlay buttonSupply and Demand Focus - Supply and demand: A closer look at Canada's legal cannabis marketFrance 24 - France 24 ENIn October 2018, Canada became the first G7 country to legalise recreational cannabis. When Justin Trudeau's government made the move, one of its main objectives was to remove the lucrative cannabis market
France 24added this to HealthIran Understanding the restrictions imposed by the Iran nuclear dealFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThat cap is one of many restrictions imposed by the 2015 deal with major powers that were aimed at extending the time Iran would need to produce a nuclear bomb, if it chose to, to a year from roughly months.
France 24added this to Africa NewsPlay buttonSudan The Interview - 'We are not leading the country, we are transitional,' says Sudanese military council memberFrance 24 - France 24 ENIn an interview with FRANCE 24’s Tarek Kai, Lieutenant-General Salah Abdelkhalek, a member of Sudan's Transitional Military Council, discussed the negotiations with protest leaders on transferring power
France 24added this to Top StoriesHomosexuality French more accepting of LGBT people but clichés persist, survey saysFrance 24 - FRANCE 24In 2019, 85 percent of those surveyed said that homosexuality was “just another way of living one's sexuality". In 1975 just 24 percent of people held the same view, according to the survey conducted Ifop
France 24added this to Americas NewsPlay buttonColombia Perspective - Empowering children through education: 'All they need is an opportunity to thrive'France 24 - Stuart NorvalLilibeydy Manrique quit her job as a teacher in private schools in Colombia and set up an award-winning school to try to help the vulnerable communities she came from. She said she felt she had been investing
France 24added this to Business Play buttonCigarettes Business daily - San Francisco bans sales of e-cigarettesFrance 24 - Stephen CarrollLawmakers in San Francisco have voted to ban the sale and manufacture of e-cigarettes in the city, despite being home to the market leader in the industry. The vote came as authorities voiced concern the
France 24added this to HealthPlay buttonFrance France falls short on emission targets, says climate councilFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESIn its first report, France's newly appointed independent climate advisory council, the Haut Conseil pour le Climat (HCC) said that in 2015-18, emissions fell by just 1.1 percent, just over half the 1.9
France 24added this to HealthPalestinian Authority Donors pledge $110 million for UN Palestinian agency shunned by USFrance 24 - FRANCE 24UNRWA chief Pierre Krahenbuhl said the funding would allow the agency, which provides education and health services to Palestinians, to cover costs for the coming months and avoid a budget crisis. Around
France 24added this to EarthWorld News US Special Counsel Mueller to testify in public on Russia probeFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESRepresentative Jerrold Nadler, chairman of the judiciary panel, and Representative Adam Schiff, head of the intelligence panel, said in a joint statement that Mueller had agreed to testify after the two
France 24added this to Health Hard fought win for Cameroon in Africa Cup of Nations, underdogs Benin draw with GhanaFrance 24Cameroon found it difficult to break down Guinea-Bissau until defender Yaya Banana was left unmarked from a corner to head in the opening goal in the 66th minute. Cameroon's second goal came straight when
France 24added this to EarthPlay buttonWorld News Top US immigration official resigns amid uproar over child migrant detentionsFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESActing Commissioner John Sanders' departure deepened the sense of crisis and added to the rapid turnover inside the agencies responsible for enforcing President Donald Trump's hardline immigration priorities
France 24added this to EarthNetherlands The Netherlands and Italy advance to Women's Football World Cup quarter-finalsFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESMartens put the Dutch in front after 17 minutes, only for Yui Hasegawa to level on the stroke of halftime, but the forward sent the European champions through with a spot kick in the last minute. Japan,
France 24added this to EarthCameroon Hard fought win for Cameroon in Africa Cup of Nations, underdogs Benin beat GhanaFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESCameroon found it difficult to break down Guinea-Bissau until defender Yaya Banana was left unmarked from a corner to head in the opening goal in the 66th minute. Cameroon's second goal came straight when
