Play buttonJeffrey Epstein Financier Jeffrey Epstein denied bail on sex trafficking chargesFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESEpstein, 66, also might use his "great wealth and vast resources" to flee the country, U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman said. Epstein, his hands folded before him, showed no reaction when Berman his
Play buttonDonald Trump Trump says he disagrees with 'send her back' chants about Somali-born congresswoman OmarFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESIn a week that has corkscrewed daily with hostile exchanges over race and love of country, Trump also claimed he had tried to stop the chant at a re-election event Wednesday night in North Carolina though
Play buttonWorld News Sacred ground: Battle over Hawaii telescopeFrance 24 - Sam BALLAstronomers say Mauna Kea, a mountain on Hawaii’s Big Island already dotted with observatories, would be the ideal spot to build the vast Thirty Meter Telescope thanks to its clean air and high elevation.
FaceApp US Senator calls for investigation into FaceApp over security concernsFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for the FBI and the FTC, the US consumer protection body, to "look into the national security & privacy risks" connected to FaceApp, which is used by millions
Play buttonBribery US judge sentences Mexican drug kingpin 'El Chapo' Guzman to lifeFrance 24 - France 24 ENThe Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, a humbling end for a drug lord notorious for his ability to kill, bribe or tunnel his way out
Play buttonMoon Lunar Modules (Episode 2): Why hasn’t the US sent a man to the Moon in the supercomputer era?France 24 - FRANCE 24Fifty years after Apollo 11 put the first man on the Moon, James André and Sylvain Rousseau examine the critical issue of the astronomical costs of such missions and why the US was willing to spend those
Play buttonEl Chapo Jessica Le Masurier: El Chapo sentenced to life in 'supermax' prisonFrance 24 - France 24 ENOnce one of the world's most powerful and notorious criminals, Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was jailed for life Wednesday -- the mandatory sentence for a host of crimes spanning a quarter-century.
World News US judge sentences Mexican drug kingpin 'El Chapo' Guzman to lifeFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESA federal judge in Brooklyn handed down the sentence Wednesday, five months after Guzman's conviction in an epic drug-trafficking case. The 62-year-old drug lord, who had been protected in Mexico by an
NASA Inside the Americas - Behind the scenes at NASA and the next mission to the MoonFrance 24 - Tom Burges WATSONBehind the scenes at NASA and the next mission to the Moon On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong made history by becoming the first man ever to walk on the Moon. To mark the 50th anniversary of the first lunar
U.S. House of Representatives 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
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
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
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
Play buttonWorld News United States launches small-scale immigration raids as families hideFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe multi-day operation was expected to target around 2,000 recently-arrived families in about 10 cities who have been ordered deported by an immigration judge. The removal operations are meant to deter
Donald Trump Trump tells left-wing Democrat congresswomen to leave USFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESIt is the latest controversial comment by Trump, who last year reportedly referred to countries in Africa as "shithole" nations, and who has spoken of "an invasion" of undocumented migrants. In a tweet,
Play buttonDonald Trump Trump axed Iran deal to spite Obama, says leaked diplomatic cableFrance 24 - FRANCE 24In the 2018 cable, published by the Mail on Sunday, British ambassador Kim Darroch wrote that: "The administration is set upon an act of diplomatic vandalism, seemingly for ideological and personality
Play buttonWorld News Weakened storm Barry crawls across Louisiana, drenching Gulf CoastFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESAfter briefly becoming a Category 1 hurricane, the system weakened to a tropical storm as it made landfall near Intracoastal City, about 160 miles (257 kilometers) west of New Orleans, the National Hurricane
World News New York City power restored after massive blackoutFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESNo deaths or injuries were reported due to the blackout, which officials said began at 6:47 p.m. EDT (2247 GMT), and darkened a stretch of the city from West 42nd Street to West 72nd Street, 42 years the
World News Hurricane Barry hits Gulf Coast with rain and surging waterFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESBut the extent of the damage and whether it will be at least partially offset by benefits such as disruption of the notorious Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" is hard to predict, they say. That's because the
Play buttonNew Orleans, LA New Orleans residents hunker down as Tropical Storm Barry bears down on Louisiana coastFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESAuthorities urged citizens to secure property, stock up provisions and shelter in place. However, some nervous residents opted to flee the city, and tourism officials reported an abrupt exodus of out-of-town
Play buttonAlexander Acosta US labor secretary Acosta resigns over Epstein plea dealFrance 24 - FRANCE 24Acosta, a former Florida prosecutor, made the announcement from the White House lawn on Friday with President Donald Trump at his side. Democrats had called for him to quit over his handling of the Epstein
Play buttonWorld News Revisited - To the Moon and back: The Apollo 11 lunar landing, 50 years onFrance 24 - James ANDREOn July 20, 1969, US astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the surface of the Moon. His words went down in history: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind".
Play buttonVenezuela Inside the Americas - Amid health crisis, Venezuelans turn to non-traditional medicine and healersFrance 24 - Genie GODULAAlso this week, Britain's ambassador to the US stepped down after a leak of his memos provoked a furious reaction from Donald Trump. And New York City is going green. New measures are in place to meet
Play buttonWorld News Flooded New Orleans braces for 'extreme' Storm BarryFrance 24 - FRANCE 24The weather system, which has already caused major flooding in the low-lying city, is expected to reach hurricane strength Friday or early Saturday when it nears Louisiana's coast, according to the National
Play buttonWorld News Trump retreats on adding citizenship question to 2020 US censusFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESHe insisted he was "not backing down," declaring in a Rose Garden announcement that the goal was simple and reasonable: "a clear breakdown of the number of citizens and non-citizens that make up the United
World News US sanctions Venezuela after ‘anti-Maduro’ captain dies in custodyFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe U.S. Treasury said it would freeze all assets directly or indirectly owned by the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM). President Nicolas Maduro's government confirmed the death
Play buttonMegan Rapinoe Football star Megan Rapinoe calls for equal pay for 'badass' US national team at World Cup victory parade in NYCFrance 24 - FRANCE 24Wearing identical black T-shirts emblazoned with the words "World Champions" in gold letters, members of the US squad waved to the crowds from slow-moving open-top floats. Player of the tournament Megan
