This mural depicts the body of the little Syrian boy Alan Kurdi, who drowned while crossing the Mediterranean with his refugee family in 2015.Image: keystone Feb 17, 2026, 10:12 p.mFeb 17, 2026, 10:12 p.m More than a dozen bodies have washed up on Italy’s shores – presumably migrants who died trying to cross the Mediterranean. […]
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration “is very focused on encouraging the success of AI around the world. So this is an important opportunity and a strong showing for the U.S. government,” Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade William Kimmitt said at an event in Washington this month. American companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta, are announcing billions […]
Continue ReadingQuentin Deranque died on Saturday, two days after being beaten in Lyon by masked men believed to be far-left militants.
Continue Reading“We denounce actions by Ministers of certain States to rely on manufactured facts and criticise Ms Albanese for statements that she never made,” the Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council said in a press release. In her address, Albanese used the phrase: “We as a humanity have a common enemy.” […]
Continue ReadingRussia’s delegation to the latest round of US-brokered peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow in Geneva is once again being led by ultraconservative historian and presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky – a man who rewrote Russia’s history textbooks to justify Moscow’s all-out invasion of Ukraine.
Continue ReadingUkrainian and Russian negotiators concluded the first of two days of US-mediated peace talks in Geneva on Tuesday, though neither side signalled they were any closer to ending Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II. Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen, John Lough, Head of Foreign Policy at the New Eurasian Strategies Centre, explains that […]
Continue ReadingFounded in 1974 in the wake of the first oil crisis of that decade, the Paris-based IEA produces forward-looking scenarios documenting the transition to renewable fuels that set the standard for the energy world. Wright will be in Paris Wednesday and Thursday to attend a ministerial meeting of the agency. “We don’t need a net-zero […]
Continue ReadingIt’s the news her fans have been waiting for for years: Miley Cyrus is returning to her roots. A big special will be released to mark the 20th anniversary of the “Hannah Montana” series. With a post on Instagram, the 33-year-old confirmed the rumors about the series that made her famous in the 2000s. It […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A major criminal operation, described by authorities as Europe’s largest fake perfume factory, has been dismantled by Spanish law enforcement with the assistance of French customs agents, Catalan officials […]
Continue ReadingIt’s been two weeks since the 84 year old’s disappearance and authorities say there have not been any arrests
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