The situation in Afghanistan is precarious for many people. So precarious that fathers sell their children to ensure their survival and that of their families. May 19, 2026, 1:54 p.mMay 19, 2026, 1:54 p.m Loud U.N. Currently, three out of four people in Afghanistan cannot meet their basic needs. Widespread unemployment leads to hunger, the […]
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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 France is drinking more beer than wine for the first time as the growing cost of living changes drinking habits among young people, figures show. According to the International […]
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 Nato military jet shot down a drone of apparent Ukrainian origin over Estonia on Tuesday, the Baltic nation’s Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur told the Delfi news website. The […]
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 Rescue teams in eastern Germany are searching for three people who went missing after a building collapsed in east Germany following a suspected gas explosion. Police said a gas […]
Continue ReadingThe European Union is increasingly accepting the idea of speaking directly with Russia to bring the full-scale invasion of Ukraine to an end. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The internal reassessment intensified after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, frustrated by the White House’s all-consuming focus on the Middle East, publicly urged Europeans to appoint a designated envoy for the […]
Continue ReadingRescue teams in eastern Germany are searching for three people who are missing after a building collapsed in the eastern city of Gorlitz, near the Polish border. Police said a gas explosion may have been the cause for the collapse of the building, which occurred on Monday night. Emergency responders proceeded with great caution at […]
Continue ReadingThe cruiseship hit by a deadly outbreak of hantavirus has finally docked in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. It will be disinfected and the crew will go into quarantine. It will then be setting sail for Iceland, where it is to start another trip on May 29. FRANCE 24’s Fernande Van Tets tells us ore from […]
Continue ReadingHundreds of cases are suspected in central Africa but experts fear the actual number may be much higher.
Continue ReadingThe Abstract Expressionist’s Number 7A, 1948 painting is now his most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.
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