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12 Nov 2023
2023 is guaranteed to be the hottest year on record due to unprecedented temperature anomalies, the Deputy Director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Tuesday.
12 Nov 2023
The US said the air strike was designed to take out supplies, weapons and ammunition used in attacks on coalition troops in Iraq and Syria.
12 Nov 2023
China claims nearly all of the South China Sea, and for years has constructed military installations on shoals and reefs.
12 Nov 2023
Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, there’s been concern about the conflict spilling over in the region and Muslim-majority countries. Viral videos have circulated claiming to show Algeria’s parliament ‘unanimously voting’ to go to war with Israel, as well as allegations that Yemen has already attacked Israeli territory.
11 Nov 2023
Bangladesh's garment worker unions have rejected a 56 percent minimum wage increase made by a government-appointed board on Tuesday, saying it doesn't cover basic living expenses. On Wednesday, clashes with police erupted in a garment industry hub on the outskirts of Dhaka, leading to the death of one worker.
11 Nov 2023
It's estimated that nearly 300,000 Afghan migrants have fled Pakistan since the start of October. This comes after the Pakistani government announced that the 1.7 million Afghans it says are living illegally in the country had just one month to leave. The decision has left thousands of Afghans, some of whom had been living in Pakistan for years, forced to flee or face deportation.
11 Nov 2023
After days of talks, the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agree to facilitate aid, but a ceasefire is yet to be agreed upon. Meanwhile, clashes intensify in eastern DR Congo, prompting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to renew his call to President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame for a diplomatic solution.
11 Nov 2023
Trade barriers have been lifted, and high-level meetings resumed, but experts say critical points of Australia's policy on containing China have not changed.
11 Nov 2023
It's been one month since Hamas's attack on Israel and an estimated 240 people – Israelis, dual nationals and foreigners – are still being held hostage in the Gaza Strip. Israeli security forces are trying to locate them and bring them back safely. This search effort is mobilising Israeli special forces, but also civilian volunteers, as our Science and Tech editor Julia Sieger explains.
11 Nov 2023
The Israeli military said its forces had split the Gaza Strip in two after a night of heavy airstrikes, a move that Israel said would make it more difficult for Hamas to control the enclave.
11 Nov 2023
Many people in Germany are convinced that racism is an issue here, according to recent studies. Anti-racism organizations in Germany say the problem is structural.
11 Nov 2023
WeWork, bankruptcy ,US , real estate WeWork, the desk renting company co-founded by Adam Neumann, has filed for bankruptcy in order to deal with its $13 billion in outstanding lease obligations. The group, which was once valued at $47 billion, saw its meteoric rise thwarted in 2019 when its heavy losses were exposed and during the Covid-19 pandemic with the advent of remote work.
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In Italy the government of Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the post-fascist Brothers of Italy party, has been criticised for being complacent about the rise of neo-fascism. Since the arrival of Meloni as the head of state, Italian neo-fascist groups are gaining members and becoming more visible. Our correspondent in Italy, Natalia Mendoza, went to meet some of these nostalgic followers of Benito Mussolini to understand who they are and what threat they pose to Italian society.
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Increasingly businesses are investing in Vietnam and setting up production sites there. While that move may lower their geopolitical risk in the short term, doing business in Vietnam has some drawbacks.
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Japan's low birth and marriage rates would suggest that the country's citizens have given up on love. That assumption could not be further from the truth. Many Japanese are indeed searching for that special someone, just not the conventional kind. Despite Japan still lagging behind on LGBT+ rights (same-sex weddings are still illegal) the country has become a laboratory for new types of relationships – digital, solitary or even devoid of sex.
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In tonight's edition, Ousmane Sonko slams the French military presence in Senegal, saying that the foreign military bases are incompatible with the country's sovereignty.
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The International Court of Justice has convened to hear a case filed by South Africa, which accuses Israel of continuing what South Africa describes as "genocide" in Gaza.
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Welcome to "Destination Paris", FRANCE 24's new weekly show ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics. Every Thursday we will be getting you into the Olympics spirit with the latest news, reports and guests. The world will be watching this summer as 10,500 athletes compete in 32 sports in Paris and elsewhere in France.