World
20 Jan
The Tristao Islands of northern Guinea are a treasure trove of biodiversity and also support rice fields. But rising sea levels threaten the Marine Protected Area. We visit the archipelago to see how conservation efforts are making a real difference.
20 Jan
Besides people, Ukraine's cultural heritage has also been a major casualty of the war. A German photo project is documenting destroyed and endangered buildings in a race against time.
20 Jan
There's a clear correlation between the pay gap between men and women, and the birth of the first child, say statisticians.
20 Jan
While most industrialised countries are concerned about dwindling birth rates, some people in the US are determined to repopulate the world by having as many children as possible. A growing movement of "pronatalists" is centred around Silicon Valley, spearheaded by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.
20 Jan
After a lone gunman killed 17 people in a mass shooting in Prague late last year, debate is raging about the country's laws on gun ownership. Czech citizens have the constitutional right to bear arms.
20 Jan
It sounds like the plot of a thriller movie: unfamiliar men forcibly remove you from your home and put you on a plane without explanation. Before you know it, you're in a remote camp that's supposed to help you recover from behavioural or mental illness. Hundreds of thousands of American teenagers have in fact been to these "wilderness therapy camps".
20 Jan
The UN's top humanitarian official added that "we have some really alarming indicators of the extreme suffering" of Gaza's population, such as "the incredible rapidity of the increase in famine numbers".
20 Jan
Into the woods we go on this week's French Connections. Over 30 percent of mainland France is covered by forests. It's the fourth most forested country in Europe. We explore this heritage, why France’s trees are suffering, and how, for some, hugging a tree can do a body good.
20 Jan
One of Thailand's iconic symbols - the legendary, open two-stroke-tuktuks, that also emit legendary amounts of pollutants. But now the legend is reborn in a clean, green, electric avatar, with more seats, and an app!
20 Jan
Has Iran just opened a new front? On top of support for Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, now come tit-for-tat strikes with Pakistan to the east. Both sides say they targeted separatist Balosh insurgents, but the sudden escalation between usually friendly neighbors adds a whole new layer of uncertainty to region that's already close to boiling point.
20 Jan
The EU is adopting an unprecedented package of climate, energy and environmental legislation. The Green Deal has been an essential component of the European Parliament's work over the last five years, and of the European Commission's agenda. EU member states have highlighted the importance of the energy transition in light of the war in Ukraine.
Iran on all fronts, Netanyahu rejects Saudi peace plan, China's baby bust, France education minister
20 Jan
Did the map of the Middle East suddenly just get bigger? On Tuesday, Iran hit points in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria.and all the way over on its eastern border, separatist militants in Balochistan province.
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Critics say the tourism sector should do more to save water as Spain deals with a lack of rainfall. Over the past three years, Catalonia has endured below-average rainfall, according to Spain's AEMET weather forecaster.
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During a state visit to Beijing, the Russian president said he was "grateful" for Chinese efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
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In the Arctic Circle, fire is part of the natural forest cycle. But climate change is now causing permafrost there to thaw, and the risk of huge forest fires is on the rise. If they grow more severe and frequent, will the trees continue to grow back?
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A 2024 Global Citizen Prize winner – Andrew Ddebme – spoke to FRANCE 24 about the joys of having his work recognised by the international organisation. Ddebme is the founder of MobiKlinic, a digital solution that has helped rural communities in Africa access better healthcare. Ddebme also told his own personal story that led him from the slums of Kampala to becoming an entrepreneur.
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Oleksandr Usyk scores a razor-thin split decision over Tyson Fury to become undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion in a thrilling contest at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Following the approval of the hike in electricity tariff by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, customers in the band, a category who receive 20 hours and above supply of electricity, will now have to pay 225 Naira per kilowatt hour against the 66 Naira payable before the hike.
This directive, which came in the middle of fuel subsidy removal, foreign exchange crisis, and high inflation rates, has been heavily criticized by the citizens.