Distress
2 Apr 2022
France's conservative presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse is back on the campaign trail after being sidelined for five days because of Covid-19. She says she is "campaigning for real purchasing power", but can she still qualify for the second round of April's election? Plus, our reporters went to Yannick Jadot's big rally in Paris to find out why the Greens' chances of winning France's presidential election look so slim.
11 Dec 2021
As the world observes International Human Rights Day, Cameroon has come under heavy criticism for the detention of hundreds of opposition political prisoners.
10 Nov 2021
A 16-year-old girl learned a hand gesture on TikTok to signal for help. Law enforcement says it saved her life. The 16-year-old girl sat beside her alleged kidnapper, looking out the car window at the other people on the road — people who could save her, if they only knew what was happening.
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Germany's foreign minister says the door to EU candidate status is "wide open" for Georgia. But she stressed the Caucasus country would first need to implement reforms to address concerns over democracy.
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Mohamed ElBaradei was director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1997 until 2009. In an interview with FRANCE 24, he reflected on the US-led invasion of Iraq 20 years ago this week, which he opposed. "If I now look in hindsight, it was not really about weapons of mass destruction.
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Banking authorities in the US have approved of the sale of SVB to First Citizens Bank & Trust. SVB's March 10 collapse was the second largest in US history.
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Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said the junta needed to "tackle" the underground National Unity Government at a military parade. He promised to hold elections once the state of emergency ends.
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Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop of Osnabrück Franz-Josef Bode, who has faced heavy criticism over his handling of sexual abuse cases. In departing, Bode admitted he had made mistakes.
