2023

Claims about poverty, unemployment and insecurity feature prominently in this election campaign.

The African Union insisted on Sunday it had “zero tolerance” for undemocratic changes of power and vowed to push through a continent-wide free trade deal… Read More »African Union vows ‘zero tolerance’ for coups as two-day summit ends

In Brazil, Rio de Janeiro’s famous carnival is back in full swing and a little different this year. Following the failed January 8 coup attempt… Read More »Politics makes an appearance at this year’s Rio de Janeiro carnival

North Korea said Sunday it had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile as a warning to Washington and Seoul, saying the successful “surprise” drill demonstrated Pyongyang’s… Read More »North Korea says it fired ICBM as a warning to the US and South Korea

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto spoke with FRANCE 24’s Marc Perelman during the Munich Security Conference. The president discussed Finland’s plans to join NATO, whether Western… Read More »Finnish President Sauli Niinisto: ‘We are not afraid of Russia’

Turkey has ended rescue efforts in all provinces except the two hardest hit by last week’s massive quake that killed tens of thousands of people,… Read More »Turkey ends earthquake rescue efforts in all but two provinces

  The hashtag #BuccalFatRemoval has more than 170 million views on TikTok. This plastic surgery “trend” went viral, helping make buccal fat removal one of… Read More »Doctors concerned about TikTok-viral ‘cheek removal’ surgeries

From 40 to 50% of historic sites in Turkey’s Hatay province are currently estimated by UNESCO to have been destroyed by the earthquakes, but it… Read More »Turkish cultural heritage sites hit hard by quakes

A seaside resort with a rich multicultural past, Odesa was one of the early targets of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in  February, 2022. But the… Read More »Odesa, a defiant city on the strategic shores of the Black Sea

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a speech on Sunday, the last day of the Munich Security Conference, that the West must… Read More »Live: West must ‘increase and accelerate’ its military support to Ukraine, says EU’s Borrell