Hundreds of firefighters are steadily wrestling under control France’s first major forest fire of the year, which has ripped through swaths of woods and scrub… Read More »Firefighters battle blaze in south of France in first major forest fire of 2023
SpaceX is counting down to the first test flight on Monday of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the… Read More »SpaceX Starship, world’s biggest rocket, readies for first test flight
President Emmanuel Macron is on Monday to address France for the first time since signing into law his controversial pension reform, facing warnings the political… Read More »Macron to address France after ‘Pyrrhic’ pension reform victory
More than 100 political and civil society groups in Senegal on Sunday formed a coalition to oppose a third term for President Macky Sall.
Myanmar’s junta said on Monday it would release more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the Buddhist New Year, without specifying whether those jailed in its… Read More »Myanmar junta pardons 3,000 prisoners to mark Buddhist New Year
A Paris court will on Monday hand down its verdict in the trial of Air France and plane manufacturer Airbus over the 2009 crash of… Read More »French court to deliver verdict in trial over fatal 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash
The US warship USS Milius sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the US Navy said on Monday, describing it as a “routine” transit, but… Read More »US warship sails through Taiwan Strait after China war games around island
Sudan’s army appeared to gain the upper hand on Sunday in a bloody power struggle with rival paramilitary forces, pounding their bases with air strikes,… Read More »Army bombs paramilitary base in Sudan as power struggle continues
Corruption and the legacy of a brutal rebellion in the north halts the prosecution of perpetrators.
At least four people were killed and more than 20 others injured, mostly teens, in a Saturday night shooting at a birthday party in Alabama,… Read More »Deadly mass shooting at teen birthday party in Alabama dance studio
