Author: France 24

As India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi claims on the campaign trail that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made the country into a “centre of unemployment”, we look at the situation that young Indians face on the job market. Also in this edition, the US will see its first high-speed rail line in 2028, when commuters will be able to travel from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in just over two hours. Source link

An independent review group on the UN agency for Palestinians found some “neutrality-related issues,” its much-anticipated report said Monday, but noted Israel had yet to provide evidence for incendiary allegations that staff were members of terrorist organisations. Source link

The Senate is returning to Washington on Tuesday to vote on $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, taking the final steps in Congress to send the legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk after months of delays and contentious internal debate over how involved the United States should be abroad. Read our liveblog to follow today’s developments in the Middle East. Source link

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyp Erdogan was in Iraq this Monday – his first official visit in years, where he signed a raft of deals to try and reset rocky relations. High on the agenda was the water issue, stemming from Turkey’s construction of dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that reduced the supply downstream to Iraq.   Source link

Issued on: 22/04/2024 – 15:36 In 1924, French poet André Breton wrote a short text with fellow poet and compatriot Louis Aragon that was to send ripples through the world of art and literature, providing a blueprint for the avant-garde movements of the 20th century. One century later, we take a look at how the Surrealist Manifesto prompted an intellectual and artistic revolution in 1920s Paris; a statement of intent that was to have repercussions far beyond the French capital in the years that followed. At Paris’s Pompidou Centre, curator Didier Ottinger explains how the movement was, at its inception, both…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said relations with Iraq were entering a new phase after the neighbours agreed to cooperate against Kurdish militants, boost economic ties via a new trade corridor and consider Iraq’s needs for access to scarce water.  Source link

To mark Earth Day, we take a look at the energy transition and how to better harness the power of the sun. Photovoltaic panels have been used since the 1970s, but their global adoption remains limited due to technical challenges, weather-related intermittences and the day/night cycle on Earth. As a result, scientists have been exploring the possibility of capturing solar energy directly from space. But how realistic and cost efficient is this solution? FRANCE 24’s Julia Sieger tells us more. Source link

Arts24 welcomes glittery punk poppers Lulu Van Trapp to talk about their second studio album “Love City”, which plays with contrasts and draws inspiration from the French capital, home to band members Maxime and Rebecca. We also check out new releases by St. Vincent and Fat White Family. Source link

Gaza’s civil defence said Sunday health workers had uncovered at least 50 bodies of people killed and buried by Israeli forces at a hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis. Issued on: 22/04/2024 – 11:17 2 min Israel’s military said it was checking the reports.In a statement to AFP, the civil defence agency said the remains were discovered in the courtyard of Nasser Medical Complex.”Inside the Nasser Medical complex there are mass graves dug by the Israeli occupation … we were shocked by the presence of bodies of 50 martyrs in one of the pits yesterday,” Mahmud Bassal, spokesman…

Three people suspected of spying for China and arranging to transfer information on technology with potential military uses were arrested in Germany on Monday.  Issued on: 22/04/2024 – 14:41 2 min Prosecutors said the three German citizens are accused of having acted for Chinese intelligence since some point before June 2022. They are also suspected of violating German export laws by exporting a special laser without permission.One of the suspects, identified only as Thomas R. in line with German privacy laws, was allegedly an agent for an employee of China’s Ministry of State Security and procured information in Germany on…