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Back to homepage / Shows / Business Issued on: 22/04/2024 – 10:56 05:01 BUSINESS © FRANCE 24 A report by Net Zero Tracker released this Earth Day shows that most of the world’s biggest private companies have failed to set net zero targets. Only 40 of 100 private firms studied have pledged to achieve zero carbon emissions, compared to 70 out of 100 publicly-listed firms. Net Zero Tracker blames a lack of market and reputational pressures, as well as an absence of regulation. Plus, electric car giant Tesla slashes prices across several markets as its sales decline. Read more on…

Three people are dead and 11 others missing following storms that battered southern China, state media said Monday, with tens of thousands evacuated away from the torrential downpours Issued on: 22/04/2024 – 05:21 2 min Heavy rain has descended upon the vast southern province of Guangdong in recent days, swelling rivers and raising fears of severe flooding that state media said could be of the sort only “seen around once a century”.”The three deaths were reported in Zhaoqing City. They were trapped due to the rainfall and were found to have died at the site,” state broadcaster Xinhua reported, citing…

Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent.The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”.The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published…

Rockets were fired late Sunday from northern Iraq at a military base in Syria housing a US-led coalition, according to Iraqi security forces. Source link

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Colombia’s main cities on Sunday against the left-wing government of Gustavo Petro, whose popularity is at an all-time low after more than 18 months in power.  Issued on: 21/04/2024 – 22:12 1 min Demonstrators chanted against reforms he is trying to implement, including to nationalize health services, and violence that continues to mark the troubled peace talks with armed guerrilla groups. “I voted for change, for Petro, but we’re still in the same situation. I’m demonstrating because I think Colombia still has hope and because I love my country,” Martha Estrada, a 64-year-old pensioner…

Tadej Pogacar won the Liege-Bastogne-Liege bike race on Sunday thanks to a solo break 30km from home launched on a steep climb and sustained to the finish line. Source link

Israel continues to carry out near-daily air raids on Rafah, where more than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million has sought refuge from fighting elsewhere, vowing to expand its ground offensive to the city. “Israel still believes it needs to go into Rafah and confront Hamas’s last four brigades there,” ABC Correspondent Jordana Miller told FRANCE 24. Israel also seeks to control a corridor with many tunnels located on the border with Egypt which it believes is used by Hamas to acquire weapons, Miller said. Source link

Since the start of the war in Gaza over six months ago, Israeli soldiers have filmed and posted hundreds of videos of destruction in Gaza online. In the videos, Palestinians are mocked, destruction is a celebration and launching artillery is an opportunity to have a laugh. The Israel Defence Forces said they have called their soldiers to order and have sanctioned some of them without saying how many. Source link

Issued on: 21/04/2024 – 14:49Modified: 21/04/2024 – 14:58 06:44 2024-04-21 14:05 US ‘risks complicity’ in approving military aid for Israel, Oxfam says © FRANCE 24 The US House of Representatives Saturday approved $13 billion in new Israeli military aid amid mounting global criticism over the death toll and dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza. “To continue arming Israel after an ICJ decision that finds that there is a possible risk of genocide and a United Nations Security Council resolution that calls for an immediate, sustained ceasefire … from our opinion, risks complicity,” said Bushra Khalidi, West Bank policy lead for Oxfam.…

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro is set to rally supporters in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday in defense of freedom of expression, which he says is under threat in the country, as tech tycoon Elon Musk faces a legal showdown there over claims of censorship and disinformation. Issued on: 21/04/2024 – 13:30 2 min The rally is planned for 10:00 am (1300 GMT) Sunday at Rio’s famed Copacabana beach.“The whole world is aware of how threatened our freedom of expression is,” the 69-year-old far-right leader said in a video posted Thursday on his social media accounts.“Let’s do our peaceful act,…