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Pointing to the still paltry share of renewable energy in global supply, the head of Saudi Aramco described the current energy transition strategy as a misguided failure on Monday. Issued on: 27/03/2024 – 23:46 1 min “In the real world, the current transition strategy is visibly failing on most fronts,” Saudi Aramco Chief Executive Amin Nasser said at the CERAWeek conference in Houston.Fossil fuels accounted for 82 percent of global consumption last year, according to a report from consultancy KPMG cited by Nasser, who noted that theInternational Energy Agency has said oil demand could hit a record this year.”This is…

The governing council that aims to oversee a political transition in Haiti vowed Wednesday to restore “public and democratic order” in its first statement to the Caribbean nation wracked by a worsening security crisis. Issued on: 27/03/2024 – 23:36 2 min Impoverished Haiti, which has long grappled with spiraling violence, has been rocked by an uptick in clashes since late February when gangs launched a coordinated offensive and demanded Prime Minister Ariel Henry resign.”We are determined to alleviate the suffering of the Haitian people, trapped for too long between bad governance, multi-faceted violence and disregard for their perspectives and needs,”…

Anti-establishment figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye has comfortably won the Senegalese presidential election with 54.28 percent of votes in the first round, official provisional results showed Wednesday.  Issued on: 27/03/2024 – 21:20 2 min He placed well ahead of the governing coalition’s candidate, former prime minister Amadou Ba, who garnered 35.79 percent. The victory for Faye, who was only freed from prison 10 days before the election, still has to be validated by Senegal’s top constitutional body, which could happen in a few days.Faye, 44, who has said he wants a “break” with the current political system, is set to become the…

The Ukrainians have intensified their bombing campaign on border towns in Russia in recent weeks. But a viral video said to show the aftermath of a recent Ukrainian strike on the Russian city of Belgorod actually shows nothing of the kind. The footage was filmed during protests in Kazakhstan two years ago. Issued on: 27/03/2024 – 17:56 3 min If you only have a minute… A video showing burning cars was widely shared on social media with people claiming that it showed a road in Belgorod, Russia after a Ukrainian bombing.  However, a reverse image search proved that this isn’t…

Those sporting Afro-styled hair, blonde or ginger hair, dreads, braids or even balding heads could gain new protections in France, where a lawmaker from the French Caribbean has introduced a bill that would make discrimination based on hair texture, length, colour or style illegal. While some argue the law is unnecessary, others say it will fill a gap in existing legislation tackling discrimination.  After years of hearing all sorts of derogatory comments from schoolmates about her Afro-styled kinky hair, Kenza Bel Kenadil was met with the same contempt when she entered the job market. At the tender age of 17, she…

Issued on: 27/03/2024 – 17:35Modified: 27/03/2024 – 18:04 02:19 Israel’s deadly airstrike in southern Lebanon targeting a paramedic center linked to a Sunni Muslim group triggered a barrage of rockets Wednesday into northern Israel that was claimed by the militant group Hezbollah, killing at least one person. Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24’s Rob Parsons says the situation in northern Israel is “very febrile” with Hezbollah now using longer range rockets instead of anti-tank missiles while domestic pressure in Israel to use more military force against the Lebanese Shiite party. Read more on related topics: Source link

Issued on: 27/03/2024 – 16:05 FRANCE 24 spoke to Egyptian-American comedian Bassem Youssef, who is speaking out against the war in Gaza. Formerly a TV icon in Egypt before fleeing to the US, Youssef called accusations of anti-Semitism against him “laughable”. Calling the label “overused”, especially against Jews supporting the Palestinian cause, he said that anti-Semitism “has become a comical accusation”. “Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism,” he added. Asked about the recent rise in tensions between Israel and the Biden administration over the war in Gaza, Youssef said “it’s sad it took 32,000 people to be killed [in Gaza] to get…

Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 27/03/2024 – 15:42 11:42 arts24 © FRANCE 24 Karim Aïnouz’s latest film “Firebrand” zooms in on Henry VIII’s final wife, Catherine Parr, with Alicia Vikander taking on the regal role. Critic Lisa Nesselson tells us why she enjoyed Law’s interpretation of the English king. Also, French actor Grégory Gadebois embodies a priest dealing with his own problematic past in “Paternel” and we learn about the sorority to be found in the forests of Estonia thanks to the documentary “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood”. Finally, Po returns with his martial arts moves in “Kung Fu…

Issued on: 27/03/2024 – 16:41 02:43 Israel’s Gaza war budget leaves top scientists in limbo (2024) © AFP / France 24 Scientists at an Israeli state-funded agricultural research institute warn that budget cuts have already halted research as Israel has slashed budgets to fund the war. Hundreds of research projects now hang in the balance at the Volcani Institute, a world leader in agricultural research and development – specialising in arid and desert environments – fields increasingly relevant on a planet wracked by extreme weather caused by climate change. Read more on related topics: Source link

U.S. federal safety investigators recovered the black box from the freight ship that crashed into a Baltimore bridge, the agency chief said on Wednesday as rescuers searched for the remains of six construction workers lost in the bridge collapse. Issued on: 27/03/2024 – 16:16 3 min  A highway team also will be looking at the twisted remains of the Francis Scott Key bridge as they try to determine how and why a container ship smashed into a pillar of the 1.6-mile (2.6 km) span in early morning darkness on Tuesday.Investigators from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board recovered the data…