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Back to homepage / Shows / Business Issued on: 27/03/2024 – 09:57Modified: 27/03/2024 – 10:00 06:23 BUSINESS © FRANCE 24 The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, after a container ship crashed into it, has cost human lives and will also have an impact on the US economy. In this edition, we look at what the closure of the port of Baltimore means for US trade, especially as the city is a key transit hub for the automobile sector. Plus, we see how Chile is looking to keep a firm hand on its lithium reserves as the metal will…

Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 26/03/2024 – 14:51 11:58 arts24 © FRANCE 24 It’s not every day you get given a fencing lesson by a rock legend whose career has spanned over four decades and who has sold hundreds of millions of albums. FRANCE 24’s Marjorie Hache had the pleasure of crossing swords with heavy metal star Bruce Dickinson – the lead singer of Iron Maiden – to discuss his new solo album “The Mandrake Project”. Read more on related topics: Source link

Russia on Tuesday sought to shift blame for the Moscow concert hall attack onto Ukraine and its Western backers, despite the Islamic State group claiming responsibility for the massacre of at least 139 people. Issued on: 26/03/2024 – 14:34 3 min The Kremlin’s security services have been scrambling to explain how gunmen on Friday managed to carry out the worst attack in Russia in over two decades. President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that “radical Islamists” conducted the bloody assault, but suggested they were linked to Ukraine, two years into the Kremlin’s offensive on the country. The head of Russia’s FSB security agency…

Senegal’s little-known, 44-year-old opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye was named the country’s next president on Monday, less than two weeks after being released from prison to run in the election. While official results of Sunday’s vote were not yet available, the former prime minister who was the other frontrunner, and who was backed by incumbent President Macky Sall, conceded defeat based on preliminary results. Sall followed with congratulations, also naming Faye as the winner.Faye’s victory reflected frustration among youth with high unemployment and concerns about governance in the West African nation. In his first speech delivered as president-elect late Monday,…

Turkish authorities rounded up scores of suspects with alleged links to Islamic State group in nationwide raids, a government minister said on Tuesday. Issued on: 26/03/2024 – 10:07 During simultaneous raids carried out in 30 cities across the country, 147 suspects were detained, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on social media. (AFP) Source link

France’s budget deficit widened more than forecast in 2023, official figures showed Tuesday, undermining President Emmanuel Macron’s pledge to bring national finances back on track within the next four years. Issued on: 26/03/2024 – 08:16Modified: 26/03/2024 – 09:55 1 min Statistics agency INSEE said the 2023 public accounts showed a fiscal shortfall of 5.5% of economic output last year, up from 4.8% in 2022 and significantly more than the government’s target for 4.9%.Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said tax revenue, which tends to track inflation, was a weaker-than-expected 21 billion euros ($22.8 billion) because inflation fell faster than planned.Meanwhile, spending…

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…

A major bridge in Baltimore snapped and collapsed after a container ship rammed into it early Tuesday, and several vehicles fell into the river below. Rescuers were searching for at least seven people in the water. Issued on: 26/03/2024 – 09:05Modified: 26/03/2024 – 09:29 1 min The vessel appears to have hit one of the supports of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the roadway to break apart in several places and plunge into the water, according to a video posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. The ship caught fire and appeared to sink. The bridge, which opened in…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the gunmen who carried out the concert hall attack that killed over 130 people in a Moscow suburb last week were “radical Islamists.”  Speaking in a meeting with government officials, Putin said the killings were carried out by extremists “whose ideology the Islamic world has been fighting for centuries.”Putin, who said over the weekend the four attackers were arrested while trying to escape to Ukraine, didn’t mention the affiliate of the Islamic State group that claimed responsibility for the attack. He again refrained from mentioning IS in his remarks Monday.He also stopped short…

From a Dakar prison to the presidency, Senegal’s anti-establishment Bassirou Diomaye Faye embodies the winning charisma of his mentor and opposition figurehead Ousmane Sonko, who endorsed him as his replacement.  Issued on: 25/03/2024 – 17:57Modified: 25/03/2024 – 18:05 2 min “Bassirou is me,” said Sonko of his number two, who at the age of 44 is set to become Senegal’s youngest head of state after his main rival in the presidential election recognised his victory on Monday.The former tax inspector has risen in the shadow of the popular firebrand Sonko, who endorsed Faye after he was barred from standing in…