Author: France 24

Issued on: 29/02/2024 – 18:24Modified: 29/02/2024 – 18:32 02:57 Thousands of Palestinians flocked to an aid distribution point early Thursday, desperate for food amid Gaza’s looming famine, only to be met with lethal chaos. By mid-afternoon the Hamas-run health ministry said more than 100 people were reported dead and blamed Israeli troops, but there were conflicting reports on what exactly unfolded in the hours before dawn. A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office said many of the dead were crushed by the trucks themselves. “It is difficult to verify exactly what happened,” says FRANCE 24 reporter Andrew Hilliar,…

At least 43 people were killed and dozens injured after a fire blazed through a seven-storey building in an upscale neighbourhood in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka late Thursday, health authorities said. Issued on: 29/02/2024 – 22:36Modified: 29/02/2024 – 22:38 1 min “So far 43 people have died from the fire,” Bangladesh’s health minister Samanta Lal Sen told AFP after visiting the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and an adjoining burn hospital.Sen said at least 40 injured people were being treated in the city’s main burn hospital.Fire department official Mohammad Shihab said the blaze originated in a popular biriyani restaurant in…

Back to homepage / Shows / Business Daily Issued on: 29/02/2024 – 22:08 05:29 BUSINESS DAILY © FRANCE 24 According to a Wall Street Journal report, the US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether ChatGPT creator OpenAI misled investors, after alleged lack of candour from CEO Sam Altman. The SEC probe would add to a number of government and legal challenges against the company. Officials in the US and Europe have launched competition inquiries into the relationship between OpenAI and Microsoft, which also has a commercial partnership with the firm. Read more on related topics: Source link

Issued on: 29/02/2024 – 17:47 As Paris’s Louvre raises its prices, and as prior reservations become increasingly common, we take a look at how to make the most of French museums. We also discuss whether they should be free or not, and we discover some quirky spots to visit too.  Source link

France star Paul Pogba has been given a four-year ban from football by Italy’s anti-doping tribunal after testing positive for testosterone last August, his club Juventus said on Thursday. Issued on: 29/02/2024 – 15:28 3 min A spokesman for the club told AFP it had been notified of the decision against the 30-year-old World Cup winner, who had been provisionally suspended in September.”We received notification from the tribunal this morning,” the spokesman said. Italy’s anti-doping body did not immediately respond when contacted by AFP.A source close to Pogba confirmed to AFP that he would appeal the ruling, which risks bringing…

A leading opponent of Chad’s ruling junta chief has died in an army assault on his party headquarters ahead of a May election when he was set to be the main rival to his cousin and transitional president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno. Issued on: 29/02/2024 – 15:48 2 min Yaya Dillo Djerou died on Wednesday “where he had retreated, at the headquarters of his party. He didn’t want to surrender and fired on law enforcement,” said government spokesman Abderaman Koulamallah, who is also communications minister, said.It came after Chad on Tuesday announced it would hold a presidential election on May…

Issued on: 29/02/2024 – 12:55Modified: 29/02/2024 – 12:59 04:36 France’s Senate on Wednesday backed a government move to enshrine the “freedom” to have an abortion in the constitution which will now be voted on at a special congress. President Emmanuel Macron last year pledged to put the right to terminate a pregnancy — which has been legal in France since 1974 — into the constitution after the US Supreme Court in 2022 overturned the half-century-old right to the procedure, allowing states to ban or curtail abortion. Despite opposition from some conservative members, the upper chamber voted by 267 votes to 50…

Issued on: 29/02/2024 – 07:51Modified: 29/02/2024 – 12:42 01:30 A group of Israelis began a four-day march to Jerusalem from an area near the Gaza border to demand the release of the hostages still being held in the Palestinian territory. “We just want our loved ones back home immediately,” said Inbal Zach, a cousin of a hostage. The group will pass through several towns on their march, which they hope will pressure Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu amid ongoing negotations for a new truce in the Israel-Hamas war. Read more on related topics: Source link

Actor Judith Godreche on Thursday denounced France’s “incestuous” film industry and called for the establishment of a commission of inquiry into sexual violence in the movie industry as she spoke in the Senate upper house. Issued on: 29/02/2024 – 14:08 2 min The landmark hearing at the Luxembourg Palace comes as French cinema is reeling from claims that the world of arts has shrugged off sexism and sexual abuse for decades.Godreche, 51, became the first artist to speak to members of French parliament’s upper house about sexual and gender-based violence in the French film industry.She has become a leading voice…

Issued on: 29/02/2024 – 09:29 06:14 A French government plan to enshrine the “freedom” to have an abortion in the constitution is to be tested Wednesday in a crucial vote in the right-dominated Senate. President Emmanuel Macron last year pledged to inscribe the right to terminate a pregnancy — which has been legal in France since 1974 — in the constitution after the US Supreme Court in 2022 overturned the half-century-old right to the procedure, allowing states to ban or curtail abortion. France’s lower-house National Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favour of making abortion a “guaranteed freedom” in late January, with…