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France’s Senate is to vote on Wednesday on a bill meant to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the constitution, a measure promised by President Emmanuel Macron following a rollback on rulings in the United States.  Issued on: 28/02/2024 – 11:59 1 min Wednesday’s vote comes after the lower house, the National Assembly, overwhelmingly approved the proposal in January. A majority of senators appear to be in favor of the constitutional change, but some conservatives have criticized its wording, casting doubt over the outcome of the vote.Macron’s government wants Article 34 of the constitution amended to specify that “the…

Issued on: 28/02/2024 – 10:44 Media reports on Tuesday said that tech giant Apple was pulling the plug on its “special projects group”, which was developing the brand’s own electric vehicle. In today’s Business Daily, we look at what we know about the secretive project launched by Tim Cook a decade ago, why it didn’t succeed and where Apple will focus its efforts now. Source link

Issued on: 28/02/2024 – 10:28Modified: 28/02/2024 – 11:05 01:51 Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and France conducted an airdrop of food, medical supplies and other aid into Gaza on Tuesday amid warnings by aid agencies that the humanitarian situation on the ground is growing increasingly desperate. The UN says that just a trickle of the aid delivered by truck across the Rafah border crossing with Egypt is getting through, with inspections by the Israeli military holding up deliveries. Read more on related topics: Source link

An attack on the office of Chad’s ANSE internal security agency in the capital N’Djamena has killed several people, the government said Wednesday. Issued on: 28/02/2024 – 09:32 1 min Blaming the overnight assault on activists from the opposition Socialist Party Without Borders (PSF), headed by Yaya Dillo, the government said that “the situation is now completely under control” and “the perpetrators of this act have been arrested or are being sought and will be prosecuted”.The attack came after a party member was arrested and accused of an “assassination attempt against the president of the supreme court”, it said.Dillo is…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to meet with leaders from southeast Europe in Albania on Wednesday, seeking to keep support and weapons flowing to Kyiv as Russia makes gains on the battlefield two years after invading its neighbour. Issued on: 28/02/2024 – 05:48Modified: 28/02/2024 – 08:09 2 min Zelensky has been crisscrossing the globe in recent weeks to rally support for his beleaguered country, as Ukraine’s armed forces face a critical shortage of ammunition and struggle to hold back Russia’s military advances on the ground. He arrived in Albania late Tuesday and on Wednesday was due to meet in Tirana…

He may not be a household name, but Ilya Gambashidze appears to be involved in almost all of the latest Russian disinformation operations across the world. His disruptive cyber actions earned him a spot last year on the European sanctions list. But a FRANCE 24-RFI profile of Russia’s mystery man of manipulation reveals an operative with a far smaller disinformation stature than the Kremlin’s previous troll czar, the late Wagner boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin. He emerged from anonymity in the West in the summer of 2023. Ilya Gambashidze’s name first appeared on the July 2023 Council of the European Union’s list…

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…

US President Joe Biden easily won the Democratic presidential primary in Michigan on Tuesday, Edison Research projected, but a protest vote by Democrats angry over his support for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza was growing as returns were counted. Issued on: 28/02/2024 – 03:10 3 min Donald Trump won the state’s Republican presidential primary by a large margin, Edison Research projected, strengthening his grip on the party’s White House nomination as Nikki Haley, his last remaining rival, came in a distant second.Although Biden and Republican former President Trump had been expected to easily win their separate party primaries, the vote count…

Transitional authorities in junta-led Guinea have appointed one-time opposition leader and economist Mamadou Oury Bah to the role of prime minister, according to a decree read on national television on Tuesday. Issued on: 28/02/2024 – 01:37 1 min The political veteran faces a challenging task setting up a government amid an indefinite general strike launched this week over deep economic hardships and the military authorities’ allegedly repressive policies.Television footage showed Bah taking the oath of office in front of interim President Mamady Doumbouya, a special forces commander who ousted former President Alpha Conde in a coup in 2021.Bah, commonly know as Bah Oury, has…

Conservationists raised the alarm on Tuesday as South Africa reported a sharp increase in rhino poaching, with almost 500 animals killed last year. Issued on: 27/02/2024 – 16:01Modified: 27/02/2024 – 15:59 2 min The country is home to a large majority of the world’s rhinos and a hotspot for poaching, which is driven by demand from Asia, where horns are used in traditional medicine for their supposed therapeutic effect.The environment ministry said that, despite government efforts to tackle the illicit trade, 499 of the thick-skinned herbivores were killed in 2023, mostly in state-run parks. This represents an 11 percent increase…