Author: France 24

X’s AI chatbot, Grok, generates news headlines and content based on what’s trending. But what happens if what’s trending is a fake news story? That’s what happened on April 4, when verified users on X started sharing a fake news story, claiming that Iran attacked Israel. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake. Source link

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday promised “ironclad” support for Israel as Iran threatens reprisals over a strike that leveled an Iranian consulate building in Damascus and killed two generals. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments on the Israel-Hamas war. Source link

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez hailed his side’s 3-2 win away to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday, insisting it showed the Catalans could once again compete with the very best teams in Europe. Source link

“Bearded ladies” were once a regular feature of travelling circuses in the 19th century, a phenomenon that French director Stéphanie Di Giusto has incorporated in her latest film, “Rosalie”. Film critic Lisa Nesselson tells us why this rural tale of arranged marriage managed to charm her. We also take a look at Romanian drama “Holy Week”, a meditation on the dangers of prejudice and insularity, while Tunisian film “Behind the Mountains” brings a little magical realism to a father-son relationship. Source link

France’s government presented a bill Wednesday to allow adults with terminal cancer or other incurable illness to take lethal medication, as public demands grow for legal options for aid in dying. Source link

French IT services and consulting firm Atos unveiled a refinancing plan on Tuesday that failed to fully reassure investors. In this edition, we take a look at how the company, which provides cybersecurity services to the Olympic Games and supercomputers for France’s nuclear arsenal, accumulated close to €5 billion in debt. Source link

A prominent Iraqi jihadist leader in Syria’s rebel-held northwest was killed in a suicide bombing, the group he was in and a war monitor said on Friday. Issued on: 05/04/2024 – 00:07Modified: 05/04/2024 – 00:09 1 min “Abu Maria al-Qahtani was martyred after a treacherous attack by an Islamic State group member using an explosive belt,” said former al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which rules Syria’s last main rebel bastion, on its affiliated Amjad media outlet.Qahtani, whose real name is Maysar Ali Musa Abdallah al-Juburi, “was killed and two of his companions seriously injured after a suicide bomber blew…

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a crucial test Wednesday, as voters go to the polls for a parliamentary election that could determine whether he becomes a lame duck for his remaining three years in office. Issued on: 10/04/2024 – 08:44 4 min In the months ahead of the election, the conservatives supporting Yoon and their liberal rivals exchanged toxic rhetoric and mudslinging. Regardless of the results, Yoon will stay in power, but if his People Power Party fails to regain a parliamentary majority it could set back Yoon’s agenda and further intensify conservative-liberal fighting.Since taking office in 2022…

Issued on: 05/04/2024 – 10:29Modified: 05/04/2024 – 15:19 01:55 Israel announced on Friday that it would allow “temporary” aid deliveries into famine-threatened northern Gaza, hours after the United States warned of a sharp shift in its policy over Israel’s war against Hamas militants. In a tense, 30-minute phone call on Thursday, US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that United States policy on Israel was dependent on the protection of civilians and aid workers in Gaza, the first hint of possible conditions to Washington’s military support. Read more on related topics: Source link

Haitian leaders have finalised a deal for a temporary government to steer their Caribbean nation out of gang-fueled chaos, but the details must first be approved by the outgoing authorities, AFP confirmed Monday. Issued on: 09/04/2024 – 01:51 2 min Members of the transition council sent their plan to the regional Caribbean body CARICOM late Sunday.The accord establishes a nine-member council — seven voting members and two observers — representing political parties, the private sector and civil society, that will pave the way for presidential elections by early 2026.It’s mandate “will end on February 7, 2026,” according to the agreement…