Author: France 24

Russian bombing raids killed three people including a child late Tuesday near Ukraine’s eastern city of Donetsk, local authorities said. Issued on: 14/02/2024 – 06:13 1 min  The strikes hit nine apartment blocks and a hospital in Selydove, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of the front line, the local council said on Telegram.Twelve people were also injured in the bombing, including four children, it added.According to the governor of Donetsk region, Vadym Filachkine, the first strike took place at around 11:30 pm (2130 GMT) and the second at around 01:00 am (2300 GMT).About 100 patients were evacuated from the…

North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles Wednesday, Seoul’s military said, part of a string of weapons tests this year that have accompanied increasingly aggressive rhetoric from leader Kim Jong Un. Issued on: 14/02/2024 – 04:20 3 min So far this year, Kim has declared South Korea his country’s “principal enemy”, jettisoned agencies dedicated to reunification and outreach, and threatened war over “even 0.001 mm” of territorial infringement.Pyongyang has also ramped up weapons tests, including cruise missiles, an “underwater nuclear weapon system” and a solid-fuelled hypersonic ballistic missile.”Our military detected several unknown cruise missiles over the waters northeast of Wonsan around…

Republicans impeached US President Joe Biden’s immigration chief on Tuesday, the culmination of months of attacks on the Democratic administration as they seek to make border security a key issue in November’s election. Issued on: 14/02/2024 – 01:34 3 min  Conservatives in the House of Representatives, which is narrowly controlled by Republicans, blame Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a surge in illegal entries from Mexico that they have called a “humanitarian catastrophe.”Lawmakers passed two articles accusing him of “willful and systemic refusal” to enforce immigration law and “breach of public trust” — making him the first Cabinet secretary to…

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from hospital on Tuesday, after undergoing treatment under general anesthetic for bladder issues as he battles prostate cancer, the Pentagon said. Issued on: 14/02/2024 – 01:06 2 min “He is recovering well and resumed his full functions and duties today at 5:00 pm (2200 GMT)… Secretary Austin will recuperate and perform his duties remotely from home for a period before returning to work at the Pentagon later this week,” his office said in a statement.Austin’s latest health scare came weeks after it emerged the 70-year-old had kept recent hospital stays secret and had…

Issued on: 13/02/2024 – 17:19Modified: 13/02/2024 – 17:20 FRANCE 24 spoke to former Haitian prime minister Claude Joseph, who is now head of the opposition party “Les Engagés pour le Développement”. He denounced interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s decision to remain in power beyond February 7, the date on which he had pledged to step down. Joseph said Henry’s argument that the security situation prevents elections from being held is simply a pretext to stay in power. “Ariel Henry is inciting in Haiti a civil war that the population is trying to avoid,” Joseph told FRANCE 24 from the capital…

French President Emmanuel Macron has intervened in a row over the removal of booksellers from the banks of the river Seine for the Paris Olympics, ruling that they should stay at their historic locations, his office said February 13. Issued on: 13/02/2024 – 20:00 2 min  Hundreds of booksellers, who operate from little dark green boxes by the river, were set to be temporarily removed ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony on the Seine on July 26.The head of the Cultural Association of Booksellers of Paris had likened the removal efforts to a “tooth extraction” and the organisation announced last…

In the past few years, France has seen a steep rise in sexually transmitted infections, but there is one in particular that is rising at an alarming rate: syphilis. Experts are worried. Due to the ongoing fight against HIV, syphilis has long been relegated to a much less talked about second place in French public health policy. In the meantime, the number of syphilis cases has exploded, soaring by 110 percent between 2020 and 2022. On the eve of Valentine’s Day, Martin* received a piece of particularly bad news from a friend: “I’ve just been tested, and you’re the only…

Indian police used tear gas and detained some farmers who clashed with them and tried to break barricades blocking their way to New Delhi to demand guaranteed crop prices in a repeat of 2021 protests, when they camped on the capital’s outskirts for more than a year. Issued on: 13/02/2024 – 18:37 2 min Police dropped tear gas canisters on the protesting farmers from a drone at one of the border points in northern Haryana state that leads to New Delhi, where tens of thousands of farmers are headed on tractors and trucks.Police have sealed multiple entry points into the…

Issued on: 13/02/2024 – 15:04 British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir talks about playing Bob Marley, learning Jamaican patois and discovering what the icon was like as a person from his friends and family. We also hear from the “One Love” filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus Green and get Bob Marley’s son Ziggy’s take on the film. Source link

Britain’s opposition Labour Party has withdrawn support for its candidate to become a member of parliament in a special election after he was recorded espousing conspiracy theories about Israel. Issued on: 13/02/2024 – 16:15Modified: 13/02/2024 – 16:17 1 min Labour announced it had withdrawn support for Azhar Ali, its by-election candidate for Rochdale in northern England, after he suggested Israel had relaxed its security in run up to the attack by Hamas last year to provide grounds to invade Gaza.A spokesperson for Labour said that the party had withdrawn support for Ali, and it will not be able to find…