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Joe Biden and Donald Trump traded blame for America’s immigration crisis as they made dueling visits to the US-Mexican border Thursday, putting the hot-button issue at the heart of their race for the White House in November. Issued on: 01/03/2024 – 03:33 3 min In near-simultaneous speeches in Texas, Republican former president Trump called the record numbers of border crossings a “Joe Biden invasion” — while the Democratic incumbent urged his rival to stop “playing politics” with proposed migration reforms.The split-screen moment highlighted what could be a make-or-break issue in the presidential election less than eight months away, with polls…

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…

More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a study released by the Lancet medical journal. Issued on: 01/03/2024 – 01:29 2 min The “epidemic” is particularly hitting poorer countries and the rate is growing among children and adolescents faster than adults, according to the study carried out with the World Health Organisation.The study, released ahead of World Obesity Day on March 4, estimated that there were about 226 million obese adults, adolescents and children in the world in 1990. The figure had risen…

A French journalist arrested last week in Ethiopia on suspicion of conspiring to create chaos was released on Thursday, his employer, the specialist publication Africa Intelligence, said. Issued on: 01/03/2024 – 00:53 1 min Antoine Galindo was “freed after a week in prison and was able to leave Addis Ababa to return to Paris,” Paul Deutschmann, an editor-in-chief at the publication, told AFP.Galindo, who heads the publication’s East Africa section, had travelled to Ethiopia to cover the African Union summit earlier this month and was arrested on February 22.Authorities accused the 36-year-old reporter of conspiring “to create chaos” in the…

Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 29/02/2024 – 15:05 12:27 arts24 © FRANCE 24 In this edition of arts24 we discover an extraordinary book unlike any you’ve probably ever read. “American Mother” is a thriller, a memoir, a mystery: the story of how Diane Foley found answers and atonement after her son James was brutally murdered by the Islamic State (IS) group. He was a freelance journalist who was held captive by the IS group for two years before being beheaded in the Syrian desert in 2014. The video was shared online for all the world to…

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…