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French authorities temporarily closed two motorways on Tuesday as authorities scrambled to deploy salt trucks and tow vehicles after a cold wave hit the country. Issued on: 09/01/2024 – 13:26 1 min “Everything is being done to resolve this as fast as possible,” Transport Minister Clement Beaune said on Tuesday morning, when 400 vehicles were blocked on icy roads in the Paris region.Beaune, whose future is uncertain ahead of an expected cabinet reshuffle, argued the national weather agency had not predicted the snow overnight.He told radio broadcaster RMC that the situation was improving since 1,000 trucks and cars had initially…

Back to homepage / Shows / Truth or Fake Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 22:41 05:09 TRUTH OR FAKE © FRANCE 24 Even before the current war between Israel and Hamas, pro-Israeli internet users had claimed Palestine has always been a Jewish entity. They point to a flag depicted in a 1939 Larousse dictionary showing Palestine’s flag bearing the Star of David. In this episode of Truth or Fake, Vedika Bahl shares the consensus of several historians and experts to debunk this theory. Read more on related topics: Source link

President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday named education minister Gabriel Attal as prime minister in a bid to give new momentum to his presidency, with the 34-year-old becoming France’s youngest and first openly gay head of government, a source close to the presidency told AFP.  Issued on: 09/01/2024 – 10:06Modified: 09/01/2024 – 10:46 1 min After days of intense behind-the-scenes manoeuvring, outgoing prime minister Élisabeth Borne resigned Monday evening, with Attal emerging as the favourite to succeed the 62-year-old.The absence of a swift announcement fuelled talk that heavyweight government figures might be involved in intense bargaining over Attal.However sources close to…

Issued on: 09/01/2024 – 09:56Modified: 09/01/2024 – 10:19 01:19 With less than a week to go before this year’s Afcon kicks off, the streets of Abijan are already buzzing with excitement as football fans from accross the continent flock to the Ivorian capital to support their teams. Laurent Berstecher has the story. Read more on related topics: Source link

Issued on: 09/01/2024 – 10:28Modified: 09/01/2024 – 10:36 01:54 Israel on Monday killed a top Hezbollah commander in a strike on south Lebanon, the Iran-backed group and a security official said, as regional tensions soar amid the Gaza war. Read more on related topics: Source link

South Korea’s parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to ban the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that will end the controversial centuries-old practice amid growing support for animal welfare. Issued on: 09/01/2024 – 10:32 2 min Eating dog meat was once seen as a way to improve stamina in the humid Korean summer. But the practise has become rare – largely limited to some older people – as more Koreans consider dogs as family pets and as criticism of how the dogs are slaughtered has grown.Activists say most dogs are electrocuted or hanged when slaughtered for meat,…

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…

Critics are deriding as a step backward a new French energy bill that favours the further development of nuclear power and avoids setting targets for solar and wind power and other renewables. Issued on: 09/01/2024 – 08:26 2 min France, like other EU countries, aims to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050.The proposed text, which is slated to go before the cabinet early next month and then be submitted to lawmakers, reaffirms France’s commitment to nuclear power to ensure “energy sovereignty”.The country became a leader in nuclear power generation after the 1973 oil crisis, building over 50 such power plants that…

The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings that left at least 84 dead at a commemoration for slain Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on Wednesday. FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr explains the roots of the deep animosity between the Sunni Islamic State group and the late leader of the Shiite state’s Revolutionary Guards Corps.  Issued on: 05/01/2024 – 17:52 Click on the player above to watch the video report. Source link

A historic private mission to land on the Moon faced near-certain failure Monday after the spacecraft suffered a “critical loss” of fuel, dealing a major blow to America’s hopes of placing its first robot on the lunar surface in five decades. Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 16:51Modified: 09/01/2024 – 05:03 4 min Fixed to the top of United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan rocket, which was making its first flight, Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lunar Lander blasted off overnight from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, then successfully separated from its launch vehicle.A few hours later, Astrobotic began reporting technical troubles, starting with an…