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Teachers were striking across France on Thursday for better pay and conditions, increasing pressure on the embattled education minister who has been embroiled in a series of controversies. Issued on: 01/02/2024 – 10:59Modified: 01/02/2024 – 10:57 2 min The walkout is “a warning to the government” about teachers’ “daily life, their suffering at work and the lack of recognition, especially in their pay,” said primary school teachers’ union FSU-Snuipp, predicting “hundreds of schools will be closed”.The union added that “the situation has been inflamed by the nomination of a part-time minister who has forfeited her credibility”.With former education minister Gabriel…

A judge in the US state of Delaware voided the $56 billion compensation package of Tesla chief executive Elon Musk on Tuesday, siding with a shareholder who claimed the entrepreneur was overpaid. Issued on: 31/01/2024 – 07:14 3 min The judge in Delaware Chancery Court ruled that the plaintiff, a Tesla shareholder named Richard Tornetta, was “entitled to rescission,” approving the annulment of Musk’s 2018 humongous compensation agreement worth as much as $55.8 billion. Judge Kathaleen McCormick added that the parties must now “confer” and then submit a joint letter “identifying all issues, including fees, that need to be addressed to…

Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 01/02/2024 – 16:02 12:13 arts24 © FRANCE 24 With a mother from Sweden and a father from Burkina Faso, visual artist and filmmaker Theresa Traoré Dahlberg grew up with a dual perspective. Her work as an artist often brings together her two worlds, such as her bronze sculpture “Hakili”, inspired by a Burkinabé sculpture of a hare she found in Sweden’s ethnographic museum. Traoré Dahlberg’s first solo exhibition in Paris, “Idrix III”, is showing at the Andréhn-Schiptjenko gallery. She’s also a documentary filmmaker with a love of “everyday stories”. Her film…

Issued on: 31/01/2024 – 00:14 Bafana Bafana became the latest team to upset the odds at this year’s AFCON tournament, dumping out favourites Morocco 2-0. Evidence Makgopa opened the scoring, slotting under goalkeeper Bono. Achraf Hakimi missed a golden chance to equalise, smashing a late penalty against the bar, before South Africa midfielder Teboho Mokoena scored a stunning free kick to make the game safe.  Earlier in the day, Mali also marched through to the quarters, edging out neighbours Burkina Faso 2-1. The Eagles opened the scoring when Bayern Leverkusen defender Edmond Tapsoba scored an own goal. Mali made it…

Issued on: 31/01/2024 – 22:39 Israel has announced that it plans to establish a buffer zone between Israel and Gaza, despite objections from its key ally Washington. Satellite imagery obtained by the FRANCE 24 Observers confirms that 40 percent of the buildings within this planned buffer zone have already been demolished. We tell you what we know in this edition of Truth or Fake.  Source link

European Union leaders unanimously agreed on Thursday to extend 50 billion euros in aid to Ukraine, the chairman of the summit said, overcoming weeks of resistance from Hungary. Issued on: 01/02/2024 – 11:39Modified: 01/02/2024 – 11:41 2 min As doubts swirl over future support from Ukraine’s other major ally the United States, the European Union deal is a huge boost for Kyiv as Russia’s war nears the start of its third year.”We have a deal. Unity,” said European Council President Charles Michel in a post on X. “All 27 leaders agreed on an additional 50 billion euro support package for Ukraine within the…

Back to homepage / Shows / People & Profit Issued on: 01/02/2024 – 17:39 13:02 Tractors are lined up during a blockade by farmers on the A4 highway east of Paris on January 31, 2024. © Stéphanie Lecocq, Reuters From Paris to Berlin, from Warsaw to Brussels, this week farmers stepped up their protests against the European Green Deal and hikes in diesel taxes, all against a backdrop of inflation, climate change and competition from Ukrainian imports. Tractors have been blocking highways and sending a message to governments as well as the public: “the people who feed you are having…

Back to homepage / Shows / Perspective Issued on: 31/01/2024 – 12:18 09:08 PERSPECTIVE © FRANCE 24 One of the world’s top violinists has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his passion for his art and for helping people less fortunate than himself. The Russian-born Austrian classical violinist Yury Revich was named Young Artist of the year back in 2015 and has now performed at all the great venues worldwide, from Carnegie Hall in New York to La Scala in Milan. His next venture is a special concert in conjunction with UNICEF at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on March 7.…

The French government announced Wednesday that it had slashed the crowd size for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics this July amid security and other organisational worries.  Issued on: 31/01/2024 – 13:51 3 min The traditional opening parade for the Games is set to take place in boats on the river Seine on July 26, the first time a summer Olympics has opened outside the main athletics stadium.After months of speculation about the number of people permitted to watch the flotilla, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told the France 2 channel on Tuesday “around 300,000” ticketed fans would attend.That is…

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…