Author: France 24

Issued on: 29/01/2024 – 00:44 DR Congo dump out seven-time Africa Cup of Nations winners Egypt after an epic penalty shootout. © Studio graphique France Médias Monde Guinea break Equatorial Guinea hearts with a last gasp goal to reach the quarter-finals. To discuss all the football action, Leo McGuinn is joined by sports journalist Thando Sibiya and France 24’s James Vasina live from Ivory Coast.To discuss all the football action, Leo McGuinn is joined by Thando Sibiya and FRANCE 24’s James Vasina in Ivory Coast.Produced by Leo McGuinn and Rebecca Gnignati Source link

Japan’s Moon lander has resumed operations, the space agency said, indicating that power had been restored. Issued on: 29/01/2024 – 01:47  “Last evening we succeeded in establishing communication with SLIM, and resumed operations,” JAXA said on X, formerly Twitter.”We immediately started scientific observations with MBC, and have successfully obtained first light for 10-band observation,” it said, referring to the lander’s multiband spectroscopic camera.The agency also posted on X an image shot by the probe of “toy poodle”, a rock observed near the lander.The touchdown earlier this month made Japan only the fifth nation to achieve a soft lunar landing, after the…

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced Sunday they would be leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) “without delay”, citing the injustice of sanctions ECOWAS levied on each country following takeovers by military juntas. Issued on: 28/01/2024 – 14:37Modified: 28/01/2024 – 14:52 1 min The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced Sunday their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS. The leaders of the three Sahel nations issued a statement saying it was a “sovereign decision” to leave the Economic Community of West African States “without delay”.Struggling with jihadist violence and poverty, the regimes have…

Issued on: 25/01/2024 – 15:59Modified: 27/01/2024 – 13:32 04:24 Anti-Semitic acts in France nearly quadrupled in 2023 compared with the previous year, a Jewish organisation said Wednesday, reflecting a surge in discrimination since the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel. Citing figures from the French interior ministry and a French-Jewish security watchdog, the Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF) said there were 1,676 anti-Semitic acts last year compared to 436 the year prior. Nearly 60 percent of those acts were attacks involving physical violence, threatening words or menacing gestures, CRIF said in its report. Worryingly, nearly 13 percent…

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Sunday that he has proposed the signing of a non aggression pact to Azerbaijan, pending a comprehensive peace treaty between the arch-foe Caucasus neighbours. Issued on: 28/01/2024 – 21:41Modified: 28/01/2024 – 22:28 1 min Yerevan and Baku have fought two wars — in 2020 and in the 1990s — over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan recaptured in a lightning offensive last year.”We have presented Azerbaijan with a proposal for a mutual arms control mechanism and the signing of a non-aggression pact if the signature of a peace treaty encounters delays,” Pashinyan said…

Issued on: 28/01/2024 – 16:54Modified: 28/01/2024 – 17:13 01:43 Palestiniens are fleeing Khan Younis, following evacuation orders from the Israeli military. Israel ordered residents to leave a downtown area that includes Nasser Hospital. Footage shared by the World Health Organization (WHO) showed it packed, with patients being treated on the ground.  Read more on related topics: Source link

Finns headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, an office whose importance has grown as tensions increased with neighbouring Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.  Issued on: 28/01/2024 – 20:33Modified: 28/01/2024 – 20:34 3 min While the president’s powers are limited, the head of state — who also acts as supreme commander of Finland’s armed forces — helps direct foreign policy in collaboration with the government, meaning the changing geopolitical landscape in Europe will be the main concern for the winner.Two top politicians lead the pack of nine candidates: former conservative prime minister Alexander Stubb and…

Issued on: 28/01/2024 – 19:16Modified: 28/01/2024 – 19:38 03:04 President Joe Biden speaks at St. John Baptist Church in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 28, 2024. © Jacquelyn Martin, AP “Three people have been killed by this unmanned aerial vehicle attack”, said FRANCE 24’s Washington D.C. correspondent Fraser Jackson. The US is saying that this attack took place in northeast Jordan, however the Jordanians are disputing this, saying the attack took place In Syria. Watch the video for more information.  Read more on related topics: Source link

A drone attack on a base in Jordan killed three American troops on Sunday, with President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants and vowing to hold the perpetrators to account. Issued on: 28/01/2024 – 17:52Modified: 28/01/2024 – 19:49 3 min It is the first time American military personnel have been killed by hostile fire in the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, and the incident will further raise tensions in the region and fuel fears of a broader conflict directly involving Iran.Hamas said the death of the soldiers shows Washington’s backing for Israel could put it at odds…

Issued on: 26/01/2024 – 18:35Modified: 26/01/2024 – 18:43 02:33 The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel on Friday to take action to prevent acts of genocide as it wages war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, but stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire. “Everyone lost something, which means that not everybody is satisfied,” says FRANCE 24 correspondent Irris Makler, reporting from Jerusalem.  Read more on related topics: Source link