Are great-power politics back, at the expense of smaller countries? In an age of strongmen, is multilateralism in retreat? Not according to Jozef Sikela. The EU Commissioner in charge of International Partnerships insists that traditional multilateralism is alive and well, especially in the EU's app…
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Following devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet, Access Asia takes a closer look at the fragile state of the Himalayan mountains. Dr Arun Bhakta Shrestha, an expert on the environment and risk management in the Himalayas, explains why it's so difficult to detect glacier movements in advance and says…
A Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine's SBU security services in Kyiv on Friday afternoon, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, injuring five people. The attack followed a series of deadly overnight strikes across Ukraine, including the southern Odesa region.
After years of delays and more than a billion dollars, the long-awaited Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is preparing to open its doors to the public in Los Angeles. The museum, founded by filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, businesswoman Mellody Hobson, will be a new home for visual storytelling span…
Nepal's emergency crews have pulled two workers out of a hydropower tunnel where they had been trapped for nine days. The rescue comes more than a week after flash flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border killed more than 1,200 people.
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is celebrating a milestone: her hard-right government is now the longest-lasting in the country's post war history. In a country known for its political instability, it's a notable record.
"Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?" The famous quote attributed to Henry Kissinger still resonates today. There is in fact a Mrs Europe on the world stage: Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. She is actually the sixth high representative.
Israel has seized the strategically placed Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon from Hezbollah fighters, Defence Minister Israel Katz said Friday. The Iran-aligned Shiite group did not confirm losing the highland, which sits around 10 kilometres from the border with Israel and was pummelled by Isr…
William Hilderbrandt is pleased to welcome Dr. Giulia Sandri, Associate researcher at the Free University of Brussels. Meloni has benefited from something historically scarce in Italian politics: longevity.
In a show to kick off a new season, we explore the rise of women archaeologists – and how they are helping to transform our understanding of ancient societies. In the last 30 years, women have come to make up more than half of the profession.
This week, FRANCE 24's media show Scoop looks at the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Press freedom groups are furious after Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech was acquitted of involvement.
British hard-right leader Nigel Farage's Reform UK party gathered for its annual conference on Friday engulfed by a fresh scandal. Just hours before Farage's address, two senior Reform officials resigned following an undercover investigation aired by Channel 4 News that alleged they had conspired to…
US President Donald Trump's White House on Thursday unveiled a website featuring classic arcade games – but with a "MAGA" twist, in which players can deport migrants and build a border wall.
US President Donald Trump raised doubts about whether the United States would support Britain in another conflict over the Falkland Islands in an interview with a British broadcaster aired Thursday, injecting new tension into the long-standing dispute over the British-controlled archipelago also cla…
France on Friday allocated more than €1 billion in aid to support farmers recovering from droughts after a brutal, record-breaking summer. The allocation includes €520 million for rapid payments to help farmers deal with weather damage and a €235 million recovery fund to buy seeds, plants and ani…
Britain insisted Friday that the Falkland Islands "are British" after Argentine President Javier Milei suggested the "winds of change" now favoured his country's claim to the archipelago, citing Washington's readiness to reconsider its neutrality in the dispute.
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir set out a plan on Thursday to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and send them abroad. Speaking in the run-up to close-fought Israeli elections, he said the plan aimed to see the departure of 250,000 Palestinians from Gaza in the fir…
François Picard is pleased to welcome Aida Alami, New York Times World contributor. Drawing on her own field reporting at the Moroccan border, Alami challenges attempts to explain the mass crossing primarily through a theory of deliberate state orchestration.
Some couturiers get to modernise houses owned by luxury groups. Among them is Duran Lantink, who draws on Jean Paul Gaultier's ballet-costume era for his inspiration. Independent houses, by contrast, must create from scratch. Iris van Herpen turns to science.
With just two months to go before the US midterm elections, the battle for votes is in full swing. Our reporter Fanny Allard has been to the state of Louisiana, where a redistricting row is playing out with far-reaching implications for racial equality.
Wildfires ripped across northeastern Algeria in late August. Photos and videos showing the mass burial of several dozen people have raised questions about the real death toll of the fires as Algerian authorities haven’t shared new numbers since August 26.
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, September 4: Italy's Giorgia Meloni becomes the longest-serving prime minister in Italy's postwar history. While she's celebrated by the rightwing press, the leftwing press say her leadership is a fiasco.
Nine days after catastrophic floods hit Nepal, hope emerges from the dark as two workers have been rescued from a collapsed tunnel. They are receiving treatment as emergency crews race to find more survivors. The floods killed more than 1,200 people and left over 5,000 missing.
