Fleeing Lebanon to escape poverty: At least 100 die in migrant shipwreck • FRANCE 24 English

Three years into #Lebanon’s devastating financial collapse, some 80 percent of the population is now living below the #poverty line. The situation is driving more and more people to risk…

From the World Cup to the Asian Winter Games, ‘it’s all about the money’ • FRANCE 24 English

Paris will not broadcast #WorldCup matches on giant screens in public fan zones amid concerns over rights violations of migrant workers and the environmental impact of the tournament in #Qatar.…

Two rescued brown bears from Lebanon find new home in Colorado • FRANCE 24 English

Homer and Ulysses are two Syrian brown #bears that were rescued from a #zoo in the suburbs of Tyre, southern #Lebanon and will be relocated in a wildlife sanctuary in…

Taliban offer three-month ceasefire in return for 7,000 prisoners release • FRANCE 24 English

The #Taliban have proposed a three-month #ceasefire in return for the release of about 7,000 insurgent prisoners held in #Afghanistan’s jails, a government negotiator involved in peace talks said Thursday.…

Rescue ship picks up over 200 migrants in Mediterranean • FRANCE 24 English

The #migrant rescue #ship #OceanViking has rescued 203 people, including 67 minors, in recent days, its owner SOS Mediterranee said Sunday. The migrants came from Egypt, Gambia, Libya, South Sudan,…

US Secretary of State warns migrants against coming

US Secretary of State Antony #Blinken on Wednesday used a visit to #CostaRica to urge Central Americans with dreams of making a better life elsewhere not to head to his…

‘World’s leading bank robbers’: North Korea’s hacker army

#Nuclear-armed #NorthKorea is advancing on the front lines of #cyberwarfare, analysts say, stealing billions of dollars and presenting a clearer and more present danger than its banned weapons programmes. Researcher…

Salma Hayek was put on oxygen and refused to go to hospital in near-fatal battle with Covid-19

Salma Hayek has spoken about falling seriously ill with Covid-19, which she is still feeling the effects of (Picture: Getty) Salma Hayek had to be put on oxygen while battling…

Chicago Bears Legend Steve McMichael Reveals Heartbreaking News About His Health: ‘This Ain’t Ever How I Envisioned This Was Going to End’

For 15 years of his life, Steve McMichael got paid to put his physicality on display for NFL fans across the world. A dominant defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears,…

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