In this episode of French Connections, we put the spotlight on one of France’s most famous national monuments: the Mont-Saint-Michel. “The Medieval City on a Rock!” is an architectural marvel…
Continue ReadingAfter three weeks of blockades, strikes at sites owned by French oil giant TotalEnergies were starting to ease on Wednesday, although uncertainty remains over fuel supply as the country heads…
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday introduced martial law in Ukraine’s Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions that Moscow claims to have annexed. "I signed a decree to introduce martial…
Continue ReadingCancer patients are withstanding the worst of Lebanon’s financial crisis, with hospitals facing a shortage of life-saving drugs and an exodus of critical medical staff. FRANCE 24 reports. #Lebanon #women…
Continue ReadingThe French government is poised to wield a rarely used constitutional weapon to force its budget through parliament, where opposition groups have stymied the text for weeks with rival amendments,…
Continue ReadingMali’s foreign affairs minister on Tuesday said the military government would exercise its right to self-defence if France continued to undermine the West African country’s sovereignty and national security. France…
Continue ReadingThe French government is poised to wield a rarely used constitutional weapon to force its budget through parliament, where opposition groups have stymied the text for weeks with rival amendments,…
Continue ReadingThe French government is poised to wield a rarely used constitutional weapon to force its budget through parliament, where opposition groups have stymied the text for weeks with rival amendments,…
Continue ReadingThousands of people took to the streets across France on Tuesday and commuters faced delays as unions staged a nationwide strike for higher salaries, as they remain in deadlock with…
Continue ReadingThousands of people took to the streets across France on Tuesday (October 18) and commuters faced delays as unions staged a nationwide strike for higher salaries, as they remain in…
Continue ReadingBarcelona’s residents are forming citizen patrols and turning to social media to tackle petty crimes, as the number of tourists – and pickpockets – returned to pre-pandemic levels. #Spain #pickpocket…
Continue ReadingThe tourism industry in Tunisia says goodbye to a better summer season than last year, but still far from what the country was used to before the pandemic, as FRANCE…
Continue Reading#Haiti and the #DominicanRepublic share the #Caribbean island of Hispaniola. The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere sits beside one that’s enjoying a robust economic boom. Currently, the dividing line between…
Continue ReadingThe Eiffel Tower’s lights were turned off early on Thursday night in tribute to Queen Elizabeth, with Parisians recalling a British monarch who anchored her country through upheaval with poise…
Continue ReadingIndia’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday he was "pained" by the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, hailing the monarch of his country’s former colonial ruler as a paragon…
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