In Tunisia, the wine industry is doing well. There are close to two million local consumers, not counting tourists. Despite the effects of climate change, this year’s harvest promises to be good.…
Continue ReadingHundreds of Tunisians clashed with police on Wednesday during a protest to demand a rescue mission for relatives lost at sea during a failed migration attempt. Also angered over the…
Continue ReadingFrance’s CGT union, at the core of a weeks-long strike at oil major TotalEnergies , walked away from wage talks on Thursday night, dashing hopes for an end to a…
Continue ReadingTwo French unions announced a tentative pay rise agreement with oil giant TotalEnergies early Friday following emergency negotiations to end a three-week strike that has emptied the country’s petrol stations…
Continue ReadingTwo French unions announced a tentative pay rise agreement with oil giant TotalEnergies early Friday following emergency negotiations to end a three-week strike that has emptied the country’s petrol stations…
Continue ReadingThere have been reports of overnight clashes between security forces and protesters in several locations across Iran. Protestors have been filmed burning the Iranian flag in the western Kurdistan province.…
Continue ReadingGunfire and tanks, teenage girls detained in psychiatric wards, Internet blocked, yet from the outside, Iran’s nationwide protests seem to be gaining momentum one month after the death of 22-year old…
Continue ReadingRussian missiles have pounded dozens of Ukrainian cities and towns over the past 24 hours, while the head of one of the regions annexed by Russia told residents on Thursday…
Continue ReadingA day after the United Nations Security Council condemned Moscow’s incorporation of four partially occupied regions into its territory as illegal, the Russian-installed governor of one of those, Ukraine’s southern…
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazakhstan on October 13 to attend meetings of several regional bodies. Daniel Hawkins tells us more. #Putin #Erdogan #Astana 🔔 Subscribe to France 24…
Continue ReadingNearly four weeks after Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, was detained in Tehran for "inappropriate attire", the protests show no sign of abating in a bold challenge to Iran’s clerical…
Continue ReadingFrench energy major TotalEnergies TTEF.PA on October 13 offered further talks with trade unions to break the deadlock over strikes in refineries and fuel depots that are now in their…
Continue ReadingWhile Nato defence ministers have been meeting in Brussels, President Erdogan of Turkey met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kazakhstan. Turkey has previously offered to restart peace negotiations – but…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s Nato-led allies have announced deliveries of advanced air defence weapons to Kyiv after a spate of Russian missile strikes. The weaponry promised by the UK, Canada, France and the…
Continue ReadingProtests ignited by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran’s morality police on Sept. 16 have turned into one of the boldest challenges to the…
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