Chinese Communist Party Congress: One in five under 24-year-olds out of work post Covid

Beijing’s zero-Covid policy have hit the economy and job market hard: according to the National Bureau of Statistics, the unemployment rate for those between the ages of 16 and 24…

What is the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party? • FRANCE 24 English

Every five years, the same ritual takes place in Beijing. Dissidents are ordered to stay at home, factories are shut to reduce pollution and huge flower arrangements line the major…

China now under one-man rule? Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Xi Jinping

Did the West misread China the way it misread Russia? Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd compares the ‘business first’ era of yesteryear with the nationalist bend as Xi Jinping…

Ukraine dispatch: More than 400 graves discovered in recaptured Izyum

President Volodymyr Zelensky last week announced the discovery of a "mass grave" in Izyum after it was recaptured from the Russians. At one burial site, more than 440 graves dating…

French President Emmanuel Macron kicks off three-day visit in Algeria • FRANCE 24 English

President Emmanuel Macron starts a three-day visit Thursday to Algeria to help mend ties with the former French colony, which this year marks its 60th anniversary of independence. FRANCE 24’s…