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What to know about the trial of former Tiananmen vigil organizers before a verdict

Two activists who organized Hong Kong's annual Tiananmen Square vigil are likely to hear a verdict in their case brought under a China-imposed national security law

Russian missile barrage across Ukraine's capital kills at least 12 and wounds 33

A Russian missile barrage has killed at least 12 people in Ukraine's capital

A historic boat emerges in Serbia as Europe's rivers run dry from drought and heat

The wreck of a steam tugboat from the early 1900s has emerged from shrinking waters in Serbia

Founder of Chinese real estate giant Evergrande Xu Jiayin sentenced to life

The founder of China Evergrande Group, the world's most-indebted property developer, was sentenced to life in prison by a Chinese court on Thursday, five years after the firm's collapse shook the nation's economy and financial markets.

China real estate giant Xu Jiayin sentenced to life in prison

The founder of China Evergrande Group, the world's most-indebted property developer, was sentenced to life in prison by a Chinese court on Thursday, five years after the firm's collapse shook the nation's economy and financial markets.

China reast estate giant Xu Jiayin sentenced to life in prison

The founder of China Evergrande Group, the world's most-indebted property developer, was sentenced to life in prison by a Chinese court on Thursday, five years after the firm's collapse shook the nation's economy and financial markets.

China jails founder, fines disgraced property giant Evergrande

China sentenced the founder of embattled property giant Evergrande to life in prison and fined the group more than $2 billion on Thursday for offences including fraud, five years after a high-profile default.

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Oil jumps on Iran standoff as global stocks rebound on US bond move

Global shares rebounded and bond yields eased after Washington's debt buyback announcement, while oil held near multi-week highs amid the deadlocked US-Iran standoff

Oil rises as markets rebound on US Treasury debt buyback plan

Global shares rebounded and bond yields eased after Washington's debt buyback announcement, while oil held near multi-week highs amid the deadlocked US-Iran standoff

More than 1,000 birds found dead in three mass mortality events amid ‘significant’ H5 escalation in Australia

South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas says there have still been no detections in poultry or livestock and no mass deaths involving mammalsSouth Australian premier Peter Malinauskas has declared a “significant escalation” in H5 bird flu in the state after the detection of three mass mortality events involving more than 1,000 greater crested terns.Malinauskas said the cause of the deaths was p...

European drought reveals 100-year-old steam boat and ancient Roman bridge

A steam tugboat wreck over 100 years old and an ancient Roman bridge have emerged from shrinking waters as Europe suffers its worse drought in 70 years.

16 killed, 33 injured in Russian strikes on Kyiv and surrounding region

US President Donald Trump had authorised Ukraine to obtain licences to manufacture Patriot air defence systems, but later reversed the decision.

12 killed, 33 injured in Russian strikes on Kyiv and surrounding region

US President Donald Trump had authorised Ukraine to obtain licences to manufacture Patriot air defence systems, but later reversed the decision.

Nine killed, 33 injured in Russian strikes on Kyiv and surrounding region

US President Donald Trump had authorised Ukraine to obtain licences to manufacture Patriot air defence systems, but later reversed the decision.

Trump says will meet North Korea's Kim later this year

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would meet Kim Jong Un later this year, seeking to revive the bond he claims to have forged with the leader of nuclear-armed North Korea in his first term. FRANCE 24’s Monte Francis brings us more with this report.

Alan Jones’s barrister argues alleged victim was not groomed because that ‘happens to young children’

Sydney court hears complainant was more than 40 years younger and far less powerful than the shock jock when he started working as his driverAlan Jones’s defence team has suggested his alleged victim was never groomed because “grooming is something that happens to young children”.Complainant C was on Thursday cross-examined in a Sydney court over allegations the former 2GB star broadcaster touched...

Investigation into killing of Hind Rajab and Gaza paramedics comes ‘extremely late’

The investigation into the killing of Hind Rajab and paramedics in Gaza launched by the Israeli army came as a “surprise” in the country, “because so much time has passed” since the events took place, FRANCE 24 correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky said. “The timing is extremely late.” But Tarnopolsky said “the fact that these two very renown cases are being referred to criminal investigation is already ...

Four workers dead after being hit by train in Japan

The train collided with the four men at Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo, authorities say.

Will Prime Minister Andy Burnham move the UK closer to Europe?

From trade to defence to youth mobility, London and Brussels are seeking to build on the thaw in their post-Brexit relationship. But tough negotiations lie ahead as an autumn summit looms.

Farage using Christianity ‘to stir anti-Muslim feeling’, says Rowan Williams

Former archbishop of Canterbury also has ‘awkward questions’ for activist Tommy Robinson on his claimed faithA former archbishop of Canterbury has accused Nigel Farage of misusing the UK’s Christianity “to channel anti-Muslim feeling” and said he also had “some awkward questions” for the far-right activist Tommy Robinson.Dr Rowan Williams, who was the archbishop of Canterbury for 10 years until 20...

Melancholy made in Hungary is fuelling bestsellers across the globe – and widely misunderstood

A ‘capacity for despair’ forged by political oppression has long been consider a Magyar national trait. But after Orbán, writers in the country remind us that melancholy must not always be bleakA lone visitor looks for a garden outside an empty monastery. A morose housekeeper won’t let anyone behind the door of her own home. A retired general living alone on a crumbling estate waits 40 years to co...

Armed with funding boost, SpaceSail accelerates China’s push to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink

In a record funding round for China’s satellite internet sector, domestic start-up SpaceSail has raised around 7 billion yuan (US$1 billion) to accelerate the buildout of a low-Earth-orbit (LEO) network designed to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink project. Known officially as Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology, the operator of China’s Qianfan constellation completed its Series B round on Mond...

Oldest evidence of life on Earth has been discovered in India in a 3.4 billion-year-old layered rock shows signs of microbial life

Recent discoveries in India have unveiled biological traces that date back approximately 3.5 billion years, indicating a significantly ancient origin of life on Earth. Researchers have confirmed the presence of photosynthetic activity and intricate metabolic processes within these samples, which originated from environments close to underwater hydrothermal vents. This remarkable finding represents...