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FIFA president Gianni Infantino faced intensified pressure on Tuesday from within world football's governing body as well as from external critics over his since-abandoned proposal to open the World Cup to private investment. Infantino has been swamped with criticism of his style of leadership and a previously smooth path to being re-elected unopposed to a fourth and final term next March now look...
Pressure on FIFA president Gianni Infantino intensified on Tuesday, with opposition emerging from within world football's governing body as well as from external critics over his since-abandoned proposal to open the World Cup to private investment.
Pasta may be one of the world's most beloved staples, but technology is being used to improve the iconic Italian dish. In the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy's "Food Valley", researchers are creating the pasta of the future by focusing on its main ingredient, wheat. FRANCE 24's Natalia Mendoza, Laura Roudaut, Tommaso Marro and Charlotte Davan Wetton report.
Record low water levels in Europe's major rivers have reduced electricity output and shrunk company earnings, stoking fears about the economic impact of searing heat and erratic rainfall. Governments across Central and Eastern Europe are taking steps to conserve electricity and avert an energy crisis as record low water levels on the Danube River have forced power plants to the brink of shuttin...
Some Cubans stood on balconies on August 3, banging pots and pans, to make their frustration known after the sixth nationwide power outage of the year. The national grid had begun to restore electricity across the island when adverse weather conditions caused a second collapse. Successive outages lead to food spoiling, are causing the supply of treated drinking water to dwindle and are compromisin...
Gianni Infantino is in a dogfight to save his FIFA presidency. The national soccer federations of Sweden and Wales have withdrawn their support for his re-election bid, with the English Football Association reportedly set to do likewise. Those follow similar rebukes from Europe's UEFA and North America's CONCACAF. Football fans and clubs have been up in arms over Infantino's now-scrapped plans to ...
In the United States, Michigan Democrats are heading to the polls for a Senate Primary. the local election has taken on national - and international - interest though, as it has become a proxy fight over the future of the Democratic party in this upcoming Midterm elections in November. The high-profile primary is all the more significant because as a swing state, Michigan has one of the few Senate...
Numerous governments across Central and Eastern Europe are taking steps to conserve electricity and avert an energy crisis amid record low water levels on the Danube River. In Hungary, the country's only nuclear plant provides electricity for half the country - but is now being shut down as there is not enough water to cool its reactors down.
Cape Verde’s veteran goalkeeper Vozinha arrived in Chile on August 2nd to join first division club Colo-Colo, the Chilean football club announced on August 3rd. The 40-year-old has joined on a six-month contract, with the possibility of a one-year extension. Chilean media said he was likely to make his debut on August 16. The goalkeeper acquired a cult following during the FIFA World Cup, whe...
Life is returning to the Gironde in the southwest of France after more than ten days of wildfires. Travel to the area is slowly returning to the hotspot of Cap Ferret and local residents are also getting back to their homes. Businesses are hoping a busy August will help save the season, as police have given the go-ahead for several local campsites to reopen.
On July 29th, Nigerian law enforcement dismantled a meth lab left behind in an abandoned shed -- remnants of an alleged multimillion-dollar transnational meth operation. The lab, the largest of its kind ever discovered in Nigeria, sat on an acre of land in a forest that straddles the border of Abidagba and Iroto villages.
Faruku Hassan Bunza, a Nigerian judge abducted from his home in Bunza town by unidentified gunmen on July 26, has been freed, police said on August 3. Kidnappings are routinely used by criminal groups in Nigeria to secure lucrative ransom payments from either the government or victims' families. The exact details of Bunza's release were not immediately clear, and the attackers remain at large.
Some 157 migrants were rescued by French and British vessels on Tuesday after a boat caught fire while trying to cross the English Channel, French authorities said. This is one of the largest such rescue operations since 2018.
Some 157 migrants were rescued by French and British vessels on Tuesday after a boat caught fire while trying to cross the English Channel, French authorities said, marking one of the largest rescue operations since 2018.
Just days after US President Donald Trump announced a deal that would see Hamas to completely disarm in Gaza, the plan seems to be unravelling. Israel says it has expressed concern to Washington about the plan as it steps up its bombing campaign over the enclave. This as far-right ministers put pressure on PM Benjamin Netanyahu not to allow international forces to enter Gaza, as approved by the g...
Local authorities in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta are struggling to cope with the thousands that stayed behind after a massive border rush last week. They say among those who remain are significant numbers of people from other countries, including Sudanese fleeing their war-torn country, Afghans and Palestinians from Gaza. They recount their journey.
The biggest escalation since the signing of the 2022 Pretoria agreement shook Ethiopia's Tigray over the weekend, with both the TPLF and members of the Ethiopian government blaming each other. A mass exodus of the region is taking place over fears of a full-blown regional conflict erupting, despite a pause in the fighting since August 1st. FRANCE 24's Tom Canetti reports from Addis Ababa.
In Greece, hundreds of firefighters are pushing ahead with their attempts to bring multiple blazes across the country under control. Police have arrested two people in connection with one of the blazes near the coastal village of Porto Germeno, which investigators believe may have been caused by an electrical cable. The fires have already claimed multiple lives.
Police in Washington state have arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of starting a fire that has burned through more than 3,200 hectares of forest in the state's second city Spokane. Firefighters have still not contained the fire, which has forced tens of thousands of people from their homes, and 700 buildings have been destroyed.
Before it was destroyed in an Israeli air strike on April 7, Tehran’s Rafi-Nia synagogue was emblematic of one of the Middle East's largest Jewish communities outside of Israel. According to one worshipper and an expert, both well acquainted with its vibrant community, the prominent synagogue was far more than just a place of worship.
Denmark's ambassador to the United Nations has said that Russian strikes have become more brutal. On August 4, the funeral of several Ukrainians killed in a Russian ballistic missile attack a week earlier, including three children, took place. On the other side of the border, what appeared to be a drone hit a busy beach area near the Russian town of Gelendzhik. Seven people were killed according t...
Four people, including three civilians, were killed by an unidentified Russian soldier in the Black Sea city of Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea, officials said Tuesday. The deadly shooting comes a day after six civilians, including three children, were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on the beach of a Russian Black Sea resort, according to local authorities.
US Democrats vote Tuesday in a high-profile Senate primary in Michigan, choosing between a left-wing populist and an establishment-backed congresswoman who received the largest-ever financial contributions in a Democratic congressional primary, with pro-Israel lobby AIPAC spending some $30 million on the race.
Sigrid Haugset of Norway won the third stage of the Women's Tour de France. She secured a solo victory following an 87-kilometre breakaway.
Sigrid Haugset of Norway won the third stage of the Women’s Tour de France. She secured a solo victory following an 87-kilometre breakaway.
At least six people were killed in Ukrainian drone attacks across Russia, local officials said Tuesday on the messaging app Telegram. Warehouses belonging to the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries were targeted for the second night in a row.
Mediator Qatar blamed Israel on Tuesday for delays in implementing a Gaza peace plan, after US President Donald Trump said militant group Hamas had agreed to disarm, as Israel refuses to leave the territory. The increase in Israeli strikes on the besieged Palestinian territory is an attempt to "derail" peace efforts, according to the Qatari foreign ministry. Follow our liveblog for the latest upda...
Early Tuesday, Britain's maritime security agency UKMTO said that a cargo vessel was struck by an "unknown projectile" in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman. US President Donald Trump said Monday that negotiations with Iran were ongoing despite Tehran's denials and the Islamic Republic was facing a "last chance before decapitation". Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Early Tuesday, Britain's maritime security agency UKMTO said that a cargo vessel was struck by an "unknown projectile" in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman. US President Donald Trump said Monday that negotiations with Iran were ongoing despite Tehran's denials and the Islamic Republic was facing a 'last chance before decapitation.' Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
US regulators approved Boeing's smallest 737 MAX jet more than eight years after its maiden flight, clearing the way for deliveries. The Federal Aviation Administration imposed new requirements after two fatal MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019.
