The perfect meteorological conditions and pristine waters of Madagascar make it one of the best kitesurfing spots in the world. Some local communities are trying to promote the sport to bring in extra income. But for most tourists, the cost of traveling to the country in the first place remains prohibitively expensive.
The opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games at Place de la Concorde on Wednesday night provided a nearly four-hour-long spectacle that was watched by around 10 million viewers in France alone. For more insight on how this enormous feat of organisation and choreography was achieved, FRANCE 24 was joined by two people who helped bring it to fruition – Alexis Orchin and Arnaud Boursain.
The Israeli army said it killed a local Hamas commander and two other militants in air strikes in Jenin on Friday, the third day of a major military operation in the occupied West Bank. The killing came a day after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate halt to Israel's operation in the West Bank. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments.
Serbia signed a contract to purchase 12 Rafale warplanes from France's Dassault Aviation on Thursday during a state visit by President Emmanuel Macron to Belgrade.
Social media giant X said on Thursday it expects Brazil's top court to order it to shut down, as a pitched legal battle plays out over compliance with local laws and owner Elon Musk's insistence the platform is being punished for resisting censorship.
Israel's military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for the first round of vaccination of 640,000 children against polio, a senior WHO official said on Thursday.
Germany on Friday reversed a policy to stop returning migrants to Afghanistan due to human rights concerns after the Taliban took power in 2021. The first group of 28 Afghans who were “convicted offenders”, according to German authorities, boarded a Kabul-bound Friday as the Germany’s coalition government faces pressure to take a tougher stance on migration.
More than 4,000 athletes with physical, visual and intellectual impairments are competing in 22 sports for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Summer Games. Organizers say more than 2 million of the 2.8 million tickets have been sold for the wide array of Paralympic events. Even though the Paralympic movement continues to advance and evolve, Paralympic Gold Medalist Richard Whitehead MBE asserts that "there is still a long way to go with accessibility." He wholeheartedly insists that "seeing is believing,... Читать дальше...
On the 2024 US presidential campaign trail, both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have pledged to use government funding to make housing and goods more affordable. But they have very different ideas on how to do that. FRANCE 24’s Monty Francis compares the economic platforms of the Democrat and Republican candidates.
Still recovering from the impact of the virus last year, the 41-year-old thought the nightmare was finally over -- then bluetongue staged a comeback on his farm. Bluetongue is a non-contagious, insect-borne viral disease that affects sheep and cows but not pigs or horses. It is difficult to control once it takes hold. In September 2023, when the BTV-3 strain of the virus broke out in the Netherlands, Van Norel rounded up his ill animals and transported them on his quad bike to the stable. Some died within 12 hours. Читать дальше...
"My family was staying with us, and including my baby nieces, and we had just had pancakes," Harris recalled Thursday in an interview with CNN about the July 21 afternoon when Biden suddenly turned the November presidential election on its head. Harris and the children were chatting -- "Auntie, can I have more bacon?' 'Yes, I'll make you more bacon'" -- she said. "And the phone rang, and it was Joe Biden." Biden had been under growing pressure for weeks to drop out amid fears that at 81 and visibly frail... Читать дальше...
Typhoon Shanshan has killed at least five people and injured dozens since making landfall in Japan on Thursday, according to the latest report given on Friday. Floods and landslides are now feared by the authorities.
The typhoon, one of the fiercest to hit Japan in decades, has weakened and was forecast to ease to tropical cyclone strength by Monday, though gusts were still reaching 126 kilometres (78 miles) per hour early Friday. Even before making landfall on the island of Kyushu, a landslide caused by the heavy rains preceding it killed three members of the same family late Tuesday in Aichi prefecture, around 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) away. Government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi confirmed four deaths but said that in one case... Читать дальше...
Joyce Msuya, acting head of the UN's humanitarian office (OCHA), said that "we cannot plan more than 24 hours in advance because we struggle to know what supplies we will have, when we will have them or where we will be able to deliver." "Civilians are hungry. They are thirsty. They are sick. They are homeless. They have been pushed beyond... what any human being should bear," she told the Security Council. Msuya's comments came after the UN had to halt the movement of aid and aid workers within... Читать дальше...
In her first interview with a major news organisation since becoming the Democratic nominee for the November 5 US election, Kamala Harris defended her past policy record and centrist shifts on key issues such as border security and fracking. “My values have not changed,” said the vice president in a primetime CNN interview.
Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, 75, risks arrest if he fails to comply with a third summons to appear before prosecutors regarding last month's disputed presidential election. Gonzalez Urrutia, who claims victory, has already ignored two demands this week to present his case.
