‘Zero tolerance’ for forest arsonists, Macron promises firefighters
French President Emmenuel Macron visited Fontainebleau on the outskirts of Paris, after devastating wildfires that scorched at least 10% of the 20-thousand-hectare forest. Macron warned it would take several weeks for the fire to be completely…
Italian officials handed jail terms for Genoa bridge disaster that killed 43
The former head of Italy’s motorway operator has been given a 12-year prison sentence over the collapse of Genoa’s Morandi bridge in August 2018. Prosecutors had asked for a far longer jail term for Giovanni Castellucci, ex-chief executive of…
Kenya’s Rastafari Society loses case to decriminalise cannabis use
In Kenya, a court delivered a closely watched ruling this morning that had been eagerly awaited by the country’s Rastafarian community. Since 2021, the court had been considering a petition seeking to decriminalise the use of cannabis by the…
More than 800 Canadian wildfires burning as air quality alerts extend to US
Air quality in the Midwestern city of Detroit is currently the worst in the world, Swiss air quality tracker IQAir said, followed by Minneapolis and Toronto. Republican lawmakers in the state of Michigan have penned an open letter, external to Canadian…
Washington is ready to ‘upend the rules-based world order’ HRW chief says – Tête à tête
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Human Rights Watch executive director Philippe Bolopion says the Trump administration has «launched an all-out assault on human rights» at home and abroad. He calls the Fort Bliss ICE detention centre a «human rights…
Protests in Ukraine’s cities against Zelensky’s removal of defence minister Fedorov
Protests have been taking place in several Ukrainian cities against President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise dismissal of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. A crowd of people – mostly young – gathered in Kyiv, holding up signs…
New Pegasus spyware revelations as French PM visits Morocco – Press Review
PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, July 7: we look into new revelations on the Moroccan surveillance apparatus, five years after the first wave of the Pegasus spyware scandal. In other news, support for Israel is floundering on both sides of the political…
Watch: Moment US Navy Blue Angels stun packed beach with low flypast
Beachgoers have captured the moment a US Navy Blue Angels jet flew strikingly close to a crowd in Pensacola Beach, Florida at an air show on Wednesday. Video shared on social media showed the moment the jet performed the flyby, sending beach umbrellas…
Venezuelans dig to find their loved ones – Focus
Two earthquakes of rare magnitude struck Venezuela on June 24, seconds apart. The state of La Guaira on the Caribbean coast was by far the hardest hit, with entire buildings collapsing there in seconds. Tens of thousands of people are still missing but…
Algeria fire: Eleven people die at foster care home
Eleven people have died in a fire at a foster care facility in Algiers, Algeria’s capital city. The country’s civil protection department said 19 others were injured in the blaze, which firefighters were still attempting to extinguish at…