Space: Sophie Adenot recounts her two spacewalks
🇫🇷 👩🚀 Sophie Adenot, the first French woman to conduct a spacewalk and the second female French astronaut to go to space, gave an exclusive interview to #FRANCE24 and #RFI from the International Space Station. In conversation with our journalists, she…
Trump officials threaten Kennedy Center demolition if court blocks renovations
The Trump administration has threatened to demolish the Kennedy Center if planned renovations for the performing arts venue are not allowed to be carried out, court documents show. Attorneys from the justice department have also asked for President…
Dolly Parton: Buckingham Palace guards play musical tribute
Britain’s royal family posted a video on social media Wednesday of the band of the Buckingham Palace guards playing Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5”, in tribute to the American country music legend who passed away Tuesday aged 80. Fuente: Leer la noticia…
Chinese-Eswatini relations: China advises its citizens to leave Taiwan ally over security risks
China’s foreign ministry has told its citizens to leave the southern African kingdom of Eswatini over «security risks». The ministry cited «rampant cyber fraud and criminal activities associated with gambling» as among its security concerns, but…
Hundreds missing in Nepal catastrophic flash floods
Massive flash floods in Nepal on Wednesday killed at least 22 people and left hundreds of tourists, workers and others missing after sweeping through communities and bringing travel in parts of the Himalayan country to a halt. China’s government…
Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya dismisses 173 soldiers for desertion
Guinea’s President Mamadi Doumbouya, 41, has dismissed more than 170 soldiers for «desertion», including a colonel who helped him seize power in a coup in 2021. Col Michel Lamah was a member of the Special Forces Group (GFS), the elite army unit…
At least 22 bodies recovered, hundreds missing after Nepal-Tibet flash floods
Hundreds of people were reported missing after an avalanche of ice and rock triggered massive flash floods that swept through parts of Nepal on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people and causing widespread damage to villages and infrastructure. Officials…
German airport worker dies of malaria after ‘mosquito arrives on plane’
A Frankfurt Airport worker has died of malaria after a rare outbreak led to six employees contracting the serious infection spread by mosquitoes. It is believed the mosquitoes arrived at Germany’s busiest airport on a plane, according to German…
Panama and El Salvador declare emergency over El Nino-fuelled drought
Panama on Tuesday became the latest Central American country, after Honduras and El Salvador, to declare an emergency over El Nino, which has already forced a reduction in shipping through the Panama Canal. Panama’s Interior Minister Dinoska…
Islamabad PIMS hospital fire: Witnesses say rescue was delayed as blaze killed 14 babies
It was just after dawn on Wednesday morning at a maternity ward in the Pakistani capital when a horrific blaze erupted. It would go on to kill 14 infants as parents say they waited hours for help to arrive. Hivsa Walid was near the room at the Pakistan…