Cameroon stripped of hosting 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
Cameroon was on Friday stripped of hosting the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations due to delays in preparing for the continental showpiece, organisers the Confederation of African Football announced.
View ArticleGeorge HW Bush: from war hero to war leader, thirty years in politics
George H.W. Bush, former Republican president and father of George W. Bush, died Friday at age 94. He is mainly remembered for his widely praised stewardship of the Gulf War in 1991, as well as his...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day: How a hidden epidemic threatens Madagascar
On paper, Madagascar is largely unaffected by AIDS and HIV: according to UNAIDS, the prevalence of HIV is 0.3 percent. But experts agree that there is likely a hidden epidemic.
View ArticleLeftist Lopez Obrador sworn in as Mexico president
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was sworn in as Mexico's next president Saturday, after the anti-establishment leftist won a landslide election victory promising to "transform" a country fed up with crime,...
View ArticleHow Trump's bashing of The New York Times and CNN has benefited all
Although Donald Trump has an antagonistic relationship with The New York Times and CNN, the ‘Trump bump’ has been a business boon to these outlets, while the US president has been keen to use them to...
View ArticleThe US and China reach 90-day ceasefire in trade dispute
The United States and China reached a 90-day ceasefire in a trade dispute that has rattled financial markets and threatened world economic growth.
View Article'Putin refuses to talk to me', Ukraine's Poroshenko tells FRANCE 24
Ukraine’s president urged Russia to return the boats and sailors seized a few days ago in the Sea of Azov, which he described as a deliberate act of aggression. He he wanted to deescalate the...
View ArticleEgyptian actress to face trial for wearing racy dress
An Egyptian actress is set to face trial in January for wearing a see-through dress at the Cairo film festival this week that showed her legs, a judicial source said Saturday.
View ArticleThe elusive face of the Paris rioters
Angry "yellow vest" protesters, hard-core agitators or young delinquents: building a typical profile of the rioters in Paris this weekend is no easy task.
View ArticleIsraeli police recommend indicting Netanyahu in graft probe
Israeli police on Sunday recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on bribery charges related to a corruption case involving Israel's telecom giant, prompting immediate calls for his...
View ArticleShock at attack on Paris’ Arc de Triomphe during ‘Yellow Vest’ protest
One of France’s most revered monuments, the Arc de Triomphe, was stormed and vandalised on Saturday during the 'Yellow Vest' demonstrations, in one of the worst instances of unrest Paris has seen since...
View ArticleWounded Houthi fighters to be evacuated from Yemen, says Saudi coalition
Fifty wounded Houthi militants in Yemen's rebel-held capital will be evacuated to Muscat for treatment on Monday, a Saudi-led military coalition said, calling it a "confidence building" measure ahead...
View ArticleFar right wins seats in Spain region for first time since Franco
A far-right party on Sunday won seats in a Spanish regional parliament for the first time since the country returned to democracy following the death of longtime dictator Francisco Franco in 1975,...
View ArticleUN climate talks open in Poland with call for 'urgent' action
After the starkest warnings yet of the catastrophic threat posed by climate change, nations gathered in Poland on Sunday to chart a way for mankind to avert runaway global warming.
View ArticleYellow Vests: Government seeks course of action after weekend of violent clashes
The French government is organising emergency meetings to respond to the wave of violence that broke out across the country over the weekend as part of the ‘Yellow Vest’ movement.
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