Indonesia's new government has launched an ambitious project to fight malnutrition. The Free Nutritious Meal program aims to feed a quarter of its population but critics question whether the program is affordable.
French media are reporting that Didier Deschamps, coach of the French men's football team, will step down in 2026 when his current contract ends. That will most likely be after the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada and will be the end of 14 successful years as coach. Deschamps is expected to make an official announcement later today. Oliver Farry takes a look back at his time in charge.
People in some parts of France have been celebrating and openly mocking the death of politican Jean Marie Le Pen. The founder of France's main far-right party, died on Tuesday at the age of 96. His legacy remains highly controversial in French politics, Yinka Oyetade takes a look...
PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, January 8: The death of former far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen dominates headlines in France, but despite having called the gas chambers a "detail in the history of World War II" and founded his party alongside a former SS soldier, one French paper dubs him a "prophet". We also look at press reaction in Denmark, Panama and Canada to Donald Trump's expansionist territorial ambitions. Finally, an enormous tuna is sold for an equally enormous sum in Tokyo.
Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana took a hat-trick as the home side posted 255-9 off 37 overs, but the tourists could only muster 142 all out off 30.2 overs in response. It followed New Zealand's comfortable nine-wicket win in Wellington to go 2-0 up in the series, with the third match to be played in Auckland on Saturday. Sri Lanka's top order has misfired badly in both games. They slumped to 22-4 at Seddon Park, leaving little chance of reaching their target of 256 in a match reduced to 37 overs each because of early rain. Читать дальше...
International commercial flights have resumed at Damascus airport, for the first time since the ouster of Basshar al Assad by Islamist-led rebels. Some of the Syrians waiting to welcome their loved ones home had spent more than a decade apart from each other. It's a positive development for Syria's new leaders; many are hoping it will help put the country's economy back on its feet, after it has been crippled by Western sanctions imposed during the Assad regime.
The 48-year-old former striker inherits a side featuring mostly players born in the Netherlands and naturalised to represent the Southeast Asian nation. "The Dutch football legend has signed a two-year contract from 2025 to 2027 with an option for an extension," Indonesia's football association, the PSSI, said in a statement. Kluivert, whose managerial career has not matched his sparkling playing days, is scheduled to arrive in Indonesia on Saturday and will be introduced to the public the following day. Читать дальше...
Kate, as she is commonly known, is expected to step up her royal engagements in 2025 after announcing in September that she had completed chemotherapy for an unspecified cancer. Kensington Palace has not said where the Princess of Wales plans to mark the start of her 44th year but she usually spends it surrounded by family in Norfolk. Her husband Prince William, heir to the British throne, was regularly photographed alone last year as both Kate and his father King Charles III received treatment for the disease. Читать дальше...
Former Brighton and Chelsea boss Graham Potter is understood to be close to agreeing a deal to take over as the new boss at the London Stadium. Lopetegui took training as usual on Tuesday but his spell in charge looks likely to come to an end less than eight months after he was appointed to replace David Moyes. The Hammers on Wednesday morning called off the press conference at which the present boss was set to preview Friday's FA Cup third-round tie at Aston Villa. Former Spain national coach Lopetegui... Читать дальше...
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Wednesday warned Donald Trump against threatening the EU's "sovereign borders" after the US president-elect refused to rule out military action to take control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of EU member Denmark.
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence has been turned into a "fortress", with layers of barbed wire and vehicle blockades protecting the elusive leader. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on South Korea's worst political crisis in decades, FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney is joined by Alessio Patalano, Author and Professor of War & Strategy in East Asia at King's College London.
"...Annie has made deeply hurtful and entirely untrue claims about our family, especially Sam," the boss of the California startup said in a letter co-signed by his mother and two brothers, and published on social platform X. "Our family loves Annie and is very concerned about her well-being. Caring for a family member who faces mental health challenges is incredibly difficult," they wrote. One of Silicon Valley's more charismatic figures, Altman shot to global fame with the launch of ChatGPT in 2022... Читать дальше...
Supporters of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol gathered outside his house in Seoul on Wednesday as Yoon continued to resist efforts to arrest him. The Constitutional Court has slated January 14 for the start of Yoon’s impeachment trial over his bungled December 3 martial law decree.
Iran' foreign ministry on Wednesday rejected French President Emmanuel Macron's claim that Iran posed the main security threat in the Middle East. Macron on Monday said Iran was accelerating its nuclear programme, which the West suspects is aimed at making a nuclear bomb.
The amount was modest now, said Sax, who admitted to being addicted to the phone notifications that keep track of the panels' output, "but we've saved 79 euros since installing them in August". More than 800,000 such kits had been installed in Germany by the end of 2024, official data shows -- boosted by subsidies and a desire to save amid high energy costs. That was more than double the number from a year earlier and 10 times the figure for 2022. EmpowerSource, a consultancy, estimates that three... Читать дальше...
A fast-moving wildfire broke out Tuesday northeast of Los Angeles hours after another blaze tore through the city’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood along the coast, prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands.
Accused of belonging to the Palestinian group Hamas, which was then Bashar Al-Assad’s bête noire, Mohamar Ouda was arrested by the Syrian army in Yarmouk in 2015. He spent seven years in prison, where his executioners inflicted all kinds of torture on him that still haunt him day and night.
Carterpuri, or the "village of Carter" was abruptly renamed from Daulatpur Nasirabad after an hour-long visit by the Nobel laureate in 1978. The renaming was suggested by India's then-prime minister Morarji Desai who accompanied Carter on the visit to the small hamlet, some 30 kilometres (20 miles) from New Delhi. "When the proposal was mooted, all the village elders immediately said yes," recalled 71-year-old resident Attar Singh, who vividly remembers the January afternoon from nearly half a century ago. Читать дальше...
They have already been deployed to violently put down demonstrations that erupted after Maduro's declaration of re-election victory last July -- a claim not recognized by much of the world. And they have been busily deterring further rebellion with a well-orchestrated campaign of terror. Two days before mass demonstrations called by opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for Thursday, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello gathered several hundred members of colectivos for a televised ceremony in which he declared war on potential demonstrators. Читать дальше...
Exiled Cambodian opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy accused the country's powerful former leader Hun Sen of ordering the killing of Lim Kimya on Tuesday. Lim Kimya was shot dead by a gunman on a motorbike as he arrived in the Thai capital from the Cambodian city of Siem Reap by bus, accompanied by his French wife. Police have issued a warrant for the suspected shooter, who was not named, with local media reporting that the wanted man is a former Thai marine. "We are investigating the motives. As of now... Читать дальше...
Devajit Saikia was the only person nominated to be secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and is set to be anointed at a meeting of members in Mumbai on Sunday. The BCCI holds immense sway in cricket and is one of the richest governing bodies in sport. The 55-year-old lawyer was made interim secretary after Jay Shah took the top job at the International Cricket Council, the global governing body. Shah's ascension to BCCI chief in 2019 demonstrated the increasing alignment... Читать дальше...
Hours after US President Joe Biden welcomed exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said seven foreigners, including two Americans, had been arrested for planning unspecified "terrorist acts" days prior to Maduro's inauguration into a third presidential term.
Yoon avoided an arrest attempt last week after his bungled December 3 martial law decree plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades. The decree led to his suspension and impeachment. The 64-year-old former prosecutor was at home when investigators carried out their failed attempt to arrest him last week and was still there until early this week, the Yonhap news agency, citing police, reported on Wednesday. However, investigators say they are now unsure of his whereabouts as... Читать дальше...
Here is the current state of the play. 'Still with us' Around 777 million Covid cases and more than seven million deaths have been officially recorded since the first infections emerged in December 2019, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). However, the true toll is believed to be far higher. The pandemic also crippled health systems, crashed economies and sent the populations of many countries into lockdown. In the second half of 2022, infection and death rates tumbled due to growing... Читать дальше...