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The skyscrapers of the Frankfurt skyline in the evening, with the Deutschherrn Bridge in the foreground. Frank Rumpenhorst | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The German economy contracted by 0.2% in 2024, in the country’s second consecutive yearly slowdown, data from statistics office Destatis showed Wednesday. The drop was in line with the expectations of … Read more
A SpaceX rocket has blasted off from Florida carrying two privately constructed lunar landers and a micro rover to the Moon. The uncrewed Falcon 9 launched from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday. Later on Wednesday, SpaceX is expected to carry out the seventh flight test of Starship rocket. It completed a world first last … Read more
Cocaine use in France has nearly doubled, with 1.1 million people having taken the illicit drug at least once in 2023, according to a study published on Wednesday.
The most immediate risk after next week’s U.S. presidential transition isn’t to residents of those nations Donald Trump has mused about invading. It’s to the millions of people inside the United States who are about to enter four years of fear: the undocumented migrants Trump has vowed to deport en masse. They include young people who arrived … Read more
Asian country welcomed record 36.8 million visitors in 2024, tourism agency says. Japan welcomed the most visitors in history in 2024, as the country’s weak currency fuelled a tourism boom, according to official figures. More than 36.8 million people visited the Asian country for business or leisure last year, estimates from the Japan National Tourism … Read more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, announced Tuesday a plan to offer free tuition for certain degree programs at state and city colleges. The governor announced the education proposal during her state of the state address, in which she also vowed to give students free meals at schools, make it more difficult for hedge … Read more
Synthesia is a platform that lets users create AI-generated clips with human avatars that can speak in multiple languages. Synthesia LONDON — Synthesia, a video platform that uses artificial intelligence to generate clips featuring multilingual human avatars, has raised $180 million in an investment round valuing the startup at $2.1 billion. That’s more than than double … Read more
Two lunar landers built by private companies in the US and Japan have left Earth aboard a SpaceX rocket as part of a rideshare to the Moon. The Falcon 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:09 local time (06:09 GMT) on Wednesday, carrying landers belonging to America’s Firefly Aerospace and … Read more
Chartered flights have been canceled. Performances have been called off or postponed. Tour agencies have fielded requests from travelers who want to change their plans. Chinese travelers have been scrapping trips to Thailand, frightened by the story of a Chinese actor who was abducted there, taken to Myanmar and forced to work in an online … Read more
After two years of a caretaker administration, Salam faces the difficult task of assembling a cabinet to pull the Mediterranean country out of an economic collapse. As the new government begins overseeing the implementation of a fragile ceasefire and post-war reconstruction, FRANCE 24’s Nadia Massih welcomes Dr. Gilbert Achcar, Author, Researcher and Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at SOAS University of London.