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From incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing to prayer rituals at temples in Bangkok and Taipei, hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrated the Lunar New Year on Wednesday, ushering in the Year of the Snake. FRANCE 24’s correspondent in China Yena Lee, has more.
London — Sixteen environmental activists who were jailed for actions including stopping traffic, blocking an oil facility and splashing a van Gogh painting with soup went to a London court Wednesday to challenge their sentences. The Just Stop Oil protesters say they received unduly harsh prison terms — between 15 months and five years — for … Read more
Last week, senior Hamas and United States officials expressed to the media their mutual willingness to engage in “a dialogue”. The statements by senior Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk and US presidential Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff most likely meant to test the waters for future diplomatic moves, perhaps due to their shared recognition that … Read more
Host a fun Super Bowl watch party with the help of this list. (iStock) If you aren’t headed to New Orleans to watch the Super Bowl this year, you might want to consider hosting a watch party. Hosting a Super Bowl watch party can be as simple as having a few friends over with bowls … Read more
This illustration shows an image of President-elect Donald Trump next to a phone screen that is displaying the Truth Social app, in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 21, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Trump Media and Technology Group announced Wednesday that it is expanding into financial services, including investment vehicles. Shares of the … Read more
Ian Wafula Africa security correspondent, BBC News EPA Protesters in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, have been burning portraits of Rwanda’s president and tearing up Rwandan flags as M23 rebels have taken control of most the eastern city of Goma. Their fury is focused on Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who they accuse … Read more
The fire spread quickly after starting near the end of the plane’s cabin. But the captain, despite being informed of the escalating danger, did not announce an evacuation order on the intercom. What followed was a chaotic scene of nearly 170 passengers shouting and pushing one another in panic, desperate to get off the plane … Read more
A mental health worker for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how the ceasefire has been a relief for the people of Gaza. Zahra Legris is now back in Dublin after spending two months in the south of Gaza working for the charity. She says the return of thousands of Palestinians … Read more
Copenhagen — The vast majority of Greenland residents do not want their island to become part of the United States, as envisaged by President Trump, according to a poll published Wednesday. Mr. Trump, who returned to the White House in late January, has signaled that he wants the Arctic island — which is believed to … Read more
Syrian leader al-Sharaa reportedly also demands reparations as Moscow delegation seeks to secure strategic power bases. Russia has declined to comment on reports that Syria has demanded the return of Bashar al-Assad in return for allowing Moscow to maintain its military bases in the Middle Eastern country. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov offered no response on … Read more