As France’s student protest movement continues, one of the main grievances is the conditions of the country’s schools, with many buildings severely dilapidated and in some cases, facing dangerous risks. The issue became all the more apparent over the summer,…
Sleep deprivation is seen these days as a major health issue – not least of all in Japan where people sleep less on average than in any other OECD country. Now, a new contest for “competitive sleepers” is hoping to…
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Tuesday that she would implement 140 billion euros ($157 billion) in cost savings by 2032 if elected next year, warning that without change France was “heading towards default” on its debt.
Scientist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for work on subatomic particles at the South Pole, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm announced on Tuesday.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday observed the test firing of a new nuclear-capable missile without a warhead, according to the Elysée Palace and the Ministry of Defence.
At least 6 people have been killed in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv after a Russian strike hit a residential area. Nearly 60 were injured and apartments destroyed. Elsewhere, a Russian drone struck an apartment building in the southern Ukrainian…
Cornell University students staged a mass rally on Monday voicing solidarity with a classmate whose gang-rape allegations have ignited a national uproar and demanding that the Ivy League school take firmer action against sexual violence on campus. France 24s Kethavan…
Israel on Tuesday said that Hamas and the Palestinian population in Gaza would pay a “heavy price” if any of Israel’s armed forces were harmed on the three-year anniversary of the militant group’s October 7 attack.
Students at the prestigious Paris high school Henri IV blockaded the building early in the morning ahead of the “Black Tuesday” protests which authorities say could attract up to 40,000 demonstrators in the French capital. Despite weeks of escalating protests,…
Lebanon’s army will hold three weeks of exercises with the British military from Tuesday, both sides said on Monday, with the drills to involve personnel and representatives from countries including France, Italy and the United States.