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Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 — an all-time record expected to be broken again this year amid mass […]
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/ Europe ON THE GROUND Issued on: 19/05/2022 – 09:16 02:16 Tetiana and her mother in their home in in Rescaldina, north of Milan, Italy, in May, 2022. © France 24 screenshot More than 116,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Italy since Ukraine was invaded by Russia in late February. To house them, Italian authorities have […]
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/ Health Issued on: 19/05/2022 – 06:09 An electron microscopic (EM) image shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virus particles as well as crescents and spherical particles of immature virions. © Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regnery, Reuters Health authorities in North America and Europe have detected dozens of suspected or confirmed cases of monkeypox since early May, […]
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The US Senate overwhelmingly approved a $40 billion infusion of military and economic aid for Ukraine and its allies on Thursday as both parties rallied behind America’s latest, and quite possibly not last, financial salvo against Russia’s invasion. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). This live page is […]
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Rights group Amnesty International on Thursday urged football’s governing body FIFA pay compensation equal to the total 2022 World Cup prize money for migrant workers “abused” in host nation Qatar. The call, backed by other rights organisations and fan groups, follows allegations that FIFA was slow to safeguard against the exploitation of workers who flooded […]
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/ Culture Culture Issued on: 18/05/2022 – 16:58 People sit during the auction of a recently rediscovered drawing by Michelangelo, the artist’s first known nude, that was adjudicated 20 millions euros, at the Christie’s auction house in Paris on May 18, 2022. © Emmanuel Dunand, AFP A recently rediscovered sketch by Michelangelo, the artist’s first […]
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/ France Issued on: 18/05/2022 – 14:42 02:21 A French appeals court has confirmed that the cement giant Lafarge must face charges of complicity in crimes against humanity over alleged payoffs to the Islamic State group and other jihadist groups during the Syrian civil war. © Franck Fife, AFP A French appeals court has confirmed […]
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/ Sport CYCLING Issued on: 18/05/2022 – 11:56 Eritrean Biniam Girmay Hailu (L) of Intermarche Wanty-Gobert Materiaux celebrates his victory as he crosses the finish line of the men’s Gent-Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields cycling race ahead of French Christophe Laporte of Jumbo-Visma in Wevelgem, on March 27, 2022. © Kurt Desplenter, AFP Eritrea’s Biniam […]
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North Korea on Wednesday reported 232,880 new cases of fever and another six deaths as leader Kim Jong Un accused officials of “immaturity” and “slackness” in their early handling of the COVID-19 outbreak ravaging across the unvaccinated nation. The country’s anti-virus headquarters said 62 people have died and more than 1.7 million have fallen ill […]
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The US embassy in Kyiv reopened on Wednesday after a three-month closure due to Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine. Earlier the same day, a 21-year-old Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since Russia’s invasion pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time […]
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