Archives

France 24 Live News

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 08:56:11 GMT
FIFA president vows to 'transform' Indonesian football after tragedy
Infantino met President Joko Widodo in the capital Jakarta, a year before the Under-20 World Cup is due to be held in the Southeast Asian nation. "We will reform and transform football in this country", Infantino said, flanked by Widodo. His assu...

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 08:38:11 GMT
Nearly 60 killed in 10 days of Syria rebel clashes: monitor
The clashes since October 8, in a volatile area near the Turkish border, have been among the deadliest in years, killing 48 rebel fighters and 10 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Among the 48 combatants killed, 28 were membe...

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 08:36:10 GMT
Binny replaces Ganguly as Indian cricket board chief
Binny, 67, was elected president at a meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Mumbai, where secretary Jay Shah won another term in office, vice-president Rajeev Shukla told reporters. The BCCI, which has a net worth reported ...

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 08:35:33 GMT
Woman charged in Paris over rape and murder of 12-year-old girl
Paris investigators on Monday charged a woman suspected of raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl whose body was found in a trunk on Friday, a source close to the case told AFP.

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 08:33:11 GMT
France braces for major disruptions on day of nationwide transport strike
France was preparing for a day of major disruptions on Tuesday (October 18) after unions called a nationwide transport strike as they remain in deadlock with the government over walkouts at oil depots that have sparked fuel shortages.

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 07:34:10 GMT
Netherlands edge closer to World Cup Super 12 with tense Namibia win
At a sun-soaked but near-empty Kardinia Park in Geelong the African nation was restricted to 121-6 in their 20 overs, with the Dutch using seven different bowlers to put the clamps on. De Leede was the best of the bunch, taking 2-18, complemented b...

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 06:22:48 GMT
'There have been fresh attacks reported this morning on energy infrastructure'
2022-10-18 08:02 'There have been fresh attacks reported this morning on energy infrastructure'

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 05:58:19 GMT
Mountainous Lesotho finds gold in trout fish farming
The yield is not grain or fruit, but rainbow trout -- the bounty from an undulating river at the foot of the peaks of Lesotho. Fishermen haul nets bulging with trout onto a floating platform. The fish are killed and put on ice, the first step on t...

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 05:58:09 GMT
France braces for major disruptions on day of nationwide transport strike
France was preparing for a day of major disruptions on Tuesday after unions called a nationwide transport strike as they remain in deadlock with the government over walkouts at oil depots that have sparked fuel shortages.

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 05:49:32 GMT
Russian military jet crash leaves at least 13 dead as rescue operation ends
A Russian military plane crashed on Monday (October 17) into a residential area of Yeysk, a town in southwest Russia near the border with Ukraine, causing a huge fire and killing at least 13 people, news agencies reported.

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 05:34:13 GMT
Zelensky set for Frankfurt book fair as Ukraine stars
Ukrainian authors led by "punk poet" Sergiy Zhadan will feature prominently at the world's biggest publishing event. Zelensky will make his speech Thursday via video link at the five-day annual fair, which attracts tens of thousands of visitors fro...

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 05:24:10 GMT
Australia backs plan for intercontinental power grid
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in Canberra to ink a new green energy deal between the two countries. Albanese said the pact showed a "collective resolve" to slash greenhouse gas emissions throu...

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 05:16:11 GMT
Neymar expected to testify at corruption trial in Barcelona
Neymar had been set to testify on either October 21 or 28 but the judge agreed to bring forward his hearing to avoid a clash with his football commitments. Wearing sunglasses and a dark suit, the 30-year-old arrived at the Provincial Court of Barce...

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 04:59:00 GMT
Live: Russian military jet crash leaves at least 13 dead as rescue operation ends
A Russian military plane crashed on Monday into a residential area of Yeysk, a town in southwest Russia near the border with Ukraine, causing a huge fire and killing at least 13 people, news agencies reported. Read FRANCE 24’s liveblog for the la...

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 04:56:12 GMT
New landslide in Venezuela kills three people
"I am informed that there are three dead in El Castano, it was a mudslide that came from the mountain," said Maduro, referring to a neighborhood in Maracay, the capital of northern Aragua state, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of the capital Car...



home