French students returning from autumn holidays blocked some high schools on Monday, November 2, determined to reinvigorate a protest movement despite government concessions during the break. FRANCE 24's Antonia Kerrigan reports from the ground.

It was one of US President Donald Trump's major campaign promises in 2024: putting an end to illegal crossings along the southern US border. Today, official data shows that promise has been kept: arrests for illegal crossings have plummeted by more ...

Just one percent of France's 3,700 high schools for 15 to 18-year-olds called lycees were blockaded, the education ministry said. Pupils maintained their protest after hundreds of thousands of people, including students, took to the streets across ...

Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Thibaut Bruttin, Director General and Secretary-General of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), who says, “When a journalist is killed, it is everyone's right to know what is being endangered.” His warning captures t...

The South Asian nation of 170 million people is the world's second-biggest garment exporter behind China, manufacturing clothes for some of the largest international brands. Hundreds of workers in Gazipur, north of the capital Dhaka, blocked the Dh...

The South Asian nation of 170 million people is the world's second-biggest garment exporter behind China, manufacturing clothes for some of the largest international brands. Hundreds of workers in Gazipur, north of the capital Dhaka, blocked the Dh...

It was a hot and sunny January day in Melbourne this year and the Filipina was playing in the main draw at the Australian Open for the first time. Huge lines of fans from her country queued up to catch a glimpse of her and the intimate court used f...

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Meanwhile, Nicolas Jackson continued to defy critics from a difficult spell at Chelsea by scoring his eighth goal in 12 appearances for Aston Villa, who drew 1-1 with Fulham. AFP Sport highlights African headline-makers in the major European league...

US forces on the Japanese island of Okinawa were barred from drinking alcohol for two days early last month and faced a 30-day curfew after the murder of a woman allegedly committed by an American Marine. The case has triggered outrage in Japan and...