French court moves to sentencing in Gisèle Pelicot mass rape trial
With evidence over in the trial of a man who drugged his wife for years so he could invite dozens of strangers to abuse her, French prosecutors will from Monday…
Basel approves splashing the bucks to host Eurovision Song Contest
Basel voters on Sunday overwhelmingly approved the city putting up nearly $40 million towards hosting next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, meaning the continental TV extravaganza will go ahead with its…
Developing nations blast ‘paltry’ $300 billion deal approved at UN climate summit
The world approved a bitterly negotiated climate deal Sunday but poorer nations most at the mercy of worsening disasters dismissed a $300 billion a year pledge from wealthy historic polluters…
Far-right candidate targets breakthrough in Romania presidential vote
Romanians were voting Sunday in the first round of a presidential election amid a surge in inflation and fears over the war in neighbouring Ukraine that could favour far-right leader…
Key points of $300 billion COP29 deal to help poorer nations cope with climate change
The deal reached at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan ramps up the money that wealthy historic emitters will provide to help poorer nations transition to cleaner energy and adapt to…
Ukraine loses more than 40% of territory it seized in Russia’s Kursk region
Ukraine has lost over 40% of the territory in Russia‘s Kursk region that it rapidly seized in a surprise incursion in August as Russian forces have mounted waves of counter-assaults,…
France commemorates 80 years since French forces liberated Strasbourg from Nazis
French President Emmanuel Macron marked on Saturday the 80th anniversary of Free French troops liberating the eastern city of Strasbourg from Nazi occupation. He was also slated later on Saturday…
What we know about the new hypersonic Oreshnik missile Russia used against Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia would keep testing the hypersonic Oreshnik missile it fired at Ukraine a day earlier and begin serial production of the new system.…
Paris’s ‘bioclimatic’ plan to transform the city by 2035
The Paris City Council on Wednesday adopted its highly anticipated local urban development plan (Plan local d’urbanisme, or PLU) after four years of intensive discussions and more than 50,000 public proposals. The…
Hybrid warfare? China sabotaging Baltic Sea cables would be ‘super surprising’, experts say
On Sunday, at around 10am local time, a fibre-optic undersea cable connecting Sweden and Lithuania was cut. Just hours later, at around 4am local time the next day, a second…