Underwater hoover wins France’s annual inventor competition
Over the weekend, Paris hosted the annual Lépine competition, a moment for inventors to put the spotlight on their ideas, and which has been going for well over a century. … Read More
Conservative Fujimori and leftist Sanchez lead first round of Peru’s disrupted presidential poll
Conservative Keiko Fujimori is leading the first round vote of Peru’s presidential election with leftist Roberto Sanchez in second place as the count enters the final stretch. The final result … Read More
Online scams: How our personal data is being used against us
In France, a data breach occurs once every hour. In recent months, several public bodies have been affected: La Poste, France Travail and the ANTS, the portal that issues identity … Read More
UK govenrment divided around Starmer as three junior ministers resign
UK PM Keir Starmer says he has no intention of stepping down despite mounting pressure. Dozen of Labour MPs have called for his resignation out of the 403 in Parliament, … Read More
‘Our democracy has passed all the tests now,’ says Botswana’s president
FRANCE 24 spoke to Botswana’s President Duma Gideon Boko, on the sidelines of the Africa Forward summit in Nairobi, Kenya. Boko, a Harvard-educated human rights lawyer, was elected in October 2024, ending the former governing party’s … Read More
Farmer-owned supermarket sets example for better remuneration model
Here in France, wholesale prices for grocery products are typically negotiated at the start of the year between the agricultural and supermarket sectors. This year, those negotiations wrapped up just … Read More
Denver airport: Surveillance footage shows moment aircraft fatally struck runway intruder
Surveillance footage from Denver International Airport shows an incident in which an intruder was killed on Friday after being struck by an Airbus A321 preparing to take off for Los … Read More
Human hair protects French forests from hungry deer
In France alone, nearly 4,000 tonnes of hair end up landfilled or incinerated every year. Yet human hair has unique properties: it is not only highly resistant, it can also … Read More
He hunted for his daughter’s killer for 40 years. Then he got a phone call
Tim Miller’s teen daughter disappeared in 1984, tied to a series of deaths in the Texas ‘killing fields’. After decades, he received a tip that unlocked everything Tim Miller is … Read More
Jeffrey Epstein survivors to return to Palm Beach, Florida, for House hearing
Survivors to return to ‘scene of the crime’ for shadow congressional hearing into abuses committed by Epstein Survivors of r Jeffrey Epstein will return to the “scene of the crime” … Read More