Latin America’s unlikely football unity: cheering against Argentina
While Latin Americans have traditionally rallied behind football teams from the region which advance deep into the World Cup tournament, a flood of memes, jokes and criticism has made it clear there is one exception: Argentina. In one photoshopped pic…
Smoke from fires in Canada spreads to northeastern United States, concerns ahead of World Cup final
Children play in a park in New York (United States), under a sky veiled by smoke from the fires in Canada, July 16, 2026. ANGELA WEISS/AFP Smoke from fires in Canada and Minnesota plunged several American metropolises into a thick cloud of pollution on…
In Ukraine, second day of demonstrations against the ousting of the Minister of Defense
Thousands of people demonstrated Friday evening July 17 in kyiv against the dismissal of popular Defense Minister Mykhaïlo Fedorov, decided by President Volodymyr Zelensky as part of a government reshuffle which created divisions. Gathered for the second…
Economy. EDF: the “agent rate” from which employees benefit “represents an excessive cost”
The “agent rate”, a reduction on electricity and gas prices granted to EDF employees, “represents an excessive cost” for EDF SA, the group’s parent company, the Court of Auditors ruled this Friday in a report, considering that it could not…
First women’s league: PSG winner, Olympique Lyonnais crowned for the 18th time
Three goals from Melchie Dumornay, Kadidiatou Diani and Wendie Renard allowed Olympique Lyonnais to win their 18th French women’s football championship title, their fourth in a row, by winning in the final, at the expense of PSG (3-0), Friday May…
2026 World Cup: Pedro Sanchez, the Spanish Prime Minister, critic of Donald Trump, will attend the final; Argentinian President Javier Milei absent due to “superstition”
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and US President Donald Trump during a summit in Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt) on October 13, 2025. EVAN VUCCI / AFP We do not yet know the starting eleven of the two teams but the composition of the presidential stand for…
The clock is ticking for UCLA quarterback Nico Iamaleava
It’s hard to place too much blame on Nico Iamaleava for the UCLA Bruins’ horrible 2025 season. Iamaleava was dealt a bad hand in Los Angeles last season but the 6’6” quarterback has a lot less excuses in his second season with UCLA. Iamaleava…
Telecom giant Orange warns of disruption amid ongoing cyberattack
Orange, a French telecommunications giant and one of the largest phone providers in the world, announced on Monday that it was the victim of an unspecified cyberattack. In the announcement, the company said that it detected a cyberattack “on one of its…
Project ‘Afrika’: Inside Russia’s propaganda machine – The Observers
After a leak of confidential documents revealed how Russian agents have been placing hundreds of articles in French-speaking media outlets in West and Central Africa, FRANCE 24 traveled to Dakar, Senegal, to investigate this secret operation. “When you…
DR Congo Ebola outbreak’s true scale could be four times higher than official toll, WHO says
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be four times bigger than official figures suggest. According to the DR Congo’s latest official figures, the haemorrhagic fever has…
