Charlotte Dujardin: Britain’s golden girl loses lustre on July 25, 2024Charlotte Dujardin could have become Britain’s most decorated female Olympian in Paris. Instead, the dressage star has pulled out due to an “error of judgement”. The 39-year-old became one of the stars of London 2012 following double gold on Valegro, trained by her Olympic teammate and mentor Carl Hester, who will compete at his seventh […]
‘Choice between freedom and chaos’: Harris blasts Trump in debut campaign rally on July 25, 2024US Vice President Kamala Harris hit the campaign trail Tuesday after effectively clinching the Democratic party’s presidential nomination in just 36 hours, with a rally in the battleground state of Wisconsin where she renewed her attacks on Republican candidate Donald Trump. A roaring crowd of battleground state voters greeted Vice President Kamala Harris Tuesday as […]
‘Kamala IS brat’: Pop world backs Harris on July 25, 2024The pop world has coalesced rapidly around Kamala Harris’s last-minute candidacy, as the US vice president gets a boost from an online explosion of videos mixing her speeches with hit songs. Janelle Monae, John Legend and Charli XCX are among the star musicians who have publicly backed Harris, along with myriad Hollywood endorsements including from […]
Trash balloons from North Korea hit South’s presidential compound on July 25, 2024Trash-carrying balloons sent by North Korea hit the South Korean presidential compound Wednesday, security officials told AFP, prompting Seoul to mobilise chemical response teams in the escalating tit-for-tat propaganda war. It is the first time the South Korean leader’s office in downtown Seoul, which is protected by scores of soldiers and a no-fly zone, has […]
Streets turned into rivers as Typhoon Gaemi hits Philippines on July 25, 2024Relentless rain drenched the northern Philippines on Wednesday, triggering flooding in Manila and landslides in mountainous regions as Typhoon Gaemi intensified the seasonal monsoon. In the densely populated capital, rescuers were deployed across the city to help evacuate people from low-lying homes after downpours turned streets into rivers. People clutched flimsy umbrellas as they waded […]
‘Truly frightening’: Pesticides increasingly laced with forever chemicals on July 25, 2024Toxic “forever chemicals” are increasingly being used in US pesticides, threatening human health as they contaminate waterways and are sprayed on staple foods, a study said Wednesday. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, but environmental regulations against them have mainly paid attention to sources such as industrial facilities, […]
How polls rate Kamala Harris’s chances against Trump on July 24, 2024As US voters digest the news that US President Joe Biden will not seek re-election, attention is turning to the chances that his presumptive successor on the Democratic ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris, will beat Republican nominee Donald Trump in November. Although new polls have not been released since Biden’s surprise announcement on Sunday, recent […]
Gaza, Ukraine and China: How Biden can still move the dial on foreign policy on July 24, 2024US President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the presidential race gives him nearly six months left in office with an array of foreign policy challenges on the table. How will Biden continue to shape Washington’s stance towards Ukraine, China and the Israel-Hamas war? FRANCE 24 speaks with Dr Leslie Vinjamuri, director of the […]
Western US faces wildfires as millions under heat warnings on July 24, 2024Several western US states including California and Utah were battling wildfires on Monday as millions of Americans in the region were once again under heat alerts. Evacuation orders were issued east of Los Angeles in Riverside County, where fires destroyed a handful of buildings and burned through more than 2,000 acres (800 hectares) of land, […]
‘Dark Oxygen’ in depths of Pacific Ocean prompts new theories on life’s origins on July 24, 2024Scientists have discovered that metallic nodules on the seafloor produce their own oxygen in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean. These polymetallic nodules, generating electricity like AA batteries, challenge the belief that only photosynthetic organisms create oxygen, potentially altering our understanding of how life began on Earth. In the total darkness of the depths […]