Issued on: 20/06/2022 – 05:45Modified: 20/06/2022 – 06:24 Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned Sunday that Russia was likely to intensify its “hostile activity” this week, as Kyiv awaits a historic decision from the European Union on its membership application. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for all the latest developments. All times Paris time (GMT+2). 6:24am: EU
Spain, France and other western European nations sweltered over the weekend under a blistering June heatwave that has sparked forest fires and concerns such early summer blasts of hot weather will now become the norm. The weekend’s soaring temperatures were the peak of a June heatwave in line with scientists’ predictions that such phenomena will
The European Union gave its blessing on Friday to Ukraine to become an official candidate to join the bloc, along with its neighbor Moldova, marking a historic eastward shift in Europe’s outlook brought about by Russia’s invasion. Ukraine applied to join the EU just four days after Russian troops poured across its border in February.
Issued on: 17/06/2022 – 11:28 British Interior Minister Priti Patel on Friday approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face criminal charges, bringing his long-running legal saga closer to a conclusion. Assange is wanted by US authorities on 18 counts, including a spying charge, relating to WikiLeaks‘ release of vast troves
Issued on: 16/06/2022 – 14:56 Kevin Spacey “strenuously denies” allegations of sexual assault, his lawyer said Thursday, as the Oscar-winning actor appeared in a London court to face five charges of offenses against three men. Photographers and television camera crews thronged Spacey, 62, as he arrived at London’s Westminster Magistrates Court for the preliminary hearing.
Issued on: 16/06/2022 – 12:16 Israel and Egypt plan to boost gas exports to Europe under an agreement signed during a Cairo visit Wednesday by the European Commission president as the bloc seeks to wean itself off Russian gas. Ursula von der Leyen also pledged relief worth 100 million euros ($104 million) for food security
Issued on: 14/06/2022 – 12:13 The owner of a French porn site and four others were detained by police Tuesday in Paris following an investigation into alleged rape and pimping, prosecutors said. The “Jacquie et Michel” website bills itself as a hub for “amateur” porn videos and has been the target of abuse claims by women
Issued on: 13/06/2022 – 07:09 An early heat wave is expected to hit France this week, the state forecaster Meteo France said on Sunday, with temperatures reaching up to 38 Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) in the south. The heat wave will affect the southern part of the country first, although how far it will spread to
Issued on: 12/06/2022 – 09:01Modified: 12/06/2022 – 10:05 Thirteen-year-old Anne Frank began keeping her now-famous diary on June 12, 1942. She would spend a little more than two years confiding in its pages, sharing stories from daily life, observations, and hopes for the future from the cramped annex in Amsterdam she occupied with her family and several other
Issued on: 07/06/2022 – 18:30 Eighteen people went on trial in France on Tuesday accused of running a Europe-wide giant horsemeat trading network involving produce not cleared for human consumption. Mostly shunned by consumers in the United States and Britain, horsemeat—typically cheaper than beef—has long been part of culinary habits across European countries, including France,
