By AFP/Oliver Hotham and Mary YangChina's meteoric rise as the world's powerhouse of electric vehicle production makes Western efforts to curb their exports a tough sell -- and means they could even stifle the fight against climate change, analysts w...

By AFP/Maher al-MounesA decade after finding refuge in Lebanon from civil war in his native Syria, Ahmad Mustafa fled in the other direction this week from a new conflict between Israel and Hezbollah."We're starting from scratch all over again," the...

By AFP/Pierre DonadieuIn northern Ivory Coast, thousands of refugees from neighbouring Burkina Faso have fled two threats -- jihadist attacks, and massacres committed by army-backed militiamen who target the Fulani community.A year ago, the night tha...

By AFP/Julie ChabanasRising childcare costs in the United States are forcing many parents, often mothers, to work fewer hours or none at all -- fueling concern among voters who feel the pinch in today's economy.Childcare is among American households'...

By UN NewsArmed conflict puts children at an increased risk of grave violations while their risk of being trafficked similarly increases, including in transitional periods, a new UN study has revealed.The report – the first of its kind – analyses the...

By AFP/Bruno KalouazIn the semi-abandoned village of Ulken on a giant steppe, Anna Kapustina, a mother of five, hopes controversial plans to build Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant will breathe life into her ailing hometown.On the shore of the h...

By UN News/Vibhu MishraPeacekeepers positioned along the “Blue Line” of separation between Israel and Lebanon remain committed to their mandate, and will remain in place until conditions allow, the UN’s peacekeeping chief said on Thursday.Jean-Pierre...

By UN NewsThe United Kingdom announced on Thursday that agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of dispute and negotiation over Britain’s last African colony.The agreement follows 13 rounds of talks tha...

By AFP/Robin MillardWorld skiing's governing body joined forces with the UN's weather agency on Thursday in a bid to feed its meteorological expertise into managing the "existential threat" to winter sports posed by climate change.Ski resorts around...

By AFPBanning the sale of tobacco to people born between 2006 and 2010 could prevent around 1.2 million deaths from lung cancer by the end of the century, said a modelling study released Thursday.Smoking is responsible for roughly 85 percent of all c...

The choice of war or the choice of peace in the region? The discourse of dialogue or the decision of political and military confrontation?Since Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7, everyone knew that the region had entered a new and different phase. We were certain that nothing would be the same after that day. Hamas put everyone in front of difficult choices with its attack on Israel and gave I...

By AFP/Etienne Fontaine and Pierre-Henry DESHAYESA new peace prize backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin bearing Leo Tolstoy's name has divided the writer's descendants, bringing to mind the unhappy families of his novel "Anna Karenina".At the f...