24 August 2024
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By AFP/Umberto Bacchi and Matthieu DemeestereThousands of people demonstrated in Brussels on Monday in solidarity with the workers of a nearby Audi factory making electric vehicles that the German carmaker is considering shutting down amid slumping i...
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By AFP/Irakli MetreveliFlames soar into the air from a sandstone outcrop on a hillside of the Absheron peninsula near Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, as it prepares to host the COP29 climate conference.The "burning mountain" -- Yanardag in Azerbaija...
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By AFP/Julie JammotMeta on Tuesday announced the creation of "Teen Accounts," designed to better protect underage users from the dangers associated with Instagram.Many experts and authorities accuse the hugely popular photo-sharing app of damaging th...
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By AFPThe EU on Tuesday called on member countries to ban smoking and vaping in many outdoor areas including playgrounds, swimming pools and restaurant patios as part of a crackdown on second-hand smoke.In a non-binding recommendation, the European C...
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By AFPDominated by China, orders for wind turbines increased 23 percent worldwide in the first half of the year, with investment reaching $42 billion, an energy research firm said on Monday.Out of a global total of 91.2 gigawatts (GW), Chinese domest...
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By AFP/Elman MamedovAzerbaijani rights defender and climate advocate Anar Mammadli was picking up his son from kindergarten when police arrested him in front of the children.His arrest was one of the latest in a series which critics say undermines th...
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By AFP/Nina LarsonUnited Nations rights experts warned Monday that Israel risked becoming an international "pariah" over its "genocide" in Gaza, suggesting that the country's UN membership should be called into question.Several independent UN experts...
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By AFPIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed Monday to ensure the morality police would no longer "bother" women, in remarks to the media on the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death in custody.Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died in police...
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By AFP/Morgann JezequelSugarcane farmer Marcos Meloni is still haunted by his battle last month to fight the flames on his land, as the double-edged disaster of fires and drought hits Brazil's agricultural sector hard."The rearview mirror of the wate...
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By AFP/Nioucha ZakavatiVoter turnout is diminishing around the world and the results of elections are increasingly questioned, a report on the state of democracy said Tuesday.Between 2008 and 2023, global voter turnout fell by 10 percentage points, f...
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By AFP/Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOISNothing justifies Israel's collective punishment of the people of Gaza as they endure "unimaginable" suffering, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP on Monday.Guterres lashed out at Israel's handling of its wa...
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By AFP/Menna Zaki and Ahmad ParhiziConservationists at Persepolis, Iran's most iconic ancient site, are waging a delicate battle against an unlikely adversary: tiny but persistent lichens eroding the millennia-old monuments.The fight, which began yea...
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