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TotalEclipse: Taking foot off gas; New York, Paris, NGO's demand end to global hydrocarbon projects

TotalEclipse: Taking foot off gas; New York, Paris, NGO's demand end to global hydrocarbon projects

FRANCE24, 01 Jun 2023

A coalition of NGOs, joined by the city halls of New York and Paris, on Wednesday presented a demand at a court in the French capital that energy giant TotalEnergies should be ordered to suspend all new hydrocarbon projects worldwide.

Australian soldier loses defamation case over newspapers’ war crimes allegations • FRANCE 24

Australian soldier loses defamation case over newspapers’ war crimes allegations • FRANCE 24

FRANCE24, 01 Jun 2023

One of Australia's most decorated soldiers lost a landmark defamation case Thursday after a bruising trial filled with accusations of murder, domestic violence, witness intimidation and war crimes.

Reporting from the frontline: FRANCE 24's senior reporter shares her Ukraine story • FRANCE 24

Reporting from the frontline: FRANCE 24's senior reporter shares her Ukraine story • FRANCE 24

FRANCE24, 01 Jun 2023

FRANCE 24's Senior Reporter Catherine Norris Trent has just returned from reporting in Ukraine, where she travelled along the vast frontline in the east of the country.

Zelensky joins European leaders at summit in Moldova • FRANCE 24 English

Zelensky joins European leaders at summit in Moldova • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 01 Jun 2023

President Volodymyr Zelensky pressed his case for Ukraine to be part of the NATO military alliance as he joined European leaders on Thursday in Moldova close to his nation's border ahead of an expected counter-offensive against Russia's ...

Firefighters in east Canada battle 'unprecedented' blazes • FRANCE 24 English

Firefighters in east Canada battle 'unprecedented' blazes • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 01 Jun 2023

Firefighters on Wednesday faced a grueling uphill battle against wildfires in Canada's Nova Scotia province, including one threatening suburbs of Halifax.

Preserving heritage: Ethiopian quest to recreate ancient manuscripts • FRANCE 24 English

Preserving heritage: Ethiopian quest to recreate ancient manuscripts • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 01 Jun 2023

Armed with a bamboo ink pen and a steady hand, Ethiopian Orthodox priest Zelalem Mola carefully copies text in the ancient Ge'ez language from a religious book onto a goatskin parchment.

Sudan's military suspends participation in talks with paramilitary rival • FRANCE 24 English

Sudan's military suspends participation in talks with paramilitary rival • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 01 Jun 2023

Sudan’s military suspended its participation in talks with a paramilitary force it's been battling for weeks for control of the northeastern African country, a military spokesman said Wednesday.

Nigerians panic buy fuel after Tinubu says subsidy to go • FRANCE 24 English

Nigerians panic buy fuel after Tinubu says subsidy to go • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 01 Jun 2023

Long fuel queues returned to Nigeria's cities on Tuesday as motorists rushed to fill their tanks while some retailers hiked prices amid uncertainty on the timing of the removal of a fuel subsidy that new President Bola Tinubu said would ...

Holy smoke! More famous than Jesus: Marlboro Man most influential male archetype in American history

Holy smoke! More famous than Jesus: Marlboro Man most influential male archetype in American history

FRANCE24, 01 Jun 2023

Canada will soon become the first country in the world where warning labels must appear on individual cigarettes.

European summit opens in Moldova with Ukraine war, regional conflicts on agenda • FRANCE 24

European summit opens in Moldova with Ukraine war, regional conflicts on agenda • FRANCE 24

FRANCE24, 01 Jun 2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at a sprawling summit of some 50 European leaders in Moldova on Thursday, becoming the focal point of an event that seeks to quell regional conflicts and shore up unity in the face of Russia...

Sudan military suspends talks with rivals • FRANCE 24 English

Sudan military suspends talks with rivals • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 01 Jun 2023

In tonight's edition: Clashes between the RSF paramilitary and the Sudanese army increase in intensity as the military pulls out of truce talks. Also there's anger and confusion in Nigeria as drivers rush to the pump upon an apparent rol...

Mount Etna: volcanic eruption did not emit more CO2 'than man has ever created' • FRANCE 24

Mount Etna: volcanic eruption did not emit more CO2 'than man has ever created' • FRANCE 24

FRANCE24, 01 Jun 2023

Following Italy's Mount Etna volcanic eruption on May 21, claims online started circulating that this single eruption released more CO2 than all of humanity.

Efforts to defuse Kosovo crisis intensify amid more protests • FRANCE 24 English

Efforts to defuse Kosovo crisis intensify amid more protests • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 01 Jun 2023

FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor Philip Turle gives his

Macron says Putin has jolted NATO awake at security summit • FRANCE 24 English

Macron says Putin has jolted NATO awake at security summit • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 01 Jun 2023

French President Emmanuel Macron said at a security conference in the Slovakian capital on Wednesday that his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin had jolted NATO awake by invading Ukraine last year.

Kosovo on edge: How to prevent an ethnic escalation in the north? • FRANCE 24 English

Kosovo on edge: How to prevent an ethnic escalation in the north? • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 01 Jun 2023

NATO has sent 700 soldiers, peacekeepers, to Kosovo in the wake of the disturbances near the border with Serbia.

‘Too strong for me’: On Mexico-US border, fentanyl poses growing hidden danger • FRANCE 24

‘Too strong for me’: On Mexico-US border, fentanyl poses growing hidden danger • FRANCE 24

FRANCE24, 31 May 2023

Elena prepares a syringe of heroin, a drug she has been using for 20 years. Now, however, it is almost certain that it is mixed with fentanyl, a potentially lethal substance.

E-cigarettes: A new solution to smoking or another addiction? • FRANCE 24 English

E-cigarettes: A new solution to smoking or another addiction? • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 31 May 2023

On World No Tobacco Day, we examine e-cigarettes, which are capturing a growing share of the market.

South Africa opposition makes legal bid to force Putin's arrest at BRICS summit • FRANCE 24

South Africa opposition makes legal bid to force Putin's arrest at BRICS summit • FRANCE 24

FRANCE24, 31 May 2023

South Africa's leading opposition party said on Tuesday it had taken legal action to force the government to arrest Vladimir Putin if the Russian President were to attend a planned BRICS summit in the country.

Elon Musk lands in Beijing with eye on expanding business in China • FRANCE 24 English

Elon Musk lands in Beijing with eye on expanding business in China • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 31 May 2023

Elon Musk said Tuesday he was willing to expand his business in China, as he met Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing on his first trip to the country in over three years.

REPLAY: Macron says Putin has jolted NATO awake at Bratislava summit • FRANCE 24 English

REPLAY: Macron says Putin has jolted NATO awake at Bratislava summit • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 31 May 2023

French President Emmanuel Macron said at the Globsec security conference in the Slovakian capital on Wednesday that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had jolted NATO awake by invading Ukraine last year.