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DRC Ebola outbreak: 'Nobody has a grip on the numbers,' top expert warns

France, May 18 -- The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, has already spread into neighbouring Uganda and prompted the World Health Organization to declare a "public health emergency o... Read More


Iran drives global executions to highest level since 1981: Amnesty

France, May 18 -- The UK-based rights group said Iran carried out 2,159 executions in 2025, more than double the previous year's total and the country's highest figure since 1981. Amnesty said the ri... Read More


Gilgeous-Alexander wins NBA's top player title ahead of French star Wembanyama

France, May 18 -- The 27-year-old Oklahoma City Thunder point guard came in ahead of Denver's Nikola Jokic and the 22-year-old Frenchman Victor Wembanyama who plays for the San Antonio Spurs. Gilgeou... Read More


WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DRC a health emergency 'of international concern'

France, May 17 -- A total of 88 deaths and 336 suspected cases of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever have been reported, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Africa) said i... Read More


Shock threat by billionaire Bollore's Canal+ group rocks French cinema

France, May 17 -- The announcement, made at the Cannes Film Festival, is likely to send shockwaves through the European industry at the annual gathering of the world's movie elite on the French Rivier... Read More


Botswana eases anti-LGBTQ laws as repression grows elsewhere in Africa

France, May 17 -- On 17 May 1990, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses and since then many countries mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobi... Read More


UK police make 43 arrests at far-right rally, counter pro-Palestinian demo

France, May 17 -- More than 4,000 police officers were deployed in London, the biggest operation in years by the city's Metropolitan Police, to manage a so-called "sterile zone" between Robinson's "Un... Read More


Crush, prompter, charo: new French dictionary adds 150 words

France, May 17 -- "The new words included in Le Petit Robert reflect the challenges, issues and social concerns of our time, as we create words to describe the world," said Geraldine Moinard, editoria... Read More


Junta ally says Malians still 'love their army' despite rebel gains

France, May 17 -- Separatists from the Tuareg-led Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) along with the al-Qaeda-linked jihadist Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) launched the assaults on 25 an... Read More


Bulgaria wins Eurovision Song Contest, Israel comes second again

France, May 17 -- Acts from 25 countries, whittled down from an initial 35, took the stage at the Wiener Stadthalle arena in Vienna to battle for 70th Eurovision Song Contest - the continent's pop cro... Read More