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Nepal's deadly glacier collapse exposes climate risks across the Himalayas

France, Aug. 27 -- Scientists are still investigating what caused Wednesday's collapse and say it is too early to attribute this particular disaster to climate change. But rising temperatures are alr... Read More


Looking up: French sailors ditch GPS to rediscover celestial art of navigation

France, Aug. 27 -- We set sail from Belle-Île-en-Mer, a rocky island about 20 kilometres off the coast of Brittany in western France, on a 20-metre monohull sailing boat called Whirlwind. Aboard... Read More


Haiti families plead for release of hostages after deadly gang attack

France, Aug. 27 -- In a video released following the attack, which took place on Sunday night, gang leader Izo 2 threatened to kill the hostages if security forces launched an operation. Many residen... Read More


Climate change is 'very visible from space', France's Sophie Adenot tells RFI

France, Aug. 27 -- For her second spacewalk, Adenot and her American crew mate Anil Menon installed the new Space to Ground Antenna (SGANT) on Tuesday, in an operation lasting six and a half hours. T... Read More


Looking up: French collector gathers lunar photos that changed our view of space

France, Aug. 27 -- Martin-Malburet keeps his precious photo collection in 50 acid-free boxes, protected by plastic film. They're stacked away from the light on a shelf in his Paris living room. The p... Read More


Nigerian armed groups net nearly $6m in ransoms: study

France, Aug. 27 -- Abductions have become a key moneymaker for criminal groups in Africa's most populous country, especially jihadists and non-ideological armed gangs known as bandits. Some 7.78 bill... Read More


EU sends help as Nepal flood kills 165, hundreds of tourists remain missing

France, Aug. 27 -- A wall of mud and rock on Wednesday collapsed into a river near Gyirong at the border between the Tibet and Nepal, triggering a flash flood that swept through towns and villages, wa... Read More


EU joins aid effort as more than 1,300 remain missing after Nepal floods

France, Aug. 27 -- A wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river near Gyirong on the Tibet-Nepal border on Wednesday, triggering a flash flood that swept through towns and villages and washed away hou... Read More


Nigerian president orders rescue operation after mass kidnapping in mosque

France, Aug. 26 -- An armed group posted a video on Monday showing what ⁠residents said were about ⁠600 women, children and ​older people abducted in Friday's attack on a mosque in D... Read More


Namibia to rebury remains of political prisoners returned by South Africa

France, Aug. 26 -- Festus Nehale and Simon Niilenge are to be reburied on Wednesday at Namibia's Heroes' Acre during ceremonies marking Heroes Day, which this year marks 60 years since the start of th... Read More