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Children in danger 'not heard' in France, rights lawyer warns after Lyhanna death

France, June 11 -- Lyhanna disappeared in the town of Fleurance in southwestern France on 29 May. Her body was found six days later in an abandoned grain silo. The case has triggered a national debat... Read More


'We're sitting on a volcano' warns EU Commissioner after visit to Ebola-hit DRC

France, June 11 -- Ebola is a highly infectious and often deadly viral disease spread through contact with the bodily fluids of infected people. The latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo... Read More


Climate report shows 1.5C limit on global warming will be breached by 2030

France, June 11 -- More than 70 scientists, including contributors to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), have raised the alarm over record human-induced global warmin... Read More


Mexico and South Africa kick off first 48-team football World Cup

France, June 11 -- Over the next five weeks and five days in the United States, Mexico and Canada, 104 matches will be played in the planet's most prestigious international team tournament, organised ... Read More


French pop star Patrick Bruel charged with rape and sexual assault

France, June 11 -- Bruel, 67, was released under judicial supervision after almost 48 hours in police custody. Prosecutors had requested that he be held in pre-trial detention, but investigating judge... Read More


FIFA grants World Cup accreditation to jailed French journalist Christophe Gleizes

France, June 11 -- Reporters Without Borders, known by its French acronym RSF, said on Wednesday that world football's governing body had granted Gleizes accreditation to cover the tournament, which r... Read More


3 ... 2026 World Cup venues: Los Angeles

France, June 10 -- Known as SoFi Stadium when American football teams the LA Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers are in town, the venue underwent significant changes ahead of the World Cup. The turf us... Read More


Africa's finest: Ghana to seek World Cup redemption under new coach Queiroz

France, June 10 -- Ghana's first game at a World Cup ended in a 2-0 defeat to Italy in Hanover. After the loss, several Ghana players trudged through the mixed zone for interviews and conceded they ha... Read More


Amnesty accuses Israel of 'ethnic cleansing' of West Bank Bedouin communities

France, June 10 -- In a report released on Wednesday, the rights group said rural Palestinian communities were facing a sharp increase in settler violence, land grabs and forced displacement, particul... Read More


European heatwave drives world's second-hottest May on record

France, June 10 -- New monthly records were set during the month, creating what Copernicus described as "particularly difficult" conditions in France, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Portugal. "In Eu... Read More