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Ebola deaths in DRC top 3,000 as WHO prepares vaccine trials

France, Sept. 3 -- The latest official toll released by the Congolese National Institute of Public Health on Wednesday showed 6,186 confirmed cases and 3,007 deaths, making a fatality rate of 48.6%. ... Read More


Ebola deaths in DR Congo top 3,000 as WHO says vaccine trials imminent

France, Sept. 3 -- The latest official toll released by the Congolese National Institute of Public Health on Wednesday showed 6,186 confirmed cases and 3,007 deaths, making a fatality rate of 48.6 per... Read More


EU suspends Brazilian meat imports over antibiotic concerns

France, Sept. 3 -- The measure, which takes effect from Thursday, covers a range of Brazilian exports, including poultry, beef, eggs, honey and animal casings intended for human consumption. The Euro... Read More


Nepal seeks climate justice after Himalayan disaster

France, Sept. 3 -- "The flood was one like I had never seen before," said the 57-year-old, rescued from his Himalayan village in Nepal's devastated Rasuwa district. "It destroyed everything, our homes... Read More


Three Pacific hurricanes gather strength as El Nino intensifies

France, Sept. 3 -- The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the UN body that coordinates weather and climate forecasting, said there was a near 100-percent chance El Nino would persist through Feb... Read More


French filmmakers and local fixer freed after weeks in Togo detention

France, Sept. 3 -- Gael Mocaer, Sebastian Perez Pezzani and their Togolese collaborator Fred Vedomey were arrested on 27 July while making an episode of Les Routes de l'impossible, a documentary serie... Read More


France-UK deal linked to seven-year low in Channel migrant crossings

France, Sept. 2 -- Successive British governments have struggled to curb the rise in small boat crossings, which have become an increasingly contentious issue among voters since they began to increase... Read More


Clooney kicks off Venice as festival wades into war, Gaza and AI

France, Sept. 2 -- Charismatic Clooney, 65, is a frequent red carpet guest at the world's oldest film festival, now in its 83rd year. The American actor, of Ocean's Eleven and Gravity fame, will rece... Read More


Tunisia accused of shutting down civil society through sweeping crackdown

France, Sept. 2 -- Authorities have prosecuted at least 47 people linked to non-governmental groups and held at least 10 in preventive detention for longer than 14 months, the maximum allowed under Tu... Read More


World set to breach 1.5C climate limit as UN urges rapid reversal

France, Sept. 2 -- The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said the 1.5C threshold was the more ambitious goal countries agreed to pursue under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, alongside a commitment to ... Read More