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'One injection protects up to six months': what is new HIV drug lenacapavir?

France, June 21 -- New long-acting antiretroviral treatment lenacapavir requires just two injections a year, reducing the need for daily pills. But questions remain over access, cost and whether enoug... Read More


Poland and Germany renew historic ties to defend Europe's eastern flank

France, June 21 -- Relations between Poland and Germany have been marked by a long and complicated history. During World War II, Nazi Germany occupied much of Poland and killed nearly 6 million Polis... Read More


France's street music festivals go ahead despite extreme heat and alcohol ban

France, June 21 -- Every year on 21 June, musicians fill French bars, street corners and rooftops late into the night. But this year the Fete de la Musique coincides with a ferocious heatwave, with a... Read More


Undav undoes Cote d'Ivoire to send Germany into 2026 World Cup knockout stages

France, June 21 -- Ivorian skipper Franck Kessie put his side ahead in the 30th minute at the Toronto Stadium. And they kept the Germans at bay in a rugged, gritty contest until mid way through the s... Read More


Undav undoes Cote d'Ivoire to send Germany into World Cup knockouts

France, June 21 -- Ivorian skipper Franck Kessie put his side ahead in the 30th minute at the Toronto Stadium. And they kept the Germans at bay in a rugged, gritty contest until midway through the se... Read More


Middle East war drives up bitumen costs for African road builders

France, June 21 -- In Madagascar, as in many countries on the continent, bitumen is not produced locally. "We import the raw material that lets us make asphalt. Without bitumen, we cannot make tar," ... Read More


Global partnership brings hope amid high pedestrian road deaths in Nairobi

France, June 21 -- James Mwangi leaves his house in Kayole, a low-income neighbourhood in the east of Nairobi, at 5:47am every day, for the 20-minute walk to the bus stop. Those 20 minutes require hi... Read More


Morocco and Brazil take charge of Group C at World Cup

France, June 20 -- In the early evening game in the pool between Morocco and Scotland, Ismael Saibari whacked in the only goal of the game in the second minute at the Boston Stadium. Morocco held off... Read More


Could human urine help cut France's dependence on imported fertilisers?

France, June 20 -- At a collection point in Chatillon, just south of Paris, Bruno Rakedjian unscrews the cap of a five-litre jerry can and inserts a plastic tube which then pumps the yellow liquid con... Read More


Paraguay's Almiron sees red for covering his mouth under new Fifa rule

France, June 20 -- Referee Ivan Barton dismissed the 32-year-old in first-half stoppage time after the midfielder appeared to direct a comment at Turkey's Mert Muldur. In April, world football's gove... Read More