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• US vetoes UN resolution for ceasefire in Gaza November 21, 2024
  The United States on Wednesday stood as the sole obstacle to the adoption of a UN resolution which sought to implement an immediate ceasefire to the Israel-Hamas war, saying the resolution didn't "link release of hostages to an immediate, unconditional ceasefire".
• No, this viral photo doesn’t show Iran's Supreme Leader 'in a coma' November 20, 2024
  Social media was abuzz with misleading, out of context images from Iran this week: dated, decade-old images being used to claim Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was hospitalised in a coma, and a slew of footage from 2022 demonstrations being presented as current unrest. Vedika Bahl talks us through it in this episode of Truth […]
• DR Congo opposition wants to block Tshisekedi’s plan to change the constitution November 20, 2024
  In the Democratic Republic of Congo, parties from the political opposition have announced that they consider President Felix Tshisekedi’s plan to change the constitution as tantamount to a coup d’etat, and vowed to fight the move.
• Gang violence leaves at least 150 dead in Haitian capital in past week, UN says November 20, 2024
  The death toll from gang violence in Haiti this year rose to over 4,500 after 150 people were killed in the capital of Port-au-Prince over the past week, the United Nations' human rights chief Volker Turk said on Wednesday, but amid rampant violence and persistent political instability, Turk said the latest "upsurge" in violence is […]
• Mali junta sacks Prime Minister Maiga and his government November 20, 2024
  Mali's military junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita fired Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga and his government on Wednesday. A few days previously, Maiga, who was appointed by the military in 2021, had publicly condemned the lack of clarity regarding the country's promised transition to civilian rule.
• Trump takes Washington by storm: What to make of returning president's cabinet picks? November 20, 2024
  Part of a bigger plan, or has Donald Trump simply decided that cabinet picks no longer matter?
• Danish military says it’s monitoring Chinese ship closely after undersea cables severed November 20, 2024
  Denmark's navy said Wednesday that it was shadowing Chinese cargo vessel Yi Peng 3, which is anchored off the Danish coast. While the navy has not given any reason for its presence near the idle ship, the announcement comes a day after Finland and Sweden opened investigations into the suspected sabotage of two undersea fibre-optic […]
• 'A vision of benevolence': Why Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s legacy endures in France November 20, 2024
  French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to Pablo Neruda at the poet’s former home in Santiago during his visit to Chile on Wednesday, highlighting the enduring bond between the Nobel laureate and France. This connection, which began more than 80 years ago, was both literary and political, with France serving as both a refuge and a platform for Neruda’s voice during […]
• Trial bravery sees Gisele Pelicot hailed as feminist icon November 20, 2024
  Gisele Pelicot, the French woman drugged by her ex-husband so she could be raped and sexually abused by him and dozens of strangers, said on Tuesday that it was time for a "macho" society to change its attitude on rape. Pelicot has become a feminist icon by refusing to be ashamed and demanding the trial […]
• Unions across EU 'share the view' that Mercosur deal will be 'detrimental to European agriculture' November 20, 2024
  French farmers protesting harrowing conditions and a prospective EU trade deal with South America have received an expression of support from Prime Minister Michel Barnier, France's former Agriculture Minister. As the French political world, including President Emmanuel Macron, continues to echo rural opposition to the EU-Mercosur deal, FRANCE 24's Nadia Massih welcomes Angelo Di Mambro, […]