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Emmanuel Macron addresses the French population on TV on December 31, 2024. TF1 On the last evening of a year marked by his backfiring dissolution of the Assemblée Nationale and the loss of much of its influence, President Emmanuel Macron, no doubt hoping to turn the page, shook up the… Read Details ⇢

Russia’s gas transit to Europe via Ukraine stopped on Wednesday, Moscow and Kyiv said, ending a decades-long arrangement and marking the latest casualty of the war between the neighbours. Russian gas has been supplied to Europe via pipelines crossing Ukraine since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991 in… Read Details ⇢

Babies born in the year 2025 will begin the newest generation – Generation Beta. Following Generation Alpha (2010 to 2024), Gen Beta will comprise a new group of kids born between 2025 and 2039. The Australian research firm McCrindle predicted that Gen Beta will make up 16% of the world’s… Read Details ⇢

For three years, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been embroiled in an armed conflict between the army and the M23 rebel group that has killed hundreds of people and displaced nearly two million. M23 was first formed after a mutiny within the Congolese national army (FARDC)… Read Details ⇢

Several of the nation’s best retailers are already kicking-off the new year with superb January sales on everything from cheap laptops to high-end TVs. Amazon, Currys, and John Lewis are just a few retailers with exceptional deals you can shop right now as we head into the new year. As… Read Details ⇢

Côte d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara in Paris, France, October 5, 2024. LUDOVIC MARIN / VIA REUTERS Côte d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara said in an end-of-year speech that French forces will withdraw from the West African nation in January, making it the latest country to weaken military ties with the former… Read Details ⇢

A man “hellbent on creating carnage” drove a pickup truck at high speed into a crowd of New Year revellers in New Orleans on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 35. The FBI is to take over the investigation to probe a “possible, improvised explosive device,” The Guardian’s Washington bureau chief David Smith told FRANCE 24, citing a FBI official. Source link Read Details ⇢

A comedian reminded CNN of a difficult part of its past on Tuesday night when he was offered a shot by New Year’s Eve hosts Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen. “Oh no. No, I don’t. The last Black man to drink on this network got fired,” said Roy Wood Jr.,… Read Details ⇢

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, At least 30 injured after pickup truck plows into crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street. At least 10 people have been killed and 30 injured after a pickup truck drove into a crowd in Louisiana state’s New Orleans, local police said. Following Wednesday’s incident on Canal and… Read Details ⇢