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18 May 2026
Finance ministers and central bankers from the world's top economies are gathering in Paris as the US war on Iran threatens to undermine the global financial system.
Meanwhile, inflation tied to the war sparks a rout on bond markets, and the US's busiest commuter rail system shuts down over a labour dispute.
12 May 2026
All of the passengers have now been evacuated from a cruiseship hit by an outbreak of the hantavirus. The MV Hondius had been docked in the Spanish Island of Tenerife; it will now head to the Netherlands.
Three cruiseship passengers have died and at least seven people with confirmed cases of the virus are among those being quarantined, including a French woman.
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We were told about it as soon as we landed in Korea in the "Fifties" but no one knew the causes in those days. J Nichols Royal Signals Gloucester Valley Korea (1955)
19 April 2026
Ryanair, Transavia, Volotea and other low-cost airlines are feeling the financial pain from high jet fuel prices as a result of the Middle East war and are cutting flights.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has taken a huge chunk of oil supplies off the market, sending the price of jet fuel soaring and triggering fears of shortages that could force airlines to cancel flights.
27 April 2026
Social media was flooded with conspiracy theories after a gunman's thwarted attack at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday, with internet users claiming - without evidence - that the attack was "staged."
Users claimed Trump had fabricated the shooting to divert from his poor approval ratings or the Iran war, others theorised it was to promote his White House ballroom plans. Vedika Bahl goes through the theories, and the clips that added fuel to the fire, in Truth or Fake.
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14 March 2026
This Saturday marks two weeks since the US and Israel launched their first attacks on Iran. Where are we at in this conflict, what has it taught us, and where does it go from here? Scott Lucas, a Professor of US and International Politics at University College Dublin's Clinton Institute helps us tackle some of those questions.
10 March 2026
PRESS REVIEW: Tuesday, March 10 - the world's front pages are torn between heralding a global oil crash and relaying Donald Trump's promise of peace on the horizon.
Also, between crypto-bets and arms investments, who's making money out of this war? In other news, France prepares for a first round of voting in municipal elections, slated as a litmus test for next year's presidentials. And, finally, Kim Jong Un's International Women's Day address paid Korea's women some...backhanded compliments.
8 March 2026
On Saturday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian surprised many observers by apologizing for strikes on neighboring countries and saying the conflict should be resolved diplomatically. But since then, strikes from Iran have continued in the Gulf.
The Council of the Arab League will hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss Iran’s blatant attacks in the region. While US drones and missile interceptors in the Gulf have mostly performed well, any strikes that get through are raising questions about America’s reliance on them.
Professor of US and International Politics at University College Dublin, Scott Lucas, shares further insights.
6 March 2026
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, March 6: International papers discuss Trump's "warrior transformation" and fantasies and what could be the benefits of the new war in the Middle East for Russia. Also:
The Department of Justice published an interview that outlines sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump. Finally, is Trump trying to distract attention from the Epstein files with the new war?:
This question has inspired quite a few cartoons...
4 March 2026
President Trump has launched into a war while he’s facing some of the lowest approval ratings of his political career.
A recent poll showed that just one in four Americans approved of his attack on Iran. But it’s not just the general American public: The war is also beginning to show some cracks in support from his die-hard “Make American Great Again” base.
6 February 2026
Shared economic and security interests still bind Europe and the United States, even as trust has eroded, insults have flown and rhetoric has hardened in the transatlantic relationship, Brando Benifei, the chair of the delegation for relations with the United States at the European Parliament, tells FRANCE 24 in Talking Europe.
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11 November 2025
Could the artificial intelligence boom already be running out of road? We examine the warning signs. To think that three short years ago, the commercial launch of ChatGPT took the world by storm. AI has since sparked a global race for cash, energy resources and data – all to feed the seemingly insatiable appetite of large language model computing systems.
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