https://www.france24.com/en/top-stories/rss https://www.france24.com/en/top-stories/rss https://www.france24.com/bundles/aefhermesf24/img/france24-logo.png?version=2018072521500 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 18:06:48 GMT G20 https://www.france24.com/en/20181128-saudi-crown-prince-mbs-argentina-g20-khashoggi-killing-erdogan Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Buenos Aires on Wednesday to join a G20 summit, aiming to shrug off the lingering stigma of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder. 3fe81798-f331-11e8-84c9-005056a942d7 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 17:15:47 GMT REUTERS | Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives at Ministro Pistarini airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 28, 2018. FRANCE 24 BRAZIL https://www.france24.com/en/20181128-brazil-host-2019-cop25-climate-change-bolsonaro Brazil is withdrawing its candidacy to host the UN Climate Change Conference set for next year. 601168f8-f31d-11e8-82ff-005056bfe832 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:53:31 GMT Wolfgang Rattay, Reuters | Activists protest against carbon dioxide emissions in front of the UN Climate Change Conference venue in Bonn, Germany, November 17, 2017. NEWS WIRES UKRAINE - RUSSIA https://www.france24.com/en/20181128-russia-missiles-crimea-putin-ukraine-poroshenko-navy-s400-kerch-azov The Russian military announced on Wednesday it was deploying new missiles as part of its plan to boost defences in the occupied peninsula of Crimea in the wake of a fresh flare-up of tension with Ukraine. 038ab1fc-f327-11e8-b9ca-005056bf02ad Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:02:30 GMT Pavel Rebrov, Reuters | The Russian guided-missile frigate Admiral Makarov arrives at the Bay of Sevastopol to join Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Crimea, on October 5, 2018. FRANCE 24 FRANCE https://www.france24.com/en/20181128-france-government-diesel-tax-yellow-vest-protest-macron-climate-change-philippe “Yellow Vest” protesters have called for renewed demonstrations in Paris on Saturday, as the French government holds firm on plans to increase a direct tax on diesel fuel in the coming year. 1cd78292-f32d-11e8-8a8e-005056a942d7 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:46:10 GMT Benoit Tessier, REUTERS | A ‘Yellow Vest’ protester on the Champs- Élysées in Paris on November 24, 2018. Rachel HOLMAN AFGHANISTAN https://www.france24.com/en/20181128-afghanistan-car-bomb-kabul-eu-usa-president-ghani-peace A car bomb exploded outside a security contractors’ compound in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, opening the way for gunmen who battled security forces only hours after President Ashraf Ghani outlined plans for peace in Afghanistan. 51432e2a-f335-11e8-aafd-005056bfe832 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 17:44:53 GMT Omar Sobhani, Reuters | Afghan security forces arrive at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 20, 2018. FRANCE 24 GEORGIA https://www.france24.com/en/20181128-georgia-second-round-presidential-election-zurabishvili-vashadze Georgians on Wednesday went to the polls in the second round of a knife-edge presidential election seen as a crucial test for the increasingly unpopular ruling party led by a billionaire oligarch. e67633ea-f2f7-11e8-be87-005056bf02ad Wed, 28 Nov 2018 10:25:16 GMT Vano Shlamov, AFP | Georgia presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili poses at her campaign headquarters in Tbilisi on November 9, 2018. NEWS WIRES CHINA https://www.france24.com/en/20181128-china-scientist-jiankui-gene-editing-babies-trial The Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world's first genetically-edited babies defended the highly controversial procedure Wednesday, but announced a halt to the trial following an international outcry. a6e976fc-f2f6-11e8-b8a8-005056bf02ad Wed, 28 Nov 2018 10:16:19 GMT Anthony Wallace, AFP | Chinese scientist He Jiankui takes part in a question and answer session after speaking at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong on November 28, 2018. NEWS WIRES FRANCE https://www.france24.com/en/20181127-france-climate-yellow-vests-macron-fuel-tax-protests-nuclear-melenchon-pen-faure Emmanuel Macron’s highly anticipated speech on transitioning his country’s energy mix was always going to be a delicate balancing act. But in striking a conciliatory tone, the French president hardly appears to have enchanted anyone. 02ab6dea-f268-11e8-81cd-005056a942d7 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 17:15:14 GMT Ian Langsdon/Pool via Reuters | French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech on ecological transition at the Élysée Palace in Paris on November 27, 2018. Tracy MCNICOLL CULTURE https://www.france24.com/en/20181128-graffiti-ghetto-gallery-france In the 40 years since graffiti first started appearing on the railways and streets of less salubrious suburbs in Paris and Marseille, street art has become a sought-after commodity at art auctions in France. 29684bc0-f32f-11e8-824b-005056bf02ad Wed, 28 Nov 2018 17:00:49 GMT RFI Rosie COLLYER (RFI) INDONESIA https://www.france24.com/en/20181128-indonesia-lion-air-plane-airworthy-flight-before-crash Indonesian investigators said on Wednesday a Lion Air Boeing 737 jet that plunged into the sea, killing 189 people onboard, was not airworthy on a flight the day before it crashed on Oct. 29. 8e5f6982-f2d5-11e8-bf72-005056a96846 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 06:19:25 GMT Reuters archive | The Lion Air flight JT610 crashed minutes after takeoff from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board. FRANCE 24 FRANCE https://www.france24.com/en/20181128-eiffel-tower-staircase-paris-auction-france A piece of the original spiral staircase from the Eiffel Tower, Paris's most famous attraction, was sold for 169,000 euros ($190,885) on Tuesday, a spokesman for auction house Artcurial said, three times the initial estimate. a3484d3a-f2d7-11e8-892d-005056bf02ad Wed, 28 Nov 2018 06:34:19 GMT Ludovic Marin, AFP file picture NEWS WIRES ENVIRONMENT https://www.france24.com/en/20181127-global-efforts-climate-change-united-nations-un-poland-trump-eu-carbon Humanity is falling further behind in the race against climate change. On Tuesday, the UN reported the first rise in CO2 emissions in four years. 6f301c02-f28d-11e8-b654-005056bf02ad Tue, 27 Nov 2018 21:43:08 GMT Philippe Wojazer, Reuters | Protesters in Paris call on the government to change its environmental policy, October 13, 2018. FRANCE 24 USA https://www.france24.com/en/20181128-republican-hyde-smith-wins-racially-charged-mississippi-senate-race Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith won a U.S. Senate special election runoff in conservative Mississippi on Tuesday, U.S. media projected, defeating a black challenger after a campaign that recalled the state's history of racist violence. 49242344-f2cb-11e8-b149-005056a96846 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 05:05:54 GMT Jonathan Bachman, Reuters | Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith speaks during an election night party in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 27, 2018. NEWS WIRES FRANCE https://www.france24.com/en/20181127-france-museum-quai-branly-report-return-african-art-macron-benin The head of France's greatest collection of African art hit back Tuesday at a report urging the return of thousands of artworks to the countries from which they were taken. 2b6dee24-f26d-11e8-a057-005056a96846 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 17:52:11 GMT Andreas Praefcke, Wikimedia Commons | An exhibit at the Musée du quai Branly, Paris. NEWS WIRES