Indian tourist killed after two helicopters collide near Everest base camp
The two aircraft crashed just metres from the ground after trying to land at the same spot.
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How India pulled 500 million people out of poverty as inequality deepens
India's extreme poverty declined from 27.1 percent to 2.6 percent between 2011 and 2023, according to the World Bank.
Chadian farmers suffer from intensifying drought and take stock of their losses
In Chad, Wadi Fira is one of the two regions hardest hit by the drought. Just a few kilometres outside Biltine, the regional capital, farmers take stock of their devastating losses. FRANCE 24's Harold Girard reports.
DR Congo opposition figure Prince Epenge arrested for spreading fake news
DR Congo senior opposition leader Prince Epenge has been arrested and transferred to prison. He is being held on charges of spreading fake news. FRANCE 24's correspondent in Kinshasa, Emmet Livingstone, has more.
Uganda withdraws its troops from Somalia as fight against rebels persists
Kampala announced on Monday it had begun pulling its troops out of Somalia. Uganda was the first country to send deployments to help Mogadishu when the African Union set up an international military mission in 2007 to battle al-Shabab extremist rebels. But what is prompting Kampala to withdraw its troops now, as the battle against the militants continues? FRANCE 24’s Georga Calvin Smith is joined by Horn of Africa geopolitical analyst Anwar Abdifatah Bashir.
French schools blockade resume on smaller scale as holidays end
Students blockaded dozens of high schools across France on Tuesday to maintain pressure on the government over education reforms as trade unions prepared for a nationwide strike later this week. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin reports from the ground.
Who decides the US midterms?
About half of all eligible voters in the US skip the midterms. AJLabs looks at who votes and who stays home.
Despite attacks, Saudi Aramco posts 34% rise in net profits in latest quarter
Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil giant saw its profits rise to $36.25 billion in the third quarter, despite seeing its infrastructure and even headquarters targeted by Houthi rebels. Elevated oil prices have offset the supply disruption caused by the Iran war. Also in this edition: North Korea denies any involvement in the largest-ever crypto heist and we take a look at how Russia's strikes against Ukraine are destroying what's left of its economy.
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Californians vote on billionaire tax to replace federal cuts in healthcare funding
California could become the first US state to tax the net worth of billionaires Tuesday under a ballot measure that has divided liberal leaders nationally and triggered one of the most expensive ballot fights in state history as the ultra-rich scramble to figure out whether they would pay the tax or flee. Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of Californians whose net worth exceeds $1 billion, with most of the revenue dedicated to replacing federal funding cuts to healthcare.
US conducts series of ‘defensive strikes’ against Iran
The US has carried out a series of ‘defensive strikes’ on Iranian locations near Hormuz, with explosions heard on Qeshm.
Deadly RSF drone attacks reveal deep divisions between Sudan and Ethiopia
Sudan demands UN accountability after devastating drone attacks expose a complex regional crisis.
US hits Qeshm Island, Pezeshkian signals more diplomacy: Iran war latest
With the first US attack on Qeshm Island since June, Iran and the US are on parallel tracks towards both peace and war.
Jet may have broken apart before Florida crash, officials say, as family named among victims
Adam Robinson, Helen Sharp, and their two children - Emma, four, and Charlie, two - died after the plane nosedived.
Lebanon cuts power to public bodies as electricity crisis deepens
Political disputes and war worsen Lebanon's electricity crisis, as experts say deeper reforms are necessary.
At least 73 injured as Russia bombs Ukrainian hospital and power plants
Medical facility was struck by Russian ballistic missiles and aerial bombs overnight.
Oxfam's Destroy and Rebuild Index: 'Wealthy minority of investors benefit from both sides of crisis'
The world's most vulnerable populations bear the brunt and the costs of the climate crisis, while the wealthy and powerful profit. Oxfam France’s Climate Inequality Advocacy Officer Selma Huart examines the relationship between concentrated wealth, unequal exposure to disasters and investors profiting from both polluting industries and reconstruction. “They are burning the planet, benefiting from it, but they are also benefiting from rebuilding,” she explains. Huart places redistribution at the centre of climate policy, calling for taxes on wealthy polluters to finance protection for vulnerabl
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Sudan’s displaced return to new challenges in war-battered Khartoum
The capital was one of the first areas to be affected, and one of the worst hit, by the war between the SAF and the RSF.
Cyclone Murasu makes landfall on India’s eastern coast
Severe cyclonic storm uproots trees and downs power lines, days after another cyclone battered the same region.
Candidates in Kansas urge supporters to mobilise on voting day
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Europe's Gen Z protesters unite over living costs, housing and employment uncertainty
Although French high schoolers may have taken the lead in the youth protests that have since spread to Belgium, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain, they acted like "a catalyst" for their shared concerns over their future, researchers say, pointing to higher living costs, unaffordable housing and the uncertainty of their employment prospects.