U.S. Agency Focused On Foreign Disinformation Shuts Down(rfi.fr)
Amazon workers in US strike days before Christmas(rfi.fr)
Rights Groups Have Accused France’s TotalEnergies and Chinese Oil Company CNOOC of Human Rights Violations and Environmental Damage Linked to a €10 Billion Oil Project in Uganda and Tanzania(rfi.fr)
French court blocks activist's quest to sue companies over Agent Orange. (RFI, August, 2024)(rfi.fr)
French police have arrested a man suspected of setting fires and causing an explosion at a synagogue in a southern resort on Saturday in what officials are treating as a terror attack ... French media reported that the suspect was a 33-year-old Algerian national, residing legally in France.(rfi.fr)
WHO warns of 'extreme biohazard risk' as fighters occupy Sudan's national laboratory: The World Health Organization says that fighters in Sudan have occupied the national public laboratory holding samples of diseases including polio and measles, creating an "extremely, extremely dangerous" situation(rfi.fr)
Up to 70% of Shanghai's population may have been infected with Covid recently(rfi.fr)
French farmer poisoned by Monsanto herbicide wins 'paltry' compensation. (RFI, December, 2022)(rfi.fr)
French farmer poisoned by Monsanto herbicide wins 'paltry' compensation. (RFI, December, 2022)(rfi.fr)
PETA takes UK military to court for rejecting fake fur hats(rfi.fr)
France prepares for possibility of electricity blackouts during winter months(rfi.fr)
Another Chinese city, Xi'an, locking down. Population = 8.7 million people. Equivalent to population of Israel. Government suddenly announced on Friday night that "temporary control" measures would be implemented from the 16th to reduce the flow of people - no going out unless necessary.(rfi.fr)
France's green hydrogen pioneers aim to revolutionise energy production. Green hydrogen sounds almost too good to be true: a fuel made of water, that can be stored and transported, and does not produce emissions. France is banking on it, and a startup in Brittany has started to produce it.(rfi.fr)
French doctor who championed unproven Covid drug may lose his post(rfi.fr)
The Netherlands in lockdown demonstrates one Dutch priority: hoarding cannabis(rfi.fr)