Kagame welcomes France 'change' on Rwanda as archives opened
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Rwandan President Paul Kagame to Paris in May 2018 -- a visit that was a major step on the road to better ties
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Rwandan President Paul Kagame to Paris in May 2018 -- a visit that was a major step on the road to better ties
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Thousands of people gathered at the main square in Chad's capital N'Djamena on Friday to pay their respects to the late President Idriss Deby, who was killed while leading his troops against a rebel offensive on Monday. French President Emmanuel Macron, Guinean President Alpha Conde and several other African leaders were expected to attend the funeral, despite rebel warnings they should not attend for security reasons. Deby ruled Chad for more than 30 years and was one of Africa's wiliest political survivors, holding on to power despite rebellions that reached as far as his palace gates.
NFL owners approved six rules changes on Wednesday, including one to expand jersey number options for certain positions because of larger practice squads. Number restrictions help coaches and players identify formations of opposing teams, and the new scheme, which allows any defensive back to wear 1-49, any linebacker to wear 1-59 and 90-99 among other possibilities, did not sit well with Brady. "Good luck trying to block the right people now!" the seven-time Super Bowl champion wrote on Instagram with an image of the new numbering scheme.
Company shares rise as it confirms it is selling its US school bus business to infrastructure investor EQT in a £3.3bn deal.
French energy group EDF took Friday a key step towards helping to build the world's biggest nuclear power plant in India, a project blocked for years by nuclear events and local opposition.
The disappearance of an Indonesian submarine off the resort island of Bali follows dozens of other disasters in the depths of the world’s vast seas. A search continued Frida y for the KRI Nanggala 402, with less than a day’s supply of oxygen left for its 53 crew members, as concern mounted that it may be stranded in waters too deep to reach or recover. Fourteen seamen died on a RUSSIAN nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea in 2019 due to toxic fumes from a fire.
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Brendan Rodgers warned his Leicester players not to be distracted from their task of qualifying for the Champions League by the FA Cup final after they tightened their grip on a top-four spot.
The stunt was part of a campaign against insuring fossil fuel mining.Activists from the Extinction Rebellion (XR) group unfurled banners with slogans such as "Climate Criminals" and dumped a load of blackened boulders in the road outside the Lloyd's building on Lime Street in the heart of the City of London.On Thursday (April 22), police arrested several XR activists after they shattered 19 windows at HSBC's headquarters in London's Canary Wharf.
JOHOR BARU, April 23 — Police arrested a 23-year-old man after he allegedly threatened to kill his own grandmother after she refused to give him money in Kampung Batu 16, Sungai Tiram in Ulu Tiram...
A mandatory treatment order report was called for a man who pulled the emergency stop at Buona Vista MRT station.
Industry and green groups in Australia called on Friday for the government to step up action to cut carbon emissions after it failed to match ambitious new targets pledged by the United States and others at U.S. President Joe Biden's climate summit. Australia is the highest per capita carbon emitter among the world's richest nations, yet Prime Minister Scott Morrison made no pledge at the summit on Thursday to hit net zero by 2050. Nor did Morrison proffer any change to Australia's commitment under the Paris Agreement to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 26% to 28% from 2005 levels by 2030, although speaking to media on Friday he left the door open to a new target.
World championship leader Kalle Rovanpera crashed out of the Croatia Rally just five kilometres into Friday's opening stage.
Nearly a hundred French fishermen rallied at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Europe's largest seafood processing center, in northern France on Thursday.They say they've been denied the right to fish in UK waters, and started fires and blocked trucks carrying fish from the UK in protestOne sign read - "You want to keep your waters??? OK ... So, keep your fish!!!"Britain's post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union only allows the bloc's fishermen to access British waters with a license.French fisherman Bruno Margolle says those licenses were expected to be issued within days, only to drag on for months."On the evening of December 24, everyone was relieved that we had finally got a deal. On January 1, we had the assurance that within 48, 72 hours, everyone would get their licenses to operate within the UK's 6-12 mile zone. As of today, only 22 out of 120 boats have received their licenses."Margolle says many of those still struggling to obtain a license are unable to meet a British demand in the trade deal.That condition seeks proof that the skippers have fished in UK waters during the five years running up to Britain's 2016 referendum on EU membership.Britain claims it maintains an evidence-based approach to licensing EU vessels using information supplied by the European Commission.A British government spokesman called Thursday's protest "unjustified," and said it's raised those concerns with French authorities.Meanwhile the French government said late on Thursday that the European Commission must ensure Britain holds up its side of the deal, citing the "urgency of the situation."About two-thirds of fish from the UK are exported to the EU.French fishermen say the country's fish stocks might be depleted if they still cannot cross into British waters.
French fashion house Dior will hold a runway show on June 17 in Athens to launch its inter-season collection by designer Maria Grazia Chiuri, it said Friday.
A Virgin Atlantic plane carrying passengers from Mumbai, India, has landed at London’s Heathrow Airport this morning. Passengers on flights into the UK from India must now enter hotel quarantine as the country is officially added to the UK’s 'red list'.
Netflix has another new film to get stuck into, while Russell Crowe gets his crazy on in road rage thriller Unhinged.
LONDON (Reuters) -A deluge of new orders swept through British businesses in April as the country lifted some of its COVID-19 restrictions, according to a survey on Friday that pointed to a rapid rebound for the pandemic-hit UK economy. The preliminary "flash" reading of the UK Composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 60.0 in April from 56.4 in March, its highest reading since November 2013. Clothing retailers able to sell online benefitted especially as consumers got ready to venture out after being locked down for much of the past year.
'In more than 23 years of PMI history, we have only seen one spell of faster growth than this,' IHS Markit's Chris Williamson said.
Hospitals in India launched desperate appeals for oxygen on Friday as the nation's Covid crisis plummeted to horrifying new depths, while Japan readied to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo just three months before it hosts the Olympics.