THE LATEST NEWS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD

SIGN UP FOR FREE DAILY NEWS DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX

BREAKING NEWS

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Chinese Olympic swim team doping scandal heats up

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on April 22 threatened possible legal action against claims that it may have covered up the issue of Chinese swimmers testing positive for a banned substance before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, as globa...

Reuters

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

UK parliament passes Rwanda asylum law

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to start sending asylum seekers to Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks as the upper house of parliament finally passed required legislation, delayed for weeks by attempts to alter the plan.

Reuters

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Jury hears opening statements at Trump hush money trial

New York prosecutors said on the first day of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial that the former president broke the law and corrupted the 2016 election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model, ...

Reuters

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

China's Guangdong floods spark extreme weather fears

Floods swamped parts of China's Guangdong province following record-breaking rains, sparking worries about the region's defenses against bigger deluges induced by extreme weather events.

Reuters

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

'No evidence' of UNRWA, Hamas links

Israel has yet to provide evidence for its accusations that hundreds of staff with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) are members of terrorist groups, according to a review of the agency's neutrality released.

Reuters

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

India's Modi accused of anti-Muslim hate speech amid election

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being accused of hate speech for comments he made about Muslims at an election rally, referring to the religious community as "infiltrators." Nearly a billion people are eligible to cast ballots du...

Al Jazeera

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Trump accused of 'pure election fraud' as trial gets underway

Prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush-money trial have accused the former president of 'pure election fraud' over a cover-up to hide a sex scandal ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Fox News

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Filipino, U.S. troops set to begin joint combat exercise

The Philippines and the United States are holding joint naval exercises in a climate of tension between China and its neighbors. Despite international legal rulings, Beijing claims the entire South China Sea as its own. That's contested ...

Al Jazeera

MORE BREAKING NEWS

U.S. Presidential Election

The 2024 United States presidential election, expected to be between Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump is set to take place this November.

Last update

Israel-Gaza War

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel is 'at war' following a surprise attack from Gaza by Hamas militants.

Last update

Ukraine Invasion

Russian forces have invaded Ukraine from land, air and sea with strikes causing widespread damage. Global leaders have condemned the move and imposed sanctions.

Last update

Rise of AI

The release of Open AI's ChatGPT has accelerated the development of artificial intelligence and warnings about its impact on society.

Last update

Climate Crisis

Extreme weather events are occurring more frequently amid rising sea-levels and increasing temperatures.

Last update

TRENDING NOW

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

European Space Agency reveals five new astronauts

For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in centrifuges, submerged for hours, deprived temporarily of oxygen, taught to camp in the snow, and schooled in physiology, anatomy, astronomy, meteorology,...

France 24

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

‘Battlelines’ drawn as opening remarks in Trump hush money case heard

On a historic day in the United States, a New York jury heard opening arguments in the hush-money case against Donald Trump — the first criminal trial against a former president in the country’s history. The prosecution says the charges ...

Al Jazeera

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Ukraine tries charm offensive as conscription flags

Far from the trenches, at orderly new centers across Ukraine, civilian recruiters armed with laptops and info packs offer patriotic volunteers opportunities to join the war.

Reuters

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Israel gave no evidence UNRWA staff linked to ‘terrorism’

Israel has not presented credible evidence to support its claims that UNRWA staff were members of “terrorist” groups, an independent review for the United Nations led by a former French foreign minister has said. The claims against the U...

Al Jazeera

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at NYU as tensions flare

Tensions flared between pro-Palestinian student protesters and school administrators at several US universities, as in-person classes were cancelled and demonstrators arrested. The protests, which began last week at Columbia University w...

France 24

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Dozens of aftershocks rattle Taiwan overnight

Taiwan's quake-hit eastern county of Hualien was rattled by more than 200 aftershocks, but only minor damage was reported and no casualties and major chipmaker TSMC said it saw no impact on operations.

Reuters

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Elon Musk decries Australian court 'censorship' of X

Elon Musk lashed out at Australia's prime minister after a court ordered his social media company X to take down footage of an alleged terrorist attack in Sydney, and said the ruling meant any country could control "the entire internet."

Reuters

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Global leaders gather to draft treaty on plastic pollution

Global leaders are in Canada's capital for the fourth round of negotiations towards what would become the first global treaty on soaring plastic pollution. The hoped-for treaty, due to be agreed to by the end of the year, could be the mo...

Reuters

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Iran president visits Pakistan, aims to mend ties after strikes

Looking to mend relations, Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi begins a 3 day visit to Pakistan following an exchange of strikes along the border in January. Raisi is set to hold talks with top Pakistani leaders as the two nations also aim to...

Al Jazeera

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Deadly southern China storms force mass evacuations

Four people are dead and 10 others missing following storms that battered southern China, state media said Monday, with tens of thousands evacuated from areas hit by torrential downpours.

France 24

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Musk's Robotaxi dream causing Tesla chaos

It has been a tough year at Tesla, with its stock sliding more than 40% amid slumping sales, confusing product decisions and more price cuts. And now, Musk has ordered up the company's biggest layoffs ever and staked its future on a next...

Bloomberg

VIEWEDNOW PLAYING

Dozens arrested at Yale pro-Palestinian rally

Police say they have arrested at least 45 pro-Palestinian protesters near the Yale University campus. Student protesters are asking the university to divest funds from Israel that are going toward the war in Gaza.

News 12

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Start-up using enzymes to break down and recycle plastic

Over the last 60 years, around seven billion tons of plastic has been produced, according to a U.N. report, but less than 90 percent has been recycled. As the world marks Earth Day, France 24 looks at a French start up that says it has d...

France 24

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Columbia cancels in-person classes amid pro-Palestinian protests

Columbia University has cancelled in-person classes on Monday (April 22) in response to protests at its New York City campus over Israel's war in Gaza.

Fox News

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

What's next for U.S. aid to Israel, Ukraine?

It was a big weekend for U.S. lawmakers. After months of delay, the House of Representatives passed a $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. But even though the bill had strong bipartisan support, House Speaker M...

Fox News

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Europe suffered record number of 'extreme heat stress' days in 2023

Europe endured a record number of "extreme heat stress" days in 2023, two leading climate monitors said Monday, underscoring the threat of increasingly deadly summers across the continent.

France 24

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Hundreds of thousands turn out in Colombia to protest Petro

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Colombia's main cities on Sunday to protest against the left-wing government of Gustavo Petro, whose popularity is at an all-time low.

France 24

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

Opening statements underway in Trump trial in New York

Donald Trump arrived at a New York courthouse to hear prosecutors explain why his alleged cover-up of a hush money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign broke the law, as the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president...

France 24

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

U.S. aid may buy time for Ukraine but more troops needed

The U.S. military aid package for Ukraine expected to finally pass this week is a potential game changer. But that battlefield impact could take some time, with Russian troops still far outnumbering Ukraine's.

Reuters

VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBAL

How Ukraine salvages damaged weapons

While waiting for military support, Ukrainians have been forced to improvise to keep their frontline troops supplied. Engineers are "cannibalizing" scrap artillery at a Ukrainian military facility, essentially making one functional artil...