The Future Games Show saw two new remakes announced for games from over 30 years ago, including a spooky FMV classic. [Continue Reading]
On March 10, 2026, global political and industry leaders gathered in Paris for the 2026 Nuclear Energy Summit to spotlight the pivotal role of nuclear power in the evolving global energy landscape. With electricity demand rising worldwide and geopolitical tensions escalating, participants underscored nuclear energy’s critical contribution to providing clean, reliable, and affordable power. The summit drew high-level representatives from governments, international financial institutions, and the nuclear industry. They collectively recognized nuclear energy as vital to reducing carbon emissions and enhancing energy security amid volatile geopolitical environments. The event elevated nuclear power as a strategic tool in balancing climate goals... [Continue Reading]
François Picard is pleased to welcome Farad Khajkvar, Director of Studies at the School of Higher Studies, EHESS, author of the forthcoming book in French, Iran: The End of Totalitarianism. He sees today’s Iran as a system in which religion has become subordinate to politics, and politics itself is increasingly subordinate to the Revolutionary Guards. In his view, the succession after Khamenei does not reflect institutional legitimacy so much as coercive power, and the new leadership appears far weaker and more dependent than the previous one. [Continue Reading]
In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, located just 30 kilometers from the front line with Russia, war remains part of everyday life. To protect students from missile strikes and drone attacks, schools have had to adapt. Part of the education system has moved underground. Today, 21 schools operate in specially equipped shelters, protected school facilities, or even in metro stations. A solution that allows children to keep learning despite the war, as FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports. [Continue Reading]
Theroux explained it felt unfamiliar and risky. [Continue Reading]
Iran launched multiple attacks early Friday on Gulf Arab states, including dozens of drones at Saudi Arabia, following warnings from its new supreme leader about hosting American bases, and US President Donald Trump threatened major new retaliation. [Continue Reading]
A French soldier was killed in an attack in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, confirming the first French military death in the Middle East war. He did not say who was behind the attack. Since US-Israeli strikes on Iran last month engulfed the Middle East in war, multiple attacks attributed to pro-Iranian factions have targeted the region where foreign forces are based as part of an international anti-jihadist coalition. [Continue Reading]
Iran’s secretive new leader issued his first public statements Thursday, resolving to keep fighting, promising more pain for Gulf Arab states and threatening to open “other fronts” in a war that has already disrupted world energy supplies, the global economy and international travel. [Continue Reading]
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, March 13: We examine how the press is responding to Lebanon emerging as a new front in the US and Israel’s war against Iran. One paper describes the conflict in Lebanon as an extension of Israel’s war against Hezbollah. Also in the headlines: the chef and co-founder of fine-dining restaurant NOMA steps down following a New York Times report detailing allegations of physical and verbal abuse of staff. And the shortlisted nominees for the London Camera Exchange Photography Awards have been announced. [Continue Reading]
The seamen died when Iranian warship the Iris Dena was sunk on 4 March by a US submarine near Sri Lanka. [Continue Reading]
Up to 3.2 million people in Iran have been displaced since the Middle East war erupted, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday and authorities in Lebanon say 800,000 have been forced from their homes as Israel’s military destroys buildings linked to Iran-backed Hezbollah militants. [Continue Reading]
A French soldier was killed in Erbil, and four US crewmembers died in a refuelling aeroplane crash in Iraq as Iran's drones hit Gulf states and US-Israeli strikes target Tehran. [Continue Reading]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Paris on Friday, his spokesman said, for talks with President Emmanuel Macron on ramping up pressure on Russia. The visit comes as talks brokered between Kyiv and Moscow by the United States to end the four-year invasion have been derailed by the US-Israeli war with Iran. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi tells us more. [Continue Reading]
As MAFS' Mel Schilling shares a devastating update on her health, Metro looks at the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer. [Continue Reading]
Black smoke seen after blasts in Dubai financial district [Continue Reading]
Turning leaders into symbols of evil makes intervention easy to justify and its consequences easy to ignore. [Continue Reading]
Thanks to Endrick's lucky goal in the final minutes of the game, Lyon still have a chance of qualifying for the Europa League quarter-finals when they play at home next week. Meanwhile, Lille conceded a goal against Aston Villa and now need a miracle to continue their European adventure. [Continue Reading]
Named after Wolfgang Kiessling, the award recognises scientists and leaders whose work has had a lasting impact on species and biodiversity. [Continue Reading]
Things take an incredibly dark turn. [Continue Reading]
Elche hope to upset the odds as they travel to title-chasing Real Madrid, seeking their first win at Bernabeu Stadium. [Continue Reading]
Head coach Eddie Howe says it was his decision not to start Anthony Gordon against Barcelona after the unwell Newcastle United forward was criticised by pundits. [Continue Reading]
Video shared on social media shows a projectile streaking across the sky near the Incirlik military base in Turkiye. [Continue Reading]
US also sees active few days of severe convective storms, while record breaking heat recorded in parts of South AfricaOn Monday 9 March, severe thunderstorms affected parts of southern France, with several departments including Hérault, Var, and the Alpes-Maritimes put under yellow alert for heavy rain.Some of the heaviest rainfall totals came from a cell that passed over the Var department. Examples of high rainfall totals taken from some private weather stations come from the towns of Carqueiranne and Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer, where 104.4mm was recorded in seven and a half hours, and 92.7mm in three hours respectively. However, as these are... [Continue Reading]
The cost of Malaysia’s subsidies for fuel at the pump is projected to rise by more than four times in the short term, the government has said, as it rushed to assure the public the country’s energy supply will not be disrupted even as the Iran war chokes global oil and gas shipments. Fear of an energy crisis has engulfed much of Southeast Asia since the US and Israel launched air strikes on Iran on February 28, pushing Tehran to close the Strait of Hormuz – a vital waterway that handles about a... [Continue Reading]
JPMorgan Chase has committed to leasing about 250,000 sq ft of space in the new Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) office towers in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon district for 10 years, making the US investment bank the anchor tenant of the 700,000 sq ft mixed-use development, the Hong Kong-listed developer said on Friday. Artist Square Towers (AST) will house the bank’s Kowloon office, which is currently located at The Quayside in Kowloon East, starting in the latter half of 2028, according to an... [Continue Reading]
A murder will occur in Weatherfield next month. [Continue Reading]
The mother of Aidan Becker, a 22-year-old, who died while trying to protect a teenage boy last Friday, has spoken of her family's deep pain during a packed community vigil for her son at Mernda railway station. [Continue Reading]
A union representing employees of Hong Kong’s rail operator, the MTR Corporation, has expressed disappointment with the firm’s refusal to consider their calls for improved benefits, saying the pay rise of up to 3.84 per cent for most staff is “slightly below demands”. The MTR Corp announced pay increases on Friday ranging from 1.6 to 3.84 per cent for most non-management staff for the 2026-27 financial year, depending on their performance. Last year, the adjustment was between 1.8 and 5.4 per... [Continue Reading]
At a cemetery in Pakistan’s Quetta, polished marble tombstones engraved with portraits of the deceased have become increasingly popular, particularly among the Hazara community. [Continue Reading]
A best-selling bargain. [Continue Reading]
'Everyone should be doing it.' [Continue Reading]
A court ruling has just ordered the city of Madrid to create a registry of doctors in the region who refuse to perform abortion procedures. Are there still many of these conscientious objectors in Spain and across Europe? [Continue Reading]
She has feelings after all. [Continue Reading]
Nearly 80 years ago, a brutal crackdown on Jeju Island in southern Korea claimed tens of thousands of lives. In the aftermath of World War II, the Korean peninsula was drawn into the Cold War and divided in two: a Soviet-backed regime in the North, and a US-supported nationalist government in the South. On Jeju, some residents resisted this division, and the South Korean government soon branded the island a communist stronghold. [Continue Reading]
The prime minister issues the statement after a fuel trade body earlier withdrew from a meeting with the chancellor todayEven before Donald Trump’s Operation Epic Fury on Iran unleashed higher oil prices, threatening the outlook for growth and inflation, the UK economy was flatlining.That’s the bleak message in the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which showed zero GDP growth in January. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
The 32 sailors who were rescued by Sri Lanka's navy will remain in the island nation, said the Foreign Ministry. [Continue Reading]
State media outlet Press TV says one woman was killed from shrapnel as a result of a US-Israeli airstrike. [Continue Reading]
Calls for Alexandra Căpitănescu’s Choke Me to be banned as campaigners say lyrics are ‘dangerous’ and ‘reckless’Romania’s Eurovision entry Choke Me has been labelled “dangerous” and “reckless” for appearing to glamorise sexual strangulation, an unsafe practice that can lead to brain injury and death.Campaigners against sexual violence said the entry, in which the words “choke me” are repeated 30 times during the three-minute song, was “playing fast and loose with young women’s lives”. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
Austrian officials took action after airline ignored court order to pay €890 to unnamed womenBailiffs have boarded a Ryanair aircraft after the airline refused to pay compensation to a passenger whose flight was delayed.Austrian officials took action after the budget carrier ignored a court order to pay the unnamed woman €890 (£742) in legal costs and compensation for a delayed flight two years ago. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
In a rush? A steamer will save you heaps of time in the morning. [Continue Reading]
Plus, the Friday news quiz. [Continue Reading]
Ukraine wants to leverage its defense expertise into security partnerships and to reap potentially vast profits for its arms industry. [Continue Reading]
The acclaimed music artist is the lead composer on the show. [Continue Reading]
Japan’s unilateral decision to release oil from its emergency stockpiles highlights its vulnerability to prolonged supply disruptions and may leave it more exposed to economic pressure from China amid tense bilateral relations, according to analysts. Tokyo announced earlier this week that it planned to release a total of 80 million barrels starting March 16, marking the first time it would independently tap its national reserves. The decision came ahead of a coordinated response by the... [Continue Reading]
The sudden death of prominent Chinese genetic psychologist Li Xinying while travelling in Egypt has sparked growing concern and speculation in China, as official explanations about the cause remain vague and medically inconclusive. Li, 48, a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ (CAS) Institute of Psychology, died on February 23 at 10pm Beijing time, according to an online obituary. The stated cause of death was “non-specific respiratory failure”, an obituary... [Continue Reading]
More than a million people online have been touched by a Chinese man who posted a huge note on his illiterate mother-in-law’s suitcase to help in case she needed help during her first solo flight. On February 28, the man from Xian city, northwestern China’s Shaanxi province, posted that his mother-in-law would be flying on the same evening to Dalian, in northeastern China’s Liaoning province. He said that the woman, who is in her 60s, is illiterate and does not speak Mandarin. The flight also... [Continue Reading]
Changes to regulation to speed up development could also make it easier to build on sensitive nature sitesEd Miliband has unveiled plans that could make it easier to build nuclear power plants closer to homes and on sensitive nature sites, as he attempts to speed up the development of energy infrastructure.The energy secretary set out changes to nuclear regulation, to be carried out this year, which would mean a “win-win for building critical infrastructure while protecting nature and the environment”. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]