Hana Takahashi
Belarus faces severe criticism for its crackdown on journalists, with Ksenia Lutskina, a former prisoner, highlighting the life-threatening risks. Scores of journalists endure imprisonment, beatings, and restricted access to legal and familial support, drawing comparisons to Soviet-era prisons. Amidst this, independent media struggles with dwindling US aid, while Lukashenko's regime intensifies repression, leading to widespread arrests and exile.
From a Bulgarian factory to Sudanese militias, the FRANCE 24 Observers team reveals how European-made ammunition ended up on the Sudanese battlefield, despite a European Union embargo on sending weapons to this war-torn country. This fourth article in our five-part investigation sheds light on the consequences of supplying the RSF with weapons regularly used to bomb civilians.
Only one country has the “soft power” to counter Donald Trump and lead the West. And it has a secret weapon.
In a season that saw the Cleveland Cavaliers rise from Eastern Conference contenders to legitimate championship threats, Kenny Atkinson has been honored as the 2025 recipient of the Michael H.
Loretta Devine is reflecting on her friendship and fights with Sheryl Lee Ralph. On April 16, Devine attended Ralph’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in Los Angeles and revealed the two “big fights” the longtime friends had during the four years they performed together in Dreamgirls on Broadway. In the 1980s, the besties were not only co-stars but also roommates. The first fight they had was because of the play. During one scene, Devine kept hitting her head against a flat (a wooden piece of scenery used in a play) because Ralph wasn’t moving fast enough. “We were in the line, and she had to go [onstage], and she wasn't going!” Devine recalled. “I was like, ‘She's trying to kill me!’” she joked. The second fight they had was over the color of the wall—something roommates would typically argue about. Devine recalled that her friend and roommate had opted to paint her dressing room “Pepto-Bismol pink.” After that argu
They fled the Taliban four years ago. But with support from Australian cricket powerbrokers, it looks like Afghanistan’s women’s cricketers will get to play as a team in international competitions.
Trigger Warning: Mentions of sexual abuse Jennifer Lopez’s longtime producing partner, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, has exposed the deep-rooted culture of misogyny and abuse in Hollywood. Ahead of the release of her debut novel Climbing in Heels, the film producer revealed the dark reality behind the glamorous-looking world. The veteran producer, who started her career as a secretary at the William Morris Agency in the early ’80s, told Page Six that people like Harvey Weinstein were not the anomaly; they were the norm in the industry. Though her novel is a fictional story of three young women working at one of Hollywood’s biggest agencies, it draws largely from her own experiences in the tinsel town. And, S*x and the City and Emily in Paris creator Darren Star is already working on turning the novel into a TV show. During the candid interview, the producer revealed that she nearly became a victim herself when Bill Cosby's executive secretary asked her to sign some contracts and b
Another win for Kenny Atkinson — and this one didn’t require a game plan. The National Basketball Coaches Association has named Atkinson as the recipient of the Michael H.
Eating or drinking behind the wheel is not technically illegal but motorists could still be penalised for distracted driving - and it could cost them a small fortune
Grey squirrels are a big problem in gardens. Not only do they eat food meant for hungry birds, but they even find and eat birds' eggs and sometimes even their chicks.
Titles by Jane Casey, John Connolly and Catherine Ryan Howard head a strong list of new Irish crime novels
Brilliant job or poisoned chalice? After 15 months of tumult, West Midlands Fire Service has a new boss and he's here to stay
How to Drink Better: Never point the bottle at anyone as a popping cork can injure or blind; this happens more often than you think
An escape from Dublin has offered the broadcaster and designer a chance to reimagine what his home should be
Summah Richards, 12, died after being struck by a car on Saturday.
The Argos features six chairs and a glass-topped table and a parasol
A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying American Donald Pettit and Russians Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday.
Kremlin’s most prized spies were sent in to Czechoslovakia to whip up the 1960s reform protests in a move then replicated across the eastern blocDuring the spring of 1968, as revolutionary sentiment began to grow in communist Czechoslovakia, a group of friendly foreigners began arriving in Prague, on flights from Helsinki and East Berlin, or by car from West Germany.Among them were 11 western European men, a Swiss woman named Maria Weber and a Lebanese carpet dealer called Oganes Sarajian. They were all supporters of what would become known as the Prague Spring, an ultimately doomed attempt to build a more liberal and free version of socialism and escape from Moscow’s suffocating embrace. Many of the visitors sought to get close to the movement’s leading lights, offering support in the battle to reform communist rule. Continue reading...