South Korean legislators approve to dismiss the prime minister.

The opposition-controlled legislature of South Korea has passed a motion urging President Yoon Suk-yeol to dismiss the prime minister for alleged incompetence and policy failures.

Thursday, lawmakers voted 175-116 in favor of seeking Han Duck-soo's dismissal.

The motion, s...

IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw refutes Congressman Manish Tewari's allegation that the Data Protection Bill is a money bill.

Thursday, Union information and technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw refuted Congress member Manish Tewari's claim that the government has classified the Digital Data Protection Bill as a financial bill.

Tewari tweeted, "Why was the Digital Data Protection Bill abruptly classif...

Macron of France and Juncker of the European Union have asked China to mediate the conflict in Ukraine.

On Thursday, two of Europe's most powerful political figures met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, at a time when relations between the European Union and China are at a critical juncture.

During trilateral and bilateral meetings following a military parade, French President Emmanu...

At the South Korea-United States summit, extending deterrence should be the top goal.

Ahn Ho-young, the former South Korean ambassador to the United States, has encouraged the leaders of the United States and South Korea to undertake an in-depth conversation on improving US steps to reinforce extended deterrence, the United States' pledge to protect South Korea with the entire...

A look back at the time when French demonstrators were able to thwart government reform plans

Protests, strikes, and unrest are expected to continue as both sides remain steadfast in their opposition to President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform. To better understand the current impasse, FRANCE 24 examines the two previous times unions successfully pushed the government to back down o...

Pandora's Box: Europe mulls new ties with China

If Chinese President Xi Jinping chooses to "befriend a war criminal," then "it is our duty to get very serious about China," Gabrielius Landsbergis, the foreign minister of Lithuania, told German broadcaster DW. Landsbergis was responding to a question about the three-day visi...

Trump's "big lie" about electoral fraud was dismissed by Fox News presenters as "shockingly reckless"

According to a court document in a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against the news network, top executives and news hosts at Fox News admitted informally that they did not believe the allegations of 2020 election fraud made by the then-President Donald Trump, despite airing...

Both Prime Minister Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron will give keynote addresses at the 25th annual Bengaluru Tech Summit

The 25th edition of Asia's largest Tech Event, "Bengaluru Tech Summit," will kick off on November 16 with keynote speeches from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron. Taking place in person from November 16-18, this flagship event is being co-hosted by th...

France will hold a national debate on assisted suicide laws.

This week, France will launch a national debate on whether rules governing end-of-life care (assisted suicide) should be amended.

The consultation procedure comprises 150 French individuals who were chosen at random to debate the subject in sessions between now and March and submit thei...

According to Ukrainian Nobel Peace winner, Ukraine cannot achieve peace by "laying down guns."

On Saturday, a trio of leaders from the three countries at the heart of the Ukraine conflict collected the Nobel Peace Prize, urging the battle against Russian President Vladimir Putin's "insane and illegal" invasion to continue uninterrupted.

The Nobel committee celebrate...

Philippe Francois Mathieu has been named Equinor's new vice president of operations

Beginning on January 1, 2023, Philippe Francois Mathieu will assume the role of executive vice president for Equinor's Exploration and Production International (EPI).

Al Cook, who is resigning as CEO to pursue other opportunities, is leaving the company. Mathieu, on the other hand, ...

Inside the nightmare of Russia's parallel world in occupied Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin exploited the bogus pretexts of "denazification" and "demilitarization" of Ukraine to legitimize his invasion. Russian official propaganda is based on the concept of a "Nazi-controlled" Ukraine, where Russians come to "liberate&q...

The opposition party blames the president for the Itaewon catastrophe

Only a few hours after news of a deadly crowd crush in central Seoul's Itaewon broke last month, Nam Young-hee, vice president of the Institute for Democracy, a think tank affiliated with the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), concluded that President Yoon Suk-yeol and his safet...

Following the missile barrage, Zelensky y will address the G7 leaders

On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will speak at an extraordinary summit of the G7 group of leading industrial nations.

Ukraine and Germany convened the conference in response to a wave of lethal Russian missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities on Monday.

Bardella succeeds Le Pen as president of the far-right National Rally

Jordan Bardella took over as leader of France's most popular far-right party, National Rally, on Saturday, succeeding his mentor Marine Le Pen.

Bardella, 27, received 85% support in an internal party ballot, signaling a symbolic change of guard at the rising anti-immigrant party.

US Vice President Joe Biden expresses sympathy for the victims of the Morbi bridge collapse, saying, "We are with India."

Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States, sent his sympathies to the people of India for the deaths that were caused by the collapse of the Morbi bridge.

On Monday, Vice President Joe Biden offered his sympathies to the people of Gujarat following the collapse of the Morbi bridge....

Blinken Warns Israeli Prime Minister and Palestinian President of West Bank Intensification

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday, according to the official WAFA news agency, in a first contact after Israel's senior leader Benjamin Netanyahu led a far-right alliance to a general election win.

According to the WAFA re...

France says it will no longer be a party to a contentious energy accord

France announced its withdrawal from a contentious energy deal on Friday, joining a growing list of European nations that have done so on the grounds that it is incompatible with the Paris climate accord.

On the margins of the European Council conference in Brussels, President Emmanuel ...

After a barrage of missiles, G7 leaders will hear from Zelensky

On Tuesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky y of Ukraine will speak at an emergency summit of the Group of Seven key industrial nations.

In response to Monday's deadly Russian missile strikes against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, Ukraine and Germany asked for the emergency summit.

Macron, the French president, has met with the family of a slain 12-year-old girl

According to his office, French President Emmanuel Macron met with the parents of a 12-year-old girl whose brutally murdered body was discovered in a trunk on Tuesday.

According to the Elysee, Macron "expressed his deepest sympathies and guaranteed them of his total sympathy and su...