Semafor CEO Justin Smith says his company hosted close to 100 events in 2025. His ambition is to build a Washington, DC-based event that's supposed to rivals the annual Davos gathering in Switzerland....
US president assails allies with talk of ‘great stupidity’, dog sleds and AI images...
Analysts say precedents already exist but implementation could be difficult in practice...
Donald Trump's second presidential term has seen a rapid rise in the number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. But who are these people, and where is the US government finding them?...
The EU is set to sign a long-awaited trade deal with South America's trade bloc, Mercosur. It may offer unexplored opportunities, but critics say the environmental fallout is being sidelined....
European leaders have three main options for responding to the Trump administration’s economic threats. If they don’t get it right, Trump may be emboldened to take over Greenland....
FRANCE 24 Brussels correspondent Pierre Benazet talks about the closed-door crisis meeting between ambassadors from all 27 European Union members following US President Donald Trump's decision to slap...
Trump has said he wants the territory because of its strategic location. Maps show how a melting Arctic is affecting geopolitics....
Tehran went from ‘halal internet’ to near-total blackout but activists have smuggled in Starlink devices to get information out...
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Air Force One Rebecca Blackwell/AP Any Air Force plane carrying a US president is called Air Force One. President John F. Kennedy was the first to use a jet designed specifically for a US president. P...
Military exercise was ostensibly to show support for Arctic security, but US president saw it as a provocation...
In tonight's edition, a report highlights how Russia lures young Africans to fight in Ukraine. Also, widespread delays in Uganda's presidential election. And the official draw for the Women’s African ...
Former president and former secretary of state could face criminal charges if found guilty...
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Oil industry expert Daniel Yergin argues that the US is desperate to have supply chains independent of China....
Trump voters talk about how they feel about Trump's actions with Venezuela and potential action in Iran and Greenland....
House Oversight Chair James Comer said the panel plans to move forward with contempt of Congress proceedings against the Clintons after they defied subpoenas for depositions in the Epstein probe....
Chipotle quietly filed FEC paperwork to form a political action committee. Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Chipotle has filed to form a PAC, allowing the compan...
FRANCE 24's Kyiv correspondent Gulliver Cragg reflects on how, one year into Donald Trump's second mandate, the support of the United States for Ukraine has waned, although, as he points out, the US p...