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ultra-conservative Senator Flavio Bolsonaro thwarted the prognosis on Sunday by ahead of the outgoing left-wing president Lula in the first round of the presidential election. A Bolsonaro clan that also made a big deal in the parliamentary elections.
Allergies are often considered to be the result of bad stock during childhood or even before birth. Yet, "anyone can develop a new allergy at any time in their lives," explains allergenologist Kelly Colas.
Can false information threaten a country's peace? In Africa, social networks have become a circulation ground for rumours, political manipulations and disinformation campaigns. With artificial intelligence, the phenomenon takes on a new dimension. In the invisible virus. Essay on disinformation in Africa, published by Rivenuve, French-Congolese journalist Dominique Tchimbakala deciphers the mechanisms of disinformation and its consequences for African societies. Guest of the Journal de l'Afrique sur France 24, she looks back at the
Decades after, it is said, inspired the invention of reflective plots on roads, the shape and "light" of cat eyes are now imitated by engineers to design high-tech cameras.
In recent months, the east of the Central African Republic has been hit by several attacks attributed to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan militia that is notorious for its massacres and abductions of mass children in the 1990s and 2000. Seeked by the International Criminal Court for over 20 years, its head, Joseph Kony, remains unobtainable. How can we explain the resurgence of this group? Interview with Leonie von Braun, ICC Chief of Investigation into the Joseph Kony case.
A report published by the African whistleblower protection platform reveals that it has identified nearly 300 properties in the United States linked to Nigerian politicians. Most properties acquired in cash with public money, while these personalities held official positions.
Images generated by artificial intelligence of the Iranian Supreme Guide Mojtaba Khamenei and the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian were disseminated by government accounts and pro-regime Internet users.
It is an application of everyday life, in which the reality of the war has arisen in recent hours: Google Maps has updated its maps of Gaza. Lots of rubble instead of what the same application showed three years ago: neighborhoods, schools, shops, places of residence. According to the United Nations, Gaza was destroyed or 80 per cent damaged by Israeli bombings following the 7 October terrorist attacks. How to live in Gaza?
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Ukrainian arms industry has undergone a dramatic transformation. In four and a half years of conflict, the country has become one of the most advanced actors in drones alongside Russia. To the point that some manufacturers would now be able to export their production. However, Ukrainian legislation still hinders these ambitions.
Jacqueline Derens, former activist against apartheid and author of "Women of South Africa", is our guest.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in France on Friday for a four-day historical visit, the first in Hexagon since his election in 2025. The American Pope's plane landed shortly before at Orly Airport, near Paris, where he was to be welcomed by President Emmanuel Macron.
It is white, has four wheels and attracts all eyes at each exit of the Holy Father. But how did the papamobile, the pope's car, become an icon?
The video of a visit to a shopping centre allegedly filmed in France unworthy of far-right Internet users: it would show a clientele mostly composed of foreigners. However, this video was shot in Algeria.
Scott Anderson's latest book has been translated into French by Saint-Simon: "How America has given Iran to the Mollahs". This book tells of the Iranian revolution and the relations between Washington and Tehran, stressing the ignorance of the US administration towards Iran, which does not imagine for a second that a religious revolution is unfolding. The explanations of Scott Anderson himself, journalist, war correspondent and writer.
Artificial intelligence plays an increasingly important role in the labour market. We explain what you need to know to find a job.
Two hours of extra sleep is enough to compensate for the harmful effects of a bad night. But caution should be exercised when you go to bed early or when you go to bed in the morning.
In 1987, Chadian fighters equipped with mobile pickups inflicted a series of spectacular defeats on the Libyan army. A war that continues to illuminate asymmetric conflicts in the Sahel.
Fatumata Diawara returns with MASSA, her most personal album. The Malian singer, composer and guitarist explores motherhood, faith, memory, the disappearance of her father and resilience. Twelve titles written by Fatumata Diawara and composed and arranged with Matthew Chedid, -M-, where the intimate joins the themes that have been going through her work for a long time: women, transmission, Mali and freedom. What did his father give him? How did maternity change her look? Why does she always consider her guitar a weapon? And how to carry Mali d
Lindsay Clancy's trial revived the debate in the United States about post-partum psychosis. Accused of killing her three children before attempting to commit suicide, this mother claims to have acted in a delusional episode. How can we recognize this rare and serious psychiatric disease? What are his symptoms and can we cure them?
The second week of the trial of the murder of Federico Aramburu allowed his relatives and friends to describe the personality of this former rugbyman, killed on 19 March 2022 in the streets of Paris by two ultra-droit activists. Present alongside him until his last breath, former international Shaun Hegarty told how the accused orchestrated a hunt for the mortal man after a fight on the terrace.
