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Is Germany's eight-hour workday under threat?

Would you work 12 hours straight? The CDU/CSU and SPD are locked in a dispute over reforms to the Working Hours Act. Workplace flexibility, collective bargaining agreements and worker protection rules are at stake.

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8 VIFF Films That Deserve a Closer Look

The 45th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) featured some high-profile titles, including Jesse Eisenberg’s “The Debut,” which has been generating awards buzz for star Julianne Moore, and Martin McDonagh’s closing-night black comedy “Wild Horse Nine,” starring John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell. Peter Farrelly’s “I Play Rocky” took home the Audience Award in the Special Presentations […]

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Unweaving Jeffrey Epstein’s web: What the files have revealed

On January 30, 2026, the US Justice Department released 3 million documents. Photos, videos, emails, text messages, court records... All connected to one man: Jeffrey Epstein. Since then, media outlets around the world have brought to light the vast amount of people that appear in the Epstein files. Eight months on, what what do these revelations tell us about Jeffrey Epstein’s network? How did it operate? FRANCE 24 journalist Ava Luquet spent months digging through the files. In this video, she takes a closer look at what they reveal about the predator’s network and its inner workings.

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One in eight cancers worldwide linked to infections, WHO agency says

A new study from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) shows that an estimated 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024 – about 12% of all new cancer cases – were caused by infections and could be prevented with treatment or vaccines. FRANCE 24's Jennie Shin speaks with the lead author of the study, Dr Gary Clifford, Scientist at the IARC.

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