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- by FRANCE24Fifteen people were killed and seven wounded after a Russian drone struck a bus carrying miners in Ukraine's southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, energy firm DTEK and government officials said on Sunday. Earlier on Sunday, regional officials said at least nine had been wounded in Russian strikes on a maternity hospital and a residential building in the […]
- by FRANCE24It's the most colorful time of the year – at least in Venice… The Italian city has kicked off its annual Carnival festivities. The event draws thousands of tourists eager to party and purchase one of Venice's famous handmade masks. Story by Shirli Sitbon.
- by FRANCE24Elon Musk said on Sunday that moves by his SpaceX company to stop the 'unauthorized' use by Russia of its internet system Starlink seemed to have worked, while Kyiv's defence chief said officials were working on ways to prevent any future use by Moscow. Kyiv's military relies on tens of thousands of satellite-based Starlink internet […]
- by FRANCE 24The death toll from the Crans Montana bar fire has rises to 41 after a teenager died in hospital after being injured by the blaze that broke out during New Year's Eve celebrations in the Swiss resort town.
- by FRANCE24US envoy Steve Witkoff said Saturday he had held constructive talks with a Russian envoy in Florida as part of Washington's drive to end the war in Ukraine. The meeting came just a day before Ukrainian and Russian negotiators were scheduled to meet in Abu Dhabi to discuss a US-backed plan to halt the nearly […]