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The contest is one of the first congressional primaries of the year where we will find out what issues are currently resonating with some Democratic voters. Here are some key things to know.

"We will continue to rely on the ingenuity of the private sector."

More than 300 prisoners of war are finally heading home on Thursday after Ukraine and Russia reached a deal for a swap.

Friedrich Merz said concerns about a further escalation with Iran have dominated his trip to the Gulf region.

French authorities placed four people, including two Chinese nationals, under formal investigation for allegedly trying to intercept satellite communications from a base in ⁠an Airbnb rental property in southwestern France, the Paris public prosecutor's office said Thursday. 

As Ukrainians face the coldest winter in a decade, trilateral talks take place in Abu Dhabi.

Data reveals Gaza's hunger was likely a calculated strategy to 're-engineer' society, peaking in 2025.

It comes after the US president suggested last month he could withdraw his support for the deal.

A Paris court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the descendants of an Iraqi Jewish family seeking compensation for a Baghdad villa occupied rent-free by France's diplomatic representation for decades. Forced to flee Iraq amid rising anti-Semitism in the late 1940s, the family said it will appeal the ruling.

Test your knowledge in our quiz about the ICC T20 World Cup, as the 2026 edition is staged in India and Sri Lanka.

UK questions leader's judgement amid revelations of envoy Mandelson's close ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

‘US’s critical minerals summit will burden Global South with most costs’

Four Britons have died after contracting gut infections on the archapeligo since last year.

Activists announced at a briefing in South Africa plans to launch the largest civilian-led flotilla to Gaza in March.

The Louvre Museum says a crown left behind by thieves fleeing a daring robbery last year is largely intact and will be fully restored. The crown of French Empress Eugénie is missing just one of the eight gold eagles that decorated it, while all 56 emeralds remain in place and only 10 of its 1,354 diamonds are unaccounted for. The thieves abandoned the crown as they escaped with an estimated €88 million worth of other jewels, most of which have yet to be recovered. Soulange Mougin has more.

Taiwan shares a "rock solid" relationship with the United States, its president has insisted - despite talks between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping over the self-governed island's future.

The window to patch vulnerabilities is shrinking rapidly.

A women's ice hockey match between Finland and Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics has been postponed after a norovirus outbreak.

A renowned Irish artist who currently has two exhibitions showing in Paris has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her work. Ailbhe Ní Bhriain is known for her big, bold dramatic works of art as she uses all sorts of materials including silk, wool, cotton and lurex. She aims to create what she calls an emblem of industry, empire and permanence. Her work is on display at the Irish Cultural Centre and the Andréhn Schiptjenko gallery here in Paris. She spoke to us in Perspective.

One person has died, and three others have been hurt after a double-decker bus crashed into pedestrians in Dublin city centre.

France's "absolute priority" was the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot told his Syrian counterpart during his visit to Damascus Thursday. The visit came weeks after Syrian government forces seized control of swaths of northeastern Syria, where the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were responsible for guarding detained IS group militants. 

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute, says neither Israel nor Hamas are interested in moving to phase 2 of the ceasefire because "Israel's prime directive is annexation of the West Bank, and Hamas' prime directive is to take over the Palestinian national movement from Fatah and change it from a nationalist secular movement into an Islamist one that they control".

In a Senate hearing Tuesday, NIH director dismissed concern about research chaos.

Each TV company has its own distinct personality and direction. These change over the years, with new technological breakthroughs or at least new business deals. New aspirations shake up the natural order. This year, for example, nearly every company has decided to make and heavily promote RGB LED TVs. Some of them, like Hisense, seem […]

Boris Cherny gets recognized in public relatively often. At the bar, at the airport, and in generally any public space, people want to take selfies with the creator and head of Claude Code. For the last couple of months, Anthropic's Claude and its coding platform have been having a moment - on social media, in […]