Rights, rhinos and Olympic revelry: Uplifting stories from 2024
• Dec 31, 2024, 6:28 AM
1 min de lecture
It was another turbulent year from start to end, dominated by wars still raging in Ukraine and the Middle East. But 2024 also witnessed some breakthroughs in medical research, space exploration and human rights, while the Paris Games gave the host country and viewers around the world a summer to remember. FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the positive stories that lifted our spirits over the past 12 months.
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A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting from Africa to Asia to Ukraine
• 8:17 PM
1 min
U.S.-funded aid programs around the world were firing staff and shutting down or preparing to stop operations, as the Trump administration's unprecedented freeze on almost all foreign assistance brought their work to a sudden halt. FRANCE 24's Charli Jam
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What to watch for at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearings
• 9:19 AM
1 min
US President Donald Trump's pick for health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr faces a grilling before the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday and Thursday, with some senators expressing concern over the former Democrat's hardline anti-vaccine campaign
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