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Internal memo: Tesla plans to impose a $200-per-week limit for staff’s AI spending beginning July 6; the tally excludes beta versions of xAI products — Tesla told employees last month it would impose a $…
Supermarket chaos for air conditioner sale in France amid heatwave
Supermarket chaos erupted in France as shoppers raced to buy Lidl’s discounted air conditioners and fans
Two teenage rapists given four-year detention after UK appeal
The decision follows widespread public outrage, with the court saying the seriousness and repeated nature of the offences made custody “unavoidable.”
Hundreds besiege French supermarkets in scramble to find air conditioners before next heatwave
Hundreds of people besieged supermarkets in and around Paris Thursday, with scuffles and shouting matches breaking out as residents scrambled to get their hands on bargain air-cooling units before the next heatwave hits the French capital. FRANCE 24’s…
Nine Buddhist monks killed by child driving truck in Thailand
Nine Buddhist monks were killed after a truck driven by an 11-year-old boy struck a pilgrimage procession in Thailand.
Israelis join protests and memorials to mark 1,000 days since October 7 Hamas attack
Israelis on Thursday held memorials and joined protests to mark 1,000 days since the deadly October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, which triggered the war in Gaza. Many Israelis are calling for an official enquiry into why the government failed to prevent …
Russia massive attack: ‘West simply doesn’t have enough interceptors’, military expert says
Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen, Frank Ledwidge, Senior Lecturer in Strategy at Portsmouth University, says that “Ukraine’s allies are doing as much as they realistically can” adding that “they all suffer from the same problem: the density, the fr…
Wildfires rage in southern France, 3,000 people evacuated
Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated in southwestern France, as Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu sounded the alarm over an early outbreak of wildfires in the wake of a record-breaking heatwave. FRANCE 24’s Juliette Brown reports.
Latin proverb of the day: ‘Let the experiment be made on a low-value body’
A historical Latin phrase, “fiat experimentum in corpore vili,” meaning “let the experiment be made on a low-value body,” reveals a troubling past where scientific discovery prioritized knowledge over human dignity. Though explicitly rejected today, it…
Kentucky church sparks backlash after bizarre skit showing the devil being executed by firing squad at youth event
The pastor of the church defended the filmed skit, saying, ‘The clip you saw was simply killing the devil’