US President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night was quite upbeat. It was long on domestic affairs and short on foreign policy. It skimmed through the challenges posed by Russia and China and skipped the rest of the world altogether.
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Specialist rescue teams from countries all over the world are flying out to Turkey to help find survivors in the rubble.
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More than 200 million people were under weather warnings on Saturday, as wind chills sent temperatures down as low as minus 48 Celsius (minus 55 Fahrenheit), according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
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Russia has strongly criticised the visit to Washington by Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, accusing the US of fighting an indirect war against it.
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Oscar-winning US actress Angelina Jolie says she is stepping down from her role as an ambassador for the UN refugee agency UNHCR after more than 20 years.
Read More | Lire La SuiteBreakthrough in nuclear fusion energy announced
On Tuesday researchers confirmed they have overcome a major barrier - producing more energy from a fusion experiment than was put in.
Read More | Lire La SuiteÉlections américaines de mi-mandat, mode d’emploi
Pourquoi les Américains se rendent-ils aux urnes ce mardi ? Quel parti part favori ? Quelles sont les courses à suivre ? Pourquoi ces scrutins sont-ils importants pour la suite ? Quand connaîtrons-nous les résultats ? France 24 fait le point avant la grande soirée électorale.
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Periods of tension with North Korea come and go, but the situation on the Korean peninsula right now is the most volatile it has been in five years and it looks likely to get worse.
Read More | Lire La SuiteRacism never left US schools — now it’s taking worrying new forms
As a District we remain committed to teaching love, inclusivity and compassion.” That was how the Northwest Local School District’s administration ended their statement in response to a racist incident in May at Colerain High School near Cincinnati, Ohio.
Read More | Lire La SuiteIran nuclear deal ‘imminent’ with crippling sanctions removed
A European proposal to revive the nuclear agreement between Western countries and Iran is imminent and includes the release of billions of dollars in frozen Iranian funds and oil exports in return for the scaling back of its nuclear programme.
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