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EU and China agree to manage differences, reach understanding on rare earths and EVsEconomy

The EU and China agreed on measures to manage trade tensions, including a joint statement calling for an “understanding” on hybrid-vehicle trade and a commitment to facilitate rare earth exports. EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic is in Beijing seeking significant progress on rebalancing trade before an October deadline he set. China says it will keep facilitating EU rare earth export licence approvals and continue talks on tariff cuts.

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LIVE: Student protests spread across FranceWorld

Students at the prestigious Louvre school of art history and archaeology have joined a protest movement that began in high schools across France.

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‘Absolute torture’: US inmate in critical condition after botched executionWorld9:47

Christa Pike, a condemned murderer in Tennessee, was in critical condition and receiving life-saving care after surviving two lethal injections during a botched execution, her attorneys said. She was taken from the prison execution chamber to a hospital. A spokesperson for Together Against the Death Penalty called the ordeal “absolute torture.”

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NYC Mayor Mamdani Says ICE ‘Makes Us Less Safe’Politics

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani renewed his call to abolish ICE after one of its officers shot and wounded a man in front of a child in the Bronx on Thursday. Mamdani said the agency makes the city less safe. ICE described the shooting as part of a targeted operation. The child was unharmed and the man was in stable condition at a local hospital.

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Belgian trade unions protest planned budget cutsSociety

Workers and students in Belgium are protesting the government’s budget and education plans, causing major disruption. Clashes erupted near Brussels Central Station, where police used tear gas and water cannons. Ghent University’s Stan De Spiegelaere shared his analysis.

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Protests erupt after ICE agent shoots New York City manSociety2:01

Officials say 28-year-old Oscar Belgal was shot in the neck by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in New York City. He was in a car with his 5-year-old son when the shooting occurred, prompting protests.

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Why young voters in Serbia are rising up against the governmentPolitics

Outrage over a deadly railway station collapse has grown into Serbia’s most powerful opposition movement. Students are campaigning against corruption and government control, raising the question of whether a new generation can challenge Aleksandar Vučić and reshape the country’s future.

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Sierra Leone: From ‘blood diamonds’ to stones of hope?World

“Blood diamonds” became notorious for financing Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war. Launched 25 years ago to end the illegal trade, the Kimberley Process was followed by efforts from a diamond industry accused of complicity in the conflict to improve its image and stress an ethical shift. A quarter-century later, have the former “blood diamonds” really become synonymous with development?

FFrance 24 English
World Mental Health Day: What is climate distress?Health

The effects of global warming are often counted in economic losses and harm to physical health. Ahead of World Mental Health Day, CNA examines damage that may not be immediately visible.

CCNA
Musk’s SpaceX to Acquire Key SpectrumTech

SpaceX is acquiring a key block of spectrum from Grain Management. It will enable Starlink satellites to provide cellular service to devices indoors and be paired with a terrestrial network to connect devices everywhere.

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Hot-air balloons rise over New MexicoCulture

Hot-air balloons fill the sky over New Mexico during the “Flight of the Nations” mass ascension at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

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Former ICC judge Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace PrizeWorld10:58

South African judge Navi Pillay has won the Nobel Peace Prize, which the United Nations called a victory for human rights. She led the international tribunal investigating Rwanda’s genocide and served on the UN Commission of Inquiry into the occupied Palestinian territory.

TTRT World
Russia reports no health risks after plague contact tracingHealth1:53

The governor of Siberia’s Irkutsk region said tracing all contacts of a woman reportedly killed by plague found no health problems or dangerous microorganisms. Russia has not confirmed she died of plague; Igor Kobzev said she had community-acquired pneumonia.

FFrance 24 English
LIVE: Brazil’s Lula rallies supporters ahead of presidential runoffPolitics52:19

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva rallies with supporters ahead of the runoff. He finished nearly two percentage points, or about 2.2 million votes, behind right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in the first round, leaving the three-term leftist as the underdog for the October 25 vote.

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Poilievre to make announcement in Burlington, Ont. | LIVEPolitics

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is scheduled to address the media and take questions in Burlington, Ont., on Friday. The news conference follows heated parliamentary debate over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Bill C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act. Conservatives joined the Liberal majority Thursday in voting to send the bill to a special committee for further study.

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Madrid mourns evicted retiree, an ‘icon’ of Spain’s housing protestsSociety

Tens of thousands marched in Madrid on Thursday to honor Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old pensioner whose eviction set off national housing protests that culminated in an early-election call. Her death on Wednesday brought mourners to tears and anger at Puerta del Sol, where hundreds are camping in protest.

FFrance 24 English
No peace without international law: The message behind Navi Pillay’s NobelWorld4:36

South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for promoting international law. Her career includes defending imprisoned Nelson Mandela and leading a panel that found Israel committed genocide in Gaza. The Norwegian Nobel Committee chair joined FRANCE 24 to discuss the award.

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Singapore air quality may reach ‘very unhealthy’ levels as F1 weekend beginsSociety

Smoke from fires in Indonesia is spreading across the region, bringing haze to Singapore and parts of Malaysia. Singapore expects its 24-hour PSI to reach the very unhealthy range of 201 to 300 over the next day. At 7pm, the central region’s reading was 192, a seasonal high, while the first day of the Singapore Grand Prix continued.

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