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Myint Swe, the figurehead acting president handpicked by the military junta that seized power from Myanmar's democratically elected government in 2021, died on Thursday after a long illness, the junta said. Myint Swe had been suspended since July due to ill health.

Nice’s hopes of reaching the Champions League group stage took a hit. They lost 0-2 at home to Benfica in the first leg of the third qualifying round. The return leg will be played on Tuesday in Lisbon, and Nice will need a major upset to advance to the playoffs.

US President Donald Trump's sweeping "reciprocal" tariffs took effect on Thursday, kickstarting a new stage of uncertainty for dozens of trading partners, including allies, and casting fears of an economic backlash domestically.

France 24 journalist Carys Garland reports from southern France, where a deadly wildfire expanded to cover an area larger than Paris, with firefighters struggling to keep the blaze from spreading. French officials said the "unprecedented" scale of the fire is undeniably linked to climate change and called for reform to the nation's land management […]

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to impose an additional 25 percent tariff on India over its purchase of Russian oil, bringing the total duties on the energy-starved country to 50 percent as Trump attempts to force an end to Russia's war in Ukraine.

David Smith, the head of The Guardian's Washington bureau, joined France 24 to discuss US President Donald Trump's cautious encounter with the press when asked whether a breakthrough on ending the war in Ukraine had been reached during an earlier meeting between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders have […]

After weeks of tense back-and-forths over Russia's unrelenting offensives in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he could personally meet Russian President Vladimir Putin "very soon". Trump's announcement follows what he called "great progress" made during his envoy Steve Witkoff's talks with the Russian leader earlier that day.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Apple will pledge an additional $100 billion to its initial $500 billion investment in the US over the next four years and said he would impose a 100 percent tariff on semiconductors, in Trump's latest push to shift tech manufacturing to the US.

Flags in Ghana are set to fly at half mast as the country mourns the deaths of the defence and enviroment ministers... who were both killed in a military helicopter crash. Edward O-mane Boa-mah and Ibrahim Mur-tala Muhammed were among five passengers aboard the chopper ...when it crashed en route from Accra to the town of Obu-asi. 

US immigration agents carried out a surprise raid outside a Home Depot store in Los Angeles on Wednesday, detaining 16 people and using a decoy moving truck. The operation, dubbed "Operation Trojan Horse" by officials, has drawn sharp criticism from rights groups who say it may violate a federal court order banning racially motivated roving […]