Huawei's AI-powered smartphone drives a Porsche Barcelona (AFP) – China's Huawei used the artificial intelligence capabilities of its flagship Mate 10 Pro phone to drive a sports car as the Mobile World Congress got under way in Barcelona Monday, in what it said was a world first. The Porshe avoided several obstacles, including a dog and a bike, as it drove in a straight line to demonstrate the AI

In this exclusive report, FRANCE 24 follows a group of Kurdish women fighters belonging to the SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) in northern Syria.

EYE ON AFRICA Protests across South Africa: thousands march to demand Zuma's resignation

SHANGHAI (AFP) -  Li Chaoqing fled his poverty-stricken Chinese hometown at age 14 for a new life in Shanghai, where he raised five children in a disused old boat on a polluted river. But Li, now a 53-year-old garbage collector, faces eviction along with about 200 other squatters living in decaying vessels on the Xinchapu River as officials push a river clean-up campaign. China?s financial heart h

A video, widely shared online since Sunday, shows clubbers dancing at the weekend to music that includes the call to prayer at the club in the northeastern town of Nabeul. The footage sparked a storm of debate on social media. The party, near the popular resort of Hammamet, had been organised by two European DJs. "After confirming the facts, we decided to close this nightclub" until further notice

WASHINGTON (AFP) -  The Defense Department pledged Monday to lobby for US entry of Iraqis who supported the American military after President Donald Trump barred nationals from Iraq and six other countries with Muslim majorities. The Pentagon is working on a list of names of Iraqis who have worked for the US military, including fighters and translators, "often doing so at great peril for themselve

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WASHINGTON (AFP) -  Researchers have found an organic molecule essential to biology in interstellar space for the first time, experts announced, a discovery that could help solve a long-time mystery. Like humans, the organic molecules that make up the universe can lean left-handed or right-handed, a preference known as chirality. Most molecules on Earth lean left -- but scientists don't know why.

PALMYRA (SYRIA) (AFP) -  As pro-government forces entered the famed Syrian city of Palmyra for the first time in nearly a year on Sunday, they feared they would find its treasured sites destroyed forever. Backed by Russian ground and air forces, the Syrian troops had made their final push into the desert city early on Sunday, expelling Islamic State group jihadists. The extremist Sunni group had d

BEIRUT (AFP) -  More than 50 UN staff members have been killed, imprisoned or gone missing in war-wracked Syria, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Friday. In a statement to mark International Day of Solidarity with Detained or Missing staff members, OCHA said the war had also hit the Red Cross and Red Crescent as well as international and local NGOs. "A total of 35

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French New Wave filmmaker Jacques Rivette dies at 87 Filmmaker Jacques Rivette, one of the leading lights of French New Wave film movement of the 1960s who revelled in cinematic improvisation, died Friday aged 87.

Marine Le pen et Floriant Philippot assisent aux Invalides à la cérémonie d'hommage aux victimes des attentats du 13 novembre. Miguel Medina, AFP L'organisation de l'État islamique a-t-elle donné un coup de pouce au Front national ? Trois semaines après avoir connu la plus terrible attaque terroriste de son histoire récente, la France a hissé le parti frontiste à un sommet qu’il n’avait encore jam

TOKYO (AFP) -  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday apologised for squandering billions of yen in public funds on plans for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium.Japan faces a bill for around 6.2 billion yen ($49.8 million) after Abe ordered the original plans to be torn up amid mounting public anger over costs."As a result of the decision to go back to the drawing board, precious public funds ha

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) -  South Africa's new visa regulations have badly hurt the country's key tourism sector, a government minister said Wednesday, as visitors dry up from key markets such as China.Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom said figures for the first quarter of the year showed a "worrying drop" since a series of stringent regulations were imposed in an attempt to tackle child trafficking."The f