ArcelorMittal sees financial 'risk' in decarbonisation
Global steel giant ArcelorMittal posted on Thursday a record annual profit in 2021 but warned that reducing its carbon emissions posed a financial risk to the group.
Read moreTotalEnergies returns to profit after Covid crisis
French energy giant TotalEnergies on Thursday rebounded from the Covid crisis with a huge 2021 profit as oil and gas prices soared -- a performance that raised political hackles in an election year in France.
Read moreUgandan author who fled after 'torture' vows to return
An award-winning Ugandan author and fierce government critic who fled the country after being "tortured" in custody told AFP on Thursday he planned to return home despite his ordeal.
Read moreHonduras president stops eviction of indigenous community
The eviction of a hundred Lenca indigenous families in Honduras was stopped Wednesday at the request of President Xiomara Castro after dozens of police officers tried to remove them.
Read moreNigeria Islamic police destroy nearly 4 mn beers
Religious police in northern Nigeria's city of Kano have destroyed nearly four milllion bottles of beer, on grounds that sale and consumption of alcohol is prohibited in the predominantly Muslim region.
Read moreMacron to announce new French nuclear power ambitions
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to throw his support behind a massive nuclear power plant programme on Thursday despite concerns about the cost and complexity of building new reactors.
Read moreHardline Hindu monk seeks re-election in key Indian state
India's most populous state went to the polls Thursday in a key popularity test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government.
Read more'Everyone is afraid': Fear of unknown in Ukraine warzone
Third-grader Maria Shanovska is mulling which toy to pack in her emergency evacuation bag should the Russian forces massing at the border invade her war-shattered town in east Ukraine.
Read moreSwiss region votes on giving primates fundamental rights
A northern Swiss region will vote Sunday on whether non-human primates should enjoy some of the same basic fundamental rights as their human cousins.
Read moreAnimal testing put to the test in Swiss vote
Switzerland goes to the polls Sunday to decide whether animal and human testing should be banned -- a proposal that has triggered an outcry in a country heavily reliant on big pharma.
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