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The African Union's health watchdog on Tuesday declared a public health emergency over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent.

Nearly 50,000 people in Europe died because of high temperatures last year, the world’s warmest year on record, according to an annual study that warns of the ongoing impacts of climate change on extreme weather events.

In the two weeks of the Olympic Games, organisers recovered nearly 60 tonnes of food, which they will redistribute to those in need via several charities.

It might be time to get existential. The Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which ended on Sunday night in a lavish closing ceremony, screamed chronicle of a stress foretold. But 16 medal-winning summer days and nights for French athletes brought a new vision of success, both at home and abroad.

The United Nations refugee agency said that flood conditions in Sudan have hindered the delivery of aid to areas where many are already facing hunger and famine, including to a camp in North Darfur for those who have fled ongoing fighting.

The United States is gearing up for presidential elections in November and campaign rallies are in full swing. The Republican contender, former leader Donald Trump, has chosen J.D. Vance as his vice-presidential running mate, while Democratic candidate and current Vice-President Kamala Harris has chosen Tim Walz. RFI takes a closer…

The leaders of France, Germany and Britain said Monday that "there can be no further delay" in negotiating a ceasefire in Gaza, warning Iran and its allies against any "further escalation" of the conflict.

The third edition of the Tour de France Femmes starts this Monday from Rotterdam with a 123 km race to the Hague in the first stage. A pile-up upset the peloton a third of the way into the race, but all riders managed to get back up in the saddle.

Tanzanian police have detained leading opposition Chadema party figures including former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu, and rounded up several hundred youth supporters, a Chadema official said on Monday.