By Maher Mezahi Zinedine Zidane, Kylian Mbappé and Riyad Mahrez walking into the same stadium sounds like the opening line of a bad joke, yet it is exactly what the Africa Cup of Nations is bracing for on Sunday night, when Algeria face Burkina Faso at the Stade Moulay Hassan. Mahrez will be there as
By RFI The vote is the second this year in Kosovo after Kurti’s Vetevendosje party fell short of a majority in February. Months of failed coalition talks prompted President Vjosa Osmani to dissolve parliament in November and call an early election. Failure to form a government and reopen parliament would prolong the crisis at a critical time. Lawmakers must elect a
By RFI Bardot had rarely been seen in public in recent months but was hospitalised in October and in November released a statement denying rumours that she had died. The foundation did not say when or where she died. “The Brigitte Bardot Foundation announces with immense sadness the death of its founder and president, Madame Brigitte Bardot,
Iran’s ambassador to Moscow said three Iranian satellites are scheduled to be launched aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket, describing the mission as a clear sign of Iran’s advances in satellite manufacturing and its expanding space cooperation with Russia despite sanctions and threats. Kazem Jalali said on Sunday that the three Iranian satellites are set to be
By Bernard J. Wolfson As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal subsidies that have helped millions of Americans buy health coverage, a crucial underlying reality is sometimes overlooked: Those subsidies are merely a band-aid covering the often unaffordable cost of health care. California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and five other states have set caps on health care spending in
