La sous-représentation dans les postes à responsabilité, les écarts de patrimoine et le sentiment de partir avec moins d’atouts nourrissent le discours électoral de l'AfD.

After a dry spell of more than three decades, Democrats are daring (yet again) to believe they can win one or more top-of-the-ballot races in a vast and stubbornly red state.

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L'enquête sur l'attaque dans un vol de flydubai a établi que le copilote avait utilisé la hache de secours du cockpit pour attaquer le pilote, parlant d'un "acte terroriste", a rapporté samedi un média officiel émirati, citant le procureur général.

Les Brésiliens votent dimanche pour le premier tour de l'élection présidentielle. Le président de gauche Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 80 ans, brigue un quatrième mandat non consécutif. Il a pour principal adversaire le candidat d'extrême droite Flavio Bolsonaro, 45 ans, fils de l'ancien président Jair Bolsonaro. Le président Lula compte notamment sur le soutien de la nouvelle classe moyenne, mais cela n'est pas garanti. Reportage de Valeria Saccone, avec le récit d'Antoine Fenaux.

Les forces rebelles du Tigré quittent en masse Mekele, la capitale régionale, alors que les troupes fédérales éthiopiennes se rapprochent de la ville. Les dirigeants et combattants du TPLF seraient partis en nombre, selon un journaliste local cité par l'AFP.

Russian forces shelled Kharkiv and 13 settlements in the Kharkiv region over the past day, killing five people and injuring another 49.

La dernière ligne droite de la campagne pour les Midterms a commencé ! Stratégie, candidats, sondages… Chaque semaine, France 24 fait le point sur ce qu’il faut retenir. Jeudi, Donald Trump a commencé une grande tournée de meetings pour soutenir les candidats républicains. Mais au sein de son parti, tout le monde n'est pas ravi. Les sondages sont de plus en plus favorables aux démocrates, qui tentent de rester modérés en réaction aux accusations d'extrémisme de leurs rivaux.

The violent midair assault on a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv has deepened concerns about the safety of Israelis traveling abroad.

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A proposal to bolster relations with the Kremlin through the purchase of Russian energy assets is striking even for an administration that regularly mixes personal business interests with foreign policy.

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Her legal team had repeatedly warned that her execution could go wrong. On Wednesday, they were proven right.

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Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.

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A lawsuit alleging rape at Cornell has led to an outpouring of women sharing stories about sexual violence on college campuses.

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The failed execution of Christa Pike, which left her clinging to life in Tennessee, was the latest grisly error to take place in an American execution chamber.

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Democrats are performing strongly in five reliably Republican states where they are trying to flip Senate seats to win control of the chamber, new New York Times/Siena polls found.

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President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest.

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A new study has identified two species of Brazilian birds, the bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema, as the loudest in nature.

The Parti Québécois has vowed to hold a referendum on independence, three decades after Quebec voted “no.” Voters want change, but maybe not that much.

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Two blistering court opinions have put Mr. Krasner, a prominent progressive district attorney, in what may be the most precarious position of his public career.

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Tukaram Mundhe’s surprise raids of Mumbai kitchens have made him an unlikely celebrity and set off a conversation about food standards in India.

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Sailors’ relatives are relieved as the ship is expected to dock in San Diego this week after a record-breaking 250-plus days at sea

A mother in San Diego is counting down the days until her son comes home.

“I had a big sign made, welcoming him back,” she said. “I can’t wait to see him.”

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John Steinbeck’s hometown of Salinas is the least affordable city in the US for the middle class, a recent Brookings Institution analysis found

Nestled between two mountain ranges at the crook of central California’s coastline sits a valley known as the “salad bowl of the world”.

Farm workers stoop over neatly lined rows of crops off Highway 101 to harvest more than half of the nation’s supply of lettuce and nearly a third of its strawberries. The soil here is so rich that author John Steinbeck made the Salinas valley the promised land in his literary depictions of people chasing the American dream: immigrants, farm workers, westward-moving hopefuls, hungering for a better life.

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Our reporting revealed how Mexican criminal groups are relying on teenagers and young adults in border states like Arizona to help supply their weapons.

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Des prélèvements effectués chez un producteur de laitue et une usine de transformation au Mexique sont revenus positifs au parasite "Cyclospora cayetanensis". L'épidémie a touché près de 13 000 personnes.

Drawn by money and status, teenagers in Arizona are buying, stealing and selling weapons destined for criminal groups in Mexico.

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Officials in Brazil have grown increasingly concerned about the possibility of U.S. interference in the presidential vote on Sunday.

Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a site used to launch attack drones and a Russian crossing in the Donetsk region, as well as a command post and a warehouse in Russia's Belgorod region, on October 2 and early on October 3.

Un policier de la Sûreté du Québec accusé d’avoir agressé sexuellement une femme intoxiquée par l’alcool se dit victime d’une « injustice ». Niant toute agression, il affirme avoir répondu aux « avances » de la plaignante. Il a décrit devant la cour le moindre détail de leur relation sexuelle.

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Des frappes russes ont touché samedi un important pont de Kiev, le pont Nord, quelques jours après l'attaque du pont Sud, a annoncé le maire de la capitale ukrainienne, Vitali Klitschko. Le point avec le correspondant de France 24 à Kiev, Gulliver Cragg.

Golfer Tom Kim wins gold at the Asian Games to secure an exemption from mandatory service in South Korea's military.

Golfer Tom Kim wins gold at the Asian Games to secure an exemption from mandatory service in South Korea's military.

Retour sur la controverse Christa Pike aux États-Unis. Christa Pike, du nom de cette femme dont la tentative d'exécution dans le Tennessee a relancé le débat sur la peine de mort aux États-Unis. Deux injections ratées pour finalement un séjour à l'hôpital, elle est dans un état critique. Pour en parler, notre invitée : Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner, porte-parole de Ensemble contre la Peine de Mort.

De nouvelles manifestations pour le droit au logement sont prévues samedi à Madrid et dans d'autres villes espagnoles, au lendemain du rejet par les députés de deux textes poussés par l'exécutif du Premier ministre socialiste Pedro Sánchez visant à protéger davantage les locataires.

Wang Cong dismisses critics who say she she is not deserving of facing Natalia Silva for the flyweight world title at UFC 332 on Saturday.

Wang Cong dismisses critics who say she she is not deserving of facing Natalia Silva for the flyweight world title at UFC 332 on Saturday.

Research shows there are several reasons people might experience motion sickness in electric vehicles.

Research shows there are several reasons people might experience motion sickness in electric vehicles.

A lawyer for Jane Doe says she is "not doing well" amid attempts to uncover her identity.

A lawyer for Jane Doe says she is "not doing well" amid attempts to uncover her identity.

The co-pilot of FlyDubai Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv attempted to “take control of the aircraft” to carry out a “terrorist act,” UAE officials said.

Five people were injured and premises of two enterprises and residential buildings were damaged in Izium, Kharkiv region, as a result of a Russian drone attack on Saturday morning.

Les Brésiliens votent dimanche pour le premier tour de l'élection présidentielle. Le président de gauche Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 80 ans, brigue un quatrième mandat non consécutif. Il a pour principal adversaire le candidat d'extrême droite Flavio Bolsonaro, 45 ans, fils de l'ancien président Jair Bolsonaro.

Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 131 of the 157 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine from the evening of October 2.

L’avenir, on y plonge parfois plein d’espoir. Mais des fois, c’est comme plonger dans la gueule d’un monstre.

La cause de ce déclin n’est pas établie, mais il pourrait contribuer modestement au réchauffement climatique.

Les enjeux s'imposeront d’eux-mêmes après le vote, peu importe qui remportera le scrutin, selon elles.

Aussi nombreuses qu'ambitieuses, certaines promesses électorales méritent néanmoins qu’on s’y attarde.