diff --git a/app/api/news/route.ts b/app/api/news/route.ts
index 47a4a00..e9ce473 100644
--- a/app/api/news/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/news/route.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
 
-// FastAPI server configuration - use localhost since both servers are on the same machine
-const API_HOST = process.env.API_HOST || 'http://localhost:8000';
+// FastAPI server configuration
+const API_HOST = process.env.API_HOST || 'http://172.16.0.104:8000';
 
 // Helper function to clean HTML content
 function cleanHtmlContent(content: string): string {
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ function formatDateTime(dateStr: string): { displayDate: string, timestamp: stri
     const month = date.toLocaleString('fr-FR', { month: 'short' }).toLowerCase();
     
     return {
-      displayDate: `${day} ${month}`,
+      displayDate: `${day} ${month}.`, // Added dot for better styling
       timestamp: date.toLocaleString('fr-FR', {
         day: '2-digit',
         month: 'short',
         hour: '2-digit',
         minute: '2-digit',
         hour12: false
-      })
+      }).replace(',', ' à') // Format: "14 avr. à 15:30"
     };
   } catch (error) {
     return { displayDate: 'N/A', timestamp: 'N/A' };
@@ -40,18 +40,24 @@ function formatDateTime(dateStr: string): { displayDate: string, timestamp: stri
 // Helper function to truncate text
 function truncateText(text: string, maxLength: number): string {
   if (!text || text.length <= maxLength) return text;
-  const truncated = text.substring(0, maxLength).trim();
+  // Find the last space before maxLength to avoid cutting words
+  const lastSpace = text.lastIndexOf(' ', maxLength);
+  const truncated = text.substring(0, lastSpace > 0 ? lastSpace : maxLength).trim();
   return truncated.replace(/[.,!?]$/, '') + '...';
 }
 
 // Helper function to format category
 function formatCategory(category: string): string {
   if (!category) return 'GENERAL';
-  // Simplify long category names
-  return category
-    .split('-')
-    .map(part => part.trim().toUpperCase())
-    .join(' - ');
+  // Make category names shorter and more readable
+  const categoryMap: { [key: string]: string } = {
+    'GLOBAL ISSUES - WORLD AFFAIRS': 'WORLD',
+    'UN NEWS - GLOBAL NEWS': 'UN NEWS',
+    'GLOBAL NEWS': 'WORLD',
+  };
+  
+  const normalizedCategory = category.toUpperCase();
+  return categoryMap[normalizedCategory] || normalizedCategory;
 }
 
 // Helper function to format source
@@ -69,11 +75,8 @@ function formatSource(source: string): string {
 
 export async function GET() {
   try {
-    console.log(`Attempting to connect to FastAPI server at ${API_HOST}...`);
+    console.log(`Fetching news from FastAPI server at ${API_HOST}...`);
     
-    const controller = new AbortController();
-    const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 5000);
-
     const response = await fetch(`${API_HOST}/news?limit=10`, {
       method: 'GET',
       headers: {
@@ -81,12 +84,8 @@ export async function GET() {
         'Accept': 'application/json',
       },
       cache: 'no-store',
-      signal: controller.signal,
-      keepalive: true,
     });
 
-    clearTimeout(timeoutId);
-
     if (!response.ok) {
       const errorText = await response.text();
       throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}, body: ${errorText}`);