Entertainment
26 Mar
The US and UK formally accuse China of being behind widespread cyberattacks on institutions and journalists. US hip-hop mogul Diddy's houses are raided by federal agents over sex trafficking and rape allegations.
24 Mar
As the Spanish region of Catalonia battles its worst drought on record, activists are beginning to question Barcelona's mass tourism model. Should Spain's most visited city be allowed to welcome even more tourists this summer amid a state of emergency? The Down to Earth team takes a closer look.
24 Mar
Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, has received over $55 million since his 2009 death, according to the singer's estate.
24 Mar
From this year's new Michelin-starred restaurants and a chat with cast of new glam TV series "Palm Royale", to Banksy's defaced mural and US photographer Annie Leibovitz wielding a sword in Paris in the name of art, join Eve Jackson for a roundup of this week's culture news.
24 Mar
Natasha Joubert is one of the most beautiful women in the world, but it's her resilience through hard times with depression that make her a force to be reckoned with.
23 Mar
They're among the hottest young couples in world opera. Australian soprano Nicole Car and Canadian baritone Etienne Dupuis have performed together on iconic stages in famous roles around the world. They speak to Eve Jackson about their latest show, Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra", at Paris Bastille.
23 Mar
In cross-over transplantation, patients who cannot be given their own partner's kidney for immunological reasons are given a kidney from the partner of another patient in exchange for a kidney from their own partner.
22 Mar
During a visit to Northern Ireland, Queen Camilla shared an update on how her husband, King Charles, is doing amid his cancer treatment. “He’s doing very well,” the queen consort reportedly said after being handed a card and, “He was very disappointed he couldn't come.”
21 Mar
"The Sweet East" sees cinematographer Sean Price Williams direct a strange journey through American subcultures. Critic Lisa Nesselson also tells us why Stéphane Brizé’s new romance, starring Guillaume Canet and Alba Rohrwacher, is too slow for her taste.
20 Mar
one French paper investigates who could succeed Mahmoud Abbas as leader of the Palestinian Authority. In other news, the largest ever cyberbullying trial in French history sees 28 people incarcerated. Finally, the World Happiness Report spells bad news for youngsters.
20 Mar
The endangered pygmy hippopotamus' birth was "extremely important" fot the Athens zoo. Its name will be decided by a vote.
20 Mar
Frying oil is becoming pricier, but the world's third-largest economy, Japan, has yet to see the inflation rates in the United States and Europe.
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57 mins ago
Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council and a former top UN humanitarian official, told FRANCE 24 on Tuesday that Gaza is "among the worst places in humanitarian history". He described a trapped population enduring "relentless" bombardment since October 2023. With regards to the southern city of Rafah, where an Israeli offensive appears imminent, he said some 1.4 million people were "engulfed in fear and desperation beyond belief".
57 mins ago
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance have filed a petition with a US court, seeking to block a law that forces them to sell the social media app to a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban. They argue the legislation is unconstitutional, setting the stage for a historic legal battle. But first, China's President Xi Jinping has arrived in Serbia on the second leg of his European tour. He expects to receive a much warmer welcome than he did in France.
4 hours ago
Could we soon get better drugs and faster computers thanks to research and production in space? Some companies are betting big on the idea of working in zero gravity. Here's how you can benefit.
4 hours ago
As rising temperatures cause glaciers around the world to recede, some countries are bolstering water supply by making their own.
5 hours ago
According to latest government estimates, the unemployment rate rose to 5.4% in the fiscal year that ended March 2023, from 4.9% in 2013/14 before Modi took over. In urban areas, the rate is higher at 6.5%.
Data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), a private think tank, show that the jobless rate rose to 8% in February 2024.
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