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Green transition takes centre stage at top French business gathering

This week we're at the 2023 annual MEDEF meeting, where the largest employers' federation in France gets leaders of the country's business community together to discuss the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead – one of them being the transition to a green economy. A world leader when it comes…

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IFA 2023: Can new consumer tech still excite?

It's the starting gun for the busiest time of the year in tech: IFA Berlin. Europe's largest tech trade show has kicked off, with more folding phones and robot lawnmowers than anyone could possibly need. With the "smart home" facing privacy and interoperability concerns and the smartphone industry dogged by…

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French-Moroccan citizen among two jet ski tourists shot dead off coast of Algeria

France on Friday confirmed one of its citizens had been killed in Algeria, a day after media reports said two tourists were shot dead by coast guards when they strayed across the maritime border with Morocco.

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In China, artificial intelligence extends its hold on daily life

China's artificial intelligence (AI) market is currently worth €20 billion, but that figure could more than double within two years. Beijing aspires to overtake the US to become the world leader in the sector by 2030. AI technology enables machines to imitate human intelligence to generate texts, images and videos…

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Africa Fashion Up contest: Designers embrace Paris as launchpad to success

July 2023 saw the third edition of a fashion competition in Paris called Africa Fashion Up. It aims to give a platform to young, up-and-coming African talent. Five designers from across the continent presented their collections at the Musée du Quai Branly, as they celebrated local craftsmanship with a global…

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Overtourism in Greece: Locals protest against influx of summer visitors

The Greek island of Paros, in the Cyclades, is a popular tourist destination during the summer season, when around 450,000 visitors flock to the picturesque island of 12,000 inhabitants. But locals have become exacerbated by this huge influx of tourists and the illegal privatisation of certain beaches. Protests have even…

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Russia says it shot down 281 Ukrainian drones over the past week

Russia's defence ministry on Friday said it had destroyed a total of 281 Ukrainian drones over the past week. Also on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told a business forum in Italy that there can be no "sustainable peace" in Ukraine unless the country regains control of Crimea, Donbas and…

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Chinese property firm Country Giant posts record losses, warns of potential default

Chinese real estate group Country Garden has posted record losses of €6.5 billion for the first half of 2023 and warned that it could default on its debt if its financial performance "continues to deteriorate". The news underlined the country's struggling growth, since the property sector may represent as much…

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Western powers condemn coup in Gabon, curfew remains in effect

A group of senior military officers in Gabon seized power in the early hours of Wednesday, shortly after the country's election body announced President Ali Bongo had won a third term. The United States, the UK, France and others condemned what appeared to be the eighth military coup in west…

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Disputed election sparks beginning of the end of 56 years of Bongo family rule

The ouster of Gabon’s President Ali Bongo early Wednesday came shortly after the country’s election commission announced the official results of the August 26 presidential election, handing the incumbent another disputed victory. But this time, it provided the spark for a military takeover to end more than half a century…

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Gabon's economy: A wealth of resources that fails to trickle down to the population

As a group of senior Gabonese military officers announce they have seized power and placed President Ali Bongo under house arrest, we take a closer look at Gabon's economic situation. The Central African nation is the fourth-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa, but a third of its population lives below…

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Gabon general named ‘transitional president’ by attempted coup leaders

Gabon’s junta named General Brice Oligui Nguema as transition leader, soldiers said on national television on Wednesday. The announcement came hours after President Ali Bongo appeared in a video and called on his "friends" to "make noise" after military officers in the Central African state staged a coup attempt. Read…

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Paris Opera star Hugo Marchand strives to make ballet more accessible

To kick off a new season of Encore!, Eve Jackson welcomes French dancer Hugo Marchand, a star of one of France's most prestigious cultural institutions. Known for his unique dancing style that mixes strength and grace, he was named principal dancer at the Paris Opera in 2017 when he was…

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Wagner group's future hanging in the balance after Prigozhin’s death

Wagner military chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was officially confirmed dead by Russian authorities on Sunday. The fate of his mercenary group – and its operations in Africa and the Middle East – now hangs in the balance. FRANCE 24 spoke to Anastasiya Shapochkina, a political analyst and researcher with a focus…

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FRANCE 24's special programme on the 1-year countdown to the 2024 Paris Paralympics

The 2024 Paris Paralympics will officially begin on August 28, just 17 days after the Olympics's closing ceremony. Watch FRANCE 24's special programme marking the one-year countdown to the start of the games presented by James Vasina.

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Bernice King on her father: 'He tried to make the world a better place for everyone'

Dr Bernice Albertine King is the youngest daughter of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. She is the CEO of The King Center. FRANCE 24 went to meet her to talk about her father's struggle and the march on Washington 60 years ago, during which Martin Luther King delivered…

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The Strokes headline Rock En Seine on the festival's 20th anniversary

From Christine And The Queens to the Chemical Brothers and The Strokes, organisers pulled fantastic stops to celebrate two decades of one of France's biggest festivals. FRANCE 24 takes you through the birthday celebrations and we chat with Montreal electro funk outfit Chromeo about their music and style.

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2024 Paris Paralympics: City marks one-year countdown to start of games

Olympic fever is growing in the French capital. Paris will host the 17th edition of the Paralympic games for the first time from August 28 to September 8, 2024, just 17 days after the Olympics's closing ceremony. FRANCE 24's James Vasina talks to Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic…

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Gabon: French media hit by ban, internet down, in disputed election

Reporters Without Borders also denounced the fact that foreign media was largely restricted from covering the vote.

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Gabon cuts access to internet, broadcasts as citizens wait for election results

Gabon has come under fire for cutting internet access and restricting media broadcasts during the weekend's elections. As vote counting continues, opposition leader Albert Ondo Ossa denounced "fraud" in his battle for the presidency against incumbent Ali Bongo Ondimba.

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Macron calls for strengthening French diplomacy to tackle changing world order

French President Emmanuel Macron called for a strengthening of France's diplomatic efforts as the international community faces new challenges in his annual address to French ambassadors on Monday.

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Paris exhibits to see this autumn, from Bollywood to Chagall and Picasso

As Parisians return from their summer holidays and get back to work or school (a period known in France as “la rentrée”), the City of Lights is set for a rich cultural season. From Russian-French artist Marc Chagall to a retrospective on Indian cinema, FRANCE 24 has selected 10 of…

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When four nuclear bombs fell onto Spanish village of Palomares

During the Cold War, the US military conducted manoeuvres in Spain’s Andalusia region. On January 17, 1966, a bomber and a supply plane collided in mid-air. From the belly of the bomber, four thermonuclear bombs fell to the ground. There was no nuclear explosion, as luckily they were unarmed. But…

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Putin sends 'condolences' over Prigozhin plane crash

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin as a talented businessman on Thursday and said he wished to express sincere condolences to the families of those who died in a plane crash a day earlier. Putin's words came as Zelensky marked his country's independence day with an address…

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Expansion and a common currency on agenda at BRICS summit

Leaders of some of the developing world's most important economies turned Wednesday to the main business of their summit in South Africa, a day after a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the gathering an anti-Western tinge that officials had been hoping to avoid.

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