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The multi-faceted performer Dorothée Munyaneza has adapted Kae Tempest’s play “Hopelessly Devoted” for the stage, in a French-language production at the Bouffes du Nord theater. She tells us why she wanted to explore many different forms of love in her version “Inconditionelles”, and how the emotion can be a powerful liberating force, whether it exists … Read more
Ursula Haverbeck, a notorious Holocaust denier whom even a two-year prison spell failed to deter from making fallacious claims about the mass murders and other atrocities committed by the German Nazi regime, has died at the age of 96. Her lawyer, Wolfram Nahrath, told a Hamburg court, where she was appealing a conviction for inciting … Read more
A teenager disappeared with a loot of 30 thousand dollars harvested after the launch of his own project, the GenZ Quant (QUANT). This initiative caught the attention of a community, which even reached a frenzy, when they observed, during a live broadcast, a boy of about 12 years of age, whom they saw as a … Read more
For wine lovers, it’s time to sip and celebrate: this Thursday marks Beaujolais Nouveau day in France and worldwide. In this Entre Nous, we find out how, for some, the third Thursday of November became synonymous with drinking. We also break down some of the other rules about this famous French wine. Finally, we discuss … Read more
The French have the reputation of being romantic. It’s even the cliché that they are sexually liberated and good lovers. But what are their sex lives really like? The answer is quite surprising. According to a new study by France’s National Institute of Health, the French are having sex less frequently and starting later in … Read more
The Bavarian Trade Association (HBE) forecasts sales in Bavarian retail of 15.3 billion euros for the 2024 Christmas business. That would correspond to a nominal sales increase of 1.3%. After months of depressed consumer sentiment, there are now signs that it is improving slightly again, says HBE President Ernst Läuger: “Consumer sentiment will rise slightly … Read more
Angela Merkel was the longest-serving chancellor of a post-war, united Germany, earning a reputation for calm and pragmatic leadership. On Thursday, The time published passages from her highly anticipated book Freedom. Memories 1954-2021. Here are some of the key takeaways. On growing up in East Germany Born in Hamburg in what was then West Germany … Read more
In the words of Antoine Bernard, disinformation is “the kingdom of confusion”. The director of advocacy and assistance at Reporters Without Borders (RSF) spoke to FRANCE 24 about the organization’s project to fight fake news and analyze the geopolitics of propaganda: The Propaganda Monitor. In its first “season”, the project is focusing on Russian propaganda, … Read more
Considering the information circulating so far, the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, seems willing to honor his commitment to the bitcoin (BTC) ecosystem, and is now planning to create a new position in the White House dedicated exclusively to establish guidelines related to cryptocurrencies. According to the information published in Bloomberg This November … Read more
Workers’ representatives have called for a deal in collective bargaining talks with Volkswagen (VW) by Christmas, the IG Metall trade union and VW’s workers’ council said on Thursday. VW is Europe’s largest automaker and has threatened plant closures and layoffs in a bid to reduce labor costs. VW management says it wants to shut factories, … Read more