🎶✨ Following the success of her debut album “Eclesia”, Franco-Haitian singer Naïka arrives at the Cannes Film Festival to share her cinematic dreams and open up about her personal journey toward self-confidence. Source link
An Air France flight bound for Detroit was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Congo boarded a flight in Paris “in error” amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak, US Customs and Border Protection said Thursday. A spokesperson for the agency says the passenger “should not have boarded” the plane Wednesday due … Read more
Social media users around the world have been claiming that hantavirus can’t be spread from one human to another. However, scientists have confirmed that the strain of the virus that circulated on the MV Hondius cruise ship can indeed be transmitted that way, though it isn’t very contagious. Source link
🎞️ 😍 FRANCE 24 has been bringing you the latest from the Cannes Film Festival, but which films and performances stood out from the rest? The arts24 team shares their favorites from the 2026 edition. Source link
Stagnant, passive and dangerous. This is how the Strait of Hormuz standoff is increasingly being described. Now in its fourth month, the crisis off Iran’s coast is marked by a mutual blockade. Tehran is charging ships up to $2 million (€1.73 million) for safe passage through the strait while the United States imposes a naval … Read more
As a trial of former organizers of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigils has concluded, FRANCE 24’s Yuka Royer speaks with Wu’er Kaixi, one of the student leaders who led mass protests leading up to the brutal 1989 crackdown. Nearly 37 years since the tragedy, the exiled campaigner laments China’s continued oppression of dissident voices and ethnic … Read more
Thousands of Cubans gathered on Friday morning before the US embassy in Havana to protest a US decision to indict former president Raul Castro in the downing of two civilian airplanes 30 years ago. The pro-government demonstration, which began shortly after sunrise on Havana’s waterfront, comes as Cuban officials rallied this week around the island’s … Read more
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that the US was constantly re-evaluating its troop presence around the world and decisions on force posture were technical, not political. Rubio spoke from a NATO meeting in Sweden after allies expressed bewilderment on Friday at US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would send 5,000 … Read more
Nearly a decade has passed since allegations against Harvey Weinstein first emerged in the US, sparking the global #MeToo movement. Now, Australian actor Cate Blanchett says the movement has been killed off in Hollywood. So as the Cannes Film Festival comes to a close, we focus on the accusations surrounding the event, alongside broader discussions … Read more
The World Health Organization has raised the risk of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola spreading across the Democratic Republic of Congo to “very high,” warning the outbreak could accelerate rapidly. With no approved vaccine or treatment available, health officials are racing to contain the virus and prevent wider regional spread. Source link