Amanda Thomson, a former BBC correspondent turned award-winning entrepreneur with a Champagne taste for innovation, founded Noughty, a premium alcohol-free wine brand, in 2019. She set out to redefine one of France’s most cherished institutions with a deceptively radical premise: offering wine lovers across the globe a taste of the good life while always remaining … Read more
Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday defended the creation of a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate political allies of President Donald Trump who believe they were unfairly prosecuted under the Biden administration. Blanche, testing before a Senate committee, came under repeated attack from Democrats who criticized the scheme as a corrupt “slush … Read more
Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen, Rex Li, Research Affiliate of Lau China Institute and Professor of International Relations at the School of Global Affairs King’s College London, says that Vladimir Putin has been “warmly welcomed by Chinese leaders” compared to Donald Trump, explaining that “Russia and China share the same goal of building a … Read more
A painting by American Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock sold for $181.2 million (€156.2 million) plus fees at Christie’s auction house in New York on Monday, a blockbuster day for the institution. The approximately three-by-one-metre (35 × 131.5 in / 88.9 x 334 cm) oil and enamel work on canvas, titled “No. 7A, 1948”, was … Read more
Show of strength or show of weakness? Days after Donald Trump left Beijing, Vladimir Putin’s turn in the Chinese capital, where the Russian president can boast that unlike his US counterpart, he’ll be signing actual business deals. But the biggest one may have to wait. Xi Jinping in no hurry to agree to the Power … Read more
When Peter Magyar, whose center-right Tisza party won the parliamentary elections in Hungary on April 12, 2026, Polish liberals were thrilled. “Welcome to Europe,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on Twitter. He also posted a video in which he is speaking on the phone with election winner Magyar during his visit to South Korea. … Read more
French senators have unanimously passed a bill allowing for the remains of people who were exhibited in colonial-era “human zoos” in Paris to be returned to their ancestral lands in French Guiana, on the northeast coast of South America. The draft law meets a long-standing demand of Indigenous communities in France’s overseas territories, recognizing a … Read more
Turning 80 is probably not something Cher gives much importance to – after all, traditions and expectations have never meant much to her. His fearlessness has made him one of the greatest icons in pop music history. As well as her unique contrasting voice, which is instantly recognizable by generations of listeners, it is above … Read more
Rewatch as Trump addresses Cuba and the war in Iran amid stalled talks between Washington and Tehran, and analysis from FRANCE 24. Source link
Ghana’s three billion dollar IMF bailout has just wrapped up, and it’s now hoping that it has a better financial footing to tempt investors over. The country needed the support to ride its worst economic downturn in decades following the pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and inflation. FRANCE 24’s Justice Baidoo is on the ground … Read more