Brazilian football superstar is back on the world stage. His country’s all-time leading goalscorer, he earned a dramatic recall to Brazil’s World Cup squad, returning to the national team after nearly three years away. The 34-year-old will headline Carlo Ancelotti’s roster as Brazil chases a record sixth World Cup title. Source link
Eric Cantona is getting a double appearance in Cannes this year! The former football star features in both “Marvellous Mornings” – Avril Besson’s first movie – and “Cantona”, a British documentary looking at his five turbulent years at Manchester United. Source link
Spain’s former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, an ally of current Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, is being investigated for alleged influence peddling and related crimes, the country’s top criminal court said Tuesday. Zapatero thus becomes the first Spanish prime minister – current or former – to be formally investigated by the judiciary since … Read more
🥘✨Thousands of dishes are served every day to hundreds of guests. This is the rhythm of Executive Chef @Axelmorand_chef at the Carlton Cannes, who created a signature dish for Cannes Jury President Park Chan-wook during the Film Festival. Source link
After issuing thinly veiled threats against Iran over the weekend, US President Trump appeared to strike a different tone on May 18. He described ongoing peace talks with Tehran as “very positive” and even claimed he had paused a planned US military strike. Source link
The cruiseship hit by a deadly outbreak of hantavirus has finally docked in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. It will be disinfected and the crew will go into quarantine. It will then be setting sail for Iceland, where it is to start another trip on May 29. FRANCE 24’s Fernande Van Tets tells us ore from … Read more
Russia says it has “high expectations” for President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China – as Moscow and Beijing move to deepen what the Kremlin calls their “privileged partnership”. Putin will travel to China on May 19 and 20, less than a week after US President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. August … Read more
In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the Africa-France summit in Nairobi, Tony Elumelu, chairman of Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa, said “we [in Africa] need to fix our problems ourselves” as Western aid cuts bite, calling on the continent’s private sector to step up and invest in electricity and … Read more
In 2025, Panchayat became the most-watched series in India. Its success stems from its story about the head of a village council in a rural area of Uttar Pradesh. In recent years, stories from rural India have permeated the film industry, even reaching prestigious international award ceremonies. This rural revival has fostered the growth of … Read more
The annual Sudetendeutsche Tag meeting of ethnic Germans and their descendants expelled from Czechoslovakia after World War II will take place in the Czech city of Brno from 22 to 25 May as part of the Meeting Brno festival of reconciliation. But the incident has sparked protests and a parliamentary declaration warning against what some … Read more