Known for his playful and colorful designs and collaborations with pop royalty like Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Rihanna, French fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac has a big mission: to dress the 700 clergy for the grand reopening of Paris’s beloved cathedral after the devastating fire 5 years ago. The designs are fun, modern and simple. … Read more
What’s in a name? When it comes to AI, a name can mean a huge data protection headache. This week, the internet was fascinated by a list of people that the AI chatbot ChatGPT refuses to talk about. And it’s changing the debate around your “right to be forgotten” online. Source link
The leaders of France’s Socialist party told President Emmanuel Macron that they are open to backing a new government, adding that cooperating in forming a government was no betrayal towards their New Popular Front alliance. There’s just one caveat: They won’t accept a prime minister with right-wing leanings ‘under any circumstance’. For in-depth analysis & … Read more
For several weeks in Tunisia, there has either been no potatoes available in markets or they have been very expensive. To manage the problem, authorities have ramped up seizures of illegal stockpiling and have set a fixed price for potatoes. But the problem isn’t just linked to speculation—it’s also been a bad harvest this year. … Read more
The European Union and South America’s Mercosur trade bloc said Friday they had finalized a free trade agreement that has been decades in the making. But the deal faces a tortuous battle for approval in Europe given opposition from France and other member states. Source link
As Paris celebrates the reopening of Notre Dame more than five years after it was destroyed by fire; Annette Young meets some of the women who have restored or rebuilt the historic cathedral. They talk about the challenges of bringing the 900-year-old building back to life as hundreds of skilled artisans from around the globe … Read more
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The reopening of Notre Dame this coming weekend is going to be a high-security affair, with a repeat of some measures used during the Paris Olympics and the sealing-off to tourists of the cathedral’s island location in the heart of the French capital. After more than five years of reconstruction following the fire that devastated … Read more
Iraq, which has witnessed wars, embargoes and Islamic State rule, is a traumatized country with Eastern Christians among the first victims. Under Saddam Hussein, there were one and a half million of them in the country, but today only 150,000 remain. Many Chaldean Catholics in exile dream of returning. We meet members of the diaspora … Read more
Notre-Dame is certainly one of the most iconic monuments in Paris. From the French Revolution to the book that saved the cathedral, FRANCE 24’s Antoine Besse has the insights. Source link