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FRANCE 24’s Charli James previews a big weekend in arts and entertainment. Bad Bunny promises a “huge party” for everyone at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Also, Mariah Carey sings in Italian at the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Plus, a new light show opens in Bordeaux featuring the colours of Henri Matisse and Frida Kahlo. Source link
Conference to Convene Global Leaders on Building Trust, Infrastructure, Inclusion, and Policyfor a Borderless Economy ABUJA, Nigeria, 02 February 2026-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Preparations are underway for the 2026 RegTech Africa Conference & Expo (RACE 2026), Africa’s flagship platform on regulatory technology, digital innovation, and policy reform, scheduled to hold from 20–22 May 2026 at the State House Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Conference will be held under the Patronage of the Office of the Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, in partnership with the Presidential Committee on Economic and Financial Inclusion (PreCEFI), and in collaboration with the Inter-Governmental Action…
For some designers, fashion is less about clothes themselves, and more about what those clothes can convey. They see fashion as primarily a political endeavour, a means of challenging a status quo that too often seeks to erase the individual for the alleged benefit of the social order. They champion diversity, gender fluidity and disruption. Jeanne Friot, Walter van Beirendonck, Ahmed Hassan, Louis-Gabriel Nouchi, Yohji Yamamoto and Willy Chavarria are among the group’s most outspoken voices. FRANCE 24 checks out their latest collections. Source link
In the trailer, Robbie is seen doing some highly suggestive breadmaking, her cheeks flushed and her bodice heaving, as she remembers Elordi’s naked torso. Then there are shots of a corset being pulled tight, of Elordi stripping off his shirt, and, errm, someone putting their finger in a fish’s mouth. A typical response to all this lust and lewdness was an article in The Spinoff entitled “Everyone hates the new Wuthering Heights trailer, and here’s why”. “Fennell is taking a piece of art and reducing it to its dullest form”, wrote Clare Mabey.There were plenty of issues aside from the…
Washington, USA, 05 February 2026 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Two new World Bank Group reports released today underscore that South Sudan stands at a critical crossroads, where restoring public finances and taking urgent, climate-smart action are essential to reversing economic decline and placing the country on a sustainable development path. The new Public Finance Review (PFR) and Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) warn that intensifying climate shocks, combined with weak fiscal management, is driving a dangerous cycle of fragility, conflict, displacement, and deepening poverty. The reports find that devastating floods, rising temperatures, and increasingly frequent climate shocks are already…
From “Babygirl” with Nicole Kidman to Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Triangle of Sadness”, Harris Dickinson is one of Britain’s most compelling actors and now one of its most exciting new directors. His debut film “Urchin” is a raw and tender portrait of a homeless addict in London. As the film is released in France, he talks to Laura Di Biasio about filming the London he knows, acting versus directing, and his upcoming role as Beatles icon John Lennon. Source link
Yet he is painfully aware that this is “an impossible way to live”, an “idiot compassion” that eliminates personal responsibility and enables people to continue their immoral actions unimpeded. Sometimes people need to get their “asses kicked” in order to change. Such criticisms are (mostly) expressed by the French inventor, and the “triangulation” between him, Boone, and Jill drives much of the plot.The complexity of a masterNeither view has won out in Saunders’s mind, or on the page; his aim was to represent the two competing philosophies as precisely and persuasively as possible, and “let them hover there”. His approach…
Suzman says the setback shouldn’t be permanent and lays out a roadmap to reclaim momentum and accelerate progress through 2045, even amid significant financial constraints globally SEATTLE, WA, USA, 03 February 2026-/African Media Agency(AMA)/-Today, Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman released his 2026 Annual Letter, The Road to 2045, warning that the recent reversal in global health progress raises urgent moral choices and outlining a 20-year agenda to accelerate impact as the foundation works toward completing its mission.Suzman’s reflections come at a consequential moment for global health and development and for the foundation itself. After years of stalled progress, foreign aid…
To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again PERSPECTIVE © FRANCE 24 Issued on: 04/02/2026 – 16:26Modified: 04/02/2026 – 16:28 08:45 min From the show Reading time 1 min A world-renowned fashion designer-turned-podcast host has spoken to FRANCE 24 about its success, and about those she has spoken to. Bella Freud is the great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis.…
“People perceive that an anatomical illustration is an objective depiction of the human body to the best of the artist’s abilities,” says Gann, which is something that the exhibition seeks to “break apart”. “In truth, they are subject to culture and tastes and artistic movements as any other form of art and illustration.” A nameless black figure in Maclise’s book, thought to be the only black body in anatomical works of the period, is a case in point, having been removed from the edition created for pre-abolition America.His depiction, notes Keren Rosa Hammerschlag in her 2021 essay, Black Apollo: Aesthetics, Dissection,…