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Thursday, december 19, 2024
Amazon workers strike days ahead of Christmas
• 8:41 PM
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With just days to go before Christmas, thousands of Amazon workers across the US have walked off the job. Also in this edition: European stocks fell on the Fed’s inflation outlook, while US stocks rebounded after being rattled on Wednesday. Meanwhile the
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Future of mining: Head of industry giant BHP speaks to FRANCE 24
• 3:53 PM
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The mining industry plays a key role in the world’s energy transition, providing the critical minerals and metals needed for new, green technology. It’s also facing pressure to reduce its own carbon footprint, and protect the communities affected by its
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US faces possible government shutdown after Trump rejects stopgap bill
• 1:51 PM
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US President-elect Donald Trump has upended bipartisan efforts to avert a government shutdown, after he rejected a stopgap bill and pressed Republican lawmakers to either renegotiate it or risk their political careers. The new bill would have kept federa
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Wednesday, december 18, 2024
US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for third time this year
• 9:06 PM
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The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates for the third time this year, to 4.25-4.5 percent. But the central bank indicated it would likely slow the pace of its rate cuts in the coming year, as prices remain high. Rodney Sullivan, from the University
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Willow: Has Google cracked a key challenge in quantum computing?
• 3:20 PM
1 min
In this Science segment, we take a closer look at Google's announcement that it has cracked a key challenge in quantum computing, with a new chip capable of almost unfathomable speeds. Dubbed Willow, the chip performed a standard test in under five minut
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Nissan, Honda hold merger talks that could create world's third-largest carmaker
• 10:35 AM
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Japanese carmakers Nissan and Honda have confirmed talks aimed at deepening their cooperation as they struggle to compete with Chinese EV startups. We take a closer look. Also in this edition: Italy's Unicredit raises its stake in German lender Commerzba
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Tuesday, december 17, 2024
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Friday, december 13, 2024
'My identity was stolen by Iranian hackers', FRANCE 24 journalist says
• 4:31 PM
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Iran may look increasingly isolated on the international stage, but cybersecurity companies say its extensive network of hackers is working hard to pursue the government’s strategic interests. One person who’s being used as a pawn in a massive cyber camp
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Bracing for impact: AI to transform music industry
• 1:58 PM
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Artificial intelligence could transform the future of sound. The market for generative AI in the music industry is taking off, with both huge opportunities and substantial risks for creative professions. A study by Goldmedia consulting and research group
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Thursday, december 12, 2024
Trump rings opening bell at NYSE after being named Time's Person of the Year
• 10:14 PM
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Donald Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, a first for the US president-elect, after he was named "Person of the Year " by Time magazine. Plus, the European Central Bank cut interest rates again as the focus shifts from fighting i
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Australia to get social media platforms to support news industry
• 10:21 AM
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Australia's labour government unveiled a new scheme this Thursday that would tax social media platforms if they fail to agree to compensate local media publishers. The plan is meant to provide support to an industry that has lost hundreds of jobs and see
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Wednesday, december 11, 2024
French lawmakers consider emergency financing law
• 8:56 PM
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French lawmakers are considering emergency financing laws to avoid a potential shutdown of government services. The budget which ex-PM Michel Barnier attempted to force through parliament was a key factor in the no-confidence vote that toppled his govern
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Google launches latest AI model, Gemini 2.0, marking ‘a new agentic era’
• 3:41 PM
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Google on Wednesday unveiled Gemini 2.0, a new artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to tackle more conceptual work and thinking done by humans amid fierce competition from the world's leading tech companies.
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Business uncertainty reaches new highs as France waits for a new PM
• 10:47 AM
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A survey on the outlook of French businesses released by the Bank of France shows that the country's industrial and construction sectors have reached levels of uncertainty last seen during the 2022 energy crunch. This comes as Emmanuel Macron is expected
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Tuesday, december 10, 2024
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Friday, december 6, 2024
Plastic Planet: UN talks fail to curb production
• 5:34 PM
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The world produces some 400 million tonnes of plastic waste every year. About half of all plastic is designed to be single use, that is, thrown away after being used just once. Hopes for a global treaty to tackle plastic production and waste faded at the
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Forget me bot: Mystery behind the names causing ChatGPT to crash
• 2:33 PM
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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 fo
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Thursday, december 5, 2024
With the government down, what will happen to France's budget?
• 9:43 PM
1 min
French President Emmanuel Macron lashed out at the far left and the far right for uniting an "anti-Republican front" to bring down the government after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted by a vote of no-confidence. He promised to name a new prime m
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Currency and bond markets price in fall of France's government
• 11:11 AM
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As France's National Assembly voted to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government, we look at how markets have responded to the news. Chief among investor concerns are what this latest chapter in French political life will mean for the country's gro
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Tuesday, december 3, 2024
US-China chip war heats up as Beijing bans export of key minerals
• 9:55 PM
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A day after the US government announced new export restrictions hitting China's chip industry, Beijing retaliated with a ban on the sale of key minerals like gallium and germanium to the United States. Plus, after its bizarre rebranding campaign was met
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Vietnamese real estate tycoon to raise $9 billion or face death penalty
• 9:35 AM
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An Ho Chi Minh City court upheld a death sentence for Vietnamese real estate magnate Truong My Lan after convicting her for embezzlement and bribery in the country's biggest financial fraud case. The 68-year-old still has the right to request a review of
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Monday, december 2, 2024
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Friday, november 29, 2024
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Putin says there's no need to panic over Russia's plummeting ruble
• 8:49 PM
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says there's no need to panic over the country's plummeting currency, despite the ruble weakening to its lowest level in over two years. Plus, Australia has passed a law banning social media for under-16s. Voters in Irela
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Bittersweet business: How the global cocoa industry is changing
• 4:22 PM
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The cocoa industry in Haiti is one of the few bright spots in an economy that's suffocating amid gang violence and political instability. Exports of fermented cocoa to Europe are having a significant impact for small Haitian producers, and helping to cre
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LVMH boss to testify in trial of former French spy chief Squarcini
• 11:21 AM
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Bernard Arnault, France's richest man and the billionaire head of luxury group LVMH, is set to take the witness stand in a Paris court in the trial of Bernard Squarcini, the former head of France's domestic intelligence agency. Squarcini is accused of us
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Wednesday, november 27, 2024
French borrowing costs spike amid political turbulence
• 8:52 PM
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Another looming political crisis is battering France's reputation on global markets. Borrowing costs spiked as investors looked to a possible vote of no confidence over the government's budget proposal. That led the spread between French and German bond
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As ceasefire takes effect, Lebanon's economy is shattered by war
• 11:55 AM
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A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah, brokered by the US and France, went into effect this Wednesday, paving the way for the more than 1.2 million Lebanese citizens displaced by war to return home. More than a year of cross-border fighting had c
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Tuesday, november 26, 2024
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Kenya scraps airport, power deals with Adani after US fraud indictment
• 6:24 PM
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Kenya's president has announced the cancellation of two major infrastructure deals with India's Adani Group, after US prosecutors charged its founder Gautam Adani and his associates with fraud over a $250 million corruption scheme. The scandal has wiped
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One year of Milei's Argentina: Is 'shock therapy' working?
• 4:34 PM
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It's been just over a year since Argentina elected Javier Milei as president. The political outsider had brandished a chainsaw as a symbol of his plans to cut government spending. So is Milei's "shock therapy" working? FRANCE 24's Kate Moody speaks to Ju
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History's biggest break-up: US federal prosecutors say Google must sell Chrome
• 9:15 AM
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In the antitrust trial of the century, the US Justice Department has filed for tech giant Alphabet to separate from its Chrome browser, which is used by around 3.5 billion people globally. It's also asked the District of Colombia judge to rule that if Go
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Wednesday, november 20, 2024
SpaceX's sixth Starship test flight: Soft splashdown but no booster catch
• 3:18 PM
1 min
In this Science segment, we look at SpaceX's latest test flight of its Starship megarocket. The flight went well and achieved several milestones, but the team did not manage to repeat last month's incredible manoeuvre, when the massive Super Heavy booste
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With tariffs in mind, Donald Trump picks Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary
• 10:30 AM
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US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick to lead the Department of Commerce. The businessman and long-time friend of Trump's is slated to lead the incoming administration's efforts to implement wide-ranging tariffs
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Tuesday, november 19, 2024
Trump names China hawk Howard Lutnick as US commerce secretary
• 9:49 PM
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US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, a Wall Street executive and co-chair of Trump's transition team, to be the next US commerce secretary. The billionaire has been a key economic adviser to Trump and a keen advocate of using tariff
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EU-Mercosur trade deal: Governments divided over ratification
• 11:58 AM
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The EU-Mercosur trade deal faces divisions among governments over ratification. Meanwhile, Toyota has unveiled its latest hydrogen hybrid model, and Spirit Airlines, the largest budget carrier in the US, has filed for bankruptcy amid over $1 billion in d
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Donald Trump appoints TV star Sean Duffy as transport secretary
• 12:37 AM
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Sean Duffy, a former lumberjack athlete, MTV star, attorney, Fox News regular, and US Representative for Wisconsin, has been appointed as the next Transportation Secretary by President-elect Donald Trump. If confirmed, Duffy will oversee rail, cars, truc
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Monday, november 18, 2024
Friday, november 15, 2024
'Drill, baby, drill': What Trump's election victory means for climate change
• 4:39 PM
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Nations have gathered in Azerbaijan for COP29, under the shadow cast by the re-election of climate change denier Donald Trump, who has pledged to row back on the United States' carbon-cutting commitments. As the planet logs its hottest year on record, Ch
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Mark Zuckerberg releases filthy song to celebrate anniversary
• 3:13 PM
1 min
Tech giant Meta is feeling the heat, no matter how relaxed its leader Mark Zuckerberg might appear. Despite the waves of bad news buffeting his company, CEO Zuckerberg is surfing ahead with a new relaxed persona. We tell you more in this edition of Tech
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Thursday, november 14, 2024
Xi Jinping to inaugurate China-backed mega port in Peru
• 10:01 PM
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The APEC summit is kicking off in Lima, Peru, ahead of the G20 summit in Brazil next week. Among the world leaders attending is Chinese President Xi Jinping. His first order of business in Peru is to attend the inauguration of the Chancay port, a majorit
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Benefit fraud: Amnesty accuses Denmark of using AI to build 'system of surveillance'
• 2:08 PM
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Amnesty International is accusing Denmark of using artificial intelligence in a way that targets people with disabilities, low-income families, migrants and anyone who is marginalised in society. The NGO is voicing deep concern about a new welfare system
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France will not accept Mercosur trade deal in current form, French PM tells EU
• 10:33 AM
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As European farmers protest against a renewed push to ratify the controversial free trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur South American trade bloc, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has told EU chief Ursula von der Leyen that his government
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China's Latin America trade ties take centre stage at APEC summit
• 12:03 AM
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China's President Xi Jinping is expected to inaugurate a new "mega port" built by shipping giant Cosco in the Peruvian town of Chancay this Thursday. The visit comes on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and underlines th
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Wednesday, november 13, 2024
Does the global workforce have the skills necessary to fight climate change?
• 3:10 PM
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In its 2024 Green Skills Report, social media platform LinkedIn uses data from its 1 billion users to track the evolution of so-called "green skills" on the labour market. Their findings show that while the number of people with the skills that help comb
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Trump taps Musk and Ramaswamy to lead 'Government Efficiency' effort
• 11:01 AM
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US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and one-time presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new "Department of Governmental Efficiency". The pair will be tasked with advising the administration on how to "dismant
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Shell wins appeal against landmark climate ruling
• 8:59 AM
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Oil giant Shell has succeeded in overturning a landmark 2021 court ruling that ordered it to cut CO2 emissions by 45 percent from 2019 levels by 2030. The appeals court in The Hague said that while companies like Shell had the responsibility to contribut
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Tuesday, november 12, 2024
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Thursday, november 7, 2024
Nissan to cut 9,000 jobs as profits plunge 93%
• 9:53 PM
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Japanese carmaker Nissan says it will cut 9,000 jobs globally, after net profit in the April to September period plunged 93.5% year-on-year. The company has struggled with weak EV sales in China and has missed the hybrid boom in the US. But first, German
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Germany's ruling coalition collapses over economic issues after finance minister sacked
• 11:07 AM
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On Wednesday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed his finance minister and coalition partner, Christian Lindner, over disagreements on economic policy. The country will now be facing a snap election next year in a bid for more political stability. In
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