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Fredag 12 december 2025

How 'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' became a gaming tour de force

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, December 12: A US defence news website reports on leaks from the National Security Strategy, which reveal how the Trump administration is trying to pull four EU nations away from the bloc. Also: World Darts champion Luke Littler be

Torsdag 11 december 2025

Is the US interested in Venezuela's oil?

The US's motives are unclear after it seizes a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. Also, France's last major home appliance maker goes bankrupt. Meanwhile, Disney strikes a deal with OpenAI. Plus, Lidl gets creative with its advertising, wi

The world for sale: A deep dive into the murky world of commodity traders

They buy, hoard and sell the Earth's resources. In this episode, journalist Javier Blas helps us shed some light on the shadowy realm of billionaire commodity traders. He co-wrote with Jack Farchy "The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Bar

US Federal Reserve cuts rate by 25 basis points, but dissenting voices heard

The Federal Reserve, the US central bank, lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday. The move comes as the US economy deals with sticky inflation, slowing jobs figures and a lack of official data because of the government shutdo

Onsdag 10 december 2025

US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for third straight time

The US Federal Reserve has lowered its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point, to a range of 3.5%-3.75%. However, it signalled there will be fewer cuts going forward amid a cooling labour market and persistently high inflation. The vote was not una

Addiction economy: Can regulators rein in social media platforms?

Will history remember this as the day the planet started to rein in big tech? Australia is firing the first shot by banning under-16s from platforms and social media that include giants such as Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. We of course ask if rebelliou

Australian social media ban for kids tackles 'addiction economy', ScrollAware says

As Australia's ban on social media for children under 16 takes effect, we speak with Jess Butcher, a tech entrepreneur and founder of digital wellbeing foundation ScrollAware. In spite of being opposed to over-regulation, she tells us she supports the Au

Ford, Renault team up on low-cost electric cars to counter Chinese rivals

Automotive heavyweights Renault and Ford are to join forces to develop a line of compact, more affordable Ford-branded electric vehicles and commercial vans in a bid to curb a wave of cheaper Chinese electric models gaining ground in Europe. Ford CEO Jim

Tisdag 9 december 2025

Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros is among 'most audacious in history'

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, December 9: The bidding war has begun after Paramount launched a $108 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, days after shareholders accepted a Netflix deal. Who will prevail? Also: we learn about the growing Jap

US to allow exports of advanced artificial intelligence chips to China

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would allow the export of US chipmaker Nvidia's second-most powerful AI chips to China, in spite of criticism saying such a move could end up benefitting Beijing's military. Trump said the US would collect

Måndag 8 december 2025

Paramount challenges Netflix with $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros

Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery, hoping to outbid Netflix just days after the streaming giant reached a $72 billion takeover deal with the storied Hollywood studios.

China's trade surplus hits record $1.08 trillion after just 11 months

China exported over $1 trillion worth of goods more than it imported for January through November, a record amount that is increasingly seen as untenable by the country's Western trading partners. We take a closer look. Also in this edition: Netflix's ac

Days before Australia's social media ban, teens race to find loopholes

Australia is about to become the first major democracy to impose a nationwide ban on social media access for under-16s. When the world-first measure comes into force on December 10, platforms including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit and Twitch, will

Fredag 5 december 2025

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros studio, HBO Max for $72 billion

Streaming giant Netflix has agreed to acquire Warner Bros studios and its streaming business for $72 billion, the two American companies announced in a statement on Friday. This acquisition would bring two of the industry’s biggest players in film and TV

Torsdag 4 december 2025

Defence, oil and trade imbalances: Putin in India to boost economic ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin has landed in India for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine. The visit aims at strengthening economic ties between Moscow and New Delhi. Also, Italian police vi

France's Macron pushes for more investment, trade rebalancing in China visit

French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting China with a delegation of business leaders, seeking more Chinese investment in France and a reduction in the trade deficit. We take a closer look. Also in this edition: the Trump administration plans to loose

Onsdag 3 december 2025

EU proposes using frozen Russian assets to provide €90 billion to Ukraine

The European Commission has unveiled plans to provide €90 billion to support Ukraine over the next two years, by either using frozen Russian assets or borrowing money on international markets. Although the EU has already been using interest earned on Rus

EU to unveil new plan to end dependence on China's rare earths

The European Union will release an updated plan this Wednesday to end its dependence on China for rare earths. These critical minerals are considered crucial in a number of high-stakes supply chains, notably in the defence, renewable energy and auto sect

Tisdag 2 december 2025

South Korea's digital sex crime crisis: The 'molka' epidemic

In South Korea, "molka" refers to filming women's bodies without their consent. Tiny spy cameras are used in public bathrooms and hotels to do this and the images are often distributed on encrypted social media platforms such as Telegram. University of Q

OpenAI's Sam Altman declares 'code red' to improve ChatGPT as rivals threaten its position

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has declared a "code red" to improve ChatGPT, planning to put all other projects on the back burner. The urgent call in an internal memo, first reported by The Information, highlights the ever-tightening race for AI supremacy, with

Måndag 1 december 2025

Airbus hit by new A320 quality issue, days after massive recall

Airbus says it's inspecting "a limited number" of A320s after it identified a quality issue with metal panels used on the exterior of the planes. The planemaker says it's unlikely to cause any safety issues and that all newly produced panels conform to r

World governments eye Australian social media ban as they plan their own

Australian children brace for an upcoming social media ban on under-16s as governments around the world consider their own restrictions in a bid to protect youngsters' mental health. Also in this edition: South Korea's largest e-commerce firm suffers a m

Söndag 30 november 2025

Three years of ChatGPT: China surges, Europe retreats and we all drown in AI slop

With the launch of ChatGPT three years ago to the day, it looked like America had won the next major technology race before it had even started. But the landscape has since shifted dramatically. China is overtaking the United States in open-source models

Fredag 28 november 2025

Markets muted in thin trade, hit by data centre glitch

Stock markets were largely flat on Friday, ending a strong week fueled by expectations of further US rate cuts, while trading was thin due to the Thanksgiving holiday and a technical outage at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which was first reported at

Mind the 'LinkedIn' gender gap

LinkedIn, the social media platform with which professionals connect and network, has found itself in hot water after a surprising experiment revealed signs of bias against women. Also competition is woven into nearly every part of our lives; but do we r

Torsdag 27 november 2025

JP Morgan says it will build the biggest office block in London

Two of Wall Street's biggest banks have announced expansion plans in the UK, a day after the British finance minister revealed a budget that spared them from tax increases. Also, French MPs are debating whether or not to nationalise steelmaking giant Arc

Teaching financial literacy and entrepreneurship in impoverished areas

How to create economic opportunities in underprivileged areas? John Hope Bryant is the founder and CEO of Operation HOPE, a US non-profit that works to promote financial literacy and economic empowerment to young people and adults. A self-made millionair

Euroclear warns EU that Russian frozen asset plan could lead to higher borrowing costs

The Financial Times is reporting that a depositary firm that holds frozen Russian state assets in the EU has warned that the bloc's plan to use these assets to back €140 billion in loans to Ukraine could lead to higher borrowing costs for member states.

Onsdag 26 november 2025

More taxes, higher spending: A closer look at Britain's new budget

UK Finance Minister Rachel Reeves has announced a new budget that includes more taxes for ordinary workers, but higher government spending on social welfare programmes. The new plan will raise the government's tax take to a post-war high of 38 percent of

UK's Labour government to present budget under pressure from party base, bond markets

UK Finance Minister Rachel Reeves will present her second annual budget to parliament this Wednesday, promising to plug a spending gap of at least £30 billion (€30.4 billion). Reeves has been under pressure both from her Labour Party backbenchers and inv

Tisdag 25 november 2025

Volkswagen says it can make new cars entirely in China

German auto giant Volkswagen has announced the completion of a new R&D centre at its hub in Hebei, eastern China, saying that for the first time in the company's history, new cars can be developed from start to finish outside Germany. Volkswagen is hopin

EU says loosening tech rules 'not up for negotiation' in trade talks with US

The EU's antitrust chief, Teresa Ribera, says changing regulations on US tech is not on the cards. This comes after US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick tied a loosening of tech rules to lower US tariffs. Also, mining giant Barrick reaches an agreement w

Måndag 24 november 2025

EU, US restart trade talks in Brussels

The EU and the US have restarted their trade negotiations in a bid to settle sticking points left unsolved in their tariff deal reached in July. The US side called on the EU to reconsider its digital rules and find "a balanced approach" if it wanted Wash

EU seeks to deepen trade ties with Africa at summit in Angola

The EU and the African Union are marking 25 years of relations with a summit aimed at boosting economic cooperation, but Europe's investment ambitions will struggle to compete with those of China and the US. We take a closer look in this edition.

Söndag 23 november 2025

Brussels under fire for softening grip on Big Tech

The European Commission triggered a political meltdown this week with proposals to loosen some of the EU's landmark digital regulations. The package, announced on Wednesday as part of a push to boost European innovation, drew condemnation from privacy ad

Fredag 21 november 2025

Challenges facing the World Bank today: High debt, low aid and slow growth

The World Bank was created in 1944 with a simple mission: to finance reconstruction post-World War II, a mandate that later evolved into reducing global poverty and fostering development. Over the decades, the mission has broadly stayed the same, but the

Asian tech stocks tumble as strong Nvidia results fail to ease AI bubble jitters

Technology firms led an Asian market selloff on Friday, tracking a sharp drop on Wall Street the day before, as strong results for US chipmaker Nvidia failed to allay fears of a bubble in AI-related shares and concern about the US labour market.

Torsdag 20 november 2025

Beaujolais Nouveau 2025 goes on sale as French wine producers face mounting challenges

It's the third Thursday of November, which means this year's Beaujolais Nouveau has gone on sale. Massively popular in the 1980s, the wine has seen its sales fall sharply in recent years. The French wine sector as a whole is struggling, amid climate chan

Nvidia's upbeat forecast for future demand calms 'AI bubble' fears

The world's most valuable company, US chipmaker Nvidia, posted better-than-expected results for the latest quarter, showing a 62 percent annual increase in revenue. The positive earnings report prompted a rise in global stock markets after days of losses

Onsdag 19 november 2025

Rights groups slam EU for rolling back AI data protection rules

The European Union has proposed plans to ease the bloc's strict data protection rules and delay central parts of its new AI law. Brussels says the aim is to boost innovation and competitiveness of European firms by cutting red tape, but digital rights gr

Investors await Nvidia results amid AI bubble fears

European markets stabilised on Wednesday morning after losses sustained over concerns that AI stocks might be overvalued. Investors are eagerly awaiting the latest results from US chipmaker and AI bellwether Nvidia later in the day. Also in this edition:

Tisdag 18 november 2025

French court rejects Perrier 'natural water' lawsuit against Nestlé

A French court has rejected a demand by a consumer protection group to remove Perrier water bottles from markets over its "natural mineral water" labelling. It's the latest in a long-running scandal stemming from the revelation that Nestlé and other manu

As Europe aims for 'digital sovereignty', biomedical agentic AI could be the next big field

"Europe does not want to be the client" of the US or China in the field of technology, French President Emmanuel Macron has told tech and political leaders at a "digital sovereignty summit" in Berlin. During the event, biotech company Owkin unveiled a ne

Questions over artificial intelligence boom lead to global market selloff

European and Asian equities traded lower this Tuesday, following in the footsteps of Wall Street, as doubts rise as to whether the tech sector's huge investments in artificial intelligence will pay off. Also in this edition: Donald Trump tries to convinc

TotalEnergies buys €5.1 billion stake in Kretinsky's power generation business

France's TotalEnergies has struck a partnership deal with Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky's firm EPH. It will create a 50-50 joint venture that will manage power plants across several western European countries with a total capacity of 14 gigawatts. I

Måndag 17 november 2025

Diplomatic spat with China threatens Japanese tourism industry

A dust-up over comments on Taiwan made by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have led China to warn its citizens against travel to Japan, threatening the country's crucial tourism industry. And the French government is hosting an investment summit ai

Söndag 16 november 2025

AI pioneer Yann Le Cun reportedly quits Meta over the future of intelligence

Reports suggest Yann Le Cun, one of the "godfathers of AI", is leaving Meta after over a decade pioneering artificial intelligence research at Mark Zuckerberg's tech titan. Le Cun says he no longer believes that scaling up large language models of the ki

Fredag 14 november 2025

COP30 in Brazil & the Global South: Tackling climate change without the US

The week, we head to Belem in Brazil where COP30, the UN's annual climate summit, is taking place. As rich nations drag their feet, will the Global South take the lead in climate action? We put the question to our guest, Charra Tesfaye Terfassa, economic

Torsdag 13 november 2025

US federal employees go back to work after longest shutdown in history

Federal agencies have started reopening after the longest-ever US government shutdown, but it's likely the lingering effects will be felt for months. Also in this edition: Scotland says it plans to issue its own government bonds, nicknaming them "kilts".

The hard task of rebooting the US government after 43-day shutdown

After President Donald Trump signed a bill into law on Wednesday that funds the US government, his administration ordered federal workers to report back to work this Thursday. In this edition, we take a look at what the reopening of the US government ent

Onsdag 12 november 2025

Powered by AI, the era of humanoid robots is here

US firm 1X Home Robots says its first "housekeeping robot" NEO can be ready to start working in homes next year. Meanwhile, China's XPeng unveiled its latest IRON robot, which moved so smoothly it had to cut open one of its legs to prove there wasn't a r

AI chip rush: From Nvidia's triumph to Musk's megaplan

From Nvidia's record-breaking demand to Elon Musk's latest factory ambitions, the race to secure the hardware behind artificial intelligence is accelerating fast. FRANCE 24's Charlotte Lam tells us more.

IEA reports shows rising demand for electricity, need for energy diversity

The International Energy Agency (IAE) released its annual World Energy Outlook this Wednesday, underlining the growing global demand for electricity, boosted by the rush to build AI data centres. The report also shows renewable energy outpacing fossil fu

China's 'Singles' Day' goes big, but physical stores are left behind

Chinese consumers, anxious about the slowing economy and worn out by endless retail discounts, are showing signs of fatigue toward the annual "Singles' Day" shopping extravaganza – a worrying trend for Beijing as it looks to boost spending. The event was

AI's insatiable appetite for cash, energy and data: Bubble ahead?

Could the artificial intelligence boom already be running out of road? We examine the warning signs. To think that three short years ago, the commercial launch of ChatGPT took the world by storm. AI has since sparked a global race for cash, energy resour

Tisdag 11 november 2025

Senators pass shutdown-ending bill, lifting US and European markets

After US senators managed to pass a bill that could end what has been the longest government shutdown in US history, equity markets have reacted with strong gains on Wall Street and beyond. Nonetheless, the interruption in government work will take its t

Fredag 7 november 2025

ADIPEC 2025: Betting on sustained demand for oil

This week, we're heading to the Abu Dhabi Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC 2025) for a conversation with Gaurav Sharma, an independent energy analyst also know on social media as the "Oilholic". As temperatures are rising, so is energy demand.

Torsdag 6 november 2025

US Supreme Court expresses scepticism over Trump's reciprocal tariffs

On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court's chief justices heard arguments over the legality of tariffs enacted by President Donald Trump using the Emergency Economic Powers Act, and questioned the reasoning of the administration. In this edition, we look at wh

Google review blackmail targets small businesses across Europe

Small businesses worldwide are being targeted by scammers using fake Google Maps reviews to extort money. The fraudsters post one-star reviews – ever-more convincing thanks to AI – then demand payment to take them down. FRANCE 24 investigated one scheme

Onsdag 5 november 2025

Canada unveils ambitious new budget to respond to US tariff shock

Canada's Liberal government unveiled new federal budget plans in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Tuesday, which include a massive spending spree of 280 billion Canadian dollars (€173 billion). The spending is seen as a way to strengthen the Canadian ec