Author: France 24

Armel Le Cléac’h, skipper of the Maxi Banque Populaire XI, never leaves anything to chance as he and co-skipper Sébastien Josse prepare for the 2025 Transat Café-L’OR, formerly the Transat Jacques Vabre. Former winners of the Ultim division, the duo will face thousands of nautical miles of unpredictable Atlantic waters, where tactical decisions, extreme weather, and high-speed sailing make every move crucial. Cédric Ferreira reports with Simon Moritz.

It’s a promising medical discovery that could help researchers fight cancer. New research published in the journal Nature has found that patients with some forms of advanced cancer who received a COVID mRNA vaccine lived significantly longer than those who didn’t. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks with Christiano Marconi, cancer researcher at the University of Florida.

China said Saturday it will exempt some Nexperia computer chips from an export ban that threatened to seriously disrupt EU car production. European automakers had warned that shortages of chips supplied by Nexperia would force stoppages at production lines in Europe.

Saturday marks the innauguration of Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) – the world’s largest museum dedicated to an ancient civilization. It is expected to attract 5 million visitors annually, which would put it in the ranks of the most popular museums in the world. Watch our special coverage of the museum’s inauguration live on FRANCE 24 from 6pm Paris time (GMT+1). 

The Israeli military said Saturday that the remains of three people handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross this week do not belong to any of the remaining Israeli hostages. Palestinian militants have released the remains of 17 hostages they held in Gaza, but the handover of the bodies of the 11 remaining hostages has been slow.

After winning the Shanghai Masters 1000 title, Monaco’s Valentin Vacherot secured a fine victory over Cameron Norrie in Paris. He will now face a top-10 player in the quarter-finals.

Mount Athos, in northern Greece, is the beating heart of the Orthodox Christian faith and home to 2,000 monks. But for the past year, it has also become a place of refuge and pilgrimage for Ukrainian soldiers. For these men, wounded at war and suffering from deep trauma, Mount Athos’s retreats offer them a respite from the front lines. The goal is to heal their trauma through faith and soothe their invisible wounds before returning to battle. Eric de Lavarène and Alexandros Kottis report.

Volatile weather affecting harvests, uncertainty in global trade and rising production costs could soon make everyday treats like coffee, tea and chocolate a luxury. But are the farmers growing them getting a fair share of the price surge? Yuka Royer discusses this and more with Jason Archie-Acheampong, sustainable sourcing lead for coffee and cocoa at the Fairtrade Foundation.  

Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum is on Saturday finally opening its doors, unveiling a vast collection of artefacts – some never before seen by the public – after more than two decades in the making and a series of protracted delays caused by political instability, the Covid-19 pandemic and regional conflicts.

Three weeks into the ceasefire, daily life in Gaza is slowly resuming. Some schools and universities have reopened, a small sign of recovery after years of conflict. For many, going back to lectures gives hope to resume a normal life. Camille Knight takes us to Deir al-Balah and Gaza City, where children and students are slowly returning to class.