Author: France 24

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.

Ligue 1 matchday 10 was full of surprises. With nine matches scheduled on Wednesday, the day promised to be intense. Heavily favoured against Lorient, PSG could only manage a 1-1 draw. The European champions still retained the top spot in the league, ahead of Monaco, who rose to second place after their spectacular 5-3 victory over Nantes.

Preliminary research published in Nature suggests that COVID-19 vaccines, particularly Pfizer and Moderna, may offer unexpected benefits for cancer patients. People with advanced lung or skin cancer who received the vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived significantly longer. Researchers found that the mRNA in the vaccines might enhance the immune system’s response to cancer treatments, independent of any virus-related effects.

A rare meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea has brought a 10 percent reduction in US tariffs and a one-year postponement of China’s rare-earth export controls, a limited de-escalation of the two countries’ trade war. Also in this edition: America’s central bank cuts interest rates for the second time this year, amid a lack of economic data due to the ongoing US government shutdown.