Author: France 24

This week on Paris des Arts: Riad Sattouf, the graphic novelist and film director, takes us to Paris’s Musée des Arts et Métiers. His comic books have been translated into 23 languages, as he captivated the world with his series “The Arab of the Future,” which sold 3.5 million copies. He tells us more about his new graphic novel, “I, Fadi, the Stolen Brother.”

The loss of its military power in Syria has led Russia to turn its sights on Libya. Could the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria see the strengthening of his Libyan counterpart, Khalifa Haftar?

Six men including the brother of France international Paul Pogba were sentenced to prison terms of between three and eight years on Thursday after being convicted of extortion attempts targeting the footballer.

Could harvesting organs from cloned pigs that have been genetically modified with human DNA be the answer to the chronic shortage of organs donated for transplant? At a farm in Virginia, USA, one biotech company is hoping to do just that, and on an industrial scale.

With just days to go before Christmas, thousands of Amazon workers across the US walked off the job. European stocks fell on the Fed’s inflation outlook, while US stocks rebounded after being rattled on Wednesday. Meanwhile the US is once again facing the prospect of a government shutdown. Plus, you can now call ChatGPT on the phone.

Franco-American actress Lily-Rose Depp sits down with FRANCE 24 to talk about taking on the leading role in Robert Eggers’ stylish update of the classic vampire horror film “Nosferatu”. From her deep-seated love of gothic horror to the secret desires harboured by her character, Depp says this latest film was a “dream collaboration”. We also meet Franco-Algerian director Chakib Taleb-Bendiab, whose debut film explores how the violence of the 1990s civil war has repercussions in today’s Algeria. Plus our reporters catch up with the singer who is working to have Iranian women’s voices heard far from home.

Israel launched air strikes targeting Houthi military targets, including ports, power plants, and oil factories in Yemen’s capital Sanaa and the strategic port city of Hodeidah on Thursday, killing at least nine people after the military said it had intercepted a Houthi missile targeting central Israel.

Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma suffered a facial injury after being hit by an opponent’s cleat in the team’s 4-2 Ligue 1 win over Monaco on Wednesday.

US authorities announced on Wednesday the first severe human case of avian flu in Louisiana, marking a critical escalation in the 2024 outbreak. With 61 cases reported nationwide, experts warn of rising pandemic risks.

The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates for the third time this year, to 4.25-4.5%. 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 of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, says “the signal that the Fed is giving is that they intend to break the back of inflation and bring it down to their target rate of 2%.”