Author: France 24

From showcasing the Eiffel Tower to a Moon rock, World Expos have long been a stage for innovation and national pride. This year’s six-month Expo kicked off in the Japanese city of Osaka on Sunday.

An Israeli air strike early Sunday hit Al-Ahli Hospital in northern Gaza, forcing health officials to evacuate patients from the building. Israel said it struck a command centre at the hospital used by Hamas to plan and execute attacks.

New films from Wes Anderson, Jafar Panahi and Julia Ducourneau will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, with Scarlett Johansson set to star both on-screen and behind the camera

Kylian Mbappé’s legal team said Thursday it seized 55 million euros from PSG’s accounts as it went on the attack to resolve a legal dispute between the World Cup winner and his former club.

Investors are dumping once-reliable US government bonds, sparking fears that major banks and traders are losing faith in America as a safe place to store their money. That could be bad news for US President Donald Trump, who had hoped his tariff pause earlier this week would restore confidence in the markets. 

Israel on Saturday announced the full takeover of a key corridor in southern Gaza, pushing deeper into Palestinian territory as Hamas leaders headed to Cairo for talks they hope will lead to a ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli forces.

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, the Belgian-Moroccan dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Geneva’s Grand Theatre, speaks to Dheepthika Laurent about his works “Boléro” and “Ihsane”. The latter explores his complicated relationship with his late father and is a reference to a homophobic killing in 2012. Through his work, Cherkaoui has explored double culture, queer identity and removing gender boundaries. He also talks about choreographing for others: Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s “Apeshit” video clip that was filmed in the Louvre museum and the “Like a Prayer” dance for Madonna’s Celebration Tour last year.

Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah signed a new two-year contract with Liverpool Football Club on Friday. The 32-year-old, who ranks as Liverpool’s third highest goalscorer of all time, has been instrumental in catapulting the club towards a record-equalling 20th English top-tier title this season. 

One concern around artificial intelligence is its voracious appetite for energy. Electricity demand for data centres specialised in AI will quadruple in the next five years, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. But as for claims that AI is accelerating climate change through carbon emissions, the report calls them “overstated”.

As tension mounts between the US and Iran, an “indirect” meeting between envoys from Washington and Tehran is taking place in Oman on Saturday. It’s a rare diplomatic exchange between two countries that have been locked in a kind of cold war for almost half a century – and one that will unfold in the shadow of US President Donald Trump’s repeated threats of military force against the Islamic Republic.