Author: France 24

US President Donald Trump walked back his threat to slap 50 percent tariffs on all EU goods as early as June 1st, following a phone call with EU Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen. The acquisition of US Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel looks set to proceed, and Emmanuel Macron seeks to sell France as a bastion of stability as he tours Southeast Asia.

At least 31 Palestinians have been killed and scores more wounded while heading to an Israeli-controlled aid distribution point, Gaza’s health ministry said Sunday, after witnesses reported seeing Israeli soldiers open fire on the crowd.

Marcel Ophuls, Oscar-winning director of “The Sorrow and the Pity,” a landmark documentary exposing France’s World War II collaboration with Nazis, died aged 97, his family said Monday. Son of famed German filmmaker Max Ophuls, he “died peacefully on May 24,” his grandson said in a statement. 

A deadly cholera outbreak has killed at least 70 people in just 48 hours in Sudan’s war-torn capital, health officials said Thursday, deepening an already dire humanitarian crisis after more than two years of brutal conflict between the army and paramilitary forces.

Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League for the first time as Luis Enrique’s brilliant young side outclassed Inter Milan on Saturday in the most one-sided final ever with teenager Desire Doue scoring twice in an astonishing 5-0 victory.

Countries including Italy, Ireland and France want the EU to fast-track negotiations with the Trump administration to avoid US tariffs. The ASEAN group of SE Asian nations meets with China and the Gulf Cooperation Council in a bid to hedge against growing trade uncertainty. And, France makes arrests after a series of violent kidnapping aimed at extorting cryptocurrency moguls.

Israel has refused to allow foreign ministers from five Arab countries to meet with Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Israel controls the Palestinian territory’s borders and airspace.

This week, Paris des Arts welcomes Aïssa Maïga. The actress and director stars in the new film “Promised Sky”, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and she chose the Little Africa Village in the Goutte d’Or neighbourhood of Paris to tell us about it.

Behind the skyscrapers and luxurious resorts of the United Arab Emirates, a silent health crisis is looming. According to a study published in The Lancet, the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adult men in the UAE is set to rise from 84 percent in 2021 to 94 percent by 2050, placing the country among the worst affected in the world. This epidemic is fuelled by unbalanced eating habits, a growing reliance on home deliveries and a sedentary lifestyle. The consequences are serious: diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The Emirati authorities are taking action, in particular by targeting younger generations, but significant…

French football club Paris Saint-Germain is fighting to win European club football’s biggest prize for the first time in a clash against four-time Champions League winners Inter Milan in Munich on Saturday night.