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Back to homepage / Shows / People & Profit Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 16:55 14:55 PEOPLE & PROFIT © FRANCE 24 This week, we bring you a special edition of People & Profit from the snowy Swiss resort of Davos as it hosts the annual World Economic Forum. Where will the global economy land in 2024 amid a spike in geopolitical tensions and a growing risk of fragmentation? We speak with Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).   Also in the programme: Chip war: How AI is transforming the semiconductor industryAs artificial intelligence advances in leaps and bounds,…

Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 15:59 12:17 arts24 © FRANCE 24 Since founding her company in Melbourne in 2002, award-winning choreographer Lucy Guerin has become one of the artists defining contemporary Australian dance. Her minimalist work explores the body’s relationship to space, rhythm and people, as well as themes like time, gravity and control. In her over 20 years as a choreographer she says she’s learned to let go of her own sense of control, increasingly letting her dancers help guide her work. Lucy Guerin joined FRANCE 24’s Alison Sargent to discuss her works “Pendulum” and “How To Be…

Issued on: 17/01/2024 – 19:35 FRANCE 24 spoke to Salam Fayyad, a former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and now a visiting senior scholar at Princeton University in the United States. After the Israel-Hamas war recently marked its 100 days, the risk of an exodus from Gaza was “serious and imminent”, he warned. “We know that tens of thousands have already left (…) I am afraid, even after the war ends – depending on what happens afterwards – that the stage is set for a lot of Palestinians leaving,” he said. Source link

North Korea said Friday that it had tested an “underwater nuclear weapon system” in response to joint naval exercises by Washington, Seoul and Tokyo that involved a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 04:52 2 min The drills were “seriously threatening the security” of the North, so in response, Pyongyang “conducted an important test of its underwater nuclear weapon system ‘Haeil-5-23’ under development in the East Sea of Korea,” according to a statement from the defence ministry carried by state news agency KCNA.Early last year, Pyongyang said it had carried out multiple tests of a purported underwater nuclear attack drone –…

Back to homepage / Shows / Business Daily Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 15:06 05:56 BUSINESS DAILY © FRANCE 24 The World Economic Forum has wrapped up after a week of intense discussions, networking and consensus-building in the snowy Swiss mountain resort of Davos. Among some of the smaller nations taking part was Mongolia, which is trying to use the event to promote itself on the global stage as it tries to diversify its economy and bolster relations outside of its traditional allies, Russia and China. FRANCE 24’s Yuka Royer spoke to the country’s culture minister on the sidelines of the meetings. Read…

Back to homepage / Shows / Perspective Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 13:03Modified: 19/01/2024 – 13:07 06:56 PERSPECTIVE © FRANCE 24 UNICEF spokeswoman Tess Ingram has just returned from working in Gaza. In Perspective, she detailed the reality for children trying to survive during Israel’s military offensive. Calling the situation in Gaza “appalling”, with many people living in makeshift shelters amid the cold and rain, she warned that a lack of food is leading to malnutrition in children. She also explained the war’s impact on youngsters’ mental health, saying that with people unable to flee the beleaguered territory, children face “repeated trauma”…

Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 13:23Modified: 19/01/2024 – 13:24 An historic trial opened on January 8 for the West African nation of The Gambia. Ousman Sonko, a former high-ranking member of the dictatorship of Yahya Jammeh, is in the dock in Switzerland for a series of alleged crimes against humanity committed between 2000 and 2016. Victims of the dictatorship have high hopes for the trial. FRANCE 24’s Sarah Sakho and Simon Martin report. From 1994, when Yahya Jammeh came to power in a bloodless coup, The Gambia lived in fear as the country plunged into dictatorship. For 22 years, all Gambians suffered from…

Back to homepage / Shows / Focus Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 11:23 12:02 FOCUS © FRANCE 24 Since the October 7 Hamas attacks, Israel has stepped up its raids in the occupied West Bank, storming refugee camps and arresting dozens of people. Human rights groups say at least 300 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the last three months. The Israeli military insists its soldiers are defending themselves from militants holed up in the camps. But residents of Palestinian camps who spoke to FRANCE 24 accuse Israel of terrorising the population. FRANCE 24’s Andrew Hilliar, Melina…

A Ukrainian drone struck an oil storage depot in western Russia on Friday, causing a massive blaze, officials said, as Kyiv’s forces apparently extended their attacks on Russian soil ahead of the war’s two-year anniversary. Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 11:24 2 min Four oil reservoirs with a total capacity of 6,000 cubic meters (1.6 million gallons) were set on fire after the drone reached Klintsy, a city of some 70,000 people located about 60 kilometers (40 miles) from the Ukrainian border, according to the local governor and state news agency Tass.The strike apparently was the latest in a recently intensified…

Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 12:10 The World Economic Forum is winding down after a week of intense discussions in Davos. A packed agenda on the final day includes panels discussing possible impacts of some key elections as billions of people in more than 50 countries head to the polls in 2024, including in the US. The final panel looks at the economic outlook for this year. FRANCE 24’s Yuka Royer spoke with Julie Teigland, EMEIA Area Managing Partner at EY, about what to expect in 2024. Source link