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Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 13/03/2024 – 16:36 12:24 arts24 © FRANCE 24 Film critic Lisa Nesselson and presenter Eve Jackson welcome the award-winning Reunionese director Aurélia Mengin into the studio to talk about her second feature “Scarlet Blue”. The movie is being shown at the International Women’s Film Festival taking place just outside of Paris, in Créteil. It’s one of more than a hundred feminist and committed films from all over the world presented at the festival. Aurélia’s award-winning 2018 film “Fornacis” was the first to be directed by a woman from Réunion Island. We…

Back to homepage / Shows / Science Issued on: 13/03/2024 – 16:11 03:39 SCIENCE © FRANCE 24 The world’s largest vaccine manufacturer in India will begin distributing a new malaria vaccine in Africa starting in May. The disease kills more than 600,000 people each year, 95 percent of whom are in Africa and mostly children. Separately, another solution known as gene drive is being considered to combat malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. Yet gene drive raises ethical concerns, as FRANCE 24’s Julia Sieger explains. Read more on related topics: Source link

Catalonia’s President Pere Aragones said Wednesday that he had dissolved the Spanish region’s parliament and called early elections for May 12 after his proposed budget was rejected by the assembly. Issued on: 13/03/2024 – 19:07 1 min “I have decided to call elections for the Catalan parliament for May 12,” Aragones, a proponent of the region’s independence from Spain, said during a brief press conference, accusing opposition lawmakers of “irresponsibility”.The regional election had originally been set for early 2025.Aragones, a moderate separatist from the left-wing ERC party, lost his majority in the Catalan parliament in October 2022 when the rival…

Back to homepage / Shows / People & Profit Issued on: 13/03/2024 – 16:28 12:32 PEOPLE & PROFIT © FRANCE 24 The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh 11 years ago revealed the poor working conditions endured by people serving the global fast fashion industry. What were the lessons learned and has consumer and corporate behaviour changed since then? With EU countries still divided over key new legislation on supply chain due diligence, we discuss what it would mean for companies and consumers with Abbie Morris, co-founder and CEO of Compare Ethics. Also in the programme: As…

Back to homepage / Shows / Tête à tête Issued on: 13/03/2024 – 14:10Modified: 13/03/2024 – 14:14 11:42 TÊTE À TÊTE © FRANCE 24 FRANCE 24 spoke to Basil Budair, a British orthopaedic surgeon and member of IDEALS, a charity providing medical aid in conflict zones. He recently returned from a mission at Gaza’s European hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis – one of the last health centres still operating in the besieged enclave. The World Health Organization has described the state of healthcare in Gaza as being “beyond words”. Budair called the situation “completely unimaginable” and regretted the lack…

The European Parliament gave final approval on Wednesday to wide-ranging EU rules to govern artificial intelligence, including powerful systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Issued on: 13/03/2024 – 12:53Modified: 13/03/2024 – 12:55 3 min Senior European Union officials say the rules, first proposed in 2021, will protect citizens from the possible risks of a technology developing at breakneck speed, while also fostering innovation on the continent.Brussels has sprinted to pass the new law since OpenAI’s Microsoft-backed ChatGPT arrived on the scene in late 2022, unleashing a global AI race.There was a burst of excitement for generative AI as ChatGPT wowed the world…

Issued on: 13/03/2024 – 11:15Modified: 13/03/2024 – 11:22 MEPs are voting this Wednesday on the EU’s AI Act, which sets four levels of risk and creates a new oversight office to regulate the development and use of artificial intelligence models. We take a closer look. Also, US lawmakers prepare to vote on a bill that would compel TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest its US operations or face a nationwide ban. Source link

Barcelona survived a nervy second half to beat Napoli 3-1 on Tuesday and reach the Champions League quarter-finals 4-2 on aggregate. Issued on: 12/03/2024 – 23:48 3 min Xavi Hernandez’s side came flying out of the blocks with goals from Fermin Lopez and Joao Cancelo but after Amir Rrahmani pulled one back, the Catalans started to sweat.Italian champions Napoli, who salvaged a 1-1 draw in the last-16 first leg, were finally beaten when Robert Lewandowski swept home from close range.It is the first time five-time winners Barcelona have reached the last eight of the competition since 2020, and they did…

Back to homepage / Shows / Focus Issued on: 13/03/2024 – 10:00Modified: 13/03/2024 – 10:04 05:31 FOCUS © FRANCE 24 Israel has been accused of unfairly targeting its Arab population after parliament moved a step closer to passing sweeping budget cuts. While the measures aim to plug the financial hole caused by Israel’s war in Gaza, they also mean a string of government programmes created to invest in Arab communities could see their funding slashed by up to 15 percent. Critics say the move may have drastic consequences, as more than 55 percent of Israel’s Bedouins live in poverty, and violent…

The picture was meant to douse speculation about the whereabouts and health of Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, but instead her manipulated image unleashed a torrent of internet-breaking rumors and conspiracy theories. Issued on: 13/03/2024 – 08:21 3 min The storm in the royal tea pot erupted after Kate, 42, on Monday apologized and admitted to editing a palace-issued photograph of herself with her three children after the altered image was withdrawn by news agencies including AFP.The fiasco gave way to a fresh swirl of speculation about the British royal – dubbed online as “Katespiracy” – laying bare the fragility…