Author: France 24

Issued on: 05/03/2024 – 16:51 From Kim Kardashian’s Balenciaga dress with the label on, to Victoria Beckham on crutches and Saint Laurent’s see-through tops, fashion journalist Louis Pisano speaks to Eve Jackson about the good mix of glamour and reality at Paris Fashion Week. They also discuss South African label MaXhosa’s collection and Vetements co-founder Guram Gvasalia’s feud with his brother Demna, who’s the creative director at Balenciaga. Last but not least, they remember style icon Iris Apfel. Source link

The United States on Tuesday encouraged reclusive North Korea to open its borders to humanitarian workers and ease some of the world’s strictest Covid-era restrictions. Issued on: 05/03/2024 – 23:53 1 min Germany and Britain have reportedly sent inspection teams to see embassies in Pyongyang shuttered since the pandemic, a first step toward reopening them.”There were reports of some European delegations being able to go back into the country, so we welcome those developments,” Jung Pak, the State Department’s pointperson on North Korea, said at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.”We would also encourage the DPRK to further open its…

Issued on: 05/03/2024 – 17:23Modified: 05/03/2024 – 17:41 From July 26 to September 8, some 4 billion people are expected to watch the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, representing more than half of the world’s population. The temptation to disrupt the Games will undoubtedly be very strong for cyber criminals, hacktivists and state actors alike. So what cyber risks will France face during the Paris Games? FRANCE 24’s Julia Sieger tells us more. Source link

Issued on: 05/03/2024 – 13:34Modified: 05/03/2024 – 13:45 01:26 Displaced Gazans are living in tents in the south of the enclave [. . .], some of them made from plastic sheets and dirt floors. Palestinians are calling on the US, Europe and Arab countries to help them, while the Israeli army continues to pound the strip and concerns of famine are on the rise. Watch this video report by Tom Canetti for more.  Read more on related topics: Source link

The European Union Council and the European Parliament on Tuesday reached a provisional agreement to ban the entry of products made with forced labour into the European single market.  Issued on: 05/03/2024 – 13:32 1 min The agreement clarifies the different responsibilities the EU Commission and the member states have in identifying the companies exploiting forced workers and banning their products.The deal intends to break these companies’ business model, Pierre-Yves Dermagne, Belgium’s Economy and Labour Minister said in a statement.”With this regulation we want to make sure that there is no place for their products on our single market, whether…

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are poised to move much closer to winning their party’s nominations during the biggest day of the primary campaign on Tuesday, setting up a historic rematch that many voters would rather not endure. Super Tuesday elections are being held in 16 states and one territory — from Alaska and California to Vermont and Virginia. Hundreds of delegates are at stake, the biggest haul for either party on any single day.While much of the focus is on the presidential race, there are also important down-ballot contests. California voters will choose candidates who will…

Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent.The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”.The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published…

Iran executed a “staggering” total of at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic republic, two rights groups said Tuesday. Issued on: 05/03/2024 – 06:15Modified: 05/03/2024 – 06:13 2 min The number of executions, which Iran has carried out by hanging in recent years, was up some 43 percent on 2022.It marked only the second time in two decades that over 800 executions were recorded in a year, after 972 executions in 2015, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty said in the joint report.The…

Former top executives of Twitter sued Elon Musk on Monday saying he has failed to pay them nearly $130 million after the billionaire took over the social media company and dismissed them. Issued on: 04/03/2024 – 22:47 2 min “Musk doesn’t pay his bills, believes the rules don’t apply to him, and uses his wealth and power to run roughshod over anyone who disagrees with him,” they said in the lawsuit filed in a California federal court.The plaintiffs include former CEO Parag Agrawal, who according to the lawsuit is claiming $57.4 million in benefits, as well as fired CFO Ned…

Vibrant colors and striking landmarks illuminate posters for the Paris Olympic Games in an art deco style inspired by the city’s flamboyant past. The posters were unveiled on Monday at the Musée d’Orsay — a former railway station transformed into an imposing museum stretching along the Seine River — in the presence of Paris 2024 director of design Joachim Roncin and the artist behind them, Ugo Gattoni.“I don’t want it to be something dull like only a poster with only a logo and a date on it, which they usually are. I want to tell a story,” Roncin told The…