Category: Culture

Issued on: 01/05/2020 – 13:39Modified: 01/05/2020 – 13:39 FRANCE 24 takes a three-part look at the women on the front lines of the Covid-19 fight in France and examines the details of the government plan to start lifting lockdown on May 11. We also spoke with Iceland’s prime minister about her country’s response to the pandemic and examined how art […]

Issued on: 01/05/2020 – 09:17Modified: 01/05/2020 – 09:17 Rock band Queen and singer Adam Lambert are raising money for health workers fighting COVID-19 with new single “You Are The Champions”, an updated version of classic hit “We Are The Champions” recorded on mobile phones under lockdown. The track is for “all those in the frontline, […]

Issued on: 01/05/2020 – 08:02Modified: 01/05/2020 – 08:02 Legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who created afrobeat along with his old bandmate Fela Kuti, died suddenly at the age of 79 in Paris on Thursday, his manager told AFP. “We don’t know the exact cause of death,” manager Eric Trosset said, adding it was not linked […]

FRANCE 24 looks at Italy’s preparations to reverse its lockdown after having been hit hard by the coronavirus, an outbreak of violence in some of the impoverished suburbs of Paris and the risk of the virus causing a “bloodbath” in Syria. We also spoke to the Black Eyed Peas about their latest releases and looked at […]

Issued on: 19/04/2020 – 07:23Modified: 19/04/2020 – 07:23 Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Beyonce and Oprah Winfrey on Saturday headlined a special broadcast of music, comedy and personal stories celebrating those around the world on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. The two-hour “One World:Together at Home” event, broadcast across multiple television […]

France marked a year since the Notre-Dame fire this week with restoration halted as a result of Covid-19. We also spoke to South Korea’s foreign minister, who cast doubt on the idea of developing immunity after contracting the coronavirus, and visited some of France’s front-line workers – the men and women behind the scenes keeping the country going […]

Issued on: 17/04/2020 – 11:37Modified: 17/04/2020 – 11:37 An emotion-charged photo of a young man illuminated by cellphone lights as he recites poetry during the 2019 protests calling for civilian rule in Sudan won this year’s prestigious World Press Photo award. Titled “Straight Voice,” the image was captured by Japanese photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba, in the […]

Issued on: 16/04/2020 – 11:31Modified: 16/04/2020 – 11:31 The acclaimed Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda has died at a hospital in northern Spain some six weeks after testing positive for coronavirus, his publishing house said on Thursday. He was 70. “The writer Luis Sepúlveda has died in Oviedo,” said a statement by Barcelona-based Tusquets, adding it […]

Issued on: 15/04/2020 – 11:45Modified: 15/04/2020 – 11:45 On the first anniversary Wednesday of the devastating blaze that ripped through Notre-Dame Cathedral, there are no builders on site and the scientists involved are working from home. FRANCE 24 investigates how the coronavirus is affecting the reconstruction of the 850-year-old monument. The construction site engulfing Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral stands silent, […]

Issued on: 14/04/2020 – 20:23Modified: 14/04/2020 – 20:23 It will be difficult to hold the Cannes film festival in its original form in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak, organisers said Tuesday, adding they were looking at new ways of hosting the world’s biggest annual celebration of cinema. The festival had already been postponed from […]

Issued on: 13/04/2020 – 14:17Modified: 13/04/2020 – 14:17 With coronavirus travel bans in place around the planet, the tourism industry – worth 10 percent of global GDP – is being hit hard. FRANCE 24 investigates which sectors are most at risk and when a recovery might be on the cards. Birdsong fills the air, blossoms […]

With roughly half the world’s population now under some form of lockdown, FRANCE 24 looks at how the French government is eyeing digital tracking apps to contain the coronavirus while millions around the world celebrate Easter, Passover and Ramadan in quarantine. We also asked our viewers to share their tips on mitigating the emotional cost of prolonged isolation. ARTICLESCritics raise […]

Issued on: 04/04/2020 – 16:01Modified: 04/04/2020 – 16:06 As much of the world remains on lockdown, FRANCE 24 takes a look at the rise in cyberattacks as nations struggle to deal with a health emergency; the complications from coronavirus that can last a lifetime; the wildlife returning to major cities as residents stay indoors; and […]

Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including “Lean on Me, ” “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has died from heart complications, his family said in a statement to the Associated Press. He was 81. The three-time Grammy Award winner, […]

Issued on: 24/03/2020 – 10:03Modified: 24/03/2020 – 10:04 Veteran Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango died on Tuesday after contracting the coronavirus, his music publisher told AFP. The 86-year-old Cameroonian, best known for the 1972 hit “Soul Makossa”, is one of the first worldwide stars to die as a result of COVID-19.”He died early this morning in a […]

Issued on: 21/03/2020 – 17:59Modified: 21/03/2020 – 17:59 You’re cooped up at home. Restless. Bored. It’s springtime and sunny and all you want to do is go outside, but you can’t. Don’t despair. There is a world at the other end of your internet connection and in it are plenty of ways to keep yourself […]

Issued on: 21/03/2020 – 09:13Modified: 21/03/2020 – 09:13 Grammy-winning country singer Kenny Rogers died late on Friday night at the age of 81, his family said on Saturday. The American singer “passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family,” a statement on the singer’s website said.”The family […]

Issued on: 20/03/2020 – 16:18Modified: 20/03/2020 – 16:24 Relatively obscure singers were the first to react musically to the coronavirus with a small army of unknowns going viral with videos of hand-washing dance numbers and riffs on “It’s Corona Time” posted to social media. But now the big stars are emerging from the hermetically sealed […]

As the coronavirus stole headlines across the world, we take a look at the race to find a vaccine that could put an end to the global pandemic and strolled through empty streets as a coronavirus quarantine was announced and Paris ground to a halt. On a lighter note, the French are bursting into applause on their balconies […]