France’s parliament condemns 1961 police massacre of Algerians in Paris

#MeToo and the French medical profession...

28/04/2024

The French parliament's lower house on Thursday approved a resolution condemning as "bloody and murderous repression" the killing by Paris police of dozens of Algerians in a crackdown on a 1961 protest to support Algerian independence. While Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction has been overturned by New York's top court, the French [Voir]

French beekepers prepare for killer Asian hornets to emerge from hibernation...

28/04/2024

Asian hornets were first detected on French soil in 2004, and the invasive species has since spread rapidly across the country and the rest of Europe, including Germany, Spain and the UK. Asian hornets are known to be a major cause of high bee mortality, with entire colonies wiped out in as little as several days. Earlier this month, t [Voir]

Street crime crackdown packs Paris-area prison ahead of Olympics...

28/04/2024

A police crackdown that aims to clear a poor suburb of petty crime and street vendors before the Paris 2024 Olympics is putting pressure on an overcrowded prison operating at almost double its capacity. [Voir]

Louvre museum says Mona Lisa could get a room of her own...

28/04/2024

The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the world's most famous portrait, could get a room of its own in the Louvre, the museum's president said on Saturday. [Voir]

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James Cameron in Paris, 40 years after 'Terminator'...

28/04/2024

Forty years after the release of his sensational sci-fi thriller "Terminator", iconic filmmaker James Cameron's work is being celebrated at Paris's Cinématèque Francaise. We also hear from Zendaya at the premiere of tennis drama "Challengers". Plus, French actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz – best known for his 1995 film "La Haine" [Voir]

Film show: Amy Winehouse biopic tops box office...

28/04/2024

Film critic Lisa Nesselson speaks to Eve Jackson about the week's film news, including the Amy Winehouse biopic "Back to Black"; the release in France of the 1960s American independent film "Bushman", which explores one Nigerian immigrant's experience living in the US; and Israeli director Dani Rosenberg's second movie, "The Vanishing So [Voir]

Colourising Klimt's vanished paintings: Can AI 'predict' the continuation of an artwork?...

28/04/2024

In this Science segment, we look at how AI is attempting to complete unfinished or lost works by great artists like Klimt but also Beethoven, Schubert and Rembrandt. Scientists use all the information they can to train algorithms called "neural networks" to imitate the style of the artist or musician and guess the logical sequences. FRAN [Voir]

Still lives and more dynamic, moving forms at the Louvre...

28/04/2024

Paris's landmark museum is gearing up for the Olympics, with a special exhibition that takes visitors through the history of the Games. We hear more about a project for those who want to combine exercise and culture, as the Louvre launches a fitness circuit that puts participants among the artwork. Plus, a new show shines a light on the [Voir]

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