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May 24, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Georgina Robertson |Delano D'SOUZA
The migration debate is heating up, but will the war of words lead to action? Even as the migration debate threatens to get ugly, Australia's politicians agree more than they disagree. For example, most profess agreement that …
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
france24.com | Georgina Robertson
In the latest speculative fiction from British director Alex Garland, Kirsten Dunst stars as a war reporter documenting a conflict she once never thought possible: a new civil war in the United States. With the US in the midst of another divisive election year, the scenario may seem cliché, but FRANCE 24 film critic Lisa Nesselson says the film is engrossing, entertaining and unsettling.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
france24.com | Georgina Robertson
She has featured in Beyoncé's music videos, choreographed a sell-out stage musical and brought underground nightclub moves to the stage of the Opéra de Paris. Now Josepha Madoki is hosting a weekend of waacking in the Musée d'Orsay's imposing entrance hall; she tells us more about this 1970s queer subculture and how she became France's unofficial queen of waacking.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
banoyi.com | Georgina Robertson |Yuka ROYER
Issued on: 15/01/2024 - 15:51 BUSINESS DAILY © FRANCE 24 By: Georgina ROBERTSON | Yuka ROYER The fortunes of the world's five richest men have more than doubled since 2020, while three in five people around the globe have been made poorer. Those are just some of the findings in Oxfam's new inequality report, released to coincide with the start of the World Economic Forum, an exclusive gathering of the global elite in Davos, Switzerland.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
banoyi.com | Camille Knight |Leo MCGUINN |Georgina Robertson
Issued on: 13/12/2023 - 12:40Modified: 13/12/2023 - 12:42 BUSINESS DAILY © FRANCE 24 By: Camille KNIGHT | Leo McGUINN | Georgina ROBERTSON Just days after the inauguration of new president Javier Milei, Argentina's economy minister has announced a dramatic devaluation of the country's currency in an attempt to tackle triple-digit inflation. Also, undocumented workers in France are concerned about the government's plans to tighten measures against them.
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Mar 6, 2023 | 
france24.com | Georgina Robertson |Charles Pellegrin |Kate Moody
With China's National People's Congress underway, the government has set out what many are calling an achievable target for economic growth in 2023. The 5 percent objective is the lowest in over three decades and comes as Beijing has lifted most of the restrictions set up during the Covid-19 pandemic. Also in this edition, we look ahead to a day of nationwide strikes against pension reform in France.
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Feb 23, 2023 | 
france24.com | Georgina Robertson |Charles Pellegrin
For the six months ending in December, the Australian national carrier Qantas posted profits of €920 million. It expects strong demand over the next two years as well. But as FRANCE 24's Bryan Quinn explains, dark clouds are still looming over the company and its decision to cut staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. Also on the show: South African utility Eskom asks its chief to take an early exit, and sandwich chain Subway is launching its own electric vehicle charging stations.
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Feb 23, 2023 | 
banoyi.com | Georgina Robertson |Charles Pellegrin
3 hours ago 22 / Shows / Business Daily Issued on: 23/02/2023 - 12:29 BUSINESS DAILY © FRANCE 24 By: Georgina ROBERTSON | Charles PELLEGRIN Follow | Bryan QUINN For the six months ending in December, the Australian national carrier Qantas posted profits of €920 million. It expects strong demand over the next two years as well.
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Feb 22, 2023 | 
france24.com | Georgina Robertson |Charles Pellegrin
The missing founder of China Renaissance, Bao Fan, was looking to start a fund for his personal fortune, according to the Financial Times. Bao is one of the country's biggest financiers in the tech sector and could be the latest target of a crackdown on the industry. Also in the show, Hong Kong presents a new budget to help the territory's battered economy recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. And Starbucks's next big bet is to launch olive oil-infused coffee... in Italy.
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Feb 21, 2023 | 
france24.com | Georgina Robertson |Charles Pellegrin
The nine US Supreme Court justices will hear arguments in two cases opposing individuals to large internet platforms this week. In both of them, the plaintiffs are the families of terror attack victims, who argue that internet giants should be held responsible for the content on their platforms. FRANCE 24's Bryan Quinn reports on a ruling that could change one of the founding principles of the internet.
