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Diversity forges success of Cannes cinema workshop for budding filmmakers

Myanmar-born Taiwanese filmmaker Midi Z will be back in Cannes for this year's international film festival. No stranger to the Croisette, he will take up the role of mentor as he hosts two weeks of workshops aimed at helping young people from around the globe to reach their goals.

Radio France Internationale · May 15, 2022

Inflation on the rise in France, driven by rising cost of food and energy

Inflation is creeping up in France, as it is in many parts of the world, but economists point out that not all prices are increasing. However, consumers are feeling the pinch, because the products that are most impacted are daily necessities, like petrol and food.

Radio France Internationale · May 15, 2022

G7 Urge Tehran to Bring Successful Conclusion To Nuclear Talks

The G7 group of nations urged on Saturday Iran to benefit from the current opportunity and facilitate the nuclear talks, which have been veering between success and failure for months now. “It is high time for Iran to seize the opportunity and bring negotiations which started in Vienna more than…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 15, 2022

Bagnaia explains set-up “bet” that led to Le Mans MotoGP pole lap

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia says a “bet” on set-up after a difficult FP4 allowed him to take pole for Sunday’s MotoGP French Grand Prix at Le Mans.

Autosport · May 14, 2022

Set-up “bet” led to Bagnaia’s Le Mans MotoGP pole lap

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia says a “bet” on set-up after a difficult FP4 allowed him to take pole for the Sunday’s MotoGP French Grand Prix at Le Mans.

Motorsport · May 14, 2022

Chadian police fire tear gas to disperse anti-French protest

Chadian police fired tear gas and used water canon to disperse hundreds of protesters who took to the streets of the capital and other towns in an anti-French protest that saw the destruction of some French-linked businesses.

Reuters · May 14, 2022

2022 MotoGP French GP: Qualifying results and starting grid

Francesco Bagnaia claimed his second consecutive pole position of the 2022 MotoGP season at Le Mans, leading a 1-2 for the factory Ducati team in French Grand Prix qualifying.

Autosport · May 14, 2022

Camille Kouchner’s Familia Grande: ‘I knew my stepfather’s games… but with my brother, too?’

Kouchner’s memoir about Olivier Duhamel’s abuse of her twin brother sent the French cultural elite into crisis. She talks about her parents’ hedonistic generation – and the secret she could no longer keep

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2022

G7 Foreign Ministers Vow to Continue Economic Pressure on Russia

Group of Seven foreign ministers vowed on Saturday to reinforce Russia's economic and political isolation, continue supplying weapons to Ukraine and work to ease global food shortages stemming from the war. After meeting at a 400-year-old castle estate in the Baltic Sea resort of Weissenhaus, senior diplomats from Britain, Canada,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 14, 2022

Eurovision geopolitics: French entry in Breton, Ukraine favourites and an OK UK

After winning second place in last year's Eurovision song contest with an Edith Piaf-inspired chanson in French, France's 2022 entry from Alvan & Ahez is sung in the regional Breton language. It faces stiff competition in Turin on Saturday night where Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra is the favourite by far.

Radio France Internationale · May 14, 2022