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David RICH

Cannes 2025: Nollywood basks in spotlight as Nigerian film finally makes the cut

On the ground
Culture

Cannes 2025: Cinema urged to ride ‘unstoppable’ AI wave as critics warn of slippery slope

On the ground
Culture

Fatma Hassona's death in Gaza was ‘targeted’ killing, film director tells Cannes

On the ground
Culture

Cannes celebrates ‘Mission: Impossible’, a global franchise with a French connection

On the ground
Culture

How will Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs impact France?

Analysis
France

Sudan’s army reclaims the capital Khartoum as RSF militia ‘loses steam’

Analysis
Africa

Depardieu on trial: What we know about the accusations against French cinema’s fallen giant

Explainer
France

Trump to DR Congo’s rescue? What we know about a proposed US-Congolese mining deal

Analysis
Africa

Donald Trump’s pledge to ‘drill, baby, drill’ meets the reality of fracking in rural Pennsylvania

On the ground
Americas

How Trump won over Pennsylvania Latinos with money, religion and machismo

On the ground
Americas

As Donald Trump threatens mass deportations, Africans in Philadelphia remain unfazed

On the ground
Americas

Chronic inflation hits Russia as huge pay increases fuel rising prices

Analysis
Europe

‘Real enthusiasm’: Venezuela’s opposition may be on the cusp of unseating Maduro

End of an era?
Americas

How France’s far-right National Rally plans to secure its absolute majority in parliament

French PM race
France

Eiffel Tower ticket prices increase by 20% in bid to save Paris’s ‘Iron Lady’

FRENCH TOURISM
Europe

Women at the helm as Indian films make a big splash in Cannes

Cannes Film Festival
Culture

Escaped Iranian director wraps up wide-open race for Cannes Palme d’Or

Cannes Film Festival
Culture

Palestinian film draws praise as Cannes stars take discreet stances on Gaza war

Cannes Film Festival
Culture

‘The Apprentice’ director shrugs off threat of Trump lawsuit over explosive Cannes biopic

Cannes Film Festival
Culture

Argentinian film workers rally in Cannes as President Milei takes chainsaw to movie industry

Cannes Film Festival
Culture

Chad’s presidential candidate Succès Masra: opposition leader or secret government ally?

Electoral deal ?
Africa

How Senegal's presidential election was postponed, reinstated and moved up

political crisis
Africa

After two years of war, Russian economy proves resilient – but for how long?

House of cards
Europe

With ECOWAS exit, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger leave democratic transition in limbo

Exit ECOWAS
Africa