RFI English
'The Last Breath' immersive installation • RFI English
- Title
- 'The Last Breath' immersive installation • RFI English
- Runtime
- 2:48
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Photographer Katel Delia presents her work "The last Breath" at the 104 cultural centre (Le Centquatre) in Paris. Her immersive installation plunges the visitor into the heart of the Mediterranean sea where thousands of migrants have lost their lives trying to cross to Europe.
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- ESA relaunches Paris space station after hi-tech overhaul • RFI English
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The renovated headquarters building of the European Space Agency (ESA) was inaugurated recently following five years of refurbishment. Dhananjay Khadilkar visited the new headquarters. https://rfi.my/9KGf.y
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- Title
- 'We Love Plastic' expo questions use of AI in photography and art • RFI English
- Runtime
- 3:25
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Are images generated by computers and artificial intelligence (AI) software true works of art? Spanish photographer Ivan Punal Garcia asks this question, among others, in his multimedia project "We Love Plastic", on display at the 104 cultural centre in Paris.
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- Title
- Anger at President Macron is growing • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Anger at President Macron is growing in France after the government triggered article 49.3 of the constitution to push its contested pension reform bill through parliament without a vote. Protestors and trade unions claim it’s a denial of democracy. Christophe Boutin, a political scientist and teacher of law, says the problem is not the article itself, but the way it’s been applied. https://rfi.my/9Hbu.y
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- Title
- Kylian Mbappé: Can the Bondy boy wonder dazzle • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:20
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Just a few weeks after becoming Paris Saint-German's record goal scorer, Kylian Mbappé revealed how he – as France skipper – wanted to lead the other star players in their international matches. https://rfi.my/9Hir.y
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- Title
- Dorothée Moisan on how to survive eco-anxiety • RFI English
- Runtime
- 0:41
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Longtime journalist Dorothée Moisan (@domoisan) quit her job to focus on the environment, but found herself depressed and overwhelmed by what she learned about climate change. To ease her eco-anxiety, she set out to meet people who managed to overcome theirs, and wrote about them in her book, Les Ecoptimistes. They each have their own approach. (Listen @18'05'')
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- Title
- Spotlight on France podcast: testing French democracy, surviving eco-anxiety, naming children
- Runtime
- 28:14
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Is the French government denying people their democratic rights by passing its controversial pension reform without a vote in parliament? No, says a constitutional expert, but it has led to a political crisis. Fighting eco-anxiety by searching out France's eco-optimists. And a Napoleonic law that limited how you could name your child.
Spotlight on France is a podcast from Radio France International, hosted by Sarah Elzas and Alison Hird, out Thursdays. Follow wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Title
- Paris contemporary art fair showcases world's top women illustrators • RFI English
- Runtime
- 2:54
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Works by more than 30 women artists are on display at the 16th edition of the Drawing Now Art Fair in Paris this week, including some of the world's top comics talent.
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- Title
- Paris hit by ninth day of strikes and demos against pension reform • RFI English
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- France on Thursday marked a ninth day of nationwide protests after President Emmanuel Macron pledged to implement his disputed pensions overhaul by the end of the year. In Paris, protesters set off from Place de la Bastille for a march that passed through landmark sites in the capital.
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- Title
- Spotlight on France podcast: Senegalese riflemen, cryptocurrency woes, Napoleon III
- Runtime
- 30:43
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Long-awaited recognition for France's colonial infantry corps. Who are the French victims of the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange? Napoleon III's transformation of France.
Spotlight on France is a podcast from Radio France International, hosted by Sarah Elzas and Alison Hird, out Thursdays. Follow wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Title
- French technology in the limelight as Paris says 'Hello Tomorrow' • RFI English
- Runtime
- 4:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Hello Tomorrow Global summit, which was recently held in Paris, saw startups from all over the world showcase their technologies in sectors ranging from clean mobility to quantum computing. French startups were at the forefront in presenting innovative solutions.https://rfi.my/9HEc.y
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- Title
- French journalist Olivier Dubois and US aid worker released in Niger • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:48
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- French journalist Olivier Dubois, kidnapped by jihadists in the Sahel nearly two years ago, was released on Monday and has flown to Niamey airport in neighbouring Niger. US aid worker Jeffery Woodke, who was kidnapped in Niger in 2016, has also been freed. U.S. officials said no ransom was paid for Woodke and the French government did not comment on how freedom was won for Dubois.
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- Title
- Fashion and climate: why the greenest garment is the one you already own • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The global fashion industry has to reduce its hefty carbon footprint, but the only way to make the sector truly sustainable is to downsize production and for consumers to buy fewer garments says Catherine Dauriac, president of Fashion Revolution France.
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- Title
- Spotlight on France podcast: Pension reform fury, employment after 55, Paris Peace Accords
- Runtime
- 29:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A majority of French people disapprove of the government proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64-years-old. Women could come off worse than men, and it will involve addressing senior employment, which France does not do particularly well. And how the Paris Peace Accords, marking a temporary end to the Vietnam war, were signed 50 years ago in the French capital.
Spotlight on France is a podcast from Radio France International, hosted by Sarah Elzas and Alison Hird, out Thursdays. Follow wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Title
- French farmers plant sunflowers to compensate for drop in Ukraine's production • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- An impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a drop in grain exports around the world, as Ukraine was a major producer before the war. France has shifted production to make up some of the difference. Laurent Rosso, director of the French vegetable oil and protein trade association explains. https://rfi.my/9E66.f
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- Title
- Piles of rubbish in Paris as garbage collectors strike continues • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:22
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- More than 6,000 tonnes of rubbish have piled up on streets across the French capital after more than a week of strike action by waste collectors against the government's pension reform.
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- Title
- Gustave Eiffel: engineer, entrepreneur, and innovator • RFI English
- Runtime
- 6:52
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Gustave Eiffel died 100 years ago, at the age of 91. Best known as the engineer behind the Eiffel Tower, he was also an entrepreneur and patron of the sciences. For the centenary of his death, RFI language services will examine the legacy of Eiffel, who was sometimes known as the ‘Magician of Iron.
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- Title
- Spotlight on France podcast: French farmers post-Ukraine, fast fashion fallout, Life of Jesus
- Runtime
- 29:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- How French farmers are adapting since the war in Ukraine halted grain and seed exports. Why we need to buy fewer clothes if we want the fashion industry to be sustainable. And the voice of Ernest Renan – one of the big thinkers of 19th century France, famed for his biography of Jesus.
Spotlight on France is a podcast from Radio France International, hosted by Sarah Elzas and Alison Hird, out Thursdays. Follow wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Title
- Spotlight on France podcast: ChatGPT in French schools, Placard Man, first French pensions
- Runtime
- 30:28
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- How French educators are grappling with new AI-based technology, like ChatGPT, and how it will affect teaching, evaluating and learning. Voltuan, the most-recognised man on French demos, talks about life as a full-time activist. And the 17th century origins of France's pension system.
Spotlight on France is a podcast from Radio France International, hosted by Sarah Elzas and Alison Hird, out Thursdays. Follow wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Title
- France takes to the streets for sixth day of protest against pension reform • RFI English
- Runtime
- 2:11
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- More than a million people took to the streets on Tuesday 7 March in Paris and some 300 towns in France for a sixth day of record protests against the government’s proposed pension reform. "It is a reform which has not been properly prepared," says Lorette, a French illustrator, "because there is no in-depth work on the career development of the population - whatever the category of work."
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- Title
- Meet the African comic book heroes taking the world by storm • RFI English
- Runtime
- 2:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Africa’s presence in the world of comic books and graphic novels is sparse, but authors like Ivorian Marguerite Abouet are changing that. Thanks to her characters Aya, a sassy young woman, and Akissi, a mischievous, playful girl - both from the suburbs of Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire - a new generation of role models is on the way. RFI met Abouet at the 2023 Angoulême international comics festival.
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- Title
- Paris Perspective #39: France’s nuclear renaissance in a post-atomic age – Yves Marignac • RFI
- Runtime
- 25:53
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In this edition of Paris Perspective, we look at energy transition, the future of France’s atomic energy grid and President Emmanuel Macron’s political promise of a nuclear renaissance. RFI's David Coffey speaks to nuclear specialist with négaWatt, Yves Marignac.
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- Title
- 'Radical elements' disrupt peaceful Paris pensions protest • RFI English
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated across France for a fourth day on Saturday to keep up pressure on the government over its deeply unpopular pensions reform. The hardline CGT union said 500,000 people marched through Paris, where police intervened after some protesters damaged buildings and set fire to a car. For the most part the protests were festive, though Paris police who were pelted with projectiles fired tear gas in response. Authorities blamed "radical elements" within the otherwise peaceful march. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3YrhB62
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- Title
- Fourth day of French demos tests Macron's pensions overhaul • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated across France for a fourth day Saturday – keeping up pressure on the government over its deeply unpopular pensions reform. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3YrhB62
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- Title
- What are educators going to do about the abuse of ChatGPT in France • RFI English
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- As ChatGPT and other AI generators are being used in schools and universities, computer science professor Jean-Gabriel Ganascia wanted to see for himself. He asked a text generator to write a column he writes for a research magazine, and was quite impressed with the results. More on the use of ChatGPT in French schools, and what educators are doing about it, in the Spotlight on France podcast, episode 89: https://rfi.my/9946.f #SpotlightonFrance
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- Title
- French street artist brings colourful sketches of hope to Ukraine’s warzones • RFI English
- Runtime
- 3:22
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Seeing himself as a spray painter with a cause, Christian Guémy, alias C215, uses his street art to spread a message of solidarity from France to the people of Ukraine. His stencil works, first painted in the streets of war-damaged cities, are on display at the French parliament until 25 February. He told RFI about his mission to represent democratic values in public spaces. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3Yr5mXb
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- Title
- From The Lab: Why the Canary island of Lanzarote is attracting astronauts • RFI English
- Runtime
- 4:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Canary island of Lanzarote, known for its pristine beaches and volcanic landscapes, is a major tourist attraction. However, its volcanic landscapes have also made it an ideal training ground for geologists, astronauts and space engineers.
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- Title
- Voltuan: the French activist behind a thousand protest slogans • RFI English
- Runtime
- 2:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- French activist and poet Jean-Baptiste Reddé, aka Voltuan, has been a familiar figure on Paris and international demos for over a decade. Brandishing huge, graphic slogans such as "Ecoutez la colère du peuple" (Listen to the people's rage) he defends the convergence of struggles. We meet him in a Paris café where he designs his placards.
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- Title
- French pension reform protests are widespread outside Paris • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- People took to the streets in some 200 French towns on Tuesday in a third day of protests and strike action against the government’s proposed pension reform. Demos in big cities make the headlines, but discontent is also rife in smaller towns like Compiègne, an imperial city 90kms north of the capital. “The message is the same,” says a union rep working in the private sector, “we don’t want this reform to pass.”
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- Title
- Hong Kong manga authors make a mark at French comics festival • RFI English
- Runtime
- 3:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mimi Szeto, a manga author from Hong Kong, was one of the many young illustrators at this year's Angoulême international comics festival. RFI caught up with her at the Manga City pavilion, where she demonstrated digital drawing.
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- Title
- Paris Perspective #38: Cryptocurrency and the Web3 revolution – Raphaël Bloch • RFI English
- Runtime
- 23:36
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In this edition of Paris Perspective, we delve into the roller-coaster world of cryptocurrencies, the Wild West of the Web3 revolution and ask what we can expect in the brave new world of unregulated trading in virtual money.
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- Title
- Unions claim hundreds of thousands on the streets to oppose Macron's pension reforms • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Leading unions claimed nearly 700,000 people took to the streets of four French cities on Tuesday to protest against proposed changes to the French pensions system.
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- Title
- French women protesting pension reform say another way of working is possible • RFI English
- Runtime
- 3:21
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The key plank of the French government's pension reform is raising the minimum age of retirement from 62 to 64. We hear from female opponents of the reform protesting on the streets of Paris who say that it's unfair, unnecessary and will penalise women in particular. https://rfi.my/97I0.y
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- Title
- France has a problem with employing seniors • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:05
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- France has a low rate of employing people aged 55 and over – and this could become an even bigger issue if the retirement age is raised to 64, as is being pushed by the government in its latest pension reform. Hervé Boulhol, senior economist at the OECD, says that contrary to popular opinion, previous increases in retirement have not led to more unemployment among seniors.
More in the Spotlight on France podcast, episode 88: https://rfi.my/96Wr.f #SpotlightonFrance
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- Title
- Helping French victims of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange collapse • RFI English
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Some 50,000 to 60,000 people in France lost money in the collapse of the American cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Lawyer Ronan Journoud is advising some of the victims. Several of them lost their life savings. Full interview in the Spotlight on France podcast: https://rfi.my/93wl.y Read the article here https://bit.ly/3XGSco2
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- Title
- French unions hail massive turnout for protests against pension reform • RFI English
- Runtime
- 0:47
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in France on Thursday to demand withdrawal of the government’s unpopular pension reform. The widespread strike has crippled public transport, closed schools and slowed the energy sector.
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- Title
- I'd do it all over again, says Senegalese rifleman who fought for France • RFI English
- Runtime
- 2:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Yoro Diao, a Senegalese tirailleur (rifleman) who fought in the French army in the Indochina and Algerian wars, is preparing to return to Senegal for good after the French government allowed surviving tirailleurs to claim their state pensions back home. We met him in his hostel in Bondy, near Paris, where he reflects on the past and his pride in defending his former colonial master.
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- Title
- Why it's never too late to read Proust, 100 years after his death • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- French writer Marcel Proust, who died 100 years ago this year, spent 14 years writing his 3,000-page opus In Search of Lost Time – hailed as one of the greatest works of modern European literature. It's a daunting read, but Josh Landy, author of The World According to Proust, says it's well worth the effort.
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- Title
- Remembering King Pelé • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Abedi Ayew got nicknamed “Pelé” as a young boy playing football in the outskirts of Accra. He went on to play for Ghana and helped Olympique Marseille win the Champions League in 1993. He recalls the gift “King Pelé” gave him when the men first met during the 1994 World Cup in the US.
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- Title
- Kora virtuoso Sona Jobarteh bucks West Africa gender trend • RFI English
- Runtime
- 3:13
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The kora is traditionally reserved for men in West Africa, but that hasn't stopped British-Gambian artist Sona Jobarteh from carving out her own place alongside its greatest players. Read more here ▶ https://www.rfi.fr/en/culture/20221230-kora-virtuoso-sona-jobarteh-bucks-west-africa-gender-trend
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- Title
- Welcome to Kalabanté, an African circus in Montreal • RFI English
- Runtime
- 2:27
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- When dance, acrobatics and percussion meet, the result is Kalabanté - a circus company created in 2007 by Guinean artist Yamoussa Bangoura. RFI met him at the Nuits d'Afrique festival in Montreal.
Read more here ► https://www.rfi.fr/en/culture/20221226-welcome-to-kalabant%C3%A9-an-african-circus-in-montreal
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- Title
- French lacemaking in Bayeux • RFI English
- Runtime
- 3:26
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Artisans in Normandy are carrying on the traditional practice of lacemaking that dates back to the Renaissance. Shedding the dusty image of decorative doilies, the Bayeux Conservatory of Lace has rejuvenated the art through creative workshops and a boutique - proving just how modern lace can be. RFI visited the workshop to find out more. Read about it here: https://bit.ly/3HWTJ4V
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- Title
- The vegan version of foie gras - 'faux' gras - by Chef Julie Bavant • RFI English
- Runtime
- 0:43
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Have you tried 'faux' gras, the vegan version of foie gras? Chef Julie Bavant makes her version, which is appealing to vegans and meat-eaters alike. She talks about how she started making it for her daughter, in the Spotlight on France podcast, episode 86: https://rfi.my/8zWI.f #SpotlightonFrance.
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- Title
- Biodiversity deal - Brian O'Donnell, director of Campaign for Nature • RFI English
- Runtime
- 5:26
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- "Cop15 is the most important nature summit we've had in more than a decade," says Brian O'Donnell, director of the NGO Campaign for Nature. He explains why reaching a deal in Canada is so crucial.
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- Title
- France see off Morocco to reach World Cup final against Argentina • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- France ground down a plucky Morocco side on Wednesday night to advance to the World Cup final on Sunday against Argentina. Theo Hernandez scored five minutes into the encounter at the Al Bayt Stadium to give Didier Deschamps' players an early lead. The rest is history. RFI English’s Paul Myers was there. https://rfi.my/8zOO.y
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- Title
- From the Lab: French mission confirms one of Einstein's General Relativity principles • RFI
- Runtime
- 3:02
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- One of the core principles of Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity called the equivalence principle, was recently confirmed by the French space agenct's MICROSCOPE satellite mission. RFI's Dhananjay Khadilkar has this report.
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- Title
- Paris Perspective #37: 25 years later – The Kyoto Protocol and COP legacies - Stephan Savarese
- Runtime
- 17:35
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- This edition of Paris Perspective looks at the legacy of the Kyoto Protocol on the 25th anniversary of what was the first legally binding international agreement on reducing greenhouse gases, and the evolution of global action on tackling climate change.
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- Title
- Qatar World Cup: Day of destiny for France, England, Morocco and Portugal • RFI English
- Runtime
- 4:17
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- After the shocking Quarter Finals on "Fantastic Friday," with Croatia beating Brazil and the Netherlands sent off by Argentina, will the last eight games between Portugal and Morocco as well as England and France bring us a "Sizzling Saturday"? A "Scintillating Saturday? "Super Saturday" seems plain humdrum really. Read more here https://bit.ly/3W67tyB
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- Title
- Moroccan Soccer fans in Rabat celebrate their victory against Portugal • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Soccer fans in Morocco celebrate in the streets of Rabat after their team beat Portugal 1-0 in the Qatar World Cup 2022, on Friday 9 December 2022. Morocco is the first ever country to move into the semifinals. Captured by RFI's Cécile Pompeani. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3FLTXdK
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- Title
- France's Annie Ernaux on women writers • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- French writer Annie Ernaux said she hoped that her Nobel Prize was "a sign of hope for all female writers", who "have not yet gained legitimacy as producers of written works". She made the comment in a lecture ahead of the official ceremony on Saturday in Sweden. Ernaux is the first French woman – and the 17th woman overall – to win the prestigious literature prize since it was first awarded in 1901. Read more here https://bit.ly/3iUnhFP
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