The City of Light: How Paris got its glow
Eiffel Tower illuminations: © SETE Tour Eiffel. Lighting designer: Pierre Bideau.
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Could there be a conflict between Venezuela and Guyana over disputed Essequibo region?
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Gaza war, Ukraine funding in limbo, Paris Olympics Tahitigate, Taylor Swift
Some $50 billion are on hold in the US after Senate Republicans insisted on tying aid to a tightening of domestic border controls. What does this mean for aid to Ukraine going forward?
Egypt's Sisi runs for third term following crackdown on dissent
Africa is facing an unprecedented food crisis, according to a new report from the UN released earlier this week. More than three quarters of the population living on the continent cannot afford a healthy diet and a fifth are undernourished. This dire situation is in large part due to grain shortages triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, armed conflict in Africa itself, climate change and the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.
IOC clears Russian, Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals in Paris Games
The International Olympic Committee added that there were currently only eight athletes from Russia and three from Belarus who had qualified as neutral athletes.
Sweden's accession will make 'a lot of improvements' to NATO: Swedish FM Billström
Billström appears optimistic that Turkey and Hungary will ratify Sweden’s NATO accession at more or less the same time. "I asked my counterpart, the foreign minister of Hungary, just the other week at the NATO foreign ministers' meeting, if Hungary still holds to its promise that they won't be the last to ratify us - meaning that once Ankara starts to ratify, Hungary will follow swiftly. And his answer was 'yes, we still will maintain our promise'. The Hungarian parliament has already done all that is necessary. They only have a final vote left. They have done all the committee work, so they can move quite rapidly, once there is 'white' smoke from Ankara," Billström says.
The Turner Prize 2023: Meet the new 'Darling' of the art world
We also talk about Taylor Swift becoming Time Magazine's Person of the Year and look at the new film from French director Ladj Ly, "Bâtiment 5", whose previous movie was up for an Oscar.
Mau Mau rebels, heroes of Kenya's independence, still seeking recognition
Sixty years ago, on December 12, 1963, Kenya gained independence after 68 years of British rule and following a decade of deadly violence. Between 1952 and 1960, the Mau Mau rebellion was one of the bloodiest episodes in the country's history. This rebel group, mainly made up of members of the Kikuyu ethnic group, organised a campaign of sabotage and assassinations against the British settlers, claiming 32 lives. The rebels' aim was to recover the land and freedom that had been stolen from them by the British colonial authorities.