President Vladimir Putin has been re-elected to a fifth term in office after a vote in which he faced no real opposition. Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has become the most sanctioned country in the world. But the Russian economy has proven surprisingly resilient, with defence spending priming industrial production […]
French daily and website Le Monde has become the latest publisher to strike a deal with OpenAI, allowing the San Francisco company to use its journalists' work to train artificial intelligence systems. To deal with claims that AI firms have plagiarised content scraped from the internet in order to build tools like ChatGPT, publishers have taken […]
France's National Assembly is debating a bill that would impose penalties on purchases from brands like Shein, Temu and Primark as the explosive growth of the ultra-fast fashion industry wreaks massive environmental damage. We take a closer look. Also, German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall projects record sales for 2024 in a Europe threatened by war.
The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh 11 years ago revealed the poor working conditions endured by people serving the global fast fashion industry. What were the lessons learned and has consumer and corporate behaviour changed since then? With EU countries still divided over key new legislation on supply chain due diligence, […]
MEPs are voting this Wednesday on the EU's AI Act, which sets four levels of risk and creates a new oversight office to regulate the development and use of artificial intelligence models. We take a closer look. Also, US lawmakers prepare to vote on a bill that would compel TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance to […]
Brussels is working on a plan to send Ukraine the interest and profits generated from seized Russian assets according to the Financial Times. US lawmakers move towards a possible ban on TikTok, and Boeing fails 33 out of 89 tests in an FAA audit of its 737 Max production program.
What do Austria, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan all have in common? For economist Neil Lee, it’s their ability to share the benefits of innovation equally across society. Charles Pellegrin discusses Lee's latest book “Innovation for the masses”.
The EU's landmark tech regulation known as the DMA takes effect at 11:59 pm Thursday, ushering in significant changes for social media platforms, internet browsers and operating systems. The head of the US Federal Reserve signals rate cuts will have to wait for summer, and Nigerians want Shell to clean up its mess before leaving […]
On Tuesday, the price of a single Bitcoin hit a new record at over $69,000, beating a previous peak set in November 2021. In this Business Daily, we look at what's happened in the cryptocurrency sector in the past two years, explaining Bitcoin's dramatic fall and subsequent rise. Also in this edition, FRANCE 24's Bryan […]
From July 26 to September 8, some 4 billion people are expected to watch the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, representing more than half of the world's population. The temptation to disrupt the Games will undoubtedly be very strong for cyber criminals, hacktivists and state actors alike. So what cyber risks will France face […]