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Summer festival revives worship of Ancient Greek deities at Mount Olympus

As drums echo beneath Mount Olympus and torch-bearing worshippers sing hymns to Zeus, an ancient tradition comes alive each summer in northern Greece. For more than three decades, followers of the country's pre-Christian gods have gathered for the Prometheia Festival, reviving ri

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'His resilience, his words, his character': Mourners grieve late supreme leader Khamenei

A sea of mourners filled the streets of Tehran on Monday for the funeral procession of late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. FRANCE 24 spoke to some of those who had travelled across the country to pay their respects for the man who led the Islamic Republic for almost four

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Dissolution of Hamas's Gaza governing body won't bring 'significant change of life'

Hamas announced on July 6 the dissolution of the body that has governed the Gaza Strip for nearly two decades. The decision would clear the way for a technocratic committee to implement civilian rule. But questions remain. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky tells us more from Jerusalem

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Literary icon Margaret Atwood on why The Handmaid’s Tale no longer feels like fiction

Two-time Booker prize-winning author, Margaret Atwood has spent four decades warning what happens when democracy, women’s rights and free expression begin to erode. Today, many readers believe the world has caught up with her fiction. In this interview with FRANCE 24’s Eve Jackso

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‘More real than anything you’ll see scrolling’: the radical resurgence of UK fanzines, 50

Five decades since punk bible Sniffin’ Glue, DIY magazines are in rude, rich health. Their creators talk fandom, community-building and resisting the algorithm‘The most important part of the word ‘fanzine’ is ‘fan’,” says London-based zine-maker Jon Marsh. Existing outside mainst

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Bite my shiny metal ass! TV’s all-time top robots

From mechanical mutts to android assassins, our cybernetic companions have been entertaining us, their organic overlords, for decades. Here are the 20 best automatons ever to grace the small screenThe robots are coming. And one of them happens to look a lot like Philomena Cunk in

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Why is France opposed to air conditioning?

As Europe continues to struggle with record-breaking temperatures brought on by heatwaves across the continent, many have turned to air conditioners for some much-needed respite. In France, however, whether the technology should be used or not has been a hard-fought debate for de

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Nice 2016 terror attack: A decade of grief

On 14 July 2016, Nice was hit by the deadliest attack in its history, claimed by the Islamic State group. A truck ploughed into the Promenade des Anglais, striking crowds of spectators who had gathered to watch the Bastille Day fireworks. The attacker killed 86 people and injured

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Nigerian police under pressure to reform force amid public distrust

The 36 states of the Federation have yet to ratify the establishment of a State Police force under their responsibility. For several decades, Nigeria has been struggling to restructure the architecture of its internal security: But with a national police force and a local police

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Spain wildfires: Deadliest blaze in 20 years

At least 12 people have died and 23 remain missing after Spain's deadliest wildfire in two decades tore through the southern region of Almeria, with authorities saying the blaze may have started when a power line fell onto dry vegetation. As Europe faces an early and intense fire

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Port Arthur: The shooting that changed Australia

Thirty years ago, Australia experienced the deadliest mass shooting in its history. The Port Arthur massacre transformed the country’s relationship to guns and reshaped firearms policy for decades. Now, following the Bondi Beach attack in December 2025, Australia is once again qu

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'Found you!' Astronomers spot faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth after a decade of hi

It has taken over ten years, but astronomers have finally won a prolonged game of cosmic hide-and-seek with a planet hiding around the star Beta Pictoris.

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