@AFP journalist covering France. Previously 🇱🇧 🇪🇬 and 🇾🇪. Views my own. Retweets not endorsements. Email: [email protected]
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Alice Hackman retweeted
Chinese robots dance their way to America's Got Talent finale.
Chinese dancer Wu Yufei alongside his crew of robots have made it to the finale of the popular US TV show America's Got Talent. From synchronized dance routines to kung fu moves, Wu says the robots' rapid learning ability is "quite terrifying"
Alice Hackman retweeted
🇫🇷 As Europe swelters, Parisians sleep in parks to keep cool
The extreme temperatures have prompted dozens of Parisians to seek cool air in the middle of the night, with some choosing to sleep under the stars at the the Buttes-Chaumont park.
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🇮🇳 The Indian workers training AI robots to take their jobs
With a smartphone strapped to her head, Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself performing everyday chores to train AI-powered humanoid robots to take on household jobs in the future.
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🐶 🍰 Dog patisseries spread across Paris
Several dog cafes in Paris are welcoming the city’s canines and their owners for tasty treats. Chicken “pup cakes” and sugar-free whipped cream drinks are on the menus, specifically designed for dogs with the cooperation of vets.
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🎞️ 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 French cinema pioneer's lost film found in US attic
A battered wooden trunk passed down for a century held an unexpected secret. Retired teacher Bill McFarland had kept it for 20 years, unaware it contained early silent films belonging to his great-grandfather, a rural Pennsylvania exhibitor
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🇸🇬 Let's get physical: Singapore's seniors turn to parkour
Around 20 retirees in Singapore learn to tackle a series of relatively demanding exercises in "geriatric parkour", building their agility and enjoying a sense of camaraderie
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🇬🇧 🇫🇷 Britain's Queen Camilla meets French rape survivor Gisele Pelicot
Queen Camilla met Gisele Pelicot, the woman who has become a symbol of the global fight against sexual violence, and told her she had been left "speechless" by her memoir. Camilla has long been a campaigner against sexual and domestic violence
#geneu_AFP
Alice Hackman retweeted
This investigation reveals how Oman-based Al-Jabri Co. lures Yemeni youth with fake jobs in Russia — then seizes passports, forces secret contracts, and sends them to fight in Ukraine. Dozens are killed, injured, missing, or held in camps for resisting. arij.net/investigations/yeme…
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Thousands of carpets sunbathe at Turkish resort.
From June to September, in harvested fields cleared of stubble, merchants bring their cargo to age in the sun, tempering the bright hues and ridding them of undesirable elements
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⚫️ La Direction de l’AFP partage l’angoisse exprimée par la SDJ quant à la situation effroyable de ses collaborateurs dans la bande de Gaza.
Depuis des mois nous assistons, impuissants, à la détérioration dramatique de leurs conditions de vie.
Leur situation est aujourd’hui intenable, malgré un courage, un engagement professionnel et une résilience exemplaires.
C'est pourquoi l’AFP, qui était parvenue après plusieurs mois d'efforts à faire évacuer ses huit salariés de Gaza et leurs familles entre janvier et avril 2024, entreprend les mêmes démarches pour ses collaborateurs pigistes, malgré l’extrême difficulté de sortir d’un territoire soumis à un blocus strict.
Depuis le 7 octobre, Israël interdit l’accès de la bande de Gaza à tous les journalistes internationaux. Dans ce contexte, le travail de nos pigistes palestiniens est capital pour l’information du monde.
Mais leur vie est en danger, aussi exhortons-nous les autorités israéliennes à autoriser leur évacuation immédiate avec leurs familles.
Alice Hackman retweeted
Depuis que l’AFP a été fondée en août 1944, nous avons perdu des journalistes dans des conflits, nous avons eu des blessés et des prisonniers dans nos rangs, mais aucun de nous n’a le souvenir d’avoir vu un collaborateur mourir de faim.
Nous refusons de les voir mourir.
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‘Mahmoud Ajjour, Aged Nine’ by @samarabuelouf for @nytimes, is the #WPPh2025 World Press Photo of the Year. Watch as Samar shares the story behind this image: youtu.be/j1mYna_audE?si=PXxl…
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The #WPPh2025 Photo of the Year is ‘Mahmoud Ajjour, Aged Nine’ by @samarabuelouf, for @nytimes. The jury was moved by this portrait of a Palestinian boy which speaks to the devastating long-term costs of war on civilians. Read more: worldpressphoto.org/collecti…
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'Toxic beauty'.
Hankering for a chiseled jawline, a male TikTok influencer strikes his cheekbones with a hammer -- highlighting the rise of "looksmaxxing," an online trend pushing unproven and sometimes dangerous techniques to boost sexual appeal
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Alice Hackman retweeted
تحوّل شعور الفخر عند الرباعة سيلفي أيبيرينا إلى قلق يقض مضجعها وكثيرات مثلها، وذلك في ظل توجه السلطات الفرنسية إلى منع ارتداء الحجاب خلال المنافسات الرياضية المحلية.
u.afp.com/S5kL #فرانس_برس #فرنسا
✍️ @alicehackman
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Putin has upper hand in Trump talks on elusive Ukraine peace @AFP spoke to some of best analysts on the subject and they say things are not looking good
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.@AFP's @laure_khoury talks to survivors of sectarian massacres on Syrian coast: france24.com/en/live-news/20…
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From a Bond villain lair in the rugged heights overlooking Damascus, the all-seeing eye of a notorious Syrian military unit gazed down on a city it bled dry.
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After over two months of work, I hope my latest @AFP piece provides a comprehensive insight into the economic empire of Maher al-Assad's Fourth Division.
How the man many called "The Master" and his cronies wallowed in immense wealth while some of their foot soldiers struggled to feed their families and even begged on the streets.
The report wouldn't have happened without the long hours spent roaming around Damascus and other areas, stopping at abandoned 4th Division bases and checkpoints with @BakrAlkasem, the long conversations brainstorming with @LayalAFP, @alicehackman and my editor @FiachraGibbons
Most documents were seen scattered among piles of broken furniture or left damp and dirty in looted bases.
