In the wake of US President Barack Obama’s historic endorsement of gay marriage in a TV interview Wednesday, France24.com checked in with analysts, activists and voters across the political spectrum. Here’s a selection of their reactions.
What movies will be at Cannes this year? Which stars will be strutting the red carpet? What does it all mean, and why do we care? Just days before the event kicks off, FRANCE 24 film critics Jon Frosch and Lisa Nesselson offer an advance peek.
Once considered naïve on foreign policy, Barack Obama has been flaunting his national security credentials on the campaign trail – and daring Republicans to challenge him. France24.com takes a look at an unusual political reversal.
Experience, ethnicity, gender, popularity, chemistry...on what criteria will Mitt Romney base his choice of a running mate? France24.com takes a look at the field of potential vice presidential candidates.
With the French set to head to the polls for the first round of voting in France’s presidential election, foreign editorialists, reporters, and correspondents have weighed in. FRANCE 24 takes the pulse of news desks around the world.
With US films made by non-Americans, a Japanese romance from an Iranian director, a French actress in a South Korean film, and an Australian pop star in a French film, this year's Cannes line-up points to cinema’s increasingly blurred borders.
France, with its socialised healthcare and high tax rate, may not seem like an ideal place for a US conservative to call home. Still, Republicans Abroad has a branch in Paris. France24.com caught up with one of its members (pictured left, at centre).
The US Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether or not President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform is constitutional. France24.com takes a closer look at a controversial law, and why Americans remain conflicted about it.
As frontrunner for the Republican presidential nod, Mitt Romney does not often speak about the two years he spent as a Mormon missionary in France. But available information and insight from those who knew him point to a formative period of his life.
At age 19, Mormon men typically leave home to do voluntary mission work for two years. France24.com caught up with one young Mormon, Taylor Johnsnon (pictured), who is doing his mission in France, as Mitt Romney did nearly 50 years ago.
