INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Fri. 10/02/12. Syria is the focus of many international papers. Asharq Alawsat gives a detailed account on the ongoing violence in Homs. Meanwhile, The Guardian focuses on the diplomatic side of the crisis. The Chinese ambassador to the UK explains just why China voted no to the draft UN resolution on Syria.
A Syrian cyber activist is providing first hand video accounts of the crackdown in Homs. Europeans are rising up against the international ACTA agreement. And North Korean accordionists performing “Take on Me”…
Syrian cyber activists fighting the Damascus regime with comedy and satire. Siku, the polar bear cub becomes a web sensation. And Steve Jobs set to receive a posthumous Grammy Award.
In honour of FRANCE 24's fifth birthday this week, Tech 24 goes behind the scenes in the newsroom to bring you an inside view of how the channel manages its large and growing social network feeds. Also, a sneak peek at interactive television and how FRANCE 24 is using this technology to reach even larger audiences around the world.
Today on the net, embarrassment in Beijing as details of Chinese spy cases are leaked online. Egyptian activists campaigning against military trials for civilians. And a photographer depicts the end of NASA’s manned space program…
MEDIAWATCH, Fri., 29/07/11: As investigators publish their third report on the Air France Rio-Paris crash, some wonder why we still use black boxes in the internet age; we also discover allegations of drug-trafficking policemen on the island of Mayotte, while YouTube saves the face of a French TV presenter and thrill-seekers get more than they bargained for - lost in the catacombs of Paris.
Making fun of Bahsar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown on protesters might seem a little insensitive, but an online Syrian series which does just that is proving increasingly popular among dissidents themselves. Meet their "weapon of mass derision".
US President Barack Obama is starting his six day tour across Europe. First stop: Ireland, a country dealing with massive government debt...
A country that was also home to one of Obama’s ancestors.
Cyber activism forces social networks into an ethical quandary. Protesters are using satire to poke fun at leaders in the Arab World. And a French web documentary focuses on the problem of substandard housing.
