A group of investors is trying to sue Facebook after its share price dropped sharply this week. Could the tide be turning for Mark Zuckerberg and the world's biggest social network? And the camera never lies: a Romanian journalist tries to fake a sandstorm for his weather broadcast... with entertaining results.
Colombian FARC guerillas plan to release French journalist Romeo Langlois, according to a statement received by the International Committee of the Red Cross Sunday. The ICRC said it was ready to help organise the release "as soon as possible".
A self-described member of the "15th front" FARC brigade said Sunday that the rebels are holding FRANCE 24 journalist Romeo Langlois, who has been missing since an April 28 rebel attack on the Colombian military convoy with which he was embedded.
MEDIAWATCH, Thurs. 3/5/2012: We take a look at the buzz around last night's presidential debate - how social media did the job of two journalists who were reduced to mere time-keepers. But also: "Moi, Président", the song, and Sarkozy's penchant for asking questions.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed anger over a rise in the number of journalists killed in the line of duty at a World Press Freedom Day event on Thursday. The UN estimates that more than 60 journalists were killed in 2011.
There is no place like home. A new study reveals more Mexicans are now returning to their home country than migrating to the US. We also discover the new rules for the US secret service after the recent prostitution scandal in Colombia. Finally, we focus on the lighter side of President Obama.
Douglas Herbert meets Edith Bouvier, the French journalist who appealed for help on YouTube after being injured in a rocket attack on the besieged Syrian city of Homs, and who was later evacuated from Homs by Syrian activists.
French photographer William Daniels speaks to Annette Young about his dramatic escape, along with his seriously injured colleague Edith Bouvier, from the besieged Syrian city of Homs.
The journalists who escaped the nightmare of Homs in Syria tell the story of their long and dangerous journey out of the besieged city. Next, we meet Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman as she works to build a new Yemen. Finally, an imaginary subway train has been crisscrossing through Palestinian territories. Our correspondent finds out more about this original art installation.
The bodies of veteran war reporter Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik arrived in Paris from Syria on Sunday, ten days after they were killed in a rocket attack in the rebel Baba Amr neighbourhood of the besieged city of Homs.
