4290 - Le chef (The leader)

Jack Lang a démissionné de la présidence de l’Institut du monde arabe. Cette décision fait suite à une enquête fiscale liée à l’affaire Jeffrey Epstein. Traduction: Jack Lang has resigned as president of the Arab World Institute. This decision follows a tax investigation linked t ... Show More

Le dernier traité de désarmement nucléaire entre les États-Unis et la Russie a expiré le 5 février. L'ONU s'inquiète d'une instabilité mondiale sans précédent majeur. Traduction: The final nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia expired on February 5. The UN warns o ... Show More

<p>La France et les Émirats arabes unis ont annoncé un partenariat stratégique pour développer un campus dédié à l'intelligence artificielle en France.</p><br><p>Traduction :</p><p>France and the United Arab Emirates announced a strategic partnership to develop an artificial inte ... Show More

Relations between France and Mali have hit a low point, with both countries trading hostile comments in public about what the other is doing. Mali’s military rulers accuse France of supplying arms to anti-government militants. Paris denies this and is unhappy about Mali’s working ... Show More

This lesson, which we recorded some time ago, focuses on the situation in Mali. In our role-play, Brendan asks Simone to shed some light on the military intervention of France in one of its former colonies. Let's listen. Then we'll come back and discuss some key vocabulary. 

President Macron this week announced that France's anti-jihadist military mission in the Sahel region of Africa has ended. The departure of troops from the former colonial power and the end of Operation Barkhane comes at a challenging time for the region which is in the grips of ... Show More