Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Strolling past the Georgian terraces of Upper Brook Street in Mayfair, I spy not a single sign of spookiness, ...

Disney is finally killing off Star internationally — and refreshing its app design too. Photo: Patrick Harbron/Disney Hulu is finally going global. The Walt Disney Company revealed today that its ...

Built on the site of a long-standing landfill area, Abidjan's soon-to-be-opened Akouedo Park is one of the world's latest efforts to turn harmful wasteland into community spaces. Beneath the fresh ...

The unrest comes as the country prepares for elections on 25 October. Court rulings have excluded several major opposition figures, including former president Laurent Gbagbo of the African People’s ...

A train attendant’s use of both Dutch and French — “goeiemorgen” and “bonjour” — to greet passengers during rush hour last year could easily have gone unnoticed in multilingual Belgium. But it rubbed ...

A ticket inspector who greeted customers in two different languages has been given a warning after a passenger complained. The Dutch-speaking region of Flanders in Belgium has strict language laws, ...

A bourgeoning film-TV market, the International Salon for Audiovisual Content (SICA), is set to return June 26-28 for its third edition in Abidjan, positioning itself as a lynchpin for Africa’s film ...

A French café, open for more than a decade in the heart of Siesta Key Village, has joined the growing list of local restaurants that have shut their doors in recent weeks. Bonjour French Café, at 5214 ...

The announcement was made during the formal opening ceremony of the 2025 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group, held in Abidjan. The African Development Bank (AfDB) has confirmed plans ...

PARIS — Forget about Charli XCX: This year’s summer style icon might just be Jean Seberg. The U.S. actress with the pixie haircut is back in the spotlight thanks to two films: Richard Linklater’s ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A major international airline is giving travelers a new way to visit Central Florida. Air France has officially launched nonstop flights between Orlando (MCO) and the Paris Charles de ...

It was all smiles as Téné Birahima Ouattara, Côte d’Ivoire’s Defence Minister, welcomed Jessica Davis Ba, the US Ambassador, and Michael Langley, the head of the United States Africa Command (Africom) ...