"You can be racist but not deaf," the superstar defiantly told the world in the face of racist attacks while gearing up for the performance of a lifetime. The world took notice during the 2024 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in Paris this afternoon as French pop superstar Aya Nakamura strutted across a bridge over the Seine. Donning a gold metallic feather mini dress and a bold blonde bust down, the songstress belted out her smash hit single “Pookie” while accompanied by a live band helmed by France’s Republican Guard.

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France on Thursday (August 15) commemorated the 1944 Allied landings in Provence, an event overshadowed by the Normandy landings two months earlier, but still key to the World War II endgame in Europe. President Macron singled out the contribution of soldiers recruited - often forcibly - in French overseas colonies, notably in Africa. It took decades for France to highlight their crucial role in the fighting. For more analysis, FRANCE 24's Delano D'Souza is joined by David Lees, associate professor of French studies at the University of Warwick.

Soldiers from former French overseas colonies remembered at Provence landings commemoration

France on Thursday remembers the 1944 Allied landings in Provence, an event overshadowed by the Normandy landings two months earlier, but still key to the World War II endgame in Europe. The Provence landings gave French fighters a chance to prove their worth, and added weight to France's subsequent claim to a seat at the table of World War II victors, despite its lightning-fast defeat in 1940.

The other D-Day: France remembers WWII Provence landings

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SAINT-RAPHAEL, France (AP) — France commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of the French Riviera in World War II to push back the Nazis, with events Thursday that especially honored the many soldiers from Africa, sent from then-French colonies, who took part. Sometimes called “ the forgotten...

France honors African soldiers who helped liberate the French Riviera from Nazis 80 years ago

The Africa CDC or centres for Disease Control has declared its first ever public health emergency over the most recent mpox outbreak that began in DR Congo last September but has since spread to other countries. Over 38,000 cases and more than 1,400 deaths have been attributed to the virus on the continent since the start of 2022.

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PARIS (Reuters) -The Paris Olympics delivered a dazzling summertime success that charmed the world and reaffirmed French national pride. But the hangover will be tough. With Sunday's closing ceremony over, President Emmanuel Macron must now deal with a self-created political crisis that he had swept under the carpet until the Games were over.

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Macron pays tribute to soldiers on 80th anniversary of Provence landings

France on Thursday (August 15) commemorated the 1944 Allied landings in Provence, an...

Macron pays tribute to soldiers on 80th anniversary of Provence landings

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