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French superstar Kylian Mbappé presented "his apologies" and said "seriously sorry" after facing a shielding and cancellation of advertising contracts in China following the online broadcast of a video in which he seems to be joking about former historical leader Mao Zedong.
French football star Kylian Mbappé sees some of her advertising contracts in China broken following the release of a video in which he seems to be joking about Mao Zedong. Now, three companies, which used the name and image of the star, announced on Tuesday, 27 October, the immediate break in their cooperation with Kylian Mbappé. They claim "zero tolerance" against any action or declaration that is considered offensive to the nation.
Kylian Mbappé faces a raise of shields and cancellation of advertising contracts in China after the online broadcast of a video in which the French football star seems to be joking about former historical leader Mao Zedong.
Two Chinese companies ended their collaboration with Kylian Mbappé, said he had hit the "national sentiments", after the footballer joked about former historical leader Mao Zedong. The French star then presented her "apologies" in a press release, saying "seriously sorry".
This year, China published new rules to regulate funerals. The government advocates affordable and environmentally friendly services in the continuity of its decades-long policy of imposing cremation. But in the countryside – where people have been burying their dead on their lands for centuries – many families resist. How is this modernisation that Beijing wants lived through? Report from Yena Lee, with Lou Kisiela.
The flow of oil ships has partly resumed in the Strait of Ormuz and the Arabian Peninsula has reorganized its oil flows, via the east-west Saudi pipeline or the one to Fujairah, in the Gulf of Oman. But tensions persist on refined products. And while G7 members have agreed to release 100 million barrels of their strategic reserves, China is again buying oil to rebuild its stocks.
Donald Trump's vision of the North Atlantic, China's claim to Taiwan, Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine: are there any resurgence of imperialism, which was thought to be over with the decolonization and fall of the USSR? This is the observation of the recent book "World history of imperialisms from the 19th to the 21st centuries" (PUF editions) co-directed by Nicolas Beaupré and historian Florian Louis, guest of Au Cœur de l'Info
Meeting at the top. On September 23rd, US President Donald Trump received his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Washington. This was his first visit to the White House in ten years, but his third meeting with the American president in a year. Behind the appearance, few results. Our guests come back to this meeting between superpowers.
Gathered Tuesday at the White House, the great bosses of artificial intelligence promised Tuesday to regulate themselves with the help of a charter of good conduct. That would satisfy US President Donald Trump, opposed to any form of binding regulation that might hold this industry back from China.
In the first quarter of 2026, China became the first destination for Rwandan exports, accounting for 26 per cent of the total, compared with less than 5 per cent a year earlier. A dramatic increase, driven by the abolition of Chinese customs duties on almost all Rwandan products. But access to this market also depends on compliance with stringent health standards. Aurore Bayoud story.
Beijing could pressure Tehran to resume negotiations, but analysts believe it is unlikely that it will stop buying Iranian oil.
Donald Trump said Thursday, September 24 that Beijing and Washington are opposed to any regulation of artificial intelligence. The US president said on his Truth Social platform: "Superintelligence (AI) will be a major topic for discussion, but I want to stay exactly at this stage. It is also China's position." The details of Guillaume Grallet, editor-in-chief Tech et Sciences au Point.
At the UN rostrum, Volodymyr Zelensky warned the world on Wednesday 23 September: the Russian threat "will not stop at the borders of Ukraine". A few hours later, Moscow struck Ukraine with its drones and missiles, killing at least eight more. China could then be the only one to have a major influence on Vladimir Putin. The details of Gulliver Cragg, correspondent France 24 in Kiev.
In a context of a historic slowdown in the luxury sector, LVMH has seen its sales drop in recent months in China. The disappointing results can be explained by a decline in consumer purchasing power but also by a recent "bad buzz" caused by a legal battle with a local tea brand.
After moving on Wednesday, September 23rd to welcome Xi Jinping on his plane descent, Donald Trump will again be in the care of the Chinese President on Thursday, September 24, whose visit has already fulfilled his main objective: to extend the trade truce between Washington and Beijing.
The US President travelled in person to welcome his Chinese counterpart on Wednesday when he arrived in the United States for a three-day visit. Donald Trump shakes the protocol for Xi Jinping, a head of state with whom he ensures that he has special affinities. The US and China have already decided to extend their trade truce until January 10.
In South-East Asia, hundreds of thousands of workers in fraud centres are swindling people around the world – in the United States, Europe and China. The damage would amount to nearly $10 billion a year for American nationals alone. But these crooks are also often themselves victims, forced into slavery according to human rights defenders. China is trying to dismantle these scam centres in neighbouring Burma.
Senior US and Chinese officials met on Sunday in New York for the Trump-Xi Summit this week.
The United States proposed to China on Sunday the creation of a "mechanism" of dialogue on artificial intelligence. The two powers could exchange notifications "in case of incidents, if something happened that was a matter of national security," explained US Finance Minister Scott Bessent.
Donald Trump announced on Friday 18 September that he had obtained from Denmark and Greenland a "permanent control" of the security of strategic Arctic territory which, according to Washington, will prevent the opponents of the United States, China and Russia in the lead, from settling there.
