Tom Fenton
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Deputy Director @France24. Head of the English language channel and service.
Formerly with @cbsnews, @CNN, @CNNI, @AJEnglish, @AJAM & @CNNHeadlineNews.
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Formerly with @cbsnews, @CNN, @CNNI, @AJEnglish, @AJAM & @CNNHeadlineNews.
@DukeU Alum.
'A wasteland': FRANCE 24 journalist given rare glimpse of war-ravaged Gaza f24.my/BXla.BS
'A wasteland': FRANCE 24 journalist given rare glimpse of war-ravaged Gaza
FRANCE 24 correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky entered the Gaza Strip on Wednesday as part of a “limited and circumscribed” press visit organised by the Israeli army, which has barred foreign journalists fr...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
'A wasteland': FRANCE 24 journalist given rare glimpse of war-ravaged Gaza f24.my/BXla.BS
The article beautifully captures the paradox of Paris in August: a city known for its energy suddenly transformed into a hushed, almost private space. What’s striking is how this collective pause both empties the city and reveals its hidden charms. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/w...
August in Paris: When the City Empties Out, Locals Left Behind Rejoice
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August 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The article beautifully captures the paradox of Paris in August: a city known for its energy suddenly transformed into a hushed, almost private space. What’s striking is how this collective pause both empties the city and reveals its hidden charms. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/w...
80 Years Ago, Nuclear Annihilation Came to Japan www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/w...
80 Years Ago, Nuclear Annihilation Came to Japan
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August 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
80 Years Ago, Nuclear Annihilation Came to Japan www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/w...
The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
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February 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Five years on, how do Brits feel about #Brexit? What effect has it had on the #economy? What #visa challenges are Brits abroad facing? Why are Europeans choosing not to go to the UK? On @en.france24.com, @geniegodula.bsky.social and I try to get to the bottom of these questions: f24.my/Aua6
Entre Nous - Five years on: Brexit regrets? Cancelled trips?
In this edition of Entre Nous, we take a look at how British people feel about Brexit, five years after the UK officially left the EU. We also discuss the challenges many Brits abroad now face, partic...
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January 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Five years on, how do Brits feel about #Brexit? What effect has it had on the #economy? What #visa challenges are Brits abroad facing? Why are Europeans choosing not to go to the UK? On @en.france24.com, @geniegodula.bsky.social and I try to get to the bottom of these questions: f24.my/Aua6
Archaeological dig at Notre-Dame unearths 2,000 years of history. @france24.bsky.social #NotreDame
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Archaeological dig at Notre-Dame unearths 2,000 years of history
The tragic 2019 fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral led to major discoveries during restoration work. Archaeologists unearthed treasures dating back from antiquity to the 19th century.
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December 4, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Archaeological dig at Notre-Dame unearths 2,000 years of history. @france24.bsky.social #NotreDame
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Trump to attend Notre-Dame Cathedral reopening ceremony in Paris @france24.bsky.social #NotreDame #Trump f24.my/Amjr
Trump to attend Notre-Dame Cathedral reopening ceremony in Paris
US president-elect Donald Trump is one of 50 heads of state set to attend a ceremony to mark the reopening of the restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday.
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December 3, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Trump to attend Notre-Dame Cathedral reopening ceremony in Paris @france24.bsky.social #NotreDame #Trump f24.my/Amjr
Surplus donations allow 'Phase 3' restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2025 @france24.bsky.social #NotreDame
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Surplus donations allow 'Phase 3' restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2025
The destruction caused by the devastating 2019 fire that ripped through Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral triggered an avalanche of donations to help rebuild the monument. The surplus – which amounts to €1...
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December 3, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Surplus donations allow 'Phase 3' restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2025 @france24.bsky.social #NotreDame
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Foreign artisans rolled up their sleeves to help rebuild France's Notre-Dame Cathedral @france24.bsky.social #NotreDame f24.my/AmbI
Foreign artisans rolled up their sleeves to help rebuild France's Notre-Dame Cathedral
Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens on December 7, five years after a devastating fire left it in tatters. As part of a monumental effort to restore the Gothic landmark to its former glory, artisans…
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December 2, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Foreign artisans rolled up their sleeves to help rebuild France's Notre-Dame Cathedral @france24.bsky.social #NotreDame f24.my/AmbI
French PM forces budget bill through parliament, triggering no-confidence vote @france24.bsky.social #FrancePolotics f24.my/AmdQ
French PM forces budget bill through parliament, triggering no-confidence vote
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Monday used a controversial constitutional tool known as Article 49.3 to force the 2025 social security budget through parliament, leaving him and his governmen...
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December 2, 2024 at 3:43 PM
French PM forces budget bill through parliament, triggering no-confidence vote @france24.bsky.social #FrancePolotics f24.my/AmdQ
Macron takes world on first tour inside Paris’s restored Notre-Dame cathedral @france24.bsky.social #NotreDame #Macron @manumacshateacc.bsky.social f24.my/AmFE
Live: Macron takes world on first tour inside Paris’s restored Notre-Dame cathedral
Five years after a fire devastated the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, the world is getting a first glimpse inside the historic French landmark as President Emmanuel Macron conducts a tour of the resto...
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November 29, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Macron takes world on first tour inside Paris’s restored Notre-Dame cathedral @france24.bsky.social #NotreDame #Macron @manumacshateacc.bsky.social f24.my/AmFE
Macron acknowledges 1944 ‘massacre’ of West African troops by French army @france24.bsky.social #Thiaroye #Senegal f24.my/AmDx
Macron acknowledges 1944 ‘massacre’ of West African troops by French army
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday acknowledged that the 1944 killing of West African soldiers in a Senegalese fishing village by French forces was a massacre for the first time. The soldier...
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November 29, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Macron acknowledges 1944 ‘massacre’ of West African troops by French army @france24.bsky.social #Thiaroye #Senegal f24.my/AmDx
Senegal’s leader says France should close all army bases in country @france24.bsky.social #Senegal f24.my/AmE3
Senegal’s leader says France should close all army bases in country
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday said that France should close all its army bases in the country, noting that it was “incompatible” with Senegal’s national sovereignty. Faye swep...
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November 29, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Senegal’s leader says France should close all army bases in country @france24.bsky.social #Senegal f24.my/AmE3
Australia passes world's first social media ban for under-16s
@france24.bsky.social #SocialMedia #AustraliaBan
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Australia passes world's first social media ban for under-16s
Australia's Senate on Thursday passed a social media ban for children under 16 that will soon become the first law of its kind in the world. Platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X…
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November 28, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Australia passes world's first social media ban for under-16s
@france24.bsky.social #SocialMedia #AustraliaBan
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@france24.bsky.social #SocialMedia #AustraliaBan
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More than half of French want PM Barnier’s government to fall, survey shows @france24.bsky.social
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More than half of French want PM Barnier’s government to fall, survey shows
More half of the French want the current government to fall, a survey showed on Thursday. The reason for the anger is Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s budget proposal, which entails both steep tax hike...
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November 28, 2024 at 2:09 PM
More than half of French want PM Barnier’s government to fall, survey shows @france24.bsky.social
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France unveils new measures to protect women in wake of Pelicot affair @france24.bsky.social #Pelocot
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France unveils new measures to protect women in wake of Pelicot affair
France announced on Monday a new campaign to combat violence against women, including raising awareness about the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse, as the country reckons with a mass rape trial tha...
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November 27, 2024 at 10:05 AM
France unveils new measures to protect women in wake of Pelicot affair @france24.bsky.social #Pelocot
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Brazil's Bolsonaro 'fully aware' of 2022 assassination plot against Lula, police report says @france24.bsky.social
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Brazil's Bolsonaro 'fully aware' of 2022 assassination plot against Lula, police report says
Brazil's former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro was alleged to have "actively participated" in a 2022 coup plot to prevent his elected leftist successor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking offic...
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November 27, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Brazil's Bolsonaro 'fully aware' of 2022 assassination plot against Lula, police report says @france24.bsky.social
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Haiti summons French ambassador after Macron's 'total morons' comment @france24.bsky.social #Haiti f24.my/Al9h
Haiti summons French ambassador after Macron's 'total morons' comment
French President Emmanuel Macron was caught on video on Thursday calling the Haitian transitional council "total morons" for sacking the embattled nation's prime minister, prompting Haiti's foreign mi...
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November 22, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Haiti summons French ambassador after Macron's 'total morons' comment @france24.bsky.social #Haiti f24.my/Al9h
Green spaces and social housing: Paris’s ‘bioclimatic’ plan to transform the city by 2035 @france24.bsky.social #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction f24.my/AlBN
Green spaces and social housing: Paris’s ‘bioclimatic’ plan to transform the city by 2035
The Paris City Council on Wednesday approved its "bioclimatic" urban development plan, designed to address climate challenges, housing shortages and urban expansion. The plan’s focus on green spaces,…
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November 22, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Green spaces and social housing: Paris’s ‘bioclimatic’ plan to transform the city by 2035 @france24.bsky.social #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction f24.my/AlBN
'A vision of benevolence': Why Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s legacy endures in France
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'A vision of benevolence': Why Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s legacy endures in France
French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to Pablo Neruda at the poet’s former home in Santiago during his visit to Chile on Wednesday, highlighting the enduring bond between the Nobel laureate an...
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November 21, 2024 at 10:41 AM
'A vision of benevolence': Why Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s legacy endures in France
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@france24.bsky.social #Neruda
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Russia targets Ukraine with intercontinental ballistic missile for first time, Kyiv says @france24.bsky.social
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Russia targets Ukraine with intercontinental ballistic missile for first time, Kyiv says
Russia launched an Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at targets in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, Ukraine's air force said. It was the first time that ICBMs have been used by Russia in the conf...
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November 21, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Russia targets Ukraine with intercontinental ballistic missile for first time, Kyiv says @france24.bsky.social
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French painting stolen by the Nazis goes on auction at Christie’s Paris @france24.bsky.social
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French painting stolen by the Nazis goes on auction at Christie’s Paris
A painting by French artist Nicolas de Largillierre that was looted by the Nazis and recovered at the end of World War II by the Monuments Men, the Allied unit responsible for returning works of art…
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November 21, 2024 at 10:36 AM
French painting stolen by the Nazis goes on auction at Christie’s Paris @france24.bsky.social
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Rafael Nadal retires from tennis after Spain's Davis Cup defeat.
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Rafael Nadal retires from tennis after Spain's Davis Cup defeat
Tennis legend Rafael Nadal retired from tennis as Spain lost to the Netherlands in the Davis Cup quarter-finals. The 38-year-old, a 22-time Grand Slam champion, was emotional during the anthem. Over…
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November 20, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Rafael Nadal retires from tennis after Spain's Davis Cup defeat.
@france24.bsky.social #Nadal #DavisCup
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Gisèle Pelicot slams 'macho' society that 'trivialises rape' in closing statement @france24.bsky.social #Pelicot
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Gisèle Pelicot slams 'macho' society that 'trivialises rape' in closing statement
In her closing statement of the mass rape trial that has sent shockwaves across the country, survivor Gisèle Pelicot said it was time for “macho” society that “trivialises rape” to change. “I’ve lost…
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November 19, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Gisèle Pelicot slams 'macho' society that 'trivialises rape' in closing statement @france24.bsky.social #Pelicot
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Would banning Marine Le Pen from running for president be a gift for France's far right? @france24.bsky.social f24.my/AkD2
Would banning Marine Le Pen from running for president be a gift for France's far right?
France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen faces the prospect of being banned from running in the 2027 presidential election if found guilty of embezzling EU funds. But a guilty verdict, if it comes, cou...
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November 19, 2024 at 1:21 PM
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