Belgian-Algerian. Correspondent covering the Western United States for @France24.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined February 2012
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🎬 Director George Lucas is behind a new museum in Los Angeles containing a galaxy of cinematic artwork.
The Lucas Museum of Narrative will open its doors at the end of this month.
Our correspondent @WassimCornet got a preview ⤵️
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🇺🇸 After years of delays and more than $1 billion, the long-awaited Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is getting ready to open its doors to the public in #LosAngeles.
🎥 The museum, founded by filmmaker #GeorgeLucas and his wife, businesswoman Mellody Hobson, will be a new home to all kinds of visual storytelling, along with memorabilia from the #StarWars universe.
🔴 FRANCE 24's @WassimCornet and Loïc Pialat got a preview ⤵️
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🇺🇸 ⚖️ Duane “Keffe D” Davis was found guilty Monday of orchestrating the 1996 murder of rap icon #TupacShakur, becoming the first person convicted in the decades-old case.
The 63-year-old faces a possible life sentence after a Las Vegas jury deliberated for less than three hours.
FRANCE 24's @WassimCornet has the details ⤵️
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🇺🇸⚖️ Rapper #Tupac Shakur was shot dead in an act of "revenge", the #LasVegas jury heard on Monday.
The legendary #WestCoast rapper's assassination trial got underway more than three decades after his death.
FRANCE24's correspondent in Los Angeles @WassimCornet brings you the details.
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⚖️📱 #Meta a-t-il favorisé l'#addiction aux #RéseauxSociaux ?
Le groupe de Mark #Zuckerberg est une nouvelle fois devant la justice. Correspondance de @WassimCornet dans #ParisDirectF24
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🇺🇸 🧑⚖️ 📲 A landmark trial examining allegations that accuse #Meta of designing its platforms #Facebook and #Instagram to be addictive for its young users began on Wednesday.
The case, brought forward by the states of California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey, is part of a larger federal lawsuit involving 29 #US states.
FRANCE 24's correspondent @WassimCornet has more ⤵️
Team USA one hour away from kicking off their journey in this #WorldCup2026 as they face Paraguay.
Also, this stadium is jaw-dropping. #LosAngeles
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🇺🇸 🗳️ The gubernatorial primary in #California marks the first in recent history to not have a dominant political force to succeed Governer Gavin Newsom, says FRANCE 24's correspondent in Los Angeles @WassimCornet.
He explains the stakes ⤵️
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🇺🇸 Deux tireurs présumés ont fait trois morts, ce lundi, au Centre islamique de #SanDiego, une structure qui abrite la plus grande mosquée de cette région du sud de la Californie.
Les assaillants ont été retrouvés morts non loin du lieu de culte.
Les précisions de notre correspondant @WassimCornet ⤵️
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📱 Tech giant #Apple on Monday announced that Tim #Cook will step down as the tech giant's chief executive officer in September, handing the top job to company veteran John Ternus.
FRANCE 24's correspondent in #LosAngeles @WassimCornet has more ⤵️
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California just had its hottest and driest March ever recorded.
It was warmer than any April on record since 1895.
Warmer than the average May. And as dry as a typical July.
A month that would have been virtually impossible in the pre-industrial climate.
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The official NOAA stats out this week confirm that winter 2025-26 was the warmest on record across a huge portion of the western and central U.S., which has contributed to extremely low mountain snowpack & worsened the CO River crisis. Meanwhile, record March heat is in forecast.
ALT Official map from NOAA depicting the relative rank of winter 2025-2026 temperatures at a county level across the contiguous U.S. Many counties in the western and central U.S. are depicted in dark red color, signifying record-warmest winter. All other counties in the west and central U.S. are depicted in dark orange colors, signifying a "near record warm" rank.
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🇺🇸 Le record du plus long #shutdown de l'histoire des #EtatsUnis a été battu mercredi. Cette paralysie budgétaire historique a de lourdes conséquences, comme la réduction de l'aide alimentaire américaine.
➡️ Reportage de @WassimCornet
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🇺🇸 As NYC heads to the polls to pick its next mayor, Californians are also casting their ballots on an important issue - Proposition 50, which would see the boundary lines in five electoral districts in the #US state redrawn to favour Democrats.
📹 @WassimCornet
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🇺🇸 #CharlieKirk, CEO and co-founder of conservative youth group Turning Point #USA, was fatally shot Wednesday during an event at a #Utah college, officials said.
➡️Our correspondent in the US @WassimCornet reports
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🇺🇸 Donald Trump va tenter d’obtenir un cessez-le-feu en Alaska après 3 ans et demi de guerre. Le sommet divise les habitants d’Anchorage, où certains ont manifesté contre la venue de Vladimir Poutine.
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