Left behind France current affairs Watching American cable news videos and reading articles from American newspapers is now a huge part of my daily English media “consumption”. As a matter of fact, it takes me so much time that I completely withdrew from French media. So much so I’m almost not aware of what’s happening in France (and there seems to be a lot of things going on), it’s almost embarrassing when I am chatting with people here. While I could be very talkative about the U.S. government shutdown, I’m not quite informed about what’s going on with the “Yellow Vests” protests. However, I realized I could take advantage of media outlets aimed at English speaking people living in France. I found three of them : - France24 - World Radio Paris - The Local Looks like a perfect way for me to catch up with the news in France while practicing English!