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Apr 2024
In the United States, pro-Palestinian students from Columbia defy university ultimatum and are punished

Students from Columbia University in New York, where a student movement in favor of Palestine in the United States started, occupied a building during the night of Monday April 29 to Tuesday April 30, despite an ultimatum set by the presidency of the establishment...

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Apr 2024
King Charles III resumes public activities three months after announcing his cancer

King Charles III resumed his public activities in London on Tuesday April 30, after three months of absence linked to his cancer. The king, 75, still undergoing treatment, has – this is a symbol – chosen to go to a specialized cancer center, with Queen...

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Apr 2024
Donald Trump fined for contempt and threatened with incarceration

Donald Trump was sentenced on Tuesday April 30 to $9,000 (8,400 euros) in fines for contempt for violating the ban on attacking witnesses and jurors, as part of his trial over payments hidden for the benefit of Stephanie Clifford, porn star known as Stormy...

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Apr 2024
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Sciences Po Paris: the State “will not cut” its subsidy, according to the Minister of Higher Education

The State 'will not cut its subsidy” to Sciences Po Paris, declared Tuesday April 30 the Minister of Higher Education, Sylvie Retailleau, the day after the announcement by Valérie Pécresse of the 'suspension” of funding for the region Ile-de-France....

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Apr 2024
Understanding the gray areas surrounding the offense of “apology of terrorism”

The candidate of La France insoumise (LFI) in the European elections Rima Hassan and the president of the LFI group in the National Assembly, Mathilde Panot, are heard on Tuesday April 30 in the premises of the Parisian judicial police as part of investigations...

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Apr 2024
DRC: after the departure of peacekeepers from South Kivu, Congolese police officers left to their own devices

Doors and locks broken down, electrical installations looted, no fuel, no food, no water or electricity: such is the fate of the Congolese police deployed at the end of February in the Ruzizi plain to replace the peacekeepers of the United Nations Organization...

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Apr 2024
Paris: two fires in apartments kill four people

Two fatal fires took place on the night of Monday April 29 to Tuesday April 30 in Paris, Agence France-Presse (AFP) learned from police sources and the capital's prosecutor's office.Three people were found dead shortly before 8 a.m. in an apartment...

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Apr 2024
Prison overcrowding reaches a new peak in France, with 77,450 inmates as of April 1

The number of prisoners in France reached a new peak on April 1, with 77,450 people incarcerated, or 4,370 more than the previous year, according to figures published Tuesday April 30 by the Ministry of Justice. This is the highest number of prisoners ever...

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Apr 2024
United States: four police officers killed in exchange of fire in North Carolina

Four police officers were killed and four others injured in an exchange of fire in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the southeast of the United States, local authorities announced on Monday April 29.The police were carrying out an intervention linked to a warrant...

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Apr 2024
According to Oxfam, CAC 40 executives earned on average 130 times more than their employees in 2022

'Stratospheric” remuneration and 'indecent” gaps: in a study published Tuesday April 30, Oxfam claims that CAC 40 bosses earned on average 130 times more than the average salary in their companies in 2022.'The wealth produced continues...

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Apr 2024
Mathilde Panot and Rima Hassan heard by the police on Tuesday in investigations opened for “apology of terrorism”

The announcement of their summons, in the middle of the European election campaign, was forcefully denounced by the 'rebels”. Mathilde Panot, president of the La France insoumise (LFI) group in the National Assembly, and Rima Hassan, candidate of the...

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Apr 2024
NBA: the Lakers and LeBron James leave the playoffs in the first round

LeBron James isn't used to walking out the door so early. For only the second time in his 21 career seasons, the Los Angeles Lakers player was eliminated on Monday, April 29, in the first round of the NBA playoffs.The star and his California franchise...

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Apr 2024
Boxing: at 58, Mike Tyson will compete in a professional fight

His last professional fight was in 2005; his last victory in 2003. Former world heavyweight champion and boxing legend Mike Tyson will face YouTube star Jake Paul on July 20 in Dallas (Texas) in a fight that will be considered professional.The officialization...

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Apr 2024
The month of April in drawings: American aid plan for Ukraine, a year of war in Sudan, “rabbit tax”…

While the Israeli offensive continues in Gaza, international news this month was notably marked by the adoption of a new, long-awaited support plan for Ukraine by the American Congress, the commemoration of 30 years since the genocide in Rwanda, the first...

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Apr 2024
Arnaud Lagardère indicted for misuse of corporate assets and abuse of power

The CEO of the Lagardère group, Arnaud Lagardère, suspected of having drawn on the accounts of his companies to finance his lifestyle and personal expenses for several years, was indicted on Monday April 29 by an investigating judge in Paris.At the end...

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Apr 2024
Athletics: French sprinter Mouhamadou Fall, suspended for nine months, will not participate in the Paris Olympics

Mouhamadou Fall will not go to the Olympic Games: after his positive test for a banned stimulant in July 2023, the French sprinter was notified on Monday April 29 of his suspension for nine months by the sanctions commission of the French Wrestling Agency...

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Apr 2024
Fictitious jobs affair: Penelope Fillon resigned from her municipal mandate

After the decision of the Court of Cassation in the case of fictitious jobs at the National Assembly, Penelope Fillon, wife of former Prime Minister François Fillon, resigned from her position as municipal councilor in Solesmes, in Sarthe, said the mayor...

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Apr 2024
Rafael Nadal barely beats Pedro Cachin and reaches the round of 16 at the Masters 1000 in Madrid

It took Rafael Nadal 3 hours and 6 minutes to overcome Argentinian Pedro Cachin, 91st in the world, on Monday April 29, in the third round of the Masters 1000 in Madrid. The former world number 1 was resilient and re-mobilized to qualify in three sets for...

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Apr 2024
Gérard Depardieu will be tried for sexual assault in October 2024

Gérard Depardieu will be tried in October 2024 for sexual assault committed on the set of the film Les Volets vertes, the Paris prosecutor's office announced on Monday April 29 in the early evening. This announcement comes shortly after the lifting...

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Apr 2024
Ascension weekend: strike notice at Vueling filed by French hostesses and stewards

The union representing the French hostesses and stewards of the company Vueling has filed a strike notice for the long Ascension weekend, from Wednesday May 8 to Sunday May 12, it announced Monday April 29. l calls for 'fair” negotiations with the...

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Apr 2024
Debate on public finances in the Assembly: Bruno Le Maire says he wants to “reach out” to the opposition; the RN and LFI threaten the government with a motion of censure

It was a discussion that promised to be heated from the outset, after the announcement at the end of March of a public deficit of 5.5% of GDP in 2023, far from the 4.9% planned, and the criticism against the government that this announcement generated. During...

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Apr 2024
SNCF unveils its new generation of TGV, which is due to enter service in 2025

A train with a sober aesthetic, dressed all in white, as opposed to the flashy orange of the first models: SNCF Voyageurs presented, Monday April 29, the design of the future TGV M trains ('M” for modularity) , this 'train of the future” expected...

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Apr 2024
Express delivery: Getir withdraws from the US and European markets

This marks a new episode in the crisis shaking the 'quick-commerce” sector: the Turkish express home delivery platform Getir announced, Monday April 29, its withdrawal from the American, British, German and Dutch markets. The company had already announced...

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Apr 2024
Vinted becomes profitable for the first time in 2023

The second-hand item sales platform Vinted became profitable for the first time in its history in 2023, with a net profit of around 18 million euros, it announced Monday, April 29, in a statement.Last year, the Lithuanian site's turnover reached 596.3...

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