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Apr 2024
Tour de Romandie 2024: Frenchman Dorian Godon wins the sprint and becomes leader of the event

'First victory in the World Tour, you just had to be patient and I'm rewarded,” reacted the winner of the day to the microphone of our colleagues at L'Equipe. Dorian Godon (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale) won, after a massive sprint, the first...

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Apr 2024
“Edith Piaf by Balasko. Journey into the intimacy of a tumultuous life”, on France Musique: the work and days of “la Môme”

It's like a passing of the baton. From Piaf to Balasko, a cheeky and poetic France is heard in this series of France Musique podcasts.Josiane Balasko's voice lends itself masterfully to that of the legendary singer of La Vie en rose and L'Hymne...

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Apr 2024
War in Ukraine: Joe Biden promulgates aid plan for kyiv, ensuring not to “abandon its allies”

Just a few hours after the final adoption by the American Congress of the gigantic aid plan for Ukraine, American President Joe Biden promulgated the text on Wednesday April 24. This signature comes after the vote on this text in the House of Representatives,...

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Apr 2024
Duralex, in financial difficulty since the energy crisis, placed in receivership

In difficulty since the energy crisis of 2022, the Orléans commercial court decided, Wednesday April 24, to place the French glassmaker Duralex in receivership, with an observation period of six months, Agence France learned. Press (AFP), at the court.During...

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Apr 2024
Vaccines have saved 154 million lives over the past fifty years, according to WHO

Vaccines have saved the equivalent of six lives every minute, according to a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) published Wednesday April 24 by the scientific journal The Lancet. The WHO emphasizes, in a press release, that this estimate is 'cautious”...

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Apr 2024
Ligue 2: Dunkirk accuses a Bordeaux player of racist insults against one of its own

'USL Dunkerque is deeply saddened and shocked by the racist insults uttered [on April 23] by one of the players of the opposing team against one of our players during the match against Bordeaux,” wrote the northern club in a press release published...

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Apr 2024
After the death of five migrants in the Channel, three people arrested in the United Kingdom

After the death of five migrants, including a little girl, during their crossing of the Channel from France on Tuesday, British police announced on Wednesday April 24 that they had arrested three men.The men, two Sudanese aged 19 and 22 and a South Sudanese...

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Apr 2024
UN creates fund to help refugees face climate change risks

The goal is to raise $100 million (around €93 million) by the end of 2025. The UN launched a fund on Wednesday April 24 to support refugees and internally displaced people. their country facing climate shocks. 'The Climate Resilience Fund launched...

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Apr 2024
Energy Charter Treaty: MEPs vote in favor of leaving this text protecting fossil fuels

MEPs approved on Wednesday April 24 the coordinated withdrawal of the European Union (EU) from the international energy charter treaty, considered too protective for investments in fossil fuels and that around ten member states, including France, have already...

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Apr 2024
“The Secrets of Octopuses”, on National Geographic: orphaned and intelligent, octopuses just want to communicate

Octopuses not only have a remarkable intelligence that allows them to open a jar of jam in less than ten minutes – a feat gently mocked by comedian Roman Frayssinet in a crazy sketch worthy of the animal. They also have three hearts, blue blood and the...

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Apr 2024
Platform workers: MEPs validate the law to strengthen their rights

After several years of European negotiations to find an agreement, the European Parliament approved, on Wednesday April 24, legislation which strengthens the rights of workers on digital platforms such as Uber or Deliveroo. The law was validated by a very...

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Apr 2024
The surprise return of Marcel Hirscher, former world ski master, in the colors of the Netherlands

At 35, Marcel Hirscher, considered the best skier in history thanks to his eight victories in the general classification of the World Cup between 2012 and 2019, will return to service. The Austrian 'above all wants to have the opportunity to participate...

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Apr 2024
François Fillon definitively found guilty in the fictitious jobs affair; a new trial will determine his sentence

There will therefore be a third Fillon trial. The Court of Cassation definitively confirmed, on Wednesday April 24, the guilt of François Fillon in the case of his wife's fictitious jobs, but the high court ordered a new trial concerning the sentences...

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Apr 2024
European Union opens investigation into Chinese public procurement of medical devices

Against a backdrop of growing trade tensions with Beijing, the European Union (EU) opened an investigation on Wednesday April 24 into Chinese public procurement of medical devices, presuming the existence of 'discriminatory” practices against its products....

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Apr 2024
European elections 2024: France convenes the platforms to protect the vote from foreign interference

France is increasing its vigilance in the face of potential foreign interference aimed at disrupting the European electoral campaign, the Minister Delegate for Europe, Jean-Noël Barrot, announced on Wednesday April 24. He announced the summons 'in the...

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Apr 2024
TikTok: the questions posed by its possible ban in the United States

Towards a buyout or a ban? The American Congress adopted a law on Tuesday April 23 that forces the Chinese company ByteDance to sell its flagship social network, TikTok, otherwise the video application will be banned on American territory. Voted at the same...

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Apr 2024
Amnesty International denounces “excessive use of force” during protests in France

The state of human rights in France continued its 'erosion” in 2023, denounced Wednesday April 24 Amnesty International in its global annual report. 'The human rights situation is deteriorating. There is more and more uninhibited hate speech",...

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Apr 2024
Midwives finally authorized to practice instrumental abortion under the same conditions as doctors

Specially trained midwives will now be able to perform instrumental voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion) in health establishments under the same safety conditions as doctors, under a decree published on Wednesday April 24 in the Official Journal,...

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Apr 2024
US military aid to Taiwan increases 'risk of conflict,' China warns

After the adoption by the American Congress of an $8 billion military assistance package to help Taiwan and stand up to China in the region, Beijing warned on Wednesday April 24 that strengthening support US military 'will not bring security to Taiwan.”...

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Apr 2024
Sending migrants from the United Kingdom to Rwanda: 9 questions to understand

At the end of an intense battle between the House of Lords and the House of Commons, the British Parliament approved the Safety of Rwanda bill on the night of Monday to Tuesday, April 23, paving the way for the expulsion to this East African country of asylum...

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Apr 2024
Elections in Togo: the opposition between mobilization and fear of repression

Since the adoption of the new Constitution, which they denounce, the Togolese opposition and civil society have been torn between the desire to mobilize and fear of repression, a few days before the legislative elections. 'We shouldn't expect much...

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Apr 2024
Paris 2024: with Rudy Gobert and Victor Wembanyama, the French basketball team will have a defense of giants

Some will see it as a sign. In Minneapolis, on the banks of the Mississippi, there is a green space called 'Gold Medal Park”. And this year, two Minnesota Timberwolves players aspire to return adorned with gold from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (OG):...

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Apr 2024
International sports federations demand “specific” tax status in France

The International Automobile Federation (FIA), whose headquarters is in Paris, and the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), which planned to install it there, are considering leaving France. 'The legal and tax system does not seem...

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Apr 2024
In Australia, seven people arrested in counter-terrorism operations

Seven people constituting 'an unacceptable risk and threat” to the Australian population were arrested during anti-terrorist searches which mobilized more than four hundred members of the police on Wednesday April 24, said the Australian police, who...

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