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Jun 2022
Bruno Le Maire believes France should be able to recover from the inflation peak "at the end 2023".

France's inflation accelerated once more in May to 5.2% in one year. This was the fastest pace since September 1985. In an interview, Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Economy, stated that France should "get out from the peak inflation at the beginning of...

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01
Jun 2022
Joe Biden sends the Himars rocket launchers to Ukraine. This could change everything.

On Tuesday night, May 31, the United States announced the dispatch of "more sophisticated missile systems" to Ukraine. This is because Ukraine is about to surrender Severodonetsk in the east, where a Russian force bombed a chemical plant. The European Union...

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01
Jun 2022
Macron's urgency, Sarkozy’s star, Hidalgo’s return

We are just 11 days away from the first round legislative elections, and Emmanuel Macron has entered the race. After waiting for weeks, he finally left the Elysee. Emmanuel Macron, long monopolized by the election of the government and nominations for the...

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01
Jun 2022
Incidents at Stade de France: Gerald Darmanin, Amelie Oudea–Castera were summoned to the Senate

Four days after chaos at the Stade de France the Ministers of Interior Gerald Darmanin & of Sports Amelie Poudea-Castera give their explanations to the Senate, which is dominated by right, on Wednesday, June 1 regarding the incidents that disrupted Champions...

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31
May 2022
Everything that's changing this June 1: Family book, mortgage, and life insurance

You can rest assured that there will not be any increase in gas prices this month. The government has extended its price protection for gas up to the end of 2022. The regulated prices remain the same as October 1, 2021. The State has capped the electricity...

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31
May 2022
"Just before Dark", "The Hive", and "Broadway "... Movies to See (or Not) This Week

Just before darkness falls. French documentary by Jean Pierre Larcher (40 minutes). Paul Morand, still grieving the death of Cocteau a few weeks prior, wrote to Jacques Chardonne: "Spending nearly two hours with a live dead, a dead full of all its restless...

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31
May 2022
"He's welcomed": Kyiv wishes Macron to visit Ukraine before the French EU presidency ends.

In an interview with French channel LCI, Dmytro Kouleba, head of Ukrainian diplomacy, expressed hope that President Emmanuel Macron would visit Ukraine before the French presidency ends on June 30. "He is welcome, no matter what time. It would be great if...

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31
May 2022
Legislative: A poll shows that the president majority is not certain of having an absolute majority.

Together! The president's majority According to projections from a poll released Tuesday, May 31, the presidential majority (Together!) would be first in the number of seats for June's legislative elections, but it is not certain that they will...

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31
May 2022
According to Ukrainian justice, there were 'a few thousand' war crimes committed in Donbass.

The prosecutor general of Ukraine said that the judiciary had identified "a few thousand" war crimes cases in Donbass. This was in response to Russian forces' advance in the eastern region. Their strategic priority. "We have identified several thousand...

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31
May 2022
Police take Philippe Marini, LR mayor of Compiegne, into custody in connection with an investigation into corruption

Philippe Marini, ex-senator and mayor of Compiegne (Oise), was taken into police custody on Tuesday, May 31, along with five others, as part of an investigation into corruption and favoritism related to waste management. We learned this from a source who...

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May 2022
South Ossetia, a separatist region, has abandoned its plans for a referendum about integration with Russia

On Monday, May 30, the new authorities in the pro-Russian Georgian separatist area of South Ossetia declared that they had canceled the organization of a referendum regarding their integration into Russia. "President" Alan Gagloev invoked in a decree "the...

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May 2022
Severodonetsk, Russia: A tank of nitric acids.

Sergei Gaidai, the regional governor, announced that a Russian strike "hit" a Severodonetsk chemical plant, eastern Ukraine. He also called on residents to stay away from air-raid shelters. Telegram's governor advised that face masks should be prepared...

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31
May 2022
Cedric Herrou was convicted of publicly insulting Eric Ciotti.

On Tuesday, May 31, the Court of Cassation revoked the conviction of Cedric Herrou, a migrant rights activist, for insulting Eric Ciotti (LR deputy), which he had referred to in 2018 as "the largest French pig". He was sentenced by the Aix-en-Provence Court...

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31
May 2022
A reopening investigation is requested four years after the tragic death of a Nigerian exile living in the Alps.

Two dismissals have not stopped a legal case from being reopened. A final dismissal was made by the Tous Migrants Association and the sister of a Nigerian exile whose death occurred in 2018 at the Franco–Italian border in a gendarmerie inspection. After...

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31
May 2022
Macron Declares Sixth Russia 'Historic.' Package of Sanctions

After a European summit held in Brussels on Tuesday, May 31st, focused on support for Ukraine as well as sanctions against Russia, Emmanuel Macron briefly answered press questions. He reaffirmed the Twenty-Seven's decision to cut their Russian oil imports...

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May 2022
Two Russian soldiers are sentenced to 11 year imprisonment for bombing villages in Ukraine.

Two Russian soldiers were sentenced by a Ukrainian court to 11 and a quarter years imprisonment on Tuesday, May 31, for their role in bombarding with multiple missile launchers two villages of Kharkiv, east Ukraine, during the initial day of the attack. 'invasion....

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May 2022
Global food security threatened by Putin's "blackmail"

Vladimir Putin began a food war with the European Union after hydrocarbon blackmail. The Kremlin's head is stuck in war for three month and now uses the shadow of a global crisis to leverage economic sanctions and embargoes to lift them. According to...

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May 2022
What is the "tomato virus", a disease that affects mostly children in India?

Fever and body pimples. These are symptoms of the mysterious Indian disease, "tomato flu", which has been named after its victims. Numerous cases of the disease have been reported in Kerala in the south-west region of India, where it affects young children...

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May 2022
Two writers are killed in the Ukraine war, Lodewijk Alleaert

Svitlana Puvalyaeva, today an indispensable writer, is a symbol of the literary landscape and underground world of 2000s. She was in Kyiv between two bombings in the basement bar of a deserted Cuban Bar. Svitlana is a symbol of the nation through her eyes...

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May 2022
A German teenager gets reimbursed for Covid tests that were fictitious and pocket almost 6 million Euros

The system has a flaw that could have cost the government a lot. A German 17-year old invented a fake Covid-19 testing centre and received reimbursement of expenses for 5.7 million euros. On Monday, May 30, he was arrested. The idea was conceived by him at...

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May 2022
10 facts about Ruben Ostlund: The controversial, "two-palmed", filmmaker

The Swede Ruben Ostlund, 48, was awarded the palme de'or by Vincent Lindon, chair of the jury for "Without filter", which was his sixth film. He joined the club of "bipalmed" filmmakers along with the Dardenne brothers, Francis Ford Coppola and Ken Loach,...

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May 2022
French economy is in turmoil: Inflation jumps to 5.2%, GDP shrinks by 0.2%

Storm warning for France's economy: With GDP falling in the first quarter, inflation at 5%, and households reducing their consumption, there are clouds gathering. The government promises to "protect" French purchasing power. INSEE published a series...

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May 2022
Justin Trudeau wants Canada to ban handguns

After recent shootings in the United States, Justin Trudeau, Canada's Prime Minister, announced plans to implement a "national gun ownership freeze" Monday (May 30,). The project must be submitted in writing to the Parliament, where Justin Trudeau's...

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