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Aug 2022
$ 150 million claimed from American conspirator Alex Jones for denying a school shooting

"We're here to make sure Alex Jones and his company pay for the outright lies they told," said Kyle Farrar, attorney for Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, after a 10-day trial in a Texas court.The couple lost their six-year-old son when a gunman opened...

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Aug 2022
'Batgirl' directors 'stunned' by decision not to release film

Warner Bros. Discovery has chosen to shelve the feature film, already shot, which will not be released in theaters or on the HBO Max streaming platform, where it was to be available in the United States.Adaptation of the adventures of the DC Comics character,...

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Aug 2022
Purchasing power: outcome Thursday in Parliament

It was a key subject of the presidential campaign and the first big piece of the mandate, in the form of a test for the "new method" of the executive, deprived of an absolute majority at the Palais Bourbon.After a first part validated on Wednesday including...

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03
Aug 2022
Two years after the explosion at the port of Beirut, Lebanon on the brink

The explosion on August 4, 2020 in a warehouse housing hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate stored without precautions - one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded - left more than 200 dead and 6,500 injured.However, the investigation opened...

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Aug 2022
Italy: Salvini in anti-migrant campaign on the island of Lampedusa

In recent days, dozens of precarious and overloaded boats have entered the waters of Lampedusa, a 20 km2 rock located about a hundred kilometers east of the Tunisian coast.As often during the summer months, when the milder weather reduces the risk of travel...

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03
Aug 2022
Iranian nuclear: resumption of talks to break the impasse

It is the first time since March that all the parties (Iran, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and Germany) come together, with the participation of the United States, in order to save the moribund agreement of 2015, supposed to prevent the Islamic...

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03
Aug 2022
Furious with Pelosi, Beijing launches major maneuvers around Taiwan

If her trip to this territory claimed by China lasted less than 24 hours, Ms. Pelosi sparked the fury of Beijing by being the highest elected American official to visit Taipei in 25 years.Assuring to come "in peace" to the region, Ms. Pelosi however hammered...

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03
Aug 2022
By defending abortion, the people of Kansas also comforted Biden

"Kansas voters have sent a strong message: This fall, Americans will vote to preserve this right," said the Democratic president during an intervention at the White House.The residents of this rural state were the first Americans called upon to vote on the...

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Aug 2022
Revitalizing city centers: a challenge still under construction

The senators at the head of the Revitalization of city centers and town centers mission made an initial assessment on July 7 and are due to submit a full report at the end of September.According to a consultation carried out by Opinion Way for this mission,...

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03
Aug 2022
L1: Nice formalizes the arrival of Schmeichel (ex-Leicester)

A very experienced Danish international (84 caps) and semi-finalist of the last Euro with his selection, Schmeichel had been Leicester's goalkeeper since 2011 and 479 matches in all competitions.With the English club, he was champion of England in 2016,...

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03
Aug 2022
"Not worried": on a beach facing Taiwan, carefree Chinese

Despite warnings from Beijing, the speaker of the House of Representatives arrived Tuesday evening in Taiwan. The highest American official to visit the island in 25 years, she left less than 24 hours later.A provocation for China, because the United States...

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Aug 2022
Two years after the tragedy in Beirut, bereaved parents between ire and despair

"You can learn to live in sadness, but there is an anguish and anger that never ceases to grow" in the absence of justice, Tracy, Alexandra's mother, told AFP as she approached. the anniversary of the drama Thursday.On August 4, 2020, the life of the...

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Aug 2022
Ligue 1: Paris SG tries the revolution

"We no longer want flashy, bling-bling, it's the end of glitter," summarized President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi to explain the shift taken by the club this summer.Hence the choice of a trainer renowned for the discipline reigning in his groups and with convincing...

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Aug 2022
Darmanin postpones the immigration bill at the request of Matignon

The examination of this bill was to begin in the Senate in October, "the week of the 10th", a government source told AFP.It will finally be replaced in October by a "big debate" on the subject in the National Assembly and the Senate, "before a finalized bill...

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Aug 2022
New outbreak of violence in Karabakh, Baku takes several positions

"Control has been established on several important heights," including hills, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said in a statement, adding that its forces were fortifying those positions.Earlier on Wednesday, both sides reported the deaths of at least two...

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Aug 2022
Eight injured, including one seriously, in explosions at a Seveso site in Bergerac

The "nitrocellulose contained in a workshop ignited during maintenance operations", indicated in a press release the Eurenco group, European leader in the field of powders and explosives, adding that "the cause of the accident is for the 'undetermined...

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Aug 2022
Iceland: eruption in a volcanic fissure near Reykjavik

The crack, located about 40 kilometers from Reykjavik, revealed jets of lava turning into smoking rock as the material cooled.The Meteorological Institute of Iceland, which monitors seismic activity, estimated the length of the crack at around 300 meters....

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Aug 2022
Chile: one month before the referendum, the "no" to the new Constitution leads the polls

This proposal for a new Constitution was the way out found to appease the long and determined social movement of October 2019 demanding more social justice.An elected constituent assembly of 154 members has been studying its drafting for a year, and at four...

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Aug 2022
Darmanin postpones the immigration bill, at the request of Matignon

"In October, we will put on the agenda of the National Assembly and the Senate a major debate on immigration before a finalized bill is presented. We have a proposal for a legislative text, but for a such a subject, two months of consultation are not too...

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Aug 2022
Taiwan, submission or war? The island at the heart of China-US tensions

'We come in peace,” said Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, upon her arrival in Taiwan on Tuesday August 2. This short visit of less than 24 hours angered China, which considers the island a rebel province. Military...

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Aug 2022
A "red" Saturday on the roads for the second crossover of the holidays

From Friday, the public road information service sees "orange" at the national level. The difficulties will start at the end of the morning in the direction of the departures in Ile-de-France and will last until the end of the evening.On Saturday, in the...

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Aug 2022
Heatwave: EDF could lower its nuclear production and shut down a reactor

"Due to the forecasts of high temperatures on the Rhône, production restrictions are likely to affect the Tricastin nuclear production site from August 6, 2022, possibly going as far as the shutdown of a unit", indicates the electricity producer in a message...

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Aug 2022
Colombia: the "failure" of the fight against deforestation, the challenge of the new president

Colombia, with one of the richest biodiversity in the world according to the UN, lost 7,018 km2 of forest between 2018 and 2021, according to official data, an area slightly smaller than that of Corsica.Although an increase compared to the previous period...

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Aug 2022
Explosions in a powder snow in Bergerac: several injured, including one seriously

Several explosions took place this Wednesday, August 3 in a blowing snow in Bergerac, Dordogne, classified Seveso "high threshold", causing one serious injury and seven injuries in "relative emergency", according to the town hall and the prefecture. The explosion,...

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