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Aug 2022
Limit your energy consumption: our advice to reduce the bill

Consuming less energy to "increase purchasing power", respond to "energy sovereignty issues", while "reducing greenhouse gas emissions". A winning equation acclaimed by environmental associations in recent years, but not only... On Sunday June 26, the bosses...

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Aug 2022
Historic drought and heat wave undermine French agriculture

The cumulative effects of drought and lack of water take place "during pollination" of corn, a crucial period when corn is formed, explains Xavier de Castelbajac, cereal marketing manager at Maïsadour, a cooperative group which has 70,000 hectares of corn....

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Aug 2022
Okhtyrka, the Ukrainian city that said "nyet" to the Russian occupation

If we ignore the rubble that dots the street, this scene could take place in many European cities. But Okhtyrka, in northeastern Ukraine, is not a place like any other.As towns and villages in this region near the Russian border fell like skittles during...

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Aug 2022
Zawahiri's death a boost for Biden a year after chaotic Afghanistan pullout

"When I ended our military mission in Afghanistan almost a year ago, I decided that after 20 years of war, the United States no longer needed thousands of boots in the field," Biden told the nation Monday night when announcing the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri."I...

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Aug 2022
C1: Monaco concedes a draw against PSV Eindhoven but retains its chances for the return

After conceding a magnificent goal from Joey Veerman (39th) during an insipid first period, the Monegasques were able to come back after the break, in particular thanks to the dynamism of the entrants, such as the Swiss rookie Breel Embolo and the international...

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Aug 2022
Italy: no operation for Pogba, absence estimated at five weeks (Juventus)

The French world champion, who returned to Juve this summer after six years at Manchester United, will undergo "conservative therapy for five weeks", a spokesman for the Italian club told AFP.The 29-year-old international injured himself in training ten days...

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Aug 2022
TGV and TER traffic interrupted south of Bordeaux due to a fire

Traffic, interrupted around 3:30 p.m. between Morcenx and Dax after a fire in the town of Laluque (south of the Landes), "will not resume this evening", according to a spokesperson.On the Bordeaux-Hendaye and Bordeaux-Dax-Tarbes lines, "three TGVs bound for...

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Aug 2022
Return to France of navigator Yann Quénet after a world tour on a 4m sailboat

After a magnificent sun and a sea of ​​oil in the afternoon, the small ship made its entry around 7:00 p.m. in the port of Trébeurden in a thick heat haze.His boat moored, Yann Quénet dismounted, barefoot, after a last navigation from the Azores which...

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Aug 2022
In a 4-meter sailboat at 4,000 euros, he goes around the world

The small ship entered around 7:00 p.m. in Trébeurden, port of Côtes d'Armor, in the north of Brittany, in a thick heat haze.Asked about his journey on a walnut shell, built in 400 hours, without an engine and without communication with the land, the...

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Aug 2022
DRC: 36 dead, new official toll of anti-UN protests in the east

These figures were given by a special government commission which established "a heavy toll of 36 dead distributed as follows: 13 dead in Goma, 13 dead in Butembo including 4 blue helmets, 4 dead in Uvira, 3 dead in Kanyabaonga and 3 dead in Kasindi," wrote...

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Aug 2022
France: a deputy hopes to bring the final blow to bullfights

"That bullfighting is an immoral spectacle, a spectacle that no longer has its place in the 21st century, I think this is a point of view that is shared by a majority of French people," Aymeric Caron told AFP. elected leftist in Paris, confirming that he...

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Aug 2022
The cut of Russian gas to France in four questions

Will the Russian gas trap close in on Europe? For several days now, a number of European countries have been announcing lower deliveries from Russia. Austria, Italy, Germany, and, since Friday, June 17, France... The Kremlin is continuing its strategy of...

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Aug 2022
A new heat wave hits France, affecting all organizations

In total, 27 departments are placed on heat wave orange vigilance, from Bas-Rhin to Haute-Garonne via Vaucluse and 41 others on yellow alert, according to the Météo-France bulletin.The heat peak will be reached on Wednesday and "it will still be present...

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Aug 2022
Taiwan: Nancy Pelosi has arrived, despite threats from China

For several days, rumors had been swirling around Nancy Pelosi's possible visit to Taiwan. Despite China's warnings, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives finally arrived in Taipei on Tuesday, August 2. In a statement released shortly after...

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Aug 2022
The unions are up against the RTT takeover project

Supported by the presidential majority and the right, this project gives private companies the possibility of buying RTT days from employees, if the employees so request. Defenders of the monetization of RTTs present the measure as a boost in the face of...

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Aug 2022
C1 / C4: potential Monaco-Glasgow Rangers duel in the play-offs, Nice will go to Greece or Israel

For Monaco, the play-offs are still a long way off: the Rocher club must first win its third qualifying round for the C1 by disposing of the tough PSV Eindhoven (return match Tuesday August 9).In the event of qualification for the play-offs, the last stage...

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Aug 2022
Foot / Olympics: Blue coach Corinne Deacon extended until August 2024 (FFF)

After the elimination in recent days in the semi-finals of the Euro in England against Germany (2-1), Deacon, 47, will continue to lead the France team for the World Cup-2023 in Australia and New Zealand, next summer, then at the 2024 Olympics, to try to...

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Aug 2022
Senegal: continuation of the count of the legislative elections claimed by the two camps

The counting continued in the 46 departmental counting commissions of the country's votes and the eight constituencies abroad which must publish their results no later than Tuesday at midnight, an official of the electoral commission told AFP.The documents...

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Aug 2022
Climate: should we give names to heat waves, like hurricanes?

"Let's be happy with this weather." On July 14, a sequence broadcast on the ultra-conservative British channel GB News illustrated the difficulty of becoming aware of the seriousness of heat waves. While the Met Office - the equivalent of Météo France...

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Aug 2022
Emmanuel Macron facing a political crisis: France, worse than Italy

If, as Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne reminded us, the political situation is "unprecedented", France obviously does not have the monopoly of the chambers that cannot be found in parliamentary democracies heckled by the end of bipartisanship. Belgium or Spain...

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Aug 2022
Afghans skeptical of al-Qaeda leader's death in Kabul

"I don't think it's true. It's just propaganda," said Kabul resident Fahim Shah, 66.The death of Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the most wanted terrorists in the world and for whom the United States promised 25 million dollars for any information...

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Aug 2022
Marseille: producers accused of "francization" of fruits and vegetables purchased abroad

During an unexpected check by competition agents and the repression of fraud on a market between producers in Marseille, sellers, "probably in difficulty to justify the origin of the products, deliberately abandoned their goods" on the spot , detailed the...

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Aug 2022
Iran: in one year of Raisi's presidency, repression has intensified

The former ultra-conservative head of the Judicial Authority thus confirms the fears aroused by his accession to power in August 2021, succeeding the more moderate Hassan Rohani.Especially since Mr. Raisi and the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have...

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Aug 2022
The father of a Frenchman arrested in Morocco calls on the government to prevent his extradition to the United States

'I ask the Prime Minister (Elisabeth Borne) to contact the Americans to stop their prosecution in America, so that my son can be tried in France and prove his innocence,” Paul said. Raoult, 63 years old.Also assuring that his son was innocent, Paul...

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