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Jul 2022
Ukraine: All-out Russian strikes, at least eight dead

Ukraine was still waiting for the first ships loaded with grain blocked due to the Russian invasion to leave its coasts for world markets, in accordance with the agreements signed on July 22 in Istanbul. The three ports designated to allow these exports via...

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Jul 2022
Spain: Koundé continues its irresistible rise in Barcelona

"An agreement in principle with Sevilla FC has been reached for the transfer of Koundé. The transfer remains conditional on the player's medical examination and the signing of contracts", indicated in its press release the Catalan club, very active...

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Jul 2022
"Mixing of races": Viktor Orban defends "a cultural point of view"

"It sometimes happens that I speak in a way that can be misunderstood, but I asked the chancellor (Karl Nehammer) to please put the information in a cultural context," he said in Vienna. "In Hungary, these expressions and sentences represent a cultural, civilizational...

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Jul 2022
In Quebec, the pope celebrates a new mass of reconciliation

The sovereign pontiff arrived in the popemobile in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, greeting the crowd again mainly made up of Amerindians.'We too, faced with the scandal of evil and the wounded Body of Christ in the flesh of our native brethren, are...

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Jul 2022
Viktor Orban in Vienna after outcry over "race mixing"

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer planned to question him about these statements, which he considered "naturally open to criticism".Before this new controversy, the conservative official was delighted to welcome an "important neighbor and partner"."Both countries...

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Jul 2022
Despite the "hazard", the reopening of Notre-Dame still scheduled for 2024

In a cathedral full of scaffolding and where artisans of all trades are busy, Ms. Abdul Malak, who was there for the first time in her ministerial clothes, was reassuring."We are quite confident, all of us, collectively, that the year 2024 (...) will be the...

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Jul 2022
Orpea shareholders approve the renewal of the board of directors

The shareholders of Orpea met in Paris for the first time since the publication of the shocking book "Les Fossoyeurs" which seriously tarnished the model, practices and image of a group present in 23 countries and which manages more than 350 establishments...

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Jul 2022
Ardèche: resumption of fire, a suspect placed in police custody admitted the facts

'We had a resumption of fire this afternoon (Thursday) on the Lussas side with the southerly winds which turned,” Jean-Philippe Ladet, commander of the SDIS relief operations, told AFP, referring to a "little plume".Three groups of firefighters "are...

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Jul 2022
Consulting firms: the government wants to regain control

The idea is to "give a framework broadly defined in its principles and in its amounts", as opposed to the "vagueness" which reigned until then on the use by the State of private service providers, explained this week to the AFP the Minister of Transformation...

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Jul 2022
The huge profits of TotalEnergies revive the debate on "superprofits"

The French group more than doubled its net profit in the second quarter, to 5.7 billion dollars, against 2.2 billion in the same quarter of 2021."The effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on energy markets continued into the second quarter, with oil...

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Jul 2022
Refoulement of migrants in Greece: what the report says that overwhelms Frontex

The former management of the border surveillance agency Frontex was aware of the illegal deportations of migrants to Greece and would even have co-financed deportations, according to a damning report from which Der Spiegel publishes extracts this Thursday,...

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Jul 2022
Consulting firms: the government's plan to regain control

Four months after a controversy over the use by the State of consulting firms, the government will retaliate by publishing Friday, July 29 the first rules which will govern from 2023 the services entrusted to the private sector by the ministries. The idea...

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Jul 2022
Sebastian Vettel will leave F1 at the end of the season

"The decision to quit F1 at the end of the year was a tough one and I thought about it a lot. At the end of the year I want to take the time to think about what I want to do next. "Vettel said in a statement from his Aston Martin team released ahead of the...

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Jul 2022
Notre-Dame de Paris: the reopening still planned for 2024, according to the Minister of Culture

The promise of a reopening in 2024 had been formulated by the Head of State, Emmanuel Macron, on the evening of the spectacular fire which had ravaged the building on April 15, 2019."We are quite confident, all of us, collectively, that the year 2024 (...)...

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Jul 2022
Biden-Xi interview marked by tensions around Taiwan and trade

It will be the fifth virtual summit between the two officials since Mr Biden became president a year and a half ago, but the mutual defiance between China and the United States is becoming harder to hide.Beijing and Washington are already at odds over trade....

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Jul 2022
South Africa: a 100% white city escapes the energy crisis

The 2,500 inhabitants of Orania, in the middle of the Karoo desert (center) more than 600 km south-west of Johannesburg, are aiming for self-sufficiency at all levels to isolate themselves from a country that has become decadent in their eyes.These descendants...

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Jul 2022
Vettel, four-time F1 world champion, will retire at the end of the season

"The decision to quit F1 at the end of the year was a tough one and I thought about it a lot. At the end of the year I want to take the time to think about what I want to do next. ', said Vettel, quoted in a press release from his team issued before...

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Jul 2022
Before its renationalisation, EDF suffered an exceptional loss in the first half of the year

This historically low production is the consequence in particular of the shutdown of 12 reactors out of 56 in France for corrosion problems, and 18 others for scheduled maintenance operations, while Europe is going through an energy crisis caused by the war...

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Jul 2022
Ukraine: "In Kharkiv, we are not safe anywhere"

"The aggressors are trying to turn Kharkiv into a miserable city, similar to those they have in Russia," the mayor said in an interview with AFP."But they will not succeed," swears the 55-year-old city councilor, elected last November, a few months before...

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Jul 2022
Why the deconjugalization of the disabled adult allowance is not for now

The measure has been strongly demanded by associations for many years. After four years of opposition from the majority, it will finally see the light of day with the bill on purchasing power, discussed this week in the National Assembly. Announced by Elisabeth...

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Jul 2022
In the dunes of Flanders, the ecological impact of migratory crossings

On the Dewulf dune, which rises on the outskirts of Dunkirk, between a bus terminus and the sea, there are many traces of departures at the end of July, after a few days of favorable weather.For the coastguards, the day begins with a quick drone flight to...

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Jul 2022
Philippines: hundreds of aftershocks after a violent earthquake

At least five people have been killed and more than 150 injured when a magnitude 7 earthquake hit northern Abra province on Wednesday morning.This powerful earthquake destroyed buildings and triggered landslides, even shaking buildings as far as the capital...

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Jul 2022
In Biarritz, a boat at work to pick up floating plastic waste

Called "The Collector", this catamaran-type boat is coupled with a participatory mobile application (I Clean My Sea) which allows ocean users - yachtsmen, surfers, swimmers or simple beach walkers - to report plastic slicks at sea."The two sailors on board...

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Jul 2022
"Danger": progress in the fight against AIDS slowed by global crises

While new HIV infections worldwide continued to decline last year (by 3.6% compared to 2020), it was the smallest reduction since 2016."Over the past two years, the multiple and simultaneous crises that have shaken the world have had a devastating impact...

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