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Jul 2022
David Trimble, Protestant "hawk" converted to peace

This Protestant jurist who entered politics in the early 1970s in the ranks of the unionist Vanguard party, close to the paramilitaries, helped shape, a quarter of a century later, the Good Friday Peace Agreement with the late Catholic John Hume, Nobel co-winner.David...

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Jul 2022
Washington assesses the risks of Pelosi's visit to Taiwan

China warned Monday through a Foreign Ministry spokesman that it "stands ready" to respond to such a visit from Nancy Pelosi next month, stressing that the United States "would be responsible for all the serious consequences" that would ensue.Unusually, Mr....

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Jul 2022
A giant fire is spreading at full speed in California

The fire, dubbed "Oak Fire", broke out on Friday near the small town of Midpines and had already covered some 6,800 hectares of vegetation according to the latest report available on Monday morning.Already the biggest Californian forest fire of the season,...

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Jul 2022
In Vietnam, rubber sandals are resisting

"They helped Uncle Ho to travel far, and with them, he overcame the difficulties to build the country", boasts a communist song to the glory of the father of Vietnamese independence.At the Ho Chi Minh Museum in the capital Hanoi, the worn-out sandals of the...

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Jul 2022
State-guaranteed loans: the moment of truth is approaching for companies

'How do I reimburse a PGE which corresponds to 15% of my turnover when I still make 20% less turnover than before the crisis? It is not possible”. Patrick Bellity, foundry boss Sifa Technologies, sums up the dilemma he is currently facing.The company,...

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Jul 2022
Fauna and flora, victims of fires in Brittany and Gironde

The fires in Brittany have destroyed more than 1,700 ha of moors, fir forests and hardwoods on the Monts d'Arrée, a remarkable natural site. In Gironde, more than 7,000 ha of forest burned in La Teste-de-Buch, near the Arcachon basin, and nearly 14,000...

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Jul 2022
Drought: 90 departments placed on alert

These departments are affected by at least one prefectural order limiting certain uses of water.They are mostly located in the east of the country as well as in Brittany, Pays-de-la-Loire, northern New Aquitaine and Occitanie, according to the government's...

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Jul 2022
Macron brings the state closer to the Paris Olympics

Nearly a dozen ministers spent their Olympic oral for more than two hours at the Elysée on Monday. From Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, to the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, to that of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, of National Education Pap Ndiaye...

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Jul 2022
Redemption of RTTs from employees: three questions on this system voted at the Assembly

It is a measure approved by 154 votes against 55 during the discussion on the amending finance bill. The deputies voted Friday, July 22 the possibility for companies to buy back from employees the days of Reduction of working time (RTT) which they would have...

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Jul 2022
When Noah the chef welcomes Macron the president to his "village" in Cameroon

"It's not me who receives the French president, but the whole village", announces the former Franco-Cameroonian tennis player, cap screwed on his head, in shorts and barefoot, in Etoudi, his neighborhood at the exit of the capital Yaoundé, which also...

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Jul 2022
The referendum, a "new chance" for many Tunisians

The main opposition parties, including the Islamist-inspired movement Ennahdha, at the heart of power until July 2021, have called for a boycott of the ballot, which they consider "illegal" and not concerted.The victory of the "yes" being little doubt for...

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Jul 2022
Mega-fire in California, opponents executed in Burma ... The tour of the international news

UNITED STATESThe return of the mega-fires in the WestA state of emergency was declared on July 23 in the face of a gigantic fire, dubbed "Oak Fire", which is raging in eastern California. Authorities expect devastation from "extreme drought", wind and a heat...

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Jul 2022
Canada wants to export its green and sustainable solutions to France

At the end of 2020, Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade of Canada, met Franck Riester, Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, in charge of Foreign Trade and Attractiveness, and evoked the...

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Jul 2022
L2: hope is reborn for Bordeaux, reinforced by the CNOSF while waiting for the FFF

The club, six times champion of France, will he manage to avoid judicial liquidation? In financial difficulty, Bordeaux sees the hope of a maintenance in L2 reborn, thanks to the conciliators of the CNOSF, seized in emergency a few days before the start of...

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Jul 2022
The next Eurovision given to the United Kingdom in place of Ukraine at war

After its very symbolic first place in Turin in May, Ukraine had strongly contested last month the decision of the organizer of the event, followed by tens of millions of viewers, to withdraw the 67th Eurovision for security reasons. .But an agreement was...

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Jul 2022
"The promotion of female entrepreneurship is a masquerade"

The stereotype of the superwoman who has a successful career and family is, in fact, the worst enemy of women. And the way in which the public authorities value female entrepreneurs does not help matters. Striking interview with Janice Byrne, assistant professor...

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Jul 2022
Tunisians vote on a Constitution giving "all powers" to the president

Tunisia, facing serious economic difficulties, sharpened by the Covid and the war in Ukraine on which it depends for its wheat imports, has also been very polarized since the president seized all the powers a year ago, arguing the ungovernability of the country.Participation...

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Jul 2022
Macron receives the actors of the 2024 Olympics for a progress report

At two years almost to the day of the next Olympic Games, Emmanuel Macron gave "an update on the mobilization of state services" during an Olympic and Paralympic Council held in the garden of the Elysée.Around the table were seated Tony Estanguet, President...

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Jul 2022
Race to Downing Street: Campaign gets tough on China ahead of first debate

The head of diplomacy Liz Truss and the ex-finance minister Rishi Sunak will be decided between some 200,000 members of the Conservative Party by September 2, before an announcement of the results on September 5.Ms. Truss, 46, is way ahead in the polls among...

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Jul 2022
Purchasing power: MPs play overtime

The parliamentarians are preparing to sit for a long night, some 375 amendments remaining on the table. It is a question of completing this first reading, which should have ended last Friday evening, and passing the baton to the Senate as soon as possible.A...

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Jul 2022
Fires in Gironde: Landiras fire "now fixed"

"After twelve days of fierce fighting" against the fires, "I am able to announce that the Landiras fire is now fixed", announced the prefect of Gironde and New Aquitaine to the press, "the inhabitants will be able to return their home".The second fire which...

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Jul 2022
Tunisians vote on a controversial Constitution

The country, faced with great economic difficulties, aggravated by the Covid epidemic and then the war in Ukraine, has also been plunged into a deep political crisis since the president seized all the powers a year ago, arguing of the country's ungovernability.Despite...

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Jul 2022
The two Gironde fires "now fixed"

"After twelve days of fierce fight" against the fires, "I am able to announce that the fire of Landiras is now fixed", announced Monday the prefect of Gironde and New-Aquitaine in front of the press.All the inhabitants who had to flee the villages around...

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Jul 2022
Forest fires in Greece: the government evokes "a difficult struggle" to save the ecosystem

"It's a difficult fight, a fight to ensure the survival of this exceptional ecosystem" of Dadia, one of the most important national parks in the country, said Monday Minister Christos Stylianidis who had visited the weekend on place to coordinate the...

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