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Aug 2022
Patrick Balkany released from prison

He appeared in front of the press emaciated, weakened, with long hair in his mansion in Giverny, which he had joined shortly before 9:30 a.m. He said he was "relieved" after several months in solitary confinement without meeting any other inmate.On Thursday,...

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05
Aug 2022
Civilians and fighters killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza

During this "preventive attack" against Islamic Jihad, 15 fighters were killed, estimated after a first series of raids an Israeli military spokesman, Richard Hecht.He said Israel expected rocket fire from Gaza into the center of the country.In the evening,...

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05
Aug 2022
The beluga again seen in the Seine but "very fleeing"

"He has the same behavior as yesterday, we have the feeling that he is very elusive. He makes very short appearances on the surface, followed by long apneas", indicated Mr. Mauger. "Even trying to approach him with great care, it's difficult. He makes...

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05
Aug 2022
Ligue 1: time for the big start for the new PSG, Mbappé remains at the dock

The demonstration carried out a week ago at the Champions Trophy against Nantes (4-0) in Tel Aviv gave a first glimpse of the Galtier effect. After a year and a half of bland performances during the tenure of Mauricio Pochettino, the arrival of the French...

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05
Aug 2022
More drinking water, dry crops: the government faced with a historic drought

No more tap water in a hundred municipalities in France, crops destroyed for lack of watering, biodiversity in danger: challenged on all fronts of this historic drought, the government no longer hides its concern. On the Valensole plateau, where the Ministers...

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05
Aug 2022
More water in the pipes, dry crops: the government caught up in a historic drought

On the Valensole plateau, where the Ministers of Ecological Transition and Agriculture went on Friday, the lavender that made its reputation was picked up, but large hose reels are regularly placed on the edges of the fields. .Thomas Raso, a young market...

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05
Aug 2022
North: more than 20,000 signatures for the ban on cockfighting

"It's a cruel practice, the animals are raised in cages, they never see the light of day except when they are let loose in a ring to fight, there is terrible suffering for the animals," he told AFP. AFP Gabrielle Paillot, the instigator of this petition.Launched...

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05
Aug 2022
Mexico: relatives of ten miners trapped underground lose hope

For the second night in a row, a hundred relatives slept near the area cordoned off by the security forces to allow relief work, noted an AFP team in the locality of Sabinas (State of Coahuila). The miners are trapped in shafts 60 meters deep, authorities...

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05
Aug 2022
Taiwan, the Uyghurs, Tibet... Mélenchon, his (many) ambivalences with China

"For the French since 1965 and General de Gaulle, there is only one China." These words of Jean-Luc Mélenchon published on his blog on August 3 earned him the thanks of the Chinese ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, hailing the "constant support" of the Insoumis...

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05
Aug 2022
Brittney Griner: Russia 'ready' to discuss prisoner swap

The player, convicted by a Russian court in a controversial "drug trafficking" case, found herself despite herself plunged into the geopolitical crisis between Washington and Moscow, in the midst of the conflict in Ukraine.US President Joe Biden has called...

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05
Aug 2022
Patrick Balkany released from prison, tired but "relieved"

Thinned in a green shirt that has become too big, with long hair slicked back and shaved, Patrick Balkany said he was "relieved" during an impromptu interview in front of the gate of the Cossi mill, his home in Giverny (Eure)"I am happy to come to rest, to...

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05
Aug 2022
Can the Chinese giant Alibaba be expelled from Wall Street?

The troubles continue for Alibaba. The Chinese e-commerce giant published a slight decline in quarterly revenue on Thursday, August 4 for the first time in its history, against a backdrop of economic slowdown and regulatory tightening. For the first quarter...

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05
Aug 2022
"The same music": in Lampedusa, bitterness at the lack of means

"These are just words!" Adds this 78-year-old retired plumber, humming the famous hit by Dalida. A few meters away, young people in bathing suits parade in front of the facades in pastel tones, beach bag in hand, under a scorching sun.Located in the heart...

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05
Aug 2022
Human tide in Baghdad, new show of force by Moqtada Sadr

After the prayer, a few hundred demonstrators returned to the outskirts of Parliament, which they have occupied since July 30 in the Green Zone, the luxurious cordoned off district in the heart of the capital housing state institutions and embassies.The sit-in...

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05
Aug 2022
Olivier Dubois: a postcard to French President Macron for his 500 days of captivity

The mother, sister and brother-in-law of Olivier Dubois ask those who want to support him to get "a postcard respectful of its recipient" and to write this message on it: "Hello Mr. President, when Olivier Dubois journalist, will he return to France? 500...

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05
Aug 2022
Administrative justice suspends the expulsion of Imam Hassan Iquioussen

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin immediately announced his intention to appeal this decision to the Council of State.He announced last week the forthcoming expulsion of this preacher born in France but of Moroccan nationality, accused by the French authorities...

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05
Aug 2022
Covid-19: Sanofi, Pfizer, Hipra... Update on vaccines authorized or under review

Waves of Covid-19 contamination follow one another in Europe. In France, since the peak of the 7th wave was reached, the epidemic has continued to slow down. In one week, hospitalizations fell (-34%), including for critical care alone (-29%), while 33,799...

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05
Aug 2022
Colombia: Gustavo Petro, former guerrilla and first left-wing president

Historic vote in Colombia. Gustavo Petro became on Sunday the first left-wing Colombian president in history, with the ambition to "change" a country in crisis and which has never known such an alternation. Old veteran of Colombian politics, ex-guerrilla,...

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05
Aug 2022
Covid: Austria shocked by the suicide of a doctor harassed by anti-vax

In Vienna, the bells of St. Stephen's Cathedral rang out this week and candles formed a "sea of ​​lights" against "emotional abuse" and "terror" online.Lisa-Maria Kellermayr, 36, was discovered dead on Friday July 29 in her office in Upper Austria...

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05
Aug 2022
In the west of France, the recycling of old ships is booming

Equipped with facilities classified for the protection of the environment, the Brest shipyard is the only one on the Atlantic coast authorized to dismantle high tonnage ships.Covering an area of ​​15,000 m2, it has been on the European List of Approved...

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05
Aug 2022
Online crimes, "national security"... Why India is attacking VPNs

VPNs are allowed in democracies around the world. Designed to browse the Internet anonymously with a fictitious geographical position thanks to external servers, Virtual Private Networks are on the other hand hated by authoritarian regimes, where the use...

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05
Aug 2022
The half-year trade deficit widens to 71 billion euros, weighed down by energy

French foreign trade statistics have collected deficit records this year, weighed down by the explosion in energy prices since the outbreak of war in Ukraine.The half-year balance sheet peaks at 71 billion euros in deficit after a new monthly record of 13.3...

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05
Aug 2022
Explosion in Bergerac: "high temperatures" may have played a role

According to the first elements collected, it is a maintenance operation "which would be at the origin of the accident", specifies the group in a press release, but "the high temperatures and especially the very low humidity rate, also could play a role.The...

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05
Aug 2022
Taiwan: will China cut off the island from the rest of the world?

The staging is worthy of a Hollywood movie. At noon sharp, Beijing time this Thursday, August 4, the day after a visit by Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the United States House of Representatives - experienced as an affront by the communist regime - dozens...

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