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Sep 2023
Interview with a vampire hunter

In the middle of summer, an astonishing archaeological discovery stirred up the media. A 'vampire child” was reportedly found in Poland in a 17th-century cemetery. Le Point wanted to find out more and found the archaeologist who directs the excavation...

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Sep 2023
Thunderstorms: 28 departments placed on orange alert in the west of the country

In a new bulletin, Météo-France places 28 departments in a large western half of the country on orange alert for thunderstorms for the evening of Sunday, September 17. An 'intense” episode is expected with hail, gusts of wind and heavy rain in places.'We...

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Sep 2023
In Port Sudan, the endless wait for a passport to leave the country

To escape the war, find medical care impossible to obtain in Sudan or pursue studies interrupted by the conflict, hundreds of Sudanese sometimes wait for days in front of the passport office which has just reopened in Port Sudan.After almost five months of...

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Sep 2023
Saudi dilemma, desalinating water in the desert despite the ecological cost

Blinding rays of sunlight fall on solar panels that power a desalination plant in eastern Saudi Arabia, the wealthy oil monarchy seeking to reconcile its enormous water needs with pressing ecological imperatives.Lacking lakes, rivers and regular rain, the...

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Sep 2023
Brazil: plane crash kills 14 in Amazon

Fourteen people were killed in a plane crash in Barcelos, a tourist town in the Brazilian Amazon, on Saturday, according to authorities. The plane, a twin-engine turboprop EMB-110 manufactured by Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer, missed its landing...

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Sep 2023
War in Ukraine: World must 'prepare for a long war', says NATO chief

While the Ukrainian army is engaged in a counter-offensive to push back Russian forces, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned in an interview published Sunday that we should not expect a rapid end to the war in Ukraine.'Most wars last longer...

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Sep 2023
“I love the king!”: tens of thousands of Swedes take to the streets for the royal procession

One is "against the monarchy", the other affirms that it should "not be abolished": on Saturday, under the sunny skies of Stockholm, tens of thousands of Swedes gathered to greet the royal procession of their king Carl XVI Gustaf, who is celebrating his 50th...

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Sep 2023
Hitler, the beetle with a hard name to bear

It's a pretty little beetle that lives in Slovenian caves. He was living peacefully when, in 1937, an amateur and fascist entomologist discovered him and named him Anophthalmus hitleri. What a shame to take the name of a genocidaire!There are hundreds...

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Sep 2023
“The accused has the floor”: at the fictitious trial of artificial intelligence

'I give the floor to the accused! » says the president in a solemn tone. And suddenly, above the members of the court, the image of a dark-haired woman in her twenties appears on the big screen. 'Honorable members of the court,” the creature...

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Sep 2023
“La Tondue de Chartres”: when fiction collides with reality

The photo has become iconic, symbolizing in itself the period of purification. A woman, her head shaved and her forehead marked with a hot iron, walking briskly with a baby in her arms, in the middle of a hostile crowd. In the wake of the liberation of France...

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Sep 2023
Australia: demonstrations in support of reform on Aboriginal rights

Several thousand people mobilized across Australia on Sunday to defend a historic reform of indigenous rights, which will be the subject of a referendum on October 14.Thousands of people took part in "Walk for Yes" demonstrations in several major cities ahead...

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Sep 2023
In 'Tasmania,' Paolo Giordano Makes Sense of Chaos

There is something in the air that worries us. A diffuse feeling of imminent catastrophe that rises when we hear about heatwaves, biodiversity or natural disasters. 'We live […] at the very time when everything is changing. Drastically. And this is...

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Sep 2023
The Le Pen-Bardella ticket opens its campaigns

To avoid clashing, Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella chose to indulge in confidences separately this Saturday, September 16 in the morning. The exercise, popular since the presidential campaign by the former, consists of devoting a little time to journalists,...

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Sep 2023
Kim Jong Un leaves Russia after receiving explosive drones as a gift

Kim Jong Un left the Russian Far East on Sunday towards the North Korean border, marking the end of a visit to Russia where he displayed his closeness to Vladimir Putin, fueling Western fears of a possible agreement for arms deliveries to Moscow for its assault...

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Sep 2023
The silent protest of Russian volunteers helping displaced Ukrainians

For a year and a half, Galina Artiomenko had been raising funds to help Ukrainians displaced in Russia because of the February 2022 offensive. Then, suddenly, in mid-July, her bank cards and those of two other volunteers were blocked.'According to the...

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Sep 2023
Migrants: Brussels proposes an emergency plan to Italy, calls for European solidarity

Ursula von der Leyen presented on Sunday on the small Italian island of Lampedusa an emergency plan to help Rome manage migratory flows from North Africa and called on the peninsula's European partners for solidarity.After visiting, with the head of...

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Sep 2023
The juntas of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger strengthen their security cooperation

This is a step that was eagerly awaited by the military regimes of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Colonel Goïta, Captain Traoré and General Tiani signed a charter this Saturday, September 16, establishing a defensive alliance, the ministerial delegations...

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Sep 2023
Sale of fuel “at a loss”: a bill “very quickly”

The bill which will allow distributors to sell fuel 'at a loss” for a few months 'will arrive very quickly” before Parliament, government spokesperson Olivier Véran said on Sunday. 'The lifting of the ban on resale at a loss for fuel distributors...

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Sep 2023
Football: Benjamin Mendy played his first official match in more than two years

Benjamin Mendy, found not guilty of rape and attempted rape in June in England, came on as a substitute for Lorient in the 70th minute of the Ligue 1 Matchday 5 match against Monaco on Sunday, in his first official match in more than two years .The defender,...

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Sep 2023
Vegan merguez, new star of the Fête de l’Humanité

A long queue to eat the famous merguez sandwiches of the Fête de l'Humanité, so far, nothing unusual. But this year, in the great festive gathering of the left, it is a vegan sausage food truck which is unleashing passions.On this Sunday, the third...

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Sep 2023
The American automobile union threatens a possible “amplification” of the strike

The president of the UAW union threatened on Sunday a possible "amplification" of the strike started Friday among the three main American automobile manufacturers if better proposals were not made, while the movement enters the political debate.'If we...

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Sep 2023
F1 Singapore: Sainz breaks Verstappen's lone rider

The end of Red Bull and Verstappen hegemony: invincible on the urban circuit of Marina Bay, Carlos Sainz gave Ferrari its first victory of the season on Sunday at the Singapore Grand Prix, putting an end to the record series of ten victories of 'in a...

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Sep 2023
Selling fuel at a loss: small gas stations angry

Faced with the increase in the price of fuel, Élisabeth Borne announced on Saturday September 16 that distributors would be authorized to sell 'at a loss” for a few months. An 'unprecedented measure” which, according to the Prime Minister,...

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Sep 2023
In Malta, China and the United States begin a “thaw”

'The two parties had frank, substantive and constructive discussions,” assures the White House in a press release. Saturday September 16 and Sunday September 17, Jake Sullivan, Joe Biden's national security advisor, and Wang Yi, head of Chinese...

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