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Apr 2024
“80 words from Morocco”, by Kenza Sefrioui: discover the country through the musicality and flavor of the verb

The Arabic words 'chûkrân!” », 'flûs” or even 'mechwi” mean something to you? The first two have the translation thank you and money. As for the third, it designates the roast sheep of holidays which, shortened to 'chwa” figuratively...

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27
Apr 2024
In the United Kingdom, a Conservative MP switches to the Labor camp, a blow for Rishi Sunak

Conservative MP Dan Poulter, former Minister of Health, told media on Saturday April 27 that he was joining the Labor Party, which represents a new snub for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, already lagging behind in the polls for the legislative elections.Mr Poulter...

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27
Apr 2024
Ligue 1: PSG, hooked by Le Havre, must still wait to celebrate their title

Cold shower on the Parc des Princes. Under heavy rain, Paris Saint-Germain stalled on Saturday April 27 evening against Le Havre, conceding a draw (3-3) which mathematically delayed its coronation as champion of France.A victory against the Normans, who are...

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26
Apr 2024
Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats Alex de Minaur in Madrid, a good omen one month before Roland-Garros

Rafael Nadal, who is attempting a final return to the top, almost 38 years old despite his battered body, scored an encouraging victory 7-6 (6), 6-3 in 2:04, against world No. 11 Alex de Minaur, Saturday, April 27, in the second round of the Masters 1000...

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26
Apr 2024
Tennis player Alizé Cornet will end her career after Roland-Garros: “Announcing it officially does a little something”

Alizé Cornet, 34, will retire after playing the Roland-Garros tournament one last time (from May 26 to June 9), according to an interview with the French tennis player broadcast Saturday April 27 on Canal .'I'm going to play my last Roland-Garros...

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26
Apr 2024
Judo: Audrey Tcheuméo, crowned European champion for the fifth time

Unlucky in the race to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Frenchwoman Audrey Tcheuméo was crowned European champion in judo for the fifth time in her career in the -78 kg category, Saturday April 27 in Zagreb.Tcheuméo, 34, won in the final against...

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26
Apr 2024
“1874. The birth of impressionism”, on Arte: a look back at the exhibition that revolutionized painting

From a docu-fiction, we can expect the best, or the worst. We are here in the first case: the long march of the impressionist painters is precisely and vividly recounted, from the discovery of the wonders that open-air painting allows, on the motif, an illumination...

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26
Apr 2024
“Les Malvenus”, on France.tv: the dream of a neo-rural couple that turns into a nightmare

A promise of happiness that turns into a nightmare. This is how we can summarize the fiction Les Malvenus, directed by Sandrine Veysset (Will there be snow at Christmas?, in 1996, Martha… Martha, in 2001), written with the novelist Virginie Despentes.Happiness...

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26
Apr 2024
“Modest death of the grandiose Olympics”: tribute in Paris to the worker who died on a construction site

Bringing this 'modest death” out of oblivion: supporters and family paid tribute on Saturday April 27 in Paris to Amara Dioumassy, ​​who died on the construction site of a basin intended to make the Seine swimmable during the Olympic Games, inaugurated...

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26
Apr 2024
Israel-Hamas War, Day 204: Hamas says it is “studying” a counter-proposal for an Israeli truce; a meeting in Riyadh to discuss the situation

Despite fears and calls for restraint from the international community, Israel was still preparing, on Saturday April 27, to launch a ground offensive in Rafah, a town in the south of the Gaza Strip where a million and a half Palestinians are crowded together....

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26
Apr 2024
Emmanuel Macron ready to “open the debate” on a European defense including nuclear weapons

The French president said he was ready to "open the debate" on a European defense which would also include nuclear weapons, in an interview with young Europeans published on Saturday April 27 by the Ebra group's newspapers.'I am in favor of opening...

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26
Apr 2024
United States: at a Boston university, around a hundred people participating in a demonstration in support of the Palestinians arrested

Around a hundred people considered to be pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested on Saturday morning, April 27, on the campus of a Boston university, Northeastern University announced on the social network police, the university added in its statement,...

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26
Apr 2024
Three new advisors to Prisca Thevenot leave the cabinet of the government spokesperson

The hemorrhage continues: after the first departures the day after a false announcement of a foiled attack, three new advisers to Prisca Thevenot left the office of the government spokesperson, according to a decree published on Saturday April 27 in the Official...

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Apr 2024
Six Nations Tournament: the French team in the “final” against England, the kingdom of women’s rugby

Tuesday April 23, the French Rugby Federation (FFR) did not fail to announce the good news. 'The attendance record for a women's rugby match in France will be broken,” according to her, on Saturday April 27, during the clash between Les Bleues...

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Apr 2024
Paris 2024: the sailboat “Belem” leaves Greece towards France with the Olympic flame on board

The Olympic flame is heading to France, three months before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games (OG) in Paris, scheduled for July 26. She is on board the three-masted ship Belem, which cast off on Saturday April 27 at the Greek port of Piraeus, near...

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26
Apr 2024
In Kenya, at least 70 people have died in floods since March

At least 70 people have died in Kenya since March in floods caused by above-normal rains, government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura said Friday, April 26, on X. The capital, Nairobi, and neighboring counties notably experienced a violent episode of flooding on...

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Apr 2024
Contemporary art: Gopal Dagnogo exhibits his “Morose delectation” in Paris

'Morose delectation” is the title chosen by Gopal Dagnogo for his new exhibition at 110 Honoré, a Parisian gallery directed by Véronique Rieffel. 'It's a religious concept of taking pleasure in sadness, complaining in melancholy. I find...

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Apr 2024
In Canada, a province moderates its policy of decriminalizing small quantities of drugs

At the start of 2023, the Canadian province of British Columbia, in the west of the country, made the decision to no longer penalize the possession of less than 2.5 grams of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl or other hard drugs for personal use to combat the opioid...

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Apr 2024
Ile-de-France: the portion of the A13 between Paris and Vaucresson remains closed until further notice

The closure of the portion of highway 13 (A13) which connects the A86 in Vaucresson (Hauts-de-Seine) to Porte de Saint-Cloud, to the west of Paris, is extended until further notice, according to a press release published Friday, April 26 in the evening by...

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Apr 2024
Moody’s and Fitch agencies maintain their ratings for France unchanged

The rating agencies Moody's and Fitch delivered their respective spring verdicts on French sovereign debt on the evening of Friday April 26: both maintain their assessment unchanged.Moody's maintained the Aa2 level with a stable outlook, deeming...

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Apr 2024
Emmanuel Macron wants to launch a third citizens’ convention by the end of the year

After those on climate and end of life, a new citizens' convention will be launched by the end of the year, Emmanuel Macron announced on Friday April 26. 'A third convention will be launched soon, it is intended to be completed by the end of the...

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Apr 2024
Ivory Coast, a successful but unequal economy

It was a relatively discreet conference which was held on Thursday April 25 at the Hôtel Ivoire in Abidjan: a room of modest proportions, only two ministers among the panelists and limited media coverage. However, the annual 'Country Risk” conferences...

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Apr 2024
2024 Olympic Games: the Olympic flame handed over by Greece to the French organizers, Florent Manaudou first bearer

The baton has been passed. The flame of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, lit on April 16 in Olympia, was handed over on Friday April 26 by Greece to Tony Estanguet, president of the organizing committee, during a ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens,...

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Apr 2024
Sciences Po Paris: pro-Palestinian mobilization continues; a tense face-to-face with pro-Israeli demonstrators

Occupation of premises, sit-ins in the street, slogans in favor of the Palestinian struggle… a small crowd of students, activists or sympathizers of the Palestine Committee continued the pro-Palestinian mobilization, Friday April 26, in and in front of...

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