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Apr 2024
Rafael Nadal, a winning return to the clay court of Barcelona, ​​one month before Roland-Garros

This first round seemed as affordable as it was unprecedented. Opposed for the first time in his career to the young Italian Flavio Cobolli, 62nd in the world, Rafael Nadal did not hesitate in his return to competition, winning easily on Tuesday April 16...

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Apr 2024
The glassmaker Duralex, in financial difficulty since the energy crisis, requests its placement in receivership

In difficulty since the energy crisis of 2022, the French glassmaker Duralex 'has requested the opening of a judicial recovery procedure for its benefit with the Orléans commercial court”, announced the operating company New Duralex International...

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Apr 2024
Israel-Hamas War, Day 193: Israel 'obstructs' access to victims of Oct. 7 attack, UN investigators say

Israeli bombings targeted the Gaza Strip on Tuesday April 16, in particular the town of Khan Younes, in the south, where fifteen people, including children, were killed, according to the enclave's health ministry. , controlled by Hamas. According to...

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Apr 2024
Venezuela closes its diplomatic representations in Ecuador following the raid on the Mexican embassy

The President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, announced on Tuesday April 16 the closure of all diplomatic representations of his country in Ecuador to protest against the raid by Ecuadorian police officers on the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest the former...

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Apr 2024
In Georgia, demonstrations against the law on “foreign agents” continue, in a climate of tension

A few hours after the start of the examination in Parliament of a controversial bill on 'foreign agents”, which had already provoked large-scale demonstrations in 2023, several thousand demonstrators gathered on Tuesday April 16 in the evening in Tbilisi,...

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Apr 2024
IMF more optimistic for global economy in 2024, but growth down in Eurozone

Supported by the economy of the United States and certain emerging countries, starting with India and Brazil, the world economy seems well on its way to achieving better performance than expected, estimated Tuesday April 16 , the International Monetary Fund...

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Apr 2024
In Tunisia, the government plans to decriminalize bad checks

For almost four years, Olfa has lived cloistered at home. Sentenced in absentia to thirty-five years in prison for bad checks, this 45-year-old divorced mother from Radès, in the southern suburbs of Tunis, is still wanted by the authorities. 'If I didn't...

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Apr 2024
Russia invited to the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, but not Vladimir Putin

Due to the "war of aggression" in Ukraine, Russia will be invited to the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings in early June, but, "given the circumstances, [not its president, Vladimir] Putin", announced Tuesday, April 16, the Liberation...

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Apr 2024
Cocaine trafficking trial in Ivory Coast: ten years in prison required against thirteen defendants

After three months of legal drama, the trial of the vast international cocaine trafficking orchestrated between the coastal towns of San Pedro and Abidjan, in which nineteen defendants and four companies are implicated, is nearing its conclusion. Monday April...

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Apr 2024
The state of groundwater is improving in France, except in Languedoc-Roussillon

With more than half of them now above normal, the situation of French water tables improved in March, thanks in particular to significant rains, according to the latest bulletin from the geological and mining research office (BRGM ) published Tuesday, April...

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Apr 2024
Meeting with Eric Zemmour and Nigel Farage interrupted by police in Brussels

The Brussels authorities on Tuesday April 16 ordered the shutdown of a controversial meeting of representatives of the nationalist right, the 'National Conservatism Conference” ('NatCon”), organized a few weeks before the European elections....

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Apr 2024
The fire at the former Copenhagen Stock Exchange, a historic 17th-century building, is “under control”

The fire in the emblematic building of the Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen, ongoing since Tuesday morning, April 16, is 'under control”, emergency services said in the afternoon. 'We are in the middle of post-extinction work,” emergency services...

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Apr 2024
Carlos Tavares assumes his controversial salary, validated by his shareholders: “If you think it’s not acceptable, make a law”

A non-binding but closely scrutinized vote: the shareholders of Stellantis, meeting in a general meeting on Tuesday April 16, validated with 70.2% of the votes the remuneration of the group's general director, which could reach 36.5 million euros for...

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Apr 2024
The American-style timba made in France by Harold López-Nussa

From the first bars, we know that something has changed in Harold López-Nussa's music. Until now, the Cuban's career had followed a fairly classic trajectory. Coming from a family of artists, graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte, with...

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Apr 2024
In Brazil, social network X says it will respect court decisions, despite Elon Musk's revolt

Elon Musk seems to want to bury the hatchet. Lawyers for X, the social network it owns, told Brazil's Supreme Court that the platform will comply with all decisions issued by the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE), according to a letter seen by Reuters...

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Apr 2024
Carlos Tavares, assumes his controversial salary before a vote: “If you think it’s not acceptable, make a law”

A non-binding but closely scrutinized vote: the shareholders of Stellantis, meeting in a general meeting on Tuesday April 16, will give their opinion on the remuneration of Carlos Tavares, general director of the large industrial group, which is once again...

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Apr 2024
The former Copenhagen Stock Exchange, a historic 17th-century building, is on fire

The historic building of the former Copenhagen Stock Exchange, dating from the 17th century, caught fire on Tuesday April 16, notably causing the collapse of its emblematic spire. The Danish rescue services are on site. Fire trucks surround the building,...

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Apr 2024
United Kingdom: Bill to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda back before Parliament

The British Conservative government's controversial bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda returned to Parliament on Monday (April 15), with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak now hoping to secure a final vote on the bill after months of debate. tense parliamentary...

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Apr 2024
Australia salutes the “extraordinary bravery” of a Frenchman during the attack in Sydney and offers him nationality

After repelling the assailant who fatally stabbed six people in a Sydney shopping center on Saturday April 13, the courage of a Frenchman, Damien Guerot, was unanimously praised in Australia. The Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, even offered to...

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Apr 2024
Paris 2024: the Olympic flame begins its journey from Greece to Paris

The Games before the Games. In Olympia, on the remains of the temple of the marriage goddess Hera, the sun's rays will light the Olympic flame on Tuesday April 16 (at 12 p.m. local time, 11 a.m. in France). The torch, brandished by the Greek actress...

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Apr 2024
Barça - PSG: for Kylian Mbappé's Paris, the last chance match in the Champions League

Before strolling through the aisles of the Geneva Watch Show on Thursday April 11, Kylian Mbappé should perhaps have taken inspiration from the watch brand of which he is an ambassador to choose better timing for his visit to Switzerland. The day after the...

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Apr 2024
Landslide in Indonesia kills 20, final report says

The final death toll from a landslide that occurred on Saturday, April 13, in Celebes province, central Indonesia, stands at 20, authorities said Tuesday, putting an end to the victim search operations. In recent hours, emergency services discovered the bodies...

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Apr 2024
In the United States, the House of Representatives will vote this week on separate aid projects for Ukraine and Israel

In the United States, the House of Representatives will vote this week on separate aid plans for Ukraine, Israel, as well as Taiwan and other allies, after months of political disputes between the administration of Joe Biden and his Republican opponents,...

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Apr 2024
German MEP Markus Pieper drops controversial Commission appointment

On the eve of taking office, German MEP Markus Pieper announced Monday April 15 that he was giving up a highly paid position at the European Commission, after a controversy that threatened President Ursula von der Leyen's electoral campaign in a few...

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