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Apr 2024
In Iceland, an experienced political leader becomes prime minister

The leader of the Icelandic conservative party Bjarni Benediktsson was appointed prime minister on Tuesday April 9, following an agreement by the ruling coalition, his party announced. Her predecessor, Katrin Jakobsdottir, 48, announced her resignation on...

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Apr 2024
Israel-Hamas War, Day 186: “We will complete the elimination of Hamas, including in Rafah. No force in the world will stop us,” says Benjamin Netanyahu

The Israeli army announced Tuesday April 9 in a statement that it had destroyed 'terrorist infrastructure” in several sectors of the Gaza Strip and that 'a plane eliminated a terrorist in Khan Younes, who had participated in the October 7 massacre.”...

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Apr 2024
In Ivory Coast, Abidjan wants to “get rid of” street vendors and beggars

In Abidjan, the Ivorian economic capital, they are part of the daily life of motorists. We see them strolling on the medians, carrying pyramids of fruit on their heads or their arms loaded with mirrors, basins or mattresses... When the cars are stopped, they...

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08
Apr 2024
Higgs boson: Peter Higgs, Nobel Prize winner in physics in 2013 for his work on this elementary particle, has died

Physicist Peter Higgs died on Monday April 8, at the age of 94, the University of Edinburgh announced in a press release on Tuesday. 'He passed away peacefully at his home, following a short illness,” wrote the university, of which the scientist was...

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08
Apr 2024
George Lucas will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival

George Lucas, father of the Star Wars saga, will receive the Palme d'Honneur on May 25, during the closing ceremony of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, the organizers announced on Tuesday April 9. 'The Cannes Film Festival has always held a special...

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08
Apr 2024
Athlete Dimitri Bascou, Olympic bronze medalist in 2016, tested positive for steroids

Eight years after the peak of his career reached thanks to an Olympic bronze medal at the Rio Games, hurdler Dimitri Bascou was tested positive for steroids by the French Anti-Doping Agency ( AFLD), report Tuesday, April 9, Fanceinfo and Le Parisien.The...

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08
Apr 2024
Real Madrid-Manchester City: Champions League favorites clash in quarter-finals

'It will be a very attractive match for the world of football, with two teams with great individual quality on the pitch. » The Italian Carlo Ancelotti, the coach of Real Madrid, did not really get involved in predictions. It's difficult to find...

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Apr 2024
South Africa: Former President Jacob Zuma may finally be a candidate in the legislative elections

Former President Jacob Zuma will be a candidate in the legislative elections in South Africa, the courts having overturned, on Tuesday April 9, a recent decision by the Electoral Commission (IEC) pronouncing his exclusion from the vote. 'The appeal is...

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Apr 2024
In Viry-Châtillon, a private funeral for Shemseddine, 15, violently attacked when leaving school

The funeral of Shemseddine, a 15-year-old teenager beaten to death on Thursday April 4 in front of his college in Viry-Châtillon (Essonne), began Tuesday April 9 in the early afternoon at the Savigny-sur-Orge mosque in the most strict privacy, at the request...

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Apr 2024
Cherbourg mosque targeted by shotgun blast, investigation opened

The Cherbourg mosque was targeted by a new attack. Monday evening, 'a shotgun bullet was discovered nestled in the bottom of the metal gate of the mosque,” ​​said the public prosecutor of Cherbourg, Pierre-Yves Marot, on Tuesday April 9, confirming...

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Apr 2024
Fire on rue de Charonne: the criminal brigade seized for intentional homicide

First attributed to the 2nd judicial police district, the investigation into the fire that occurred on Sunday rue de Charonne in Paris and which caused the death of three people was entrusted to the criminal brigade, the Paris prosecutor's office announced...

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Apr 2024
Stretcher bearer attacked in a hospital in Vendée: a man taken into police custody

A man was taken into police custody after the attack on Saturday of a stretcher bearer at the Challans hospital (Vendée), Agence France-Presse learned on Tuesday April 9 from the Sables-d'Olonne public prosecutor's office . The suspect, born in...

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Apr 2024
Agriculture: the National Assembly refers the bill to the Constitutional Council

A coalition of oppositions in the National Assembly decided, Tuesday April 9, to refer the draft 'guidance law for agricultural sovereignty and the renewal of generations in agriculture” to the Constitutional Council, considering the impact study potentially...

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Apr 2024
Agricultural crisis: three unions call on Emmanuel Macron to introduce the “floor prices” promised at the Agricultural Show

The three minority agricultural unions are calling, Tuesday, April 9, on the Head of State to put in place the 'floor prices” promised during his visit to the Agricultural Show, 'condition number 1” according to them 'to sustainably emerge...

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Apr 2024
Genocide of the Tutsi: Paul Kagame accuses a former UN employee who took refuge in France of being behind the assassination of his “sister”

A man who has taken refuge in France since 2002, targeted by international justice without ever having been convicted, was accused by Paul Kagame on Sunday April 7 in Kigali of having 'handed over his cousin to the killers”. 'He then continued...

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Apr 2024
Africa: France does not have to comment on the future of the CFA franc

France does not have to comment on the future of the CFA franc in West Africa, as the election of anti-system candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye at the head of Senegal plunges into a little more uncertainty, estimated Monday April 8 French Foreign Minister Stéphane...

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Apr 2024
Rwanda: a complaint to Paris to “elucidate” the death of two French soldiers during the Tutsi genocide

Since Monday April 8, French justice has been seized of a complaint to 'elucidate” the death of two French soldiers, René Maïer and Alain Didot, and the wife of one of them, Gilda Didot, in early April 1994, shortly after the outbreak of the Tutsi...

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Apr 2024
Director Philippe Lioret accused of forced kisses and “inappropriate” gestures by a dozen actresses

A feeling of 'discomfort”, an 'unhealthy” atmosphere, an 'abuse of power”… In a survey published Tuesday April 9 by Franceinfo, around ten French actresses denounce forced kisses and 'inappropriate” gestures by director Philippe...

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Apr 2024
Climate responsibility of States: the ECHR condemns Switzerland, a first

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has never ruled on the responsibility of States in terms of action against climate change. On Tuesday April 9, the ECHR issued a judgment condemning Switzerland for violating the European Convention on Human Rights,...

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Apr 2024
The Burkina Faso army receives a dozen Turkish drones to fight against jihadist groups

The Burkina Faso army received, on Monday April 8, a dozen combat drones delivered by Turkey in order to fight against jihadist groups, according to the Burkinabe presidency. These drones – Bayraktar TB2 and Bayraktar Akinci – were handed over to the...

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Apr 2024
Thailand says it is ready to welcome 100,000 Burmese refugees

'We have been preparing for some time and we can temporarily accommodate around 100,000 people in the Thai safe zone,” said Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, Thailand's foreign minister, as fighting continues between the Myanmar military and his opponents...

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Apr 2024
What does Eid-el-Fitr celebrate (and why should it not be confused with Eid-el-Kebir)?

Eid Mubarak! Wednesday April 10 is a day of celebration for Muslims in France, who celebrate Eid-el-Fitr, the breaking of the fast, and the end of Ramadan.In a press release dated April 1, the French Council of Muslim Worship (CFCM) affirmed that, 'in...

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Apr 2024
March becomes the tenth consecutive month to break its own heat record

For the tenth month in a row, the average temperatures recorded on land and at sea have been beaten. March 2024 continues this worrying series, with an average temperature 1.68°C higher than a normal month of March in the climate of the pre-industrial era...

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Apr 2024
Hamas says it is studying a draft truce lasting several weeks in Gaza, including the release of hostages

The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas announced on Tuesday April 9 that it was studying a proposed truce in the fighting and air raids in Gaza, accompanied by the release of dozens of Israeli hostages, despite the rejection of some of its demands.Six months...

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