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Apr 2024
Choreographer Blanca Li appointed as director of the Grande Halle de la Villette

The Franco-Spanish choreographer, dancer and director Blanca Li has been chosen to become president of the public establishment of the park and the Grande Halle de la Villette, in Paris, the Ministry of Culture announced in a press release on Friday April...

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Apr 2024
Israel-Hamas War: Emmanuel Macron assures that he will do everything “to prevent the increase in violence between Lebanon and Israel”

Emmanuel Macron assured the Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, received in Paris on Friday April 19, 'of France's commitment to doing everything in its power to prevent the rise in violence between Lebanon and Israel,” reported the Elysée.The...

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Apr 2024
In an attempt to “save Fort Boyard”, Charente-Maritime launches a public consultation before works costing 44 million euros

An emblematic military building that has become a television set, Fort Boyard is threatened by climatic hazards and must be the subject of work estimated at 44 million euros by 2028, the Charente department announced on Friday April 19. Maritime, which is...

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Apr 2024
Donald Trump trial: Man attempts to set himself on fire in court in New York

A person attempted, on Friday April 19 around 1:30 p.m. local time (7:30 p.m. in Paris), to set himself on fire in front of the Manhattan court where Donald Trump is appearing, several American media reported. The reasons for this act are currently unknown.The...

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Apr 2024
A portion of the A13 motorway blocked in both directions between Paris and Normandy until Monday

The Ile-de-France roads department (Dirif) announced on Friday April 19 that it had decided to completely close a portion of the A13 motorway after detecting 'infrastructure problems on the roadway between the viaduct and the Saint-Cloud tunnel. The...

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Apr 2024
“Grain de Sail II”: the new Breton sailing cargo ship made its first transatlantic crossing between Saint-Malo and New York

The new cargo ship from the young Morlaix company Grain de Sail made its first loaded transatlantic crossing between Saint-Malo and New York, marking a new stage for the return of sailing freight.Grain de Sail II measures more than double its predecessor,...

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Apr 2024
Israel-Hamas War, Day 196: Medical Equipment “Deliberately Destroyed” in Gaza Hospitals, UN Says

The health ministry in the Hamas-administered Gaza Strip announced that the number of people killed in the enclave since October 7, 2023 was more than 34,000. At least 42 additional deaths have been recorded in twenty-year four hours, which brings the death...

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Apr 2024
Trial of militiaman Paul Touvier: the government announces the early opening of the archives

The government intends to promote access to the archives of the Second World War to 'fight against revisionism and forgetting”. The Minister of Justice announced, Friday April 19, the opening of the archives relating to the trial of Paul Touvier, convicted...

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Apr 2024
Death of Philippe in Grande-Synthe: two minors indicted for “assassination”

Two minors aged 14 and 15 were indicted for murder on Friday April 19, following the death of Philippe, a 22-year-old young man who was violently attacked during the night from Monday to Tuesday in Grande-Synthe (North) . At this stage of the investigation,...

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Apr 2024
Paris 2024: official stores at the party before the Olympic Games

'We thought it would be bigger, but it's still nice,” remark Ivo and Melissa Leon. Leaving the official Paris 2024 store at Les Halles on Monday April 15, the bags of these Brazilian tourists are well stocked. On vacation in the capital for a...

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Apr 2024
“Killers of the Flower Moon”, on Canal: the silent massacre of the Osage, mirror of the history of America

Martin Scorsese's twenty-seventh feature film recounts one of the most frightening scenes in American history. This adaptation of an investigation by journalist David Grann (The American Note, Globe, 2018) is classic in style, in the noble sense of the...

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Apr 2024
Iranian Consulate in Paris: an individual suspected of transporting an explosive device was arrested

A large security perimeter was deployed on Friday April 19 at midday around the consulate of the Islamic Republic of Iran, rue Fresnel, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The security services were informed of the presence on site of an individual suspected...

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Apr 2024
A portion of the A13 motorway blocked in both directions between Paris and Normandy for an indefinite period

The Ile-de-France roads department (Dirif) announced on Friday April 19 that it had decided to completely close a portion of the A13 motorway after detecting 'infrastructure problems on the roadway between the viaduct and the Saint-Cloud tunnel.”...

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Apr 2024
“Shrinkflation”: the government will force supermarkets to warn of “changes in the price relative to weight” of a product

'It's a scam! We are putting an end to it,” promised Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of Economy and Finance. The government will force supermarkets to display a poster alerting consumers of a reduction in quantities of a product at an unchanged price,...

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Apr 2024
In Rwanda, adoption at first reading of a law strictly regulating NGOs

A controversial bill, strictly regulating the functioning of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), was adopted on Thursday, April 18 at first reading by Parliament in Rwanda, a few months before the presidential and legislative elections.Opponents of this...

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Apr 2024
A white march organized for Philippe, 22, killed during an “ambush” in Grande-Synthe

More than a thousand people gathered on the morning of Friday April 19 in Grande-Synthe (North) to pay tribute to Philippe, a 22-year-old young man who was violently attacked in the middle of the night, in what could be a lookout. apens prepared on a dating...

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Apr 2024
Two suspects in the attack against a relative of Alexeï Navalny arrested in Poland, according to the Lithuanian president

The Lithuanian president announced on Friday April 19 that two people suspected of having attacked Leonid Volkov, a close ally of the late Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny, last March in Vilnius, were arrested in Poland. Attacked on March 12 with a hammer...

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Apr 2024
Knife attack in Souffelweyersheim: the 14-year-old student who suffered a heart attack during the confinement of her school died

The 14-year-old girl who suffered a cardiac arrest during the confinement of her school, following a knife attack on Thursday in Souffelweyersheim (Bas-Rhin), died, we learned on Friday, April 19, from the authorities.'She had been rescued by teachers,...

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Apr 2024
The electoral campaign in South Africa, a boon for cartoonists

'The man in the shower is giving us trouble! ", says Zapiro, South Africa's most famous cartoonist, with a burst of laughter, referring to the omnipresence of ex-president Jacob Zuma in the campaign for the legislative elections scheduled for the...

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Apr 2024
Iran activates air defense; Israel launched an attack, according to US media

Iran activated its air defense in several provinces early Friday April 19 after reports of 'strong explosions” in the province of Isfahan, in the center of the country, the official IRNA agency said. According to the American channel ABC News, citing...

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Apr 2024
Hurricane Taylor Swift ready to blow away all records with the release of a new album

Storm warning on the pop planet: the new album by American singer Taylor Swift is unveiled on Friday, April 19, at midnight New York time (6 a.m. in Paris).Since the star announced the release of The Tortured Poets Department in February, during the Grammy...

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Apr 2024
Palestinian membership in the UN rejected by the United States

Full Palestinian membership in the UN will still have to wait. The United States, which did everything to delay the Security Council vote, did not hesitate to use its right of veto on Thursday April 18 to block the Palestinians' request for integration...

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Apr 2024
Interview with Gabriel Attal on BFM-TV: what to remember

For his hundredth day in Matignon, Gabriel Attal defended his record at length, Thursday April 18 on BFM-TV, after promising a rapid response from his government in the face of "the addiction to violence" of part of the youth during of a speech in Viry-Châtillon...

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Apr 2024
Emiliano Martinez, already the executioner of the Blues in the final in Qatar, eliminates Lille from the Europa Conference League

Like a sense of deja vu. Many French supporters must have had a flood of memories of the winter of 2022, and the disastrous penalty shootout which resulted in Argentina's coronation at the World Cup in Qatar, Thursday April 17. On the lawn of the Pierre-Mauroy...

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