SpaceX's first private spacewalk mission scheduled for Friday
The lift-off of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn rocket for a first-of-its-kind space mission, including the first private spacewalk in history, is scheduled for Friday after being postponed last week, US authorities announced on Tuesday.
Mission to simulate life on Mars ends after more than a year
An experiment in which four volunteers simulated life on Mars has come to an end after just over a year. The participants were able to leave the Mars Dune Alpha simulator, the US space agency Nasa announced on Saturday.
Space X's Starship successfully ditches after test flight
The Starship spacecraft, designed for voyages to the Moon and Mars, successfully ditched for the first time on Thursday after re-entering the Earth's atmosphere, around an hour after the mega rocket's fourth liftoff, according to SpaceX.
“Appalling signs of torture": in Syria, rebels claim to have found dozens of corpses in a Damascus hospital
“I opened the door of the morgue with my own hands, and it was a horrible sight: some forty bodies were piled up, showing signs of appalling torture,” Mohammed al-Hajj, a fighter from rebel factions in the south of the country, described to AFP by telephone from Damascus.
Over 800 forest fires raging in Canada, more than 223 “out of control
More than 800 forest fires are currently raging in Canada, 223 of which are out of control, according to the latest report from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) dated Monday. The flames have also affected Jasper National Park, one of western Canada's most popular tourist destinations, where fires have been raging for weeks.
Breaking News
War in Ukraine: the Trump team already wants to start working on a “settlement”.
Donald Trump's team will begin working with outgoing President Joe Biden's administration to reach an “accommodation” between Ukraine and Russia, expressing concern about the current “escalation”, Mike Waltz, the White House's incoming security advisor, said on Sunday.
Carey Grayson executed on nitrogen, thirty years after killing a hitchhiker
A man sentenced to death for the murder thirty years ago of a hitchhiker in Alabama, in the southern United States, was executed on Thursday by nitrogen inhalation, a procedure used for only the third time in the world.
Trump administration: Robert F. Kennedy Jr, anti-vaccination figure, named health secretary
Donald Trump believes that Robert F. Kennedy Jr, appointed to head the Department of Health, will play an important role in addressing the harmful consequences of harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and food additives in the US.
Presidential election: Macron or Le Pen? Overseas France is already voting
The polling stations open Sunday morningin mainland France. The first results will be published on Sunday evening from 8 pm. Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen? The first voters from overseas and abroad are voting this Saturday, time difference obliges, for a presidential election with crucial issues. Before the opening of polling stations Sunday morning in metropolitan France for this second round very expected.
Presidential 2022: a great debate that turns short between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen
Everything was in place: the dramatic tension had been skilfully maintained for several days and this Wednesday evening, the actors were ready. This return match between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen for the French presidency, five years after a first televised duel, was to be decisive.
Indebted by her campaign, Valérie Pécresse calls the French for an emergency aid: here is the amount collected by the ex-candidate LR!
Indebted, Valérie Pécresse had appealed to the generosity of the French to pay back her campaign. Valérie Pécresse, former candidate LR, had appealed to the French to complete the financing of its campaign, at the end of which it had failed to collect 5% of the votes in the first round.
Celebrity
One Direction singer Liam Payne dies: new details revealed about his death
British singer Liam Payne, of the group One Direction, died on Wednesday at the age of 31. Police initially reported that Liam Payne had “fallen from the third floor” of a hotel in Bueno Aires.
New Delhi drowned under a thick toxic fog after the festival of Diwali
New Delhi was on Friday enveloped in a thick toxic fog the day after Diwali, Hindu festival of lights, celebrated with multitudes of oil lamps and candles that burned all night with a lot of firecrackers, although banned for sale.
Health
Sleep: here's how much sleep you should get on the weekend to stay healthy
Ah, the weekend! You look forward to it so you can sleep late but beware, this habit could be detrimental to the proper functioning of your body. Indeed, trying to get some sleep by sleeping in on Saturday and Sunday is not a good idea. In addition, it will not make you feel any better than before because it will only make you feel better in the moment.
Cause of Alzheimer's disease progression in the brain discovered
Clusters of toxic proteins, thought to be responsible for the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease, reach different areas of the brain and accumulate there over decades, according to a new study published Friday.
France
Paris: several people stabbed at Gare de Lyon, one man arrested
A man suspected of stabbing several people in Paris's Gare de Lyon station on Saturday morning has been arrested, the police prefecture told AFP, although it was unable to specify the assailant's motives at this stage.
France's first larynx transplant: a patient regains speech
After transplants in the United States, Colombia and Poland, France has just performed its first larynx transplant, enabling a woman to speak again.
A woman struck by lightning while riding her motorcycle with her husband, her prognosis is vital.
The passenger of a motorcycle was struck by lightning on a road in the Marne region of France on Sunday during a thunderstorm.
World
CARS
Toyota Yaris named European Car of the Year
The fourth-generation Toyota Yaris was named European Car of the Year on Monday, succeeding the Peugeot 208, in a ceremony broadcast online.
