The space war between billionaires: Amazon to launch the first satellites of its internet constellation to compete with Elon Musk
Jeff Bezos' Amazon is preparing to launch the first satellites of its constellation, which will provide Internet access from space and compete with rival Elon Musk's Starlink.
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.
A Putin-Zelensky meeting as the "next step"? Ukraine in favour of this possibility
A meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin must be "the next step", said Ukraine's chief negotiator in Istanbul, at the end of the first Russian-Ukrainian peace talks since the spring of 2022
Motorist plows into crowd in Vancouver: suspect with “long record” charged with eight murders
The suspect in a ram-car attack that killed 11 people and injured dozens at a festival in Vancouver's Filipino community has been charged with murder, police announced Sunday.
Breaking News
"Miraculous": a two-year-old falls from the 15th floor... and survives
A boy aged just two survived a fall from the 15th floor of a residential building in Montgomery County, Maryland. According to local police spokeswoman Shiera Goff, the child fell from the balcony of an apartment protected by glass, not a conventional railing.
Horror in the United States: a teenager confined in a dog crate and sexually assaulted by her parents
A couple from New Jersey (east) have been arrested and charged with sequestering a teenage girl for seven years, sexually assaulting her and forcing her to live in a dog crate, the Camden County District Attorney said on Wednesday.
An intruder in the White House: Sophie managed to sneak into one of the most secure places in the world
A stray cat found its way onto the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., under heavy security, causing a stir among journalists, who documented the appearance of Sophie, the gray, green-eyed animal, on social networks. The feline even found herself briefly in the briefing room. It is in this room that journalists usually put their questions to Karoline Leavitt, the spokeswoman for US President Donald Trump.
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
American actor Richard Chamberlain has died
American actor Richard Chamberlain died on Saturday at the age of 90, following complications from a stroke, Variety magazine reported on Sunday. The actor had gained widespread public recognition in the 1960s for his role in the medical series “Dr. Kildare”.
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
Macron and Zelensky call each other several times a day... but does the French president have any power over Putin?
Un cártel de la droga es sospechoso de asesinar a reclutas que se negaron a cooperar en un lugar de entrenamiento en México donde recientemente se encontraron restos humanos carbonizados y ropa, dijo el lunes el gobierno mexicano, descartando por el momento la hipótesis de un «campo de exterminio».
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.
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.
