Blue Origin rocket crashes after liftoff, no injuries
Blue Origin's rocket launch vehicle crashed shortly after liftoff Monday in West Texas, Jeff Bezos' company announced, saying the capsule may have separated from the rest of the rocket. Launch vehicle malfunction during unmanned flight today, the company first announced, then said the capsule's ejection system had worked as expected. There were no injuries, Blue Origin said.
Discovery of a potentially habitable super-Earth planet: This is a unique opportunity
An international team of scientists, led by Laetitia Delrez, astrophysicist at the University of Liege (ULiège), has just announced the identification of two super-Earth type planets. One of them is potentially habitable, relays the University of Liege Wednesday morning by way of a press release.
At least 35 dead in a nursery in Thailand: the assailant kills his family before committing suicide
The assailant who attacked a day care center in Thailand with a gun and knife then killed his family before committing suicide, after killing 35 people according to a latest report, including at least 23 children, a police colonel in the northern province of Nong Bua Lamphu said Thursday. Jakkapat Vijitraithaya said the gunman, a 34-year-old former police officer, killed his wife and their child.
Quebec re-elects the right-wing coalition in place since 2018
Quebecers on Monday largely re-elected the right-wing coalition that has been in power for the past four years, according to local media in this French-speaking Canadian province where the issue of immigration and Quebec's identity have been at the heart of the debates.
Breaking News
Hurricane Ian devastates the United States: now in South Carolina, it has killed at least 23 in Florida
The storm Ian brought down its violent winds and heavy rains on South Carolina on Friday, after having devastated large parts of Florida, where it killed several dozen people.
Florida devastated by Hurricane Ian as it heads toward the southeastern United States
Devastation was the watchword in Florida on Thursday after Hurricane Ian left devastated cities and a potentially "substantial" death toll in its wake, and is now headed for the southeastern United States.
Demonstration in New York for women and against the New York Times
A hundred Iranians and Americans demonstrated outside the New York Times headquarters in Manhattan on Tuesday, officially to defend women in Iran, but also to accuse the newspaper and one of its reporters of "biased" reporting.
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 country music icon Loretta Lynn, who died Tuesday at the age of 90
She stood behind many Republican candidates, including Donald Trump in 2016. But she was a unanimous voice in the music industry, which she deeply influenced.
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
It's a crazy story: a woman thought she owned an ordinary Chinese vase, it was sold for 9 million euros
The owner of a Chinese vase, initially estimated at a maximum of 2,000 euros, saw its price soar at auction to over 9 million euros. The vase was offered by the Osenat auction house in Fontainebleau near Paris, among a collection of furniture and various works of art.
France: the morning-after pill free and without prescription for all women
Access to emergency contraception, or the morning-after pill, will become free for all women regardless of their age, in pharmacies and without a prescription, French Health Minister François Braun announced in an interview posted online Tuesday by the daily 20 Minutes.
Asylum and immigration: Macron announces a bill for early 2023
A bill on asylum and immigration will be tabled "from the beginning of 2023," Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday 15 September, with the aim of putting an end to an "absurd policy" that he deemed both "ineffective and inhumane. »
Horror in a school in Caen: a student stabs a teacher in the throat, it was shock, there were teachers and students who were crying
At the Malherbe high school in Caen, a teacher in her forties was stabbed twice by a student at around 11am on Tuesday 13 September. The victim's vital prognosis, immediately taken to the emergency room, is not engaged. The student was arrested by the police.
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.
