A Russian Soyuz rescue vessel arrived at the International Space Station
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked on Saturday night to the International Space Station in order to serve, next September, as a vehicle for the return to Earth of two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut, whose initial spacecraft was damaged.
Artemis has finally taken off: the most powerful rocket in the world is heading for the moon
The most powerful rocket of the world, SLS, took off Wednesday for the first time since Florida, for a mission marking the big beginning of the American program of return on the Moon, Artemis, noted a journalist of the AFP on the spot.
At least 25 dead in a bus accident in Peru
At least 25 people, including two children, died when a bus crashed into a ravine in the Andean region of Huancavelica, in southern Peru, the authorities announced in a revised death toll on Monday evening.
Zelensky in Ottawa: Canada announces C$650 million in aid for Ukraine
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received President Volodymyr Zelensky in the capital Ottawa on Friday, September 22. The Canadian leader announced a new aid package for Ukraine worth 650 million Canadian dollars. The three-year aid package will include the delivery to Kiev of some 50 armored vehicles and the training of Ukrainian pilots in F-16 fighter jets, Mr. Trudeau announced before the Canadian Parliament. This live interview is now over.
Breaking News
A second American transplanted with a pig heart
A second patient at University Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, has had a pig heart implanted. The patient is a 58-year-old man suffering from life-threatening heart disease.
United States: human remains found in a four-metre alligator in Florida
The reptile was extracted from the water of a canal not far from botanical gardens and euthanized, according to the local sheriff's office. The dive team also discovered human remains of an adult person in the waterway.
United States: human remains found in a four-metre alligator in Florida
The reptile was extracted from the water of a canal not far from botanical gardens and euthanized, according to the local sheriff's office. The dive team also discovered human remains of an adult person in the waterway.
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
The Harry Potter world mourns the death of actor Michael Gambon (Dumbledore)
British actor and TV personality Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in "Harry Potter", has died aged 82, his family announced on Thursday.
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
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.
Several children attacked with knives in an Annecy park: six injured, including four children
A knife attack in Annecy took place this Thursday morning in a park near the lake. The toll was high. Emmanuel Macron denounces an "absolutely cowardly attack ».
Real drama in France: a father commits suicide with his 4 year old child
In the evening of this Friday, April 14, 2023, the bodies of a little boy and his father were found in a burned car in Nouvion-en-Thiérache.
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.