More than 130,000 people died in the world, half of humanity confined, a world economy turned upside down ... Every day, there are logically millions of you following the news around the Covid-19 pandemic. But other information, unrelated to the coronavirus, may have escaped you. We have selected the five most significant of this Thursday. Virus-free guarantees.
Julian Alaphilippe formalizes his relationship with Marion Rousse
The best Frenchman of the last Tour de France is confined, like all Frenchmen. But he is not alone. In an interview with L'Equipe, Julian Alaphilippe made public his relationship with Marion Rousse, the former professional who became a commentator for Eurosport and now France Télévisions.
"I'm lucky we are both," said the 27-year-old cyclist from his home in Andorra about his "partner". "She is really adorable, she supports me, encourages me, a guy like me who is hyperactive, who would need to take the air often!" […] We support each other, adds the runner. It's not always easy for me to train indoors and she doesn't have a job either. "
Alaphilippe should logically take part in the Tour de France, scheduled from August 29 to September 20. He also expects a rich end to the season due to the revised schedule that will be proposed by the International Cycling Union, with the classics after the Tour. "The repetition of major events in a fairly short period, this bike, I will like it," he says. Yes, I like this cycling, when you know that you are often expected and that you question everything. "
You will soon be able to pay contactless up to 50 euros
This information is not entirely unrelated to the coronavirus, if only because of the date chosen to implement the measure, May 11. But it will be very useful after deconfinement: in less than a month, contactless payment by credit card will be possible up to 50 euros, against 30 currently.
“French banks have answered the call, welcomes Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of Economy and Finance. This is good news and a real simplification of everyday life for all French people. It must be said that this already popular method of payment is even more of a reflex since the spread of the Covid-19.
Technically, the operation involves updating one million payment terminals (TPE), 71 million bank cards and around a hundred computer systems in banks. A major challenge but achievable, according to the president of GIE Cartes Bancaires.
A man crushes his brother-in-law in Ariège
An assassination against a background of adultery and confinement. A 27-year-old Ariégeois was indicted after having crushed his brother-in-law with his car, whom he suspected of having an affair with his partner.
The facts go back to Monday afternoon. On this day, the victim leaves a tobacco shop in Lavelanet, in the Ariège department, when a car hits him and overturns him. The gendarmes will not even have to conduct an investigation to go back to the aggressor. Without a legal past, the driver, electrician and father of an infant, will go himself after the facts to the gendarmerie.
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According to the first elements in the hands of the investigators, the victim and the aggressor had a romantic relationship with two sisters, of Romanian nationality. “It is a matter of adultery. […] There is in this story a point of doubt about the paternity of her child, explains the lawyer for the alleged murderer. The inactivity due to confinement only increased his anxieties. The young man was placed in pre-trial detention.
Israel is bogged down in political crisis
A year of crisis, and still no way out. When Benny Gantz was commissioned to form a government with his rival Benjamin Netanyahu, his time expired last night. Result: Israel is still without a Prime Minister.
The two camps had however obtained in extremis a 48-hour extension, leaving hope for an agreement. But this did not happen, and President Reuven Rivlin therefore asked the deputies of the Knesset, the local parliament, to recommend an elected official to him. They now have three weeks to give the president the name of a member who will try to form a government.
The country is currently going through the longest political crisis in its history. In one year, three legislative elections followed one another, without a clear majority emerging.
No Neymar soap opera in Paris this summer?
The promises of Neymar's father bind only those who believe in them. But to listen to it, there will be no new soap around the star of PSG this summer, simply because his son feels good in Paris and does not plan to leave the capital during the next transfer window.
It is in a live Instagram that Neymar Senior made this useful update, while the Catalan press regularly continues to mention a return of the Brazilian to Barcelona. The former modest footballer also wanted to minimize his influence on his son. "It is always he who chooses the path he wants to follow," he explained in particular, with reference to his departure from Santos to Barcelona in 2013. We only take care of the administrative work, finding him the best contract so that he is in the best possible condition for his career. "
The player is always silent in the media. Confined to his residence in Magaratiba, he focuses his communication on social networks, where we can especially see him talking physically.
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