The info not to be missed
Will a French (or rather partly French) Covid vaccine soon be on the market?
Hope is high with the Franco-Austrian laboratory Valneva, which has just announced that the first results obtained for its vaccine candidate are "positive".
In a press release, the laboratory announces that the test "met its two main endpoints".
In particular, it would have made it possible to obtain more satisfactory results than those of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
The announcement comes a little over a month after the British government terminated its contract for 100 million doses.
The information had caused the title of Valneva to fall heavily on the stock market, which rose sharply this morning.
The French government reacted immediately by ensuring that negotiations continued with the European Union.
Also to remember
The case of the Elysee polls before the courts.
Several former collaborators of Nicolas Sarkozy - his former secretary general Claude Guéant and his former chief of staff Emmanuelle Mignon in particular - but also Patrick Buisson and Pierre Giacometti appear before the criminal court until November 12. The case concerns suspicions of favoritism and concealment and embezzlement of public funds. Between 2007 and 2012, the Élysée signed expensive contracts with two companies run by relatives of the former president.
Facebook will recruit in Europe.
The American giant has announced its intention to hire 10,000 people on the old continent within five years. The aim is to work on his “metaverse” project, which aims to create a kind of digital backbone of the physical world, accessible via the Internet. For example, it could offer the possibility of dancing in a nightclub with people located thousands of kilometers away.
The fuel check is not yet ready.
The government has promised to act to help the French cope with the fuel crisis and it intends to offer a solid support system. The Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire let it be known on Europe 1 that he preferred the option of a check to a reduction in taxes. But the tenant of Bercy concedes that "there is still work to be done" to offer it to the French who will need it. In the meantime, Leclerc announced this morning that he would sell his fuel at cost price until October 30.
Monique Olivier heard.
The ex-wife of Michel Fourniret is heard from today by judge Sabine Khéris.
Now alone in the face of her husband's crimes, Monique Olivier claims until then to have said everything about the disappearance of Estelle Mouzin, and to know nothing about that of Lydie Logé.
The unusual info
Who are the strongest?
In Saint-Germain-en-Laye, about sixty competitors faced off in a showdown this weekend, during the Open du Bras de Fer Sportif.
The Parisian was there.
VIDEO.
Report at the Open du Bras de Fer Sportif.
Often seen as a game, arm wrestling is also a sport, governed by rules.
It is played standing.
During a fight, it is also forbidden to raise the elbow.
The discipline dreams of making a place for itself at the Olympic Games.
It has many followers in France, since about twenty sports arm wrestling clubs are listed in the country.
France also has its national team.