War in Ukraine: Russia has “weapons capable of hitting targets” in the West, Putin threatens
Vladimir Putin delivers his annual speech to the Nation this Thursday, February 29.
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The Russian president delivers his annual speech to the Nation this Thursday.
“Don’t they understand that there is a risk of nuclear conflict?”
he said while NATO is expanding to include Finland and Sweden and Macron has mentioned the possible sending of ground troops to Ukraine.
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Murder of police officer Éric Masson in Avignon: life sentence required against Ilias Akoudad
The portrait of Éric Masson in Avignon on May 11, 2021, during a tribute ceremony a few days after his murder on May 5.
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The 22-year-old accused admitted to shooting the brigadier on May 5, 2021, but denied having any knowledge of his status as a police officer.
The attorney general denounced a criminal “drunk with violence, proud of the gesture accomplished”.
Anne Hidalgo opposes Rachida Dati by not classifying the Eiffel Tower as a historic monument
The PS mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo refused Thursday to request classification as a historic monument of the Eiffel Tower.
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The PS mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo refused Thursday to request the classification as historical monuments of the Eiffel Tower, a proposal from the Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, her main opponent in the Paris Council.
“No, I’m not going to ask
,” assured the elected socialist on TF1.
Quote of the day
The sadness of artificial intelligence is that it is without artifice, therefore without intelligence
Jean Baudrillard
Today's figure:
2.9%
Inflation slowed in France to +2.9% year-on-year in February, after +3.1% in January, according to provisional data communicated by INSEE on Thursday, but it increased significantly over the month.
The memorable photo to remember
On this base in Antarctica, NASA's GUSTO scientific balloon set a new flight duration record of 57 days, 7 hours and 38 minutes.
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