The space war between billionaires: Amazon to launch the first satellites of its internet constellation to compete with Elon Musk
Jeff Bezos' Amazon is preparing to launch the first satellites of its constellation, which will provide Internet access from space and compete with rival Elon Musk's Starlink.
SpaceX's first private spacewalk mission scheduled for Friday
The lift-off of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn rocket for a first-of-its-kind space mission, including the first private spacewalk in history, is scheduled for Friday after being postponed last week, US authorities announced on Tuesday.
Mission to simulate life on Mars ends after more than a year
An experiment in which four volunteers simulated life on Mars has come to an end after just over a year. The participants were able to leave the Mars Dune Alpha simulator, the US space agency Nasa announced on Saturday.
China inaugurates the world's highest bridge
China inaugurated the world's highest bridge on Sunday. The Huajiang Canyon Bridge, built in the mountainous province of Guizhou, spans a 625-meter gorge and a river winding below.
A fish falls from the sky and causes... a fire in Canada
A fish dropped from the sky by a raptor and hit a power line, causing a brush fire and brief power outage in western Canada last week.
Breaking News
“Radical gender ideology” and abortion: the US announces it will oppose WHO health goals
U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. said Thursday that the U.S. would oppose a World Health Organization (WHO) statement on chronic diseases, arguing that it defended abortion and a “radical gender ideology”.
Trump administration links paracetamol to... autism
According to the U.S. daily Washington Post, U.S. health authorities are considering establishing a link between paracetamol consumption in early pregnancy and the risk of autism in children.
Trump announces $100,000 fee for certain visas
A senior White House official confirmed on Friday that Donald Trump was preparing to impose a $100,000 fee on H1-B work visas, which he has had in his sights for years. These visas allow foreign workers with specific qualifications (scientists, engineers and computer programmers, among others) to come and work in the United States, and are issued overwhelmingly to Indian nationals.
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
Robert Redford's death: a look back at the tragic untimely deaths of his two sons
Robert Redford died on Tuesday September 16 at the age of 89. During his lifetime, he experienced every parent's nightmare: the death of two of his four children, Scott and James.
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
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.
How to Minimize College Debt Without Sacrificing Your Future
For anyone staring down the barrel of a four-year college bill, the numbers alone can rattle your confidence. Tuition’s gone feral. Housing costs bite harder than ever. And yet, despite the weight of it all, higher education still holds the promise of upward mobility—if you’re smart about how you navigate it. You don’t need to lock yourself into thirty years of loan payments just to get a degree that might pay off. What you do need is a plan that cuts through the noise, trims the fluff, and keeps your future options wide open. Below are seven grounded, real-world strategies that can reduce long-term debt while keeping doors open and opportunities growing.
France
Macron and Zelensky call each other several times a day... but does the French president have any power over Putin?
Un cártel de la droga es sospechoso de asesinar a reclutas que se negaron a cooperar en un lugar de entrenamiento en México donde recientemente se encontraron restos humanos carbonizados y ropa, dijo el lunes el gobierno mexicano, descartando por el momento la hipótesis de un «campo de exterminio».
Paris: several people stabbed at Gare de Lyon, one man arrested
A man suspected of stabbing several people in Paris's Gare de Lyon station on Saturday morning has been arrested, the police prefecture told AFP, although it was unable to specify the assailant's motives at this stage.
France's first larynx transplant: a patient regains speech
After transplants in the United States, Colombia and Poland, France has just performed its first larynx transplant, enabling a woman to speak again.
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.