New York (awp / afp) – The dollar rebounded against the euro Wednesday after a sharp fall caused by the surprise drop in interest rates by the Federal Reserve (Fed), currency traders now anticipating that d other central banks will take similar action. Around 9:00 p.m. GMT (10:00 p.m. in Paris), the euro lost 0.30% … Read more
15-day leave, flat-rate allowance … The Senate, dominated by the right-wing opposition, unanimously adopted on Tuesday March 3 at first reading a bill to support families after the death of a child, a text “considerably enriched compared to its initial version“, According to Minister of Labor Muriel Pénicaud. The examination of the text in the … Read more
France, which counted 130 cases Sunday – including two deaths – is now the second focus of the coronavirus epidemic in Europe after its Italian neighbor. To stem the spread of the virus, the two most affected areas, namely the Oise (47 cases) and the Haut-Savoyard municipality of La Balme-de-Sillingy (10 cases), are subject to … Read more
Another increase in the number of infections in China and the first deaths to be deplored in the United States and Australia: the coronavirus epidemic continues to spread around the world. The epidemic is approaching 3,000 dead for more than 86,000 cases in sixty countries – including nearly 80,000 cases for 2,870 deaths in China. … Read more
Through Le Figaro with Reuters Lagardère announced Thursday February 27 the entry of the former head of state Nicolas Sarkozy and the ex-president of the SNCF Guillaume Pépy to its supervisory board. “Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of the French Republic, and Mr. Guillaume Pepy, former President of SNCF, will join the Supervisory Board as … Read more
Originally from the city of Niigata in Japan, he died on Tuesday at the age of 112 in his retirement home. Through Le Figaro with AFP –Chitetsu Watanabe receiving the world’s oldest man award JAPAN POOL / AFP A Japanese man recently named as the oldest man on the planet has died at the age … Read more
France no longer has any patient infected with the coronavirus, but vigilance remains essential, warned the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran. Recommendations have been implemented for people returning from Lombardy and Venetia, Italy, the border country which is the most affected in Europe.In this context, the first public meeting on the Coronavirus epidemic is organized … Read more
A 78-year-old Italian is the first European to die after being infected with the new coronavirus in Italy, where part of the north of the country has barricaded himself since Friday February 21 after several cases of contamination. Another person died on the peninsula. The first patient had been hospitalized for ten days in Veneto, … Read more
A transgender sex worker was fatally hit by a car in the Bois de Boulogne on the night of Thursday to Friday, a voluntary act according to the first elements of the investigation, we learned from a source close to the investigation. The drama took place around 2:30 am, according to the police source, confirming … Read more
30-year-old man turned on attacker, armed with knife, punched several times, reports The Parisian. –The facts took place on Wednesday 19 February in Louvres (Val d’Oise). Adobe stock Firefighters were called Wednesday night at No. 14 rue de Paris in Louvres (Val d’Oise), for a brawl to say the least unusual, reports The Parisian . … Read more