Pension reform: the decisive article 7 voted in the Senate on Wednesday

While unions that requested to meet the president were opposed by Emmanuel Macron, shortly after midnight on Wednesday the decisive article 7 raising the retirement age to 64. The vote welcomed by some applause on the right raises the starting age from 62 to 64. It was won by 201 votes against 115, out of 345 voters. “I am delighted that the debates made it possible to reach this vote,” Borne tweeted. Debates in the upper house will resume on Thursday at 10:30am around a controversial amendment.

Russian strikes: Kharkiv and Odessa regions hit

Les autorités locales ont annoncé jeudi au lendemain de négociations européennes sur la livraison d' obus à Kiev, que les forces russes carried out massive strikes across Ukraine, particularly in the regions of Kharkiv and Odessa, in the East, the South but also in the West. Russia has been bombing key Ukrainian installations with missiles and drones since October and after several military setbacks on the ground, each time plunging millions of people into darkness and cold in the middle of the freezing winter.

The governor of Kharkiv, Oleg Synegubov said on social media that in the region, in the east of the country, “the enemy carried out about 15 strikes on the city and the region. Occupants are once again targeting essential facilities.”

International Women's Day: At least 27,000 women marched in the Spanish capital yesterday

Women from around the world came out on Wednesday to defend their rights, which have been violated in various parts of the world, including in Madrid, where a purple tide swept through the city. Indeed, yesterday, according to government figures, at least 27,000 women, almost all dressed in purple, the color of feminism, marched through the Spanish capital shouting “My body, my life! ”. Noted that there are many reasons to mobilize for women's rights around the world.

Mourning: the singer Marcel Amont has passed away

A press release from the family of singer Marcel Amont, a music hall star known for numerous hits such as “Bleu, Blanc, Blond” announced his death in his ^93rd year. According to the press release, the artist was bouncing and bouncing and whimsical show-man, after a career of 75 years, died at his home in Saint-Cloud (west of Paris)

French Football Federation: the thorny Corinne Diacre dossier on the table

The difficult case Corinne Diacre, a coach weakened by the mutiny of her captain Wendie Renard but “fully determined” to lead her troops in four and a half months at the World Cup, was referred to the French Football Federation on Thursday. Indeed, to cover a particularly extensive agenda: federal governance, finance and, at the top of the pile, chaos among Les Bleues, members of the FFF executive committee are expected to attend the Federation's headquarters on Boulevard de Grenelle in Paris starting at 9:30am.

With the announcement by Wendie Renard (142 selections) that she was retiring from the French team, the crisis, which had long been hidden, broke out in broad daylight on 24 February, explaining that she could “no longer support the current system” that was too remote.

IN SHORT

With psychological support and sick leave without a waiting day, the National Assembly voted unanimously on Wednesday night to date a bill to better care for women after a miscarriage.

After rejecting Nutri-Score, which is popular with consumers in France, the European Union is looking for a consensual nutritional labeling solution, but is the target of a revolt led by Italy, which sees it as a threat to its food industry, but also its gastronomy.

After Paris Saint-Germain's elimination from the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday at Bayern Munich (2-0, 1-0 first leg), Kylian Mbappé said: “this is our maximum.”