Paris Climate Summit: Actors try to unlock funding for developing countries

Trillions of dollars are missing for the majority of humanity to face the climate crisis and get out of poverty: around 40 heads of state or government are meeting in Paris on Thursday to try to unlock the overhaul of the global economic system. “I feel it: we can make a huge difference for the planet and against poverty,” tweeted Emmanuel Macron, host of this “summit for a new financial pact

France can only recognize that it “does not have the capacity to decide” on its own, stresses an adviser to the French president, who anticipates that the meeting will result in a “roadmap” rather than concrete decisions. But the work at the Palais Brongniart, in the center of Paris, will benefit from the weight of the guests: UN chief Antonio Guterres and Brazilian President Lula will be present as well as German chancellor Olaf Scholz

China will be represented by Prime Minister Li Qiang, Saudi Arabia by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. William Ruto, the Kenyan president, is also making the trip, as are twenty African leaders, several of whom have recently raised their voices against rich countries, which are more willing to pour billions to support

Building collapse in Paris: At least four seriously injured, with life-threatening consequences

"I believed in a bombing”: the collapse of a building in the center of Paris on Wednesday afternoon after an explosion of unknown origin injured 37 people, four of whom are life-threatening, according to a provisional assessment. Gérald Darmanin, who came to the scene of the disaster in the 5th district of the capital, confirmed that at least two people were still potentially still under the rubble without being sure, at this stage, that they

"There were no alerts prior to this explosion. We do not know its origin,” added the Minister of the Interior, during a press briefing alongside the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo. “I heard a huge explosion that caused the windows to vibrate. I thought it was a bombing. It resonated in the apartment. I had 10 seconds of serious concern,” a local resident who requested anonymity told AFP. Some 270 firefighters and 70 devices, including a truck specialized in rescuing and removing rubble, were employed on the scene, on Rue Saint-Jacques, in the district of the former military hospital in Val de Grâce

Rebuilding Ukraine: Westerners want Russia to pay

Kiev's western allies promised to increase their financial aid to the Ukrainian economy, ravaged by more than a year of war, but warned Russia that it would ultimately have to pay for reconstruction. While Ukraine recognizes that its counteroffensive is meeting strong resistance from the Russian army, the two-day reconstruction conference brings together more than 60 countries, international institutions and the private sector in London

IN SHORT

Six months after leaving power, Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro is facing justice. He is on trial starting Thursday in a trial that could make him ineligible and deprive him of the 2026

Presented as one of the biggest drug traffickers in France, Mohamed Djeha, known as “Mimo”, who began his criminal ascent in Marseille, was arrested in Algeria after years of hunting.

Extensive but difficult searches continue in the North Atlantic to find alive the five occupants of the submersible who disappeared while exploring the wreck of the Titanic, and whose oxygen reserves are likely to run out on Thursday.

On Wednesday evening, the Senate adopted a series of provisions in the green industry bill aimed at facilitating the use of brownfields, whose rehabilitation is subject to complex procedures, for the establishment of new factories.

Martinique has been placed on orange cyclone alert by Meteo-France in advance of Tropical Storm Bret, which is expected to make landfall late on Thursday afternoon, with gusts of up to 150km/h expected in the most exposed areas.