JO-2024: Football and rugby sevens open the sports events of the Games this Wednesday

Two days before the opening ceremony, Football and rugby sevens open the sports events of the Games on Wednesday, with Mali-Israel under surveillance in Paris and the Olympic debut of Antoine Dupont. According to information, President Emmanuel Macron will go to the session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), with the aim of officially winning the 2030 Winter Games for the French Alps

Presidential election in America: Biden speaks out on the reasons for his withdrawal

During a solemn speech on Wednesday Joe Biden will speak out about the reasons that motivated him to withdraw from the race and to pass on the torch to Kamala Harris. The Democratic president chose prime time, 20:00 (00:00 GMT), to address Americans about one of the biggest political upheavals in the country's modern history

Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington: Israeli leader delivers a speech to the US Congress

This Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech to the American Congress, where he will try to put pressure on the United States in a tense context between the two allied countries after nine months of war in Gaza. He is due to speak before the two chambers meeting in a special session starting at 18:00 GMT. The Israeli minister's visit to Washington comes in full political turmoil in the United States, between the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the withdrawal of Joe Biden from the White House race and the entry on the scene of Vice President Kamala Harris who is now running for the nomination of the Democratic Party in the November election

Fight against hunger in the world: the meeting of the G20 financial leaders scheduled for Thursday and Friday

Before a meeting of the group's finance ministers promised to discuss the taxation of billionaires, Brazilian President Lula intends to take the G20 countries of the G20 into Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro in the fight against hunger in the world. The meeting of the major financial players of the G20 on Thursday and Friday will mark one of the last major stages before the summit of the heads of state and government of the main world economies on 18 and 19 November, also in Rio. According to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, “the fight against inequalities, against hunger, against poverty, cannot be led by one country alone. It must be carried out jointly by countries that are willing to take on this historic responsibility.”

IN SHORT

After heavy rains in a hard-to-reach area in the regional state of Southern Ethiopia, where humanitarian aid is beginning to be delivered, more than 200 people died in a landslide on Monday.

The United States announced new peace talks on Tuesday to try to end the war ravaging Sudan.

A Russian man was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention on Tuesday. He is suspected of “organizing events likely to cause destabilization during the Olympic Games”, according to the Paris prosecutor's office

The organizers of the Paris Olympic Games and the trade union (SFA-CGT) representing performers at the opening ceremony held negotiations that did not lead to an agreement by late evening on Tuesday.

The Girondins de Bordeaux, six times champions of France, accepted their demotion to National (3rd division) on Tuesday. They will turn to the commercial court, hoping to avoid an outright liquidation.