Jo-2024: Léon Marchand plunges back into the 200m medley

Léon Marchand plunges back this morning in view of his next objective at the 2024 Olympics, over the 200m medley, the day after his historic double (200m butterfly then breaststroke).

American Simone Biles is back on the scene for the individual all-around gymnastics competition, two days after her success in the team event.

Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, was killed in Tehran in a strike blamed on Israel that raised fears of an outbreak in the entire region. Iran is organizing its official funeral on Thursday. The assassination of the political leader of Hamas as well as an Israeli strike that killed the military leader of Lebanese Hezbollah, Fouad Chokr, on Tuesday, near Beirut, raise fears of a contagion of the war that has been raging for almost ten months in the Gaza Strip between Israel, sworn enemy of Iran, between Israel, sworn enemy of Iran, and Hamas, supported by Tehran.

Knife attack in England: three girls dead, 17-year-old charged

After clashes strongly condemned by the government in the city of Southport, traumatized by this a knife attack, British police charged a 17-year-old teenager on Thursday for the murder of three girls, whose custody had been extended. The teenager is facing “three counts of murder and ten (others) of attempted murder, following the tragic event in Southport this week

Venezuelan presidential election: Nicolas Maduro threatens to imprison the two opposition leaders

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday threatened to imprison the two opposition leaders, swearing that his opponents would “never come to power.” He is increasingly under international pressure to justify his contested re-election. Maduro was proclaimed re-elected for a third term until 2031, after Sunday's election won with 51.2% of the vote against 44.2% to his opponent Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, according to official results.

9/11 attacks: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed accepts a negotiated sentence agreement

The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that the Pakistani Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, considered the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks and detained in the American military base in Guantanamo, has accepted a negotiated sentence agreement. This agreement allows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to avoid a trial where he would face the death penalty, in exchange for a life sentence of criminal imprisonment, specifies the New York Times. It also concerns two co-defendants of the prisoner, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, also detained for two decades in Guantanamo, on the island of Cuba.

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Donald Trump on Wednesday accused his new rival Kamala Harris of having “gone black” for electoral reasons. This attack was mocked by the Vice President as a “lack of respect” characteristic of a Republican candidate subscribing to the “same worn-out number.”

Corsica celebrated the 80th anniversary of the death of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the aviator-writer, author of “The Little Prince”.

For a case of crimes against humanity, former director Moussa Dadis Camara was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his responsibility in the September 28, 2009 massacre in Guinea in which at least 156 people were killed, by bullet, knife, machete or bayonet.

Despite its six penalty points, and the Spanish and American favorites, the French women's soccer team beat New Zealand (2-1) on Wednesday in Lyon and qualified in the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament, just like Canada.