Government: François Bayrou's ministers take office

Ministers in François Bayrou's government take office on Christmas Eve. The two former prime ministers Elisabeth Borne, appointed to Education, and Manuel Valls, to Overseas Territories, will be particularly scrutinized, as will another returning person, Gérald Darmanin, who will occupy the Justice portfolio. Economy Minister Eric Lombard called for “treating our endemic disease, the deficit”, which is expected to peak above 6% this year.

Paris: Notre Dame celebrates Christmas again since the 2019 fire
Notre-Dame de Paris is celebrating Christmas again for the first time since the fire on April 15, 2019, with the traditional Nativity Masses that should attract many faithful. For the first Christmas, several masses will take place at 16:00, 18:00 and 20:00, under the cleaned vaults of this masterpiece of Gothic art over 860 years old. Pope Francis must also open the 2025 “Holy Year” of the Catholic Church, a major international pilgrimage for which more than 30 million faithful from all over the world are expected to visit Rome

Gaza Strip: Israel evokes “progress” for a hostage agreement

Since the attack by Palestinian Hamas in October 2023, one of the conditions for a ceasefire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken, with “caution”, of “progress” in reaching an agreement on hostages held in the Gaza Strip. Indirect negotiations last week in Qatar between Israel and Hamas between Israel and Hamas, with Doha and Egypt as mediators, revived hope for an agreement on a truce and the

Paris: Yoann Richomme crossed Cape Horn

Race management announced that Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa) crossed Cape Horn at 00:27am Paris time in record time at the top of the Vendée Globe and started the climb up the Atlantic Ocean in perfect sailing conditions. After 43 days 11 hours 25 minutes of sailing, the navigator from Var left the southern tip of the American continent on port side, the third and last symbolic mark of the solo circumnavigation of the world after the Capes of Good Hope (South Africa) and Leeuwin (Australia)

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In attacks that were described as antisemitic by many Western governments, the Amsterdam court will hand down its judgment concerning five men accused of assaulting Israeli soccer fans last November.

Former President Bill Clinton's deputy chief of staff announced on X that the former president had been hospitalized in Washington for a fever.

Just like the orange avalanche warning for both Savoy and Isère, the orange snow-ice alert for Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Isère and Ain, ongoing since this weekend, has been extended until the morning by Météo-France.

After the deadly attack in Magdeburg, which fuelled extremist discourse in the midst of the campaign for the parliamentary elections in February, the German head of state called for the unity and cohesion of the country.

The American Institute of Geophysics has reported that Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, in the American archipelago of Hawaii, has erupted.