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    Football: Steve Mandanda, 2018 world champion with the France team, announces his international retirement at 37

    After 35 selections and long years in the shadow of Hugo Lloris, the goalkeeper announced on Saturday that he was ending his adventure with the Blues.

    French goalkeeper Steve Mandanda announced his international retirement on January 14, 2023. (AFP)

    A new page is turning with the Blues. After the announcement at the beginning of the week of the international retirement of Hugo Lloris, it is another emblematic goalkeeper

    Manchester United-Manchester City: the Red Devils overthrow the Skyblues in two minutes!

    Largely dominated in recent confrontations, the Red Devils host Manchester City on Saturday, while the two teams are separated by only four points in the standings.

    Marcus Rashford in the duel with Nathan Ake during the Manchester derby, January 14, 2023. (AFP)

    The Manchester derby, a titanic duel. Manchester United welcomes Manchester City to its mythical theater

    Dakar 2023: Sebastien Loeb signs a sixth consecutive victory during the 13th stage, a record in the event

    In cars, the former world rally champion dominated the debates during the 13th stage between Shaybah and Al-Hofuf (154 kilometers) on Saturday.

    Sebastien Loeb and Fabian Lurquin during the Dakar prologue, December 31, 2022. (AFP)

    We can’t stop the Alsatian anymore! Accustomed to breaking records during his rich career in WRC rallying, Sebastien Loeb is now doing it in the dunes of the Dakar.

    Dakar 2023: Kevin Benavides wins the 13th stage and returns to 12 seconds behind Toby Price, still the motorcycle leader

    While Toby Price was thinking of increasing his lead at the top of the general classification, a protest from the Argentinian Kevin Benavides changed everything.

    Kevin Benavides during the 11th stage of the Dakar 2023, Friday January 12. (AFP)

    On the Dakar 2023, a Benavides can hide another on a motorcycle. While Luciano Benavides (5th overall) thought he had won the 13th stage between Shaybah and Al-Hofuf (154 km)

    Australian Open 2023: return of Djokovic, Garcia spearhead of the French, Alcaraz and Osaka absent … What you need to know about this new edition of the Grand Slam

    Two hundred and fifty-six players are in the running for the first Grand Slam of the year 2023, which begins on Monday.

    Novak Djokovic in training in Australia, January 11, 2023. (AFP)

    As usual, the Australian Open will kick off the tennis Grand Slams. A year after the coronations of Rafael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty, the Australian tournament resumes its rights from January 16 to 29.

    War in Ukraine: London will send heavy tanks to kyiv, a first for a Western country

    The news was immediately welcomed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

    British Challenger 2 tanks during a military exercise under NATO command, in Poland, October 16, 2015. (PAP)

    The United Kingdom will supply Ukraine with Challenger 2 tanks, becoming the first Western country to send heavy tanks to help kyiv against the Russian invasion, Downing Street announced in a statement

    Brazil: a week after the incidents in Brasilia, investigators on the trail of those responsible

    A week ago, Sunday January 8, thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Presidential Palace, Congress and the Brazilian Supreme Court. The new government of President Lula is making every effort to identify those responsible.

    The premises of the Brazilian Supreme Court ransacked on January 8, 2023 in Brasilia (MAXPPP)

    It is a gigantic investigative work that started Monday, January 9, while Brazil was still in shock from the images of this insurrection in the heart of the place of the Three Powers.

    War in Ukraine: Explosions ring out in kyiv, infrastructure targeted, according to Ukrainian officials

    The city’s mayor Vitali Klitschko reported explosions in the Dniprovskiy district, calling on residents to “stay in the shelters”.

    Ukrainian soldiers near their vehicle equipped with a missile launcher turned towards Soledar, January 13, 2023. (MAXPPP)

    Several explosions sounded on Saturday January 14 morning in kyiv, noted AFP journalists. Ukrainian officials say strikes targeted key infrastructure in Ukraine’s capital.

    In Italy, Giorgia Meloni entangled in the energy crisis

    Fuel in Italy is among the most expensive in Europe, but the country’s finances do not allow motorists to be helped. This creates discontent in the population, and a crisis within the government.

    The President of the Italian Council in Rome on January 10, 2023 (ALESSANDRO SERRANO’ (MAXPPP)

    Italy can’t afford to lower fuel taxes, and it’s not going well at all. Giorgia Meloni even addressed the Italians directly via social networks to explain and denounce a bad media campaign.

    Iran: an Iranian-British, convicted of espionage, was executed by hanging

    The announcement was made on Saturday by the Iranian Judicial Authority’s agency Mizan Online.

    The Iranian-British Alireza Akbari, during an interview in Tehran. ( KHABAR ONLINE)

    Another execution in Iran. An Iranian-British man sentenced to death for espionage, Alireza Akbari, was executed by hanging, announced on

    China: “zero Covid”, street pressure, surge in contamination … The all-powerful Xi Jinping weakened by three years of pandemic

    The sudden abandonment of the “zero Covid” policy by the Chinese government in December has frightened the country’s citizens, as infections soar and health services are overstretched. What to rock the communist power? Not so sure.

    Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 19, 2022 in Bangkok (Thailand), during an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. (AFP)

    From almighty president to weakened leader. Chinese President Xi Jinping, in office since 2020, seemed at the height of his power last October, after being re-elected with great

    Figure skating: Kamila Valieva not sanctioned by the Russian anti-doping agency, WADA says it is “concerned”

    The Russian skater learned of her positive trimetazidine test during the 2022 Beijing Olympics, disrupting the team event medal ceremony.

    Kamila Valieva during a competition in Moscow, October 23, 2022. (AFP)

    Almost a year later, the Valieva case is still not closed. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

    War in Ukraine: the Soledar salt mine, the other stake in the capture of the Ukrainian city for the Russians

    The capture of Soledar by the Russians, this Friday, denied by the Ukrainian forces, is of essential importance for Moscow. Soledar, a small town in eastern Ukraine, is home to a salt mine whose galleries are coveted by the Russians to protect their soldiers from Ukrainian strikes.

    Russian army tanks in action this Friday, January 13 in the Donetsk region. (MAXPPP)

    Communication battle over the control of Soledar in Ukraine. Russia claimed on Friday, January 13, to have taken control of this city in eastern Ukraine “which is of great

    Aquitaine: glass eel trafficking was dismantled by customs

    A traffic of glass eels, the fishing of which is highly regulated, has been dismantled in the south-west of France. The price per kilo of this species, very rare, is negotiated up to 900 euros.

    28 kilos of glass eels were seized by customs officers. The glass eel is the fry of the eel, a vulnerable species. Its fishing is supervised, and its export prohibited outside Europe.

    United States: Tornado devastates Selma area of Alabama

    In the United States, tornadoes caused extensive damage. Several towns were swept away, including in the Selma, Alabama area, where at least seven people have been killed.

    Dozens of buildings gutted, pulverized. Downtown Selma, Alabama (USA) is upside down minutes after the tornado struck. Some can’t even put words to what they are going

    The coffin of Ramses II on exclusive loan in Paris for the event exhibition “L’or des Pharaons”

    Exhibition on world tour at La Villette in Paris from April 7, “Ramses and the gold of the Pharaohs” will be enriched by the exclusive loan by Egypt of the coffin of Ramses II. A first in France for forty-five years.

    Ramesses II. (DR)

    It promises to be a flagship exhibition for the first half of 2023 in Paris: it will be doubly so thanks to the loan of the coffin of Ramses II, known as Ramses The Great, by the Egyptian

    Japan: Man suspected of killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been charged

    Tetsuya Yamagami faces the death penalty if found guilty.

    Tetsuya Yamagami, suspected of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is carried to the police station, January 10, 2023, in Nara, Japan. (AFP)

    Japanese prosecutors on Friday (January 13th) charged the man suspected of the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last July, the suspect having been declared fit to stand trial

    In South Africa, for 2023 we wish to have electricity

    The energy crisis that the country is going through is likely to worsen after a record year: more than 200 days marked by power cuts. Years of corruption, sabotage and mismanagement have brought state-owned Eskom to the ground.

    A power station of Eskom, the public electricity company, in Standerton, South Africa, on December 18, 2022. (AFP)

    Should South Africans fear a candlelit 2023? It is indeed surely the right year to buy candles, generators, solar panels, or to resign oneself to great sobriety, since the first three months

    In the United States, an autistic boy reveals himself at the piano without any lessons and his talent propels him to all the TV channels

    A few months ago, Jude Kofie, 11, discovered a piano in the family cellar and since he put his hands on it, he plays by ear and improvises with disconcerting ease. A prodigy who is invited everywhere and who has even been offered a grand piano by a stranger.

    Jude Kofie, on his YouTube channel. (SCREENSHOT)

    He lives in the United States, in Colorado, the youngest son of two parents who left Ghana to come to work in the city of Aurora, and for the past week, his story has been told

    Dakar 2023: Sébastien Loeb takes a fifth victory on the 11th stage in a car, and is closing in on second place overall

    The nine-time WRC world champion signed a fourth consecutive victory on Thursday in the Empty Quarter.

    French driver Sebastien Loeb (BRX) during the 10th stage of the Dakar, between Haradh and Shaybah, on January 11, 2023. (GIGI SOLDANO / AFP)

    Sharing, he does not know. This is also what allowed him to enter the legend of motorsports, remaining world rally champion for nine years (2004 to 2012).

    Trump’s Special Investigator Criticizes FBI Investigations

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