The German pontiff, successor to John Paul II, marked the history of the Catholic Church by deciding to resign from his office eight years after his election.
Former Pope Benedict XVI in Munich (Germany), June 22, 2020. (AFP)
Discreet since his renunciation, he was “only” pope emeritus. Benedict XVI, real name Joseph Ratzinger, died at the age of 95. “I have the pain to announce to you that he died today at
More and more countries are imposing a mandatory Covid test for travelers from China. After Italy and Spain, France is in turn strengthening measures to limit the circulation of the virus. From Thursday 5 January, a negative test will be required to re-enter the country.
At Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, on the morning of Saturday December 31, the arrival is almost normal for passengers arriving from Shanghai (China).
An investigation has been opened to determine the causes of the accident. The driver of the bus, one of the two survivors, tested negative for alcohol and narcotics.
The carcass of a bus that fell into a river in Galicia (Spain), December 25, 2022. (AFP)
A bus accident in Spain left six dead and two injured, according to the final report communicated by the local authorities on Sunday, December 25.
In his speech on Sunday, the new sovereign notably paid “homage to all those people” who give “food”, “money”, or their “time” so “precious”.
King Charles III, December 23, 2022, at Windsor Castle (United Kingdom). (VICTORIA JONES/POOL/AFP)
It is his first Christmas message since his accession to the throne.
Thirty stolen items were found in Berlin, while the trial of several suspects accused of the burglary is taking place.
German police officers carry out an operation in a canal in Berlin (Germany), on December 25, 2022, to find pieces stolen from a museum in Dresden. (AFP)
New twist, three years after the spectacular burglary of the Green Vault museum in Dresden.
The winter storm has already killed 22 people in the United States. The cold weather continued to disrupt the Christmas weekend in the country, prompting the cancellation of thousands of flights. Several governors have declared states of emergency.
Cars drive on a highway in Louisville, Kentucky (USA), on December 23, 2022. (AFP)
A “cyclonic bomb”. Here is how the phenomenon that has shaken North America in recent days, especially the United States, is described.
This “cyclonic bomb”, accompanied by freezing temperatures, caused heavy snowfall in the northeast of the country.
A historic snowstorm hits Detroit, Michigan (United States), December 23, 2022. (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
A historic winter storm, accompanied by freezing temperatures, continues to disrupt the Christmas weekend in the United States.
Every day, the correspondents’ club describes how the same current event is illustrated in two countries.
Covid-19 contaminations are on the rise again in France and around the world.
Among Venezuelan opponents, a majority emerges to demand the end of the “interim government” of Juan Guaido. Four years after its self-proclamation, this system seems to have weakened without achieving its political objectives.
Juan Guaido during a press conference in Caracas, August 12, 2022. (AFP)
It seems a long time ago when Juan Guaido, by declaring himself the self-proclaimed president of Venezuela, became the darling of all Western chancelleries.
The Biden administration intends to reshape its relations with African countries. The recent summit on Africa in Washington is supposed to have produced the roadmap, as the academic Folashade Soule reminds us.
US President Joe Biden (center) poses with his African counterparts during the Summit in Washington (USA), December 15, 2022. (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
A meeting crowned with “success”, according to Moussa Faki Mahamat.
The Ukrainian President was in Washington on Wednesday, December 21, for the first time in 10 months of war against Russia. All honors were paid to him at the Congress on this occasion.
Dressed in his traditional khaki outfit, Volodymyr Zelensky entered the US Congress to a standing ovation from the parliamentarians, who stood for long minutes.
Crucial day in Quebec, where countries around the world have been meeting for 10 days to try to better protect the planet’s biodiversity. China’s COP15 presidency put a draft agreement on the table yesterday to be concluded by Monday, December 19.
The COP15 logo in Montreal (Quebec). (AFP)
After four years of negotiations slowed down by the Covid-19 pandemic and 10 somewhat tense days, China presented a compromise text on Sunday December 18.
The shock, relatively shallow, occurred about forty kilometers southwest of the port town of Eureka.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred on the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 20, off the northern coast of California, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
This vote opens the way to a second term for the president at the head of the country, in the event of victory of the ANC in the general elections of 2024.
Cyril Ramaphosa, December 19, 2022 in Johannesburg (South Africa). ( AFP)
The African National Congress (ANC) in power in South Africa renewed its confidence in Cyril Ramaphosa to lead the movement and therefore lead the country.
It is a very controversial project which has just been validated by British justice: that of deporting Rwandan asylum seekers, at a time when Channel crossings are reaching record levels.
Migrants helped ashore from a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat, in Dungeness, England, (AFP)
The High Court of Justice therefore said yes. The British authorities will be able to send home, manu militari, the Rwandan asylum seekers who have crossed the
The Russian president, who announced the attachment of these four territories to Russia in September, called on the security services to “maximum concentration” to defend them.
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Rarely does Vladimir Putin acknowledge that a situation is less than ideal. But in a video, published on Tuesday December 20,
European energy ministers approve a mechanism that will cap wholesale gas prices. It will have taken several weeks of difficult discussions between the 27. Will households benefit directly?
A pipe at a gas storage site in Rehden (Germany). (PICTURE ALLIANCE / PICTURE ALLIANCE via GETTYIMAGES)
The mechanism decided in Brussels will not have a positive impact on individuals in the immediate future.
She and Richard Madden received the same salary for filming in the American series “Citadel”. A situation that has never happened in Bollywood where this Indian actress has shot around sixty films.
Indian actress Priyanka Chopra speaking with Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Committee, September 2022. (CONSOLIDATED NEWS PHOTOS / MAXPPP)
He is a true icon, in India and far beyond. Elected Miss World in the year 2000, she shot sixty films in Bollywood and a handful of others in Hollywood, including the latest Matrix.
Abstention reached a record level in the legislative elections on Saturday, proof, according to the opposition, of a major disavowal of the executive.
Political storm in Tunisia. The leader of the main coalition of opponents in Tunisia on Monday December 19 called on President Kais Saied to “leave immediately”, after the fiasco
The organization of this World Cup in Qatar has caused a lot of ink to flow. Critics and controversies have not shaken the peninsula, which was betting on its soft power to make the country a player on the international scene, without any naivety.
Qatar had a month to restore its image by hosting one of the biggest events in the world in the desert.
