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☆ This small town in France is selling a house for 1 euro—applications are open, but there's a catch
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Towns in Italy have done it several times and now a small town in France is taking a second run at their own $1 home program. The French town of Saint-Amand-Montrond is selling a 828-square-foot house for 1 euro or $1.07 USD. The property also includes a courtyard and a garage, according to Ouest France, and is located in the city center of the small town. Much like with some of the other deals in Europe, this house needs serious work. It hasn't been lived in for 12 years, and the town estimates it will cost about $136,180 USD to renovate.

Persons: Amand, Montrond, hasn't, Francis Blondieau Organizations: Ouest France, Urban Planning Locations: Towns, Italy, France, Saint, Europe

☆ US mulls backing Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Sarah Morland | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. has said it is willing to introduce a resolution at the UN Security Council to authorize such a force. "We will be doing everything that we can to support that process and ensure swift passage of that resolution," Feinstein said. She said the U.S. would seek contributions such as personnel, equipment, training, financing or other support from countries across the world. Recommendations from an Aug. 15 UN report are likely to shape what the force would look like, she said. Haiti's government requested international security assistance last year and the UN has repeatedly voiced its support for a security force.

Persons: Ralph Tedy Erol, Haiti Barbara Feinstein, Feinstein, Haiti's, Sarah Morland, Grant McCool Organizations: Haitian National Police, U.S . Embassy, REUTERS, UN, State Department, State, Caribbean Affairs, UN Security Council, Thomson Locations: Port, Prince, Haiti, Kenya, United States, Haitian, U.S, Ouest

☆ Ancient stones removed in France to build new hardware store
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —An ancient stone site in western France has been removed to make way for a new hardware store, sparking criticism of the local mayor. The mayor of Carnac, Olivier Lepick, insisted he adhered to the law in granting planning permission for the new Mr Bricolage hardware store. “Whether it’s little or not, [the site] has an archaeological value,” Obeltz told CNN affiliate BFMTV. “There were not archaeological remains of sufficient value to reject planning permission,” the mayor said. On Thursday, French far right politician, Marine Le Pen retweeted a link to an article by local French newspaper, Ouest France, calling the removal “deplorable” and remarking that the French state “protects neither our citizens or our heritage.”

Persons: Olivier Lepick, Christian Obeltz, “, ” Obeltz, Lepick, ” Lepick, “ It’s, Mona Lisa, ” Organizations: CNN, Carnac, UNESCO, French Ministry of Culture, BFMTV, Ouest France Locations: France, France’s Brittany, Carnac

☆ A cluster of ancient neolithic standing stones in France were bulldozed to make way for a DIY store
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

39 ancient monoliths were swept away from a site in France to make room for a DIY store. The stones, thought to date back 7,000 years, are in a region famed for its standing stones. Montaubin is on the edge of the Carnac region of France famed for its menhirs, or ancient standing stones. The nearby tourist sites of Ménec, Kermario, and Kerlescan, which collectively hold around 3,000 ancient stones, are carefully managed. Mr BricolageThe UNESCO application, if it goes through, will see the sites more closely regulated.

Persons: —, Christian Obeltz, Olivier Lepick, Louise Chaulin, Mr Bricolage, Bricolage, Lepick, Obeltz Organizations: Service, UNESCO, Brittany Cultural Affairs Office, Agence France, Local Locations: France, Montaubin, Ouest, Carnac, Ménec, Brittany, UNESCO

☆ 24 Hours of Le Mans: 100 Years of Endurance and Innovation
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Phillip Horton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which was first held in May 1923 to help spur innovation in the growing automotive industry by emphasizing not just speed, but also efficiency, reliability and endurance. “It is a very demanding race, and the greatest race,” said Tom Kristensen, who has won Le Mans a record nine times. The Automobile Club de l’Ouest organized that first race, designing a course on public roads south of Le Mans that bisected forests and passed residential areas.

Persons: ”, Tom Kristensen, Le Locations: Le

☆ Haiti rights group decries 'inhumane' conditions in police jails
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 1 (Reuters) - Detainees in overcrowded cells in Haitian police stations are living in "inhumane, degrading conditions", a human rights group RNDDH said Thursday, with police relying on makeshift prisons amid insecurity and a crippled judicial system. Six police stations that the group RNDDH visited in Haiti's Ouest Department showed "very alarming" conditions, it said, urging immediate action from the judicial system, which has struggled for years and is facing strikes by staff calling for better work conditions. The rights group said many of the detainees in the Port-au Prince station had received no visits, reducing their access to food and water normally brought by relatives. Haiti has seen an escalation in violence by armed gangs, driving a humanitarian crisis that has displaced tens of thousands of people. Reporting by Sarah Morland in Mexico City and Harold Isaac in Port-au-Prince; editing by Robert BirselOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: RNDDH, Sarah Morland, Harold Isaac, Robert Birsel Organizations: Haiti's Ouest, Prince, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Haitian, Haiti's, Port, au Prince, Haiti, Mexico City

☆ Haiti's deadly vigilante movement sees decline in gang violence, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The situation in the Caribbean country remains extremely volatile as heavily armed gangs continue to drive a humanitarian crisis that has displaced tens of thousands amid frequent kidnappings for ransom, gang rapes, tortures and murders. The vigilante movement, known as "Bwa Kale", began after residents of the capital Port-au-Prince lynched and set fire to over a dozen suspected gang members in the early morning of April 24. "Without making a value judgment, the 'Bwa Kale' movement has in just one month produced convincing, visible results; fear has changed sides," CARDH said in the report. Port-au-Prince, which CARDH estimates is now 60% controlled by armed gangs, sits in Haiti's Ouest Department where most of vigilante killings that it recorded - including lynchings, stonings, beatings and burnings - took place. Bwa Kale, CARDH said, likely emerged from the extreme cruelty inflicted by gangs, the ineffectiveness of the government, police and army and lack of international action.

☆ Haiti activists urge U.S. to stop arms trafficking to gangs
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

March 8 (Reuters) - Haitian rights activists on Wednesday called for a stop to the trafficking of weapons into Haiti, as the Caribbean state faces a humanitarian crisis driven by gangs who rights groups say now control most of the country. Haiti does not produce weapons but boys are often seen carrying assault rifles, understood to be from the United States, said Guerline Jozef of migrant-focused non-profit the Haitian Bridge Alliance. "When we are receiving heavy weaponry from the United States and other international culprits, people can kill with impunity and we will not see accountability," she said at an event in Los Angeles. "If we can stop the flow of heavy weaponry into Haiti, then we can start to see relief in sight." Both Ducena and Solages rejected government assertions it had been helping thousands of women who survived sexual abuse.

☆ Schoolteacher stabbed to death by pupil in southwest France
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PARIS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - A teacher was stabbed to death by a 16-year-old pupil on Wednesday at a Roman Catholic high school in the town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz in southwestern France, local officials said. Pupils fled in panic after the stabbing, local newspaper Sud Ouest said. The Spanish-language teacher, a woman, was 50 years old, Sud Ouest said. Police arrested the pupil, who told another teacher he was possessed and heard voices that instructed him to attack the teacher, according to local media including BFM TV. Reporting by Layli Foroudi; writing by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Ingrid Melander; editing by Frank Jack Daniel and Mark HeinrichOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Rusia avertizează NATO să evite activităţile în zona arctică
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Rusia a avertizat, luni, Alianța Nord-Atlantică să evite activităţile militare în zona Oceanului Arctic, considerată de Moscova zonă de influenţă pentru apărarea țării. „Sunt zonele noastre, teritoriile noastre, noi răspundem. „Observăm critici referitoare la faptul că Rusia îşi intensifică activităţile militare în zona arctică. Lavrov a făcut aceste declarații înaintea unei reuniuni a Consiliului Arctic, un forum de discuţii pe teme economice şi geopolitice din care fac parte Rusia, Statele Unite, Canada, Danemarca, Suedia, Finlanda, Norvegia şi Islanda. Serghei Lavrov a pledat pentru intensificarea contactelor între comandanţii structurilor militare din Consiliul Arctic, „în scopul reducerii riscurilor pe plan militar”.Rusia a suplimentat capabilităţile militare în zona arctică în ultimii ani, instalând inclusiv sisteme antiaeriene de tip S-400.

Persons: Serghei Lavrov, Mediafax . Lavrov, Antony Blinken, Joseph Biden, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Alianța Nord, Mediafax, Consiliului, Consiliul Arctic Locations: Atlantică, Arctic, Moscova, Rusia, Consiliului Arctic, Statele Unite, Canada, Danemarca, Suedia, Finlanda, Norvegia, Islanda, american, SUA

☆ Trei jurnaliști europeni au fost asasinați de terorişti islamişti, în Burkina Faso
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-27 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Trei jurnalişti europeni, doi cetăţeni spanioli şi un irlandez, au fost asasinaţi de terorişti islamişti, în cursul unui atac produs în Burkina Faso, afirmă surse din cadrul serviciilor de securitate locale, citate de Agenţia France-Presse şi de cotidianul Ouest-France. Persoanele din imaginile difuzate de grupuri armate au fost identificate ca fiind cei trei occidentali dispăruţi de ieri”, a declarat marţi un oficial din cadrul serviciilor de securitate din Burkina Faso. Premierul Spaniei, Pedro Sanchez, a confirmat moartea a doi jurnalişti spanioli. Avem toată afecţiunea pentru rudele şi apropiaţii lui David B. şi Roberto F., asasinaţi în Burkina Faso”, a transmis marţi Pedro Sanchez, prin Twitter. Atacul terorist nu a fost revendicat, dar în Burkina Faso sunt active numeroase grupuri islamiste afiliate reţelelor teroriste Al-Qaida în Magrebul Islamic şi Stat Islamic.

Persons: Spaniei, Pedro Sanchez, David B ., Roberto F, - Qaida Locations: Burkina Faso, France, spanioli

☆ Familia lui Michael Schumacher plătește o avere pentru tratamentul fostului pilot! Decizia luată de Corinna Schumacher
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-19 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesFamilia lui Michael Schumacher plătește o avere pentru tratamentul fostului pilot! Tratamentul septuplului campion mondial din Formula 1 costă o avere, însă soția sa, Corinna Schumacher, nu se dă bătută. Starea de sănătate a lui Michael Schumacher rămâne un mister pentru publicul larg, familia acestuia nedorind să ofere foarte multe detalii despre acest aspect. Astfel, pentru a-și permite în continuare să-și îngrijească soțul la cele mai înalte standarde, Corinna Schumacher a fost nevoită să renunțe la unele dintre proprietățile familiei. De atunci și până în prezent, Michael Schumacher a intrat într-un proces de recuperare, însă progresele au fost minime.

Persons: Michael Schumacher, Corinna Schumacher Michael Schumacher, Corinna Schumacher, Schumacher Organizations: Ferrari Locations: Norvegia, Elveția, Grenoble

☆ Momentul în care un grup de tineri urcă pe fațada unei clădiri din Franța pentru a salva o familie dintr-un incendiu (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-31 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Mai multe saltele au fost puse la baza clădirii, iar copilul de șase luni al cuplului a fost aruncat pe ele. Fetița a fost transportată la spital în stare critică, dar se va recupera complet. Kenza Zekkar, liderul organizației pentru tineri Bien-être et solidarité Pays de la Loire, a declarat pentru BBC că ea a organizat operațiunea de salvare a familiei. A fost lansată și o petiție online la adresa președintelui Emmanuel Macron, cerându-se "onoare și recunoașterea faptelor eroilor din Bottière". Mamoudou Gassama a primit ulterior cetățenia franceză și a fost decorat de președintele Emmanuel Macron.

Persons: Kenza, Emmanuel Macron, Gassama Organizations: BBC, France, Organizația Locations: francez Nantes, Loire, Mali, Paris

☆ Во Франции расследуют смерть студента после вакцинации препаратом AstraZeneca
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-24 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Медицинские власти Франции расследуют причины смерти 24-летнего студента через несколько дней после вакцинации препаратом AstraZeneca, сообщает национальное агентство по безопасности лекарственных препаратов (ANSM). Он получил вакцину 8 марта и скончался через десять дней в своей квартире. Вскрытие тела, проведенное по поручению прокуратуры Нанта, показало, что причиной смерти стало внутреннее кровоизлияние, вызванное тромбом, пишет газета. Ранее ряд стран Евросоюза в качестве меры предосторожности решили приостановить использование вакцины AstraZeneca в связи с единичными случаями развития тромбозов у получивших прививку. Через три дня премьер-министр Франции Жан Кастекс, опираясь на выводы Европейского агентства лекарственных средств (EMA) о безопасности вакцины AstraZenecа, сообщил, что использование препарата будет возобновлено.

Persons: Жан Кастекс Organizations: Европейское агентство лекарственных средств () Locations: Франция, Нант, Евросоюз

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