Cameroon: President Paul Biya returns after more than two months of absence
After a record length stay in Switzerland, President Paul Biya returned on the evening of Thursday August 20 to Yaoundé, Cameroon, AFP journalists noted. His absence, which lasted 73 days, fueled speculation about his state of health and reignited the…
1998 Vikings ranked among best teams to miss out on a Super Bowl
The 1998 Minnesota Vikings team is arguably the best in franchise history. They had one of the best offenses of that era, led by Randall Cunningham, and had both Cris Carter and Randy Moss playing wide receiver. The defense was no slouch, either, as they…
Trump plan for Gaza: Jared Kushner tries to break the deadlock, but without obtaining guarantees in Israel
Jared Kushner (second from left), during his meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi (center), in El-Alamein (Egypt), August 16, 2026. EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY VIA REUTERS Jared Kushner spent an hour and a half with Hamas officials in Egypt on…
Besançon. Want to give your point of view on what the city is doing?
The name could be less forbidding but it is like this: the participatory democracy body of Grand Besançon Métropole is called “participative development council” (CDP). The structure can have up to 150 members, including residents of the city,…
Donald Trump announces he will meet Kim Jong-un in 2026
Not long ago, Donald Trump praised his good relationship with the North Korean leader. He announced on Wednesday that he would meet Kim Jong-un this year. This meeting could, according to some experts, take place in November on the sidelines of the Apec…
A mousetrap in Paris: the raid of August 20, 1941 remained in the shadow of that of the Vél d’Hiv
“I am in this camp so far from you. Like a criminal I am being guarded, but my thoughts fly over the rooftops.” On December 31, 1942, Berek Grimbaum wrote a letter to his wife Chaja from the Drancy internment camp. “My wife, my darling children.…
Cade Cavalli has second double-digit strikeout game in row as Nationals beat Rangers 6-0
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Cade Cavalli struck out 11 over six innings for his second double-digit strikeout game in a row and retired the final 11 batters he faced as Washington beat Texas 6-0 on Wednesday night. Cavalli (11-5) limited the Rangers to three…
Ecuadorian intelligence chief, close to President Noboa, dies in helicopter crash in Kenya
Michele Sensi-Contugi, in Quito, June 18, 2024. RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP Ecuador’s intelligence chief, Michele Sensi-Contugi, died on Wednesday August 19 in a helicopter accident in Kenya. A total of seven people died when the plane carrying them on an…
Presidential election 2027. French debt: Le Pen denounces “record rates” and the “record” of macronism
The National Rally’s presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen, was alarmed on Wednesday by the “record rates” of French debt, the highest in almost twenty years, and promised to “clean out the Augean stables” of public finances…
Meta trial in California: the social media giant accused of having “baited” children
Did Meta “bait” children on Instagram and Facebook by “hiding the truth”, or task its teams with identifying and resolving excessive usage problems? The first federal trial against the social media giant opened Tuesday in Oakland, near San Francisco,…
