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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived on Saturday, December 7, in Paris for the grand reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral, sources told Agence France-Presse (AFP), where he could have his first face-to-face meeting with US president-elect Donald Trump. A source in the Ukrainian delegation confirmed Zelensky’s arrival to Agence France-Presse (AFP), saying the president would stay until Saturday night, but would not comment on the possibility of a meeting with Trump. It added Zelensky will also meet French President Emmanuel Macron. Zelensky, one of around 40 heads of state and government attending the ceremony, is due to meet with Macron at 5…

The reopening of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral on the weekend of December 7 and 8, 2024, five years after a fire on April 15, 2019, devastated the building, promises to be a grand event and a high-security affair. Around 50 heads of state and government are expected, including American president-elect Donald Trump and Jill Biden. The celebrations, beginning Saturday afternoon, will include both religious rituals and a star-studded classical music concert after the service. French President Emmanuel Macron will also address the VIP guests. Two masses are planned for Sunday. The program for Saturday, December 7: 6:15 pm Paris…

The old monastery of Sant Miquel dels Reis, seat of the Valencian Library and the Valencian Academy of Language.Monica TorresThere is hidden within Borges’s Aleph an infinite world. One looks inside and can contemplate in it all the times merged: the past, the present, the future. See the All. Unlimited. Both.There is an Aleph in Valencia and Antoni Tordera has told it. A stone building that has been a Muslim farmhouse, monastery, school, mendicants’ corner, pantheon of the vicereine of a forgotten kingdom, prison for common prisoners, prison for political prisoners, headquarters of an immense library with the most valuable…

The minister has been proclaimed leader of the PSM after the abrupt end of Juan Lobato and assumes the most difficult mission of Spanish socialism: confronting the hegemonic leadership of Isabel Díaz Ayuso Read Óscar López’s enthusiasm surprises and convinces the PSOE: "In the PP they are very surplus and that is the best way to fail"

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s party said on Sunday it had “effectively obtained” a promise from the leader to step down, despite the fact he survived an impeachment vote on Saturday hours after making a public apology for briefly imposing martial law. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered outside parliament during the vote to call for Yoon’s removal from office. South Korea president to resign despite surviving impeachment vote, party says

Was it to speak in his ear between the opening of the doors and the Te Deum? Donald Trump had initially insisted on sitting next to Emmanuel Macron at Notre-Dame’s reopening on Saturday, December 7. Although protocol remained discreet until the last minute about the seating arrangements, the American president-elect and the head of state are due to meet in this unlikely setting, five years after the fire that ravaged the cathedral in 2019. A dinner is scheduled to follow at the Elysée, in the company of the 50 or so world leaders present, including Jill Biden, the wife of…

In the foreground, the baptistery of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, designed by French artist and designer Guillaume Bardet. Paris, November 29, 2024. CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON / AFP This weekend marks a new milestone in the thousand-year history of Notre-Dame de Paris. “This is it,” said an excited Emmanuel Macron, on November 29, when he visited the cathedral a week before its official reopening. “The shock of the reopening will be, I believe – and I want to believe – as strong as that of the fire, but it will be a shock of hope,” he said. These words look to…

The Castro family—married couple and three children—enthusiastically walk down Gran Vía for the third time that day. From top to bottom again and again. From Plaza de España to Cibeles and start again, following the Christmas lights. The couple, born in Ecuador, and the children, in Torrejón, now snake along the right side, among a crowd that packed Spain’s main commercial avenue last week to see the Christmas lighting. When they get bored of the lights, the figure of a soccer player appears in the window of one store, a nougat tasting in another, or photos of a musical a…

The social democratic wing of the party gathers new support after the Federal Congress of Seville Read Socialist leaders and officials activate to assemble the "post-Sanchism": "The idea that the classic PSOE will not return cannot penetrate"

After five years of intense restoration works following a devastating fire, the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris reopened its doors on Saturday evening. With a symbolic three knocks from Archbishop Laurent Ulrich and a standing ovation for the heroes who saved it, the cathedral’s rebirth was marked by a moving ceremony of song, prayer, and celebration. Paris unveils famed Notre-Dame Cathedral after mammoth five-year reconstruction

The small Mexican mountain town of La Rumorosa is at its most beautiful when the dying sun bathes it in a clean, soft, orange light. Or pink, depending on the day. Whatever color, the landscape seems more innocent. As if nothing disturbing could happen there.At that innocent hour, looking for Jaime Maussan Flota Avenue, I come across two ladies out for a walk. They can’t tell me exactly where this avenue is, but they tell me that at night the sky there is clear and star-lit. And that they have seen strange things that could be flying saucers. They say…

“We certainly don’t want to copy Starbucks, we’re part of the third wave of coffee shops,” said Carlos Eisler. The message from the chief operating officer of Japanese coffee shop chain % Arabica came as no surprise to the American behemoth, the world leader in the sector which is struggling to regain growth. Since October 1, a % Arabica coffee shop has settled in Paris, a stone’s throw from the Cirque d’Hiver in the 11th arrondissement. The percentage sign attached to the brand actually represents two coffee cherries separated by a stem. The brand is returning after its first opening…

President Emmanuel Macron hosted three-way talks with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky and US President-elect Donald Trump in Paris on Saturday, December 7. Trump held talks with Macron inside the Elysée Palace ahead of the re-opening ceremony for Notre-Dame Cathedral, with Zelensky then arriving and immediately joining them. The trio posed for a picture but made no further public comment before starting the talks. When he arrived at the Elysée, US President-elect Donald Trump said that the world was “a little crazy” as he met Macron. The two men embraced and shook hands several times on the steps of the French…

Starting next Tuesday, a provisional road will restore road traffic on the CV-36 between Torrent, Alaquàs and Aldaia on the last road in the Valencian autonomous network of the 18 affected by the damage of October 29, as announced by this Saturday the president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, during his visit to the viaduct works. With its opening, circulation is recovered on the 47.3 kilometers of roads cut off by floods.The provisional road, which opens on December 10, has a length of 510 meters and two lanes, one in each direction, to cross the Poyo ravine between the municipalities…

“For some more or less timid, prudent or idealistic cadres, the PSOE will transcend Sánchez” Read A breath of post-sanchism floats in the bunker

Syrian rebels said Sunday that President Bashar al-Assad had fled the country, calling on citizens abroad to return to a “free Syria” and saying that Damascus was free of the “tyrant”. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments. Live: Syria rebels say 'tyrant' Bashar al-Assad has 'fled'

The Archbishop of Paris re-opened Notre-Dame Cathedral on Saturday, December 7, by symbolically knocking on the doors and entering the 12th-century landmark, which has been restored after five years of renovations following a devastating fire in 2019.

France on Saturday, December 7, re-opened the doors of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral after a five-year closure, in a ceremony celebrating the rebirth of the Paris landmark ravaged by a devastating fire in 2019. Rescue workers walk past the main entrance of Notre-Dame on Saturday morning. THIBAULT CAMUS / AP Soldiers patrol in front of Notre-Dame on Saturday moring. LOUISE DELMOTTE / AP French President Emmanuel Macron scored a major coup by attracting US President-elect Donald Trump, on his first foreign trip since his election. He was joined by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for three-way talks at the Elysée Palace.…

Two young people play on the beach in Barcelona during the last wind storm, in an archive image.Toni Albir ((EPA) EFE)The change in weather in Catalonia is leaving this weekend with an episode of strong winds throughout the territory and significant snowfall in the Pyrenees. This Saturday, as reported by Civil Protection on social networks, a woman was seriously injured in Cornellà de Llobregat (Barcelona) when a tree fell on her due to the wind. Three units of the emergency service have transferred the woman to the Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona.The storm has also had an impact on circulation.…

Four out of ten Spaniards hold the Consell responsible for the management of the tragedy and more than a third also point out the central government. Read Mazón should resign for his management of DANA according to 65% of Valencians and 47% of his voters

Former American president Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Trump Tower in New York on September 27, 2024. JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON / AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President-elect Donald Trump could meet this weekend in Paris, where both leaders are to attend the re-opening of Notre Dame cathedral, a Ukrainian official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday, December 6. This would be the first meeting between the two since the election of Trump, who has claimed he will secure a ceasefire within 24 hours in the Russia-Ukraine war. His comments have raised fears he would…

Let’s set aside the exaggerations. The objections concerning the “feminists in front of the courthouse, a knife between their teeth.” The suggestions to expatriate them “to Afghanistan,” “to Iran,” “to Yemen,” on the grounds that “they’ll have work there.” the reckless comparisons equating the accused – whose names have been published on the walls of the southern city of Avignon, where the trial is taking place, and on social media – to Jews during WWII, with comments like, “What’s next? Do we put little stars on them?” Let’s set aside the lectures in feminism professed by these older gentlemen who,…

Everything happened on the same day, the 46th anniversary of the Constitution, in the same parliamentary headquarters decorated for the party and just a few minutes apart. First, the leader of the opposition, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, arrived, supported by his territorial barons, with the Madrid-born Isabel Díaz Ayuso on the front line. The president of the PP approached the microphone installed this Friday in the courtyard of Congress and unloaded his dark diagnosis: we are in a country where the Government “occupies the institutions of the State”, “does not respect the Cortes”, “deteriorates judicial independence”. ” and “is willing to…

Updated Friday, December 6, 2024 – 14:19Former Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos has asked the Supreme Court to postpone his voluntary declaration scheduled for next December 12 in the call Koldo casesince you need more time to study the summary.In a letter, Ábalos’ defense explains that he accessed the entire case this Thursday “around 2:00 p.m.” and needs time to “take due account” of the “extensive volume of the case.”The lawyer explains that this Tuesday he tried to access the summary electronically, but that he could not consult the file through this procedure. For this reason, a representative of…

Forty years ago some of the world biggest music stars joined together under the name Band Aid to record a fundraiser single for Africa. The song, Do They Know It’s Christmas, was a global smash and still a holiday perennial. But its rerelease on the fortieth anniversary has put a spotlight on the damaging story it told about Africa. We look at how voices on the continent are now pushing back against the narrative of helplessness. Yes, we know it's Christmas: pushing back against the Band Aid narrative