Author: Frank Deux

Frank Deux is an editor at the French news desk for WTX news.

The latest survey of the 40dB institute. for EL PAÍS and Cadena SER shows that the party that rises the most after the devastating damage in Valencia is Vox, with almost three percentage points more than in the previous barometer. The party chaired by Santiago Abascal achieved 13.1% in vote estimates, which represents an improvement of almost one point compared to the result obtained in the general elections of July 2023. The PP, which in…

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  Of course, nothing went according to plan. The Elysée had its dreams, but the weather made sure of this. On Saturday, December 7, the risk of a storm, with the wind blowing violently and the heavy rain forecast for the evening, forced the State and Church authorities to make a strategic and concerted withdrawal into the cathedral for the reopening ceremony of Notre-Dame de Paris, which had been so carefully planned. If you could…

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An electric fatbike rider, Place de la Bastille, Paris, October 22, 2024. FLORIAN THÉVENARD FOR THE WORLD It’s a sound that cyclists have learned to pick out amid the urban chaos. A “zzzz” coupled with the scrape of tires on the ground sparks concern on bicycle paths. Before they’ve fully turned their heads or checked their mirrors, the vehicle is already beside them, before speeding away. With its motocross-like appearance, huge knobbly tires and bulky…

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Kylian Mbappé says he reacted with disbelief when he saw media reports from Sweden two months ago that he was the subject of a rape investigation. The Real Madrid star spoke about the case publicly for the first time in an interview that aired Sunday, December 8, on French TV station Canal Plus. Several Swedish media reported in October that Mbappé was the subject of a rape investigation following a visit to Stockholm during time…

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Queues on the AP-7, in a file image.EfeThe return operation of the Purísima bridge coincided this Sunday with the episode of wind and snow that Catalonia is suffering this weekend. The significant snowfalls in the Pyrenees, which have left thicknesses of up to 40 centimeters at the highest levels and temperatures below zero, have been combined with winds of more than 100 kilometers per hour in several Catalan regions. The emergency service has received about…

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The material provided by the employer Victor de Aldama in the Supreme Court gives rise to new lines of research in the so-called Koldo caseamong them the alleged corruption that would have emanated from the Ministry of Transport through public works concessions when the former Secretary of Organization of the PSOE was in charge of this portfolio. Furthermore, the Aldama papers They also open another new judicial front to Ábalos for the acquisition of a…

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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…

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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.…

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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,…

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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"

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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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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

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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…

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“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…

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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…

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