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Hurricane Chido has devastated the Mayotte archipelago and fears of looters are growing. Now Emmanuel Macron is traveling to the French overseas territory – whose prime minister is under pressure. The situation in Mayotte remains extremely tense, and the consequences of “Chido” are still unclear. After the devastating cyclone in the French overseas territory,  the Interior Ministry has imposed a night-time curfew to prevent looting. It applies between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., the ministry announced in Paris on Tuesday. On the Mayotte archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 21 deaths have been reported in the island’s only hospital. According to Prime Minister François…

An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run “machinery of death” under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in which he estimated more than 100,000 people were tortured and murdered since 2013. FRANCE 24’s Morgan Ayre reports. Syrian mass graves expose “machinery of death” under Assad, top prosecutor says

The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO has been indicted on 11 charges, including murder as an act of terrorism, authorities announced on Tuesday. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the CEO’s death “was a killing that was intended to evoke terror. And we’ve seen that reaction.” The suspect, Luigi M., already was charged with murder in the killing of Brian Thompson, but the terror allegation is new. Bragg addressed the media during a news conference, calling Thompson’s slaying a “brazen, targeted and premeditated shooting.” “This was a frightening, well-planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation,” Bragg…

Europe, Japan and the US lead in power network patents, with China emerging as a strong player in smart grids New patents to integrate artificial intelligence into power grids have grown sixfold in recent years, with the United States and China leading the way in AI for smart grid development, according to a new study by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the International Energy Agency (IEA). The report, Patents for Enhanced Electricity Grids, shows how patents for electricity grid technologies have surged over the past two decades as advances in digital integration and the rollout of clean energy sources…

Casualty figures from the earthquake which hit Vanuatu are expected with damage expected to hamper aid efforts.At least 14 people died following Tuesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake, which caused widespread damage and injured hundreds of people across the South Pacific island nation, officials said on Wednesday, with the figure expected to rise.Speaking from Fiji, the Asia-Pacific head of the International Federation of Red Cross’ Katie Greenwood said it was not clear how many people were still missing.“We have anecdotal information coming from people at the search and rescue site that are fairly confident that unfortunately those numbers will rise,” she said,…

Hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion has asked a court to issue a restraining order against Tory Lanez, who she says is harassing her from prison through surrogates as he serves a 10-year sentence for shooting her in the feet. The petition filed in Los Angeles Superior Court asks the judge to prevent Canadian rapper Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, from using third parties to continue the same online harassment of Megan, whose legal name is Megan Pete, that he engaged in and encouraged before his imprisonment. “Even now, while behind bars, Mr Peterson shows no signs of stopping,”…

A watch worn by French war-time hero and president Charles de Gaulle fetched more than half a million euros as part of an auction of his personal items in Paris, auction house Artcurial said. The €537,920 ($564,000) sale price on Monday evening set a worldwide record for a watch by 150-year-old French brand LIP. The manufacturer, based in Besançon in eastern France, still produces a “General de Gaulle” watch thanks to the patronage of the man regarded as the country’s greatest modern statesman. Monday’s auction of de Gaulle memorabilia by Artcurial, which included letters, a book manuscript and even a…

Since the start of the Pelicot mass rape trial, there has been talk of the defendants’ sexuality. In particular, the defense and experts invited to take the stand have pointed out that 50 men on trial fall outside the “norm” when it comes to their sexual tendencies – that which places sexuality within an affective, monogamous and heterosexual relationship. Libertarianism, swinging, pornography consumption, candaulism and, more generally, paraphilias – a psychiatric term for unusual sexual practices – were all interpreted as signs of sexual disorders in the defendants, which could excuse their conduct. While the context of the rapes and…

The Madrid College of Physicians (Icomem) has a new president. Doctor in General Medicine Tomás Merina was elected with 47% of the votes registered in the 39 polling stations located in different parts of the Community, beating Dr. Esther Rubio, who accounted for 27% of the vote, and the current president, the Dr. Manuel Martínez-Sellés, who was relegated to last place with 25%. Merina’s election is crucial for Madrid doctors, many of whom have distanced themselves from the highest institution that represents them due to Martínez-Sellés’ management. Icome for everyonethe name given to the candidacy of the now president, pointed…

Some photos from Google Street View showing a person carrying a voluminous white plastic bag in the trunk of a maroon car could have been one of the keys to solving the crime. A woman and her current partner have been arrested by the National Police for allegedly killing and dismembering her husband , a man of Cuban origin who had been missing for months and whose remains were found on Tuesday in the cemetery of the Soria municipality of Andaluz. According to municipal and investigative sources who confirmed this to EFE, the National Police had been investigating the disappearance of the…