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  Howling winds couldn’t stop Notre Dame Cathedral ‘s heart from beating again. With three resounding knocks on its doors by Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, wielding a specially designed crosier carved from fire-scorched beams, the monument roared back to life Saturday evening. For the first time since a devastating blaze nearly destroyed it in 2019, the towering Gothic masterpiece reopened for worship, its rebirth marked by song, prayer, and awe beneath its soaring arches. The ceremony, initially planned to begin on the forecourt, was moved entirely inside due to unusually fierce December winds sweeping across the Île de la Cité,…

  Police have released a major update into the disappearance of a teenager in London who vanished a month ago after her phone was snatched. Lilyanne Hook, 19, rang her parents from an unknown number on November 15 to say she was in Peckham before the call came to an abrupt end. She has had no contact with her family since, with her dad telling Metro ‘she has never gone two days without calling her mum’. The teenager had previously rang her parents on November 11 to let them know her phone had been snatched. But officers have now confirmed…

The head of a Syrian opposition war monitor says Syria’s President Bashar Assad has left the country to an undisclosed location. Rami Abdurrahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told The Associated Press that Mr Assad took a flight from Damascus early on Sunday. Mr Abdurrahman’s comments came after Syrian insurgents said they had entered Damascus, capping a stunning advance across the country, as residents of the capital reported sounds of gunfire and explosions. There was no immediate statement from the Syrian government. The insurgents also announced they had entered the notorious Saydnaya military prison north of the capital…

“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

In the spring, a person became infected with bird flu for the first time from a cow. There are now dozens of cases and H5N1 is spreading through the herds. There is not much that is missing that people become infected more easily – researchers are calling for close controls.What’s happening on US farms doesn’t just provide material for westerns or family dramas: virologists all over the world are currently keenly interested in what exactly is going on in American stables. In March 2024 it was observed for the first time that bird flu virus strains also infect cows. The…

The US promises Ukraine more weapons and ammunition worth almost a billion dollars. It may be one of the last aid packages before Donald Trump moves into the White House. 988 million dollars – USA sends drones, tanks and ammunition to Ukraine

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'