Author: News Desk

US President-elect Donald Trump will attend the weekend reopening of the restored Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, which was ravaged by a 2019 fire, he said Monday, December 2.

  The world was quiet from this height. The air was crisp. Cumulonimbus clouds, drifting away toward Montmartre, revealed the blue of the sky. A gull cried, flying upstream along the Seine. Following the brisk steps of Philippe Jost, the man heading the public agency Rebâtir Notre-Dame (“Rebuilding Notre-Dame”), we passed through the scaffolding surrounding the cathedral, crossed the attic, walked along the magnificent fully reconstructed wooden frame and finally climbed the narrow spiral staircase leading to the very heart of the spire. From this solitary vantage point, the scale of the work achieved unfolded before us. Beneath our feet,…

The public bathrooms, actually private, at the Atocha station and so many other stations make me very angry. They relax, there is soft music and warm light, curved and shiny finishes. You could die in them. Above all, they are very clean, as station bathrooms usually are, as squalid as trenches. You pay a euro to cool off or do those secret things that we all do. A euro that not everyone can or wants to pay. A big piss for pissing. Neoliberal capitalism manages to make everything profitable, even the excretory system: cash from piss. This privatization of bathrooms,…

EC threatened his own boss with the sexual assault complaint that he then directed against another colleague, and which has already been filed Read The ‘Tecnocasa raped woman’ is condemned for threatening her boss, who had just fired her, with accusing him of a false sexual assault as revenge

The Jaguar brand wants to reinvent itself and has caused irritation with a campaign that does not contain any cars. A spectacular show car has now been unveiled in Miami, which is intended to provide a preview of future models. The strikingly long front hood is a clear reminiscence of the E-Type, the legendary sports car that celebrated its premiere at the Geneva Motor Show in 1961 and even counted Enzo Ferrari among its admirers. Otherwise, it takes a bit of imagination to recognize the show car, which was unveiled on Monday evening against a pink backdrop in Miami’s design…

More and more women are withdrawing from local politics, and the reason is also bad hostility: Ricarda Lang and Dorothee Bär complain about this on ARD – and explain how they themselves deal with insults. “Tough but fair”: Ricarda Lang and Dorothee Bär warn of the dangers of online hate comments

The president of the International Criminal Court lashed out Monday against attacks on the court, which finds itself under the spotlight after issuing arrest warrants over wars in Gaza and Ukraine. The ICC has faced criticism in some quarters after judges issued an arrest warrant last month for Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence minister, and a top Hamas leader. We speak to Anthony Dworkin, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. ICC president hits back at 'attacks', 'threats'

Iranian-backed militias from Iraq have entered Syria to assist the government’s counteroffensive against rebels who have taken control of Aleppo, the largest city. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in Britain, approximately 200 Iraqi militiamen traveling in pickups crossed into Syria overnight. “These are fresh reinforcements being sent to aid our comrades on the front lines in the north,” a senior military official told the Reuters news agency. Syria’s government and allies bomb rebel-held territoriesTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Fighting continues around Aleppo and Idlib Led…

The Emir of Qatar will begin a two-day state visit to the UK hosted by the King.Charles will welcome Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and the first of his three wives, Sheikha Jawaher, during a ceremony of pomp and pageantry staged in Whitehall.But missing will be Queen Camilla who, on Monday evening, pulled out of the official open-air greeting on Horse Guards Parade and a carriage ride back to Buckingham Palace, due to lingering effects of a recent viral chest infection.Queen Camilla contracted the illness a month ago following her long-haul trip to Australia and Samoa (Aaron Chown/PA) Camilla…

Hard-pressed families in Cork and around the country are facing the choice of heating their home or buying food on any given day, a leading charity has said.The Society of St Vincent De Paul (SVP) said it continues to receive a high volume of calls, particularly as we head towards Christmas.“The main thing is having enough money to cover food on the table and heat their homes, but trying to manage Christmas at the same time is difficult,” said SVP’s southwest regional co-ordinator Gerry Garvey.“In a country that’s comfortably well-off, we should ensure that families have a basic standard of…