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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during the Saudi-French Business Forum during an official visit in Riyadh on December 3, 2024. JEANNE ACCORSINI / AFP French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday, December 3, that he and Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, would co-chair a conference on the establishment of a Palestinian state in June. “We have decided to co-chair a conference for the two states in June next year,” Macron said, referring to Israel and a potential Palestinian state. “In the coming months, together we will multiply and combine our diplomatic initiatives to bring everyone…

December is rich in choices in all areas of the performing arts in Paris and futher afield. There’s a stripped-down Shakespeare in Lyon, an almost complete The Satin Slipper in Paris, a dizzying Polyphemus in Versailles, the glorious voguing/waacking/hip hopping of dancer Amala Dianor and an abundance of children’s events in Le Havre. It’s enough to keep the long evenings lit up until Christmas. THEATER Haribo KimchiJaha Koo’s theatrical cuisine Artist Jaha Koo presents his show “Haribo Kimchi” at the Théâtre de la Bastille, Paris, in November 2024. BEA BORGES South Korean artist Jaha Koo had already made a name…

Exhausting weeks with only one day off, working as interns caring for dependent elderly people or doing housework. Without the right to vacations, without health or accident coverage and with just two consecutive hours a day to rest. The more than 185 victims of a criminal organization that, under the umbrella of a fictitious company, took advantage of immigrants in an irregular situation to offer care services to dependent people and cleaning services on the island of Mallorca worked under these conditions. Five people have been arrested accused of alleged crimes of labor exploitation, document falsification and favoring irregular immigration,…

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Leverkusen won the top game in the round of 16 of the DFB Cup. The defending champion won at FC Bayern. The Munich team had to do without the injured Harry Kane and also lost Manuel Neuer to an early dismissal.After goalkeeper Manuel Neuer’s bitter red debut, defending champions Bayer Leverkusen shot FC Bayern out of the DFB Cup. The Munich team, who dominated a poisonous round of 16 battle when they were outnumbered for a long time, suffered the most serious defeat in coach Vincent Kompany’s young term in office with a 0-1 (0-0). For the fifth time in…

The new cycle lane would go through Bank (Picture: Richard Baker/Getty) The plans for a new cycle lane through the City of london are set to transform major junctions through the financial area. The City of London Corporation has proposed to build a £4,500,000 stretch of new cycle lane between Aldgate and Blackfriars. Campaigners welcomed the plan, saying there is a ‘clear need,’ but that the upgrade should be delivered faster than by 2028 when it is estimated to be completed. The proposed route would run along St Bodolph Street, Aldgate Square, Leadenhall Street, Cornhill, Bank Junction and Queen Victoria…

Pete Hegseth will soon head the Pentagon. But doubts about the TV presenter’s suitability are growing louder. Now Donald Trump may have found an alternative – an old acquaintance. A high-profile personnel decision recently blew up in Donald Trump’s face. Even many loyal party soldiers could not imagine Matt Gaetz as Attorney General. The US President-elect quickly gave in . Now the next case of this kind is looming. Pete Hegseth is still officially slated to be Secretary of Defense in the new Trump cabinet. But doubts about the 44-year-old’s suitability are now so loud that there are initial reports…

Opposition lawmakers on Wednesday called for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down after Yoon succumbed to a vote against his shocking bid to implement martial law, calling the attempt an “insurrection”. South Korea's Suk Yeol pressured to resign after retracting martial law bid

President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers on Tuesday formally urged a New York state judge to drop the criminal case where he was convicted on 34 counts related to hush money paid to a former pornographic film actress in May this year. 

Actress Rose Ayling-Ellis, who made history on Strictly Come Dancing as the show’s first deaf contestant, is to receive a royal honour at Windsor Castle.The former EastEnders actress will be honoured by the Princess Royal on Wednesday alongside 60 others, including Hari Budha Magar – the first above-the-knee double-amputee to summit Mount Everest.Born deaf, Ayling-Ellis, 30, was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours for voluntary services to the deaf community.Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice (Jacob King/PA) The first deaf contestant to ever take part in Strictly, she won the 2021…