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Bernard Arnault, head of LVMH, leaves a Paris courthouse on November 28, 2024. STEPHANE MAHE/REUTERS On the morning of Thursday, November 28, in front of a packed courtroom in Paris, a leading figure took the stand. The head of the LVMH luxury goods group, Bernard Arnault, appeared with the rosette on a gold braid of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor pinned to his suit lapel. He was summoned to appear as a witness in the trial of former intelligence boss Bernard Squarcini and nine others. The 10 defendants are on trial for charges ranging from “unlawful employment…

He remembers it with special affection. After playing in a more than notable World Cup in Brazil, James Rodríguez, the brilliant new star of the Colombian team, appears in the summer of 2014 in front of his new fans. It doesn’t do it anyway. For the occasion, the Santiago Bernabéu opens its doors and dresses in its best clothes. The public responds: nearly 50,000 fans, the vast majority Colombians, dressed in the team’s tricolor shirt, receive their new idol, a young man born in Cúcuta, in the northeast of the country who, with his exquisite left foot, makes them feel…

He disassociates himself from the documents that Lobato took to the Supreme Court: it was “in four media” Read Óscar López accelerates his candidacy against Ayuso and plans to launch it in the coming days

Job cuts, falling production, gloomy forecasts: “Germany’s deindustrialization is progressing,” warns WELT editor-in-chief Ulf Poschardt. In the podcast “Make Economy Great Again” he and economist Daniel Stelter discuss strategies against relegation. Make Economy Great Again: “We are destroying the landscape with these horrible solar fields”

The peace obligation expired during the night: now there are strikes at Volkswagen. According to IG Metall, work will soon be temporarily suspended at all locations. The company “cannot overlook” this. Peace obligation over at VW: Warning strikes threaten “in all plants”

Icelanders are heading to the polls after their three-party coalition government collapsed last month. The election comes amid rising concerns over the economy, housing, and immigration, with voters hoping for change. Guillaume Gougeon reports. Icelanders head to the polls in snap election

Within the labyrinth of family courts, a chilling paradox persists: mothers, who should be lauded for their courage in denouncing the abuse suffered by their children, often find themselves exposed to paroxysmal institutional violence. These women, often referred to as “protective mothers,” see their role as protective parents distorted and their rights restricted by institutions meant to ensure justice and safety. But how can processes designed to protect sometimes reproduce the very mechanisms of abuse they are supposed to combat—or even generate new ones? An Intolerable and Systemic Reality In France, according to the Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual…

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce loyalist to upend America’s premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of perceived “conspirators.” It is the latest bombshell Mr Trump has thrown at the Washington establishment and a test for how far Senate Republicans will go in confirming his nominees. “I am proud to announce that Kashyap “Kash” Patel will serve as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” Mr Trump posted on Saturday night on Truth Social. “Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and ‘America First’ fighter who has spent…

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce loyalist to upend America’s premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of perceived “conspirators.”It is the latest bombshell Mr Trump has thrown at the Washington establishment and a test for how far Senate Republicans will go in confirming his nominees.“I am proud to announce that Kashyap “Kash” Patel will serve as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” Mr Trump posted on Saturday night on Truth Social. “Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and ‘America First’ fighter who has spent his career…

Emmanuel Macron in the nave of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, November 29, 2024. CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/AFP “We did it”: On Friday, November 29, Emmanuel Macron was so moved by the success of his gamble that he couldn’t wait any longer. A week before the grand ceremony scheduled for December 7 to mark the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral, to which some 100 heads of state will be invited, the French president savored, almost on his own, the results of the huge work undertaken by craftsmen, artisans, carpenters, master glassmakers, rope makers and other experts in historic monuments to restore the architectural jewel,…