The first private mission to the International Space Station has taken off
Three businessmen and a former NASA astronaut took off on Friday, April 8, aboard a SpaceX rocket for the first entirely private mission to the International Space Station, where they will stay for just over a week.
To protect humanity, NASA will divert the trajectory of an asteroid as a test
It is a scenario worthy of Hollywood, and yet very real. NASA is preparing to launch a new mission on Tuesday night: by launching a spacecraft at 24,000 km/h against an asteroid, it hopes to modify its trajectory and thus help humanity protect itself from a potential collision in the future.
Crew Dragon capsule and astronauts reach the ISS
The four astronauts who left Cape Canaveral on Wednesday with a SpaceX rocket arrived safely at the ISS, the International Space Station, on Thursday, around 00:30. This is what the American space agency NASA said on Thursday night, about twenty hours after the departure of the quartet.
Coronavirus in North Korea: Kim Jong Un blasts health authorities and mobilizes the army
Kim Jong Un on Monday blasted North Korea's health authorities for their handling of the Covid-19 outbreak, which has killed 50 people since it officially appeared in the country, and ordered the military to mobilize.
Abortion debate reignited in Canada
Thousands of anti-abortion activists marched through the streets of Canada's capital Ottawa on Thursday to oppose the right to abortion, which in the neighboring country is threatened by an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Breaking News
Shooting in a church in the United States: one dead and four seriously injured
One person died and four were critically injured in a church shooting in California on Sunday, Orange County police said, a day after a mass shooting in New York state that left 10 people dead. Parishioners were attending a banquet after a morning church service when the gunman began his rampage, authorities said.
Racist killing in New York State: at least 10 dead, killer arrested
An 18-year-old white man opened fire Saturday in a New York State supermarket, killing at least ten people, most of them African Americans, as authorities denounced another racially motivated killing by a white supremacist.
Seeing the black hole at the center of our galaxy is just the beginning, says researcher Katie Bouman
At just 33 years old, Katie Bouman has already been involved in two huge scientific feats: after revealing the first image of a black hole in 2019, she again played a key role in the never-before-seen image revealed Thursday of the black hole at the center of our own galaxy, called Sagittarius A.
Presidential election: Macron or Le Pen? Overseas France is already voting
The polling stations open Sunday morningin mainland France. The first results will be published on Sunday evening from 8 pm. Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen? The first voters from overseas and abroad are voting this Saturday, time difference obliges, for a presidential election with crucial issues. Before the opening of polling stations Sunday morning in metropolitan France for this second round very expected.
Presidential 2022: a great debate that turns short between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen
Everything was in place: the dramatic tension had been skilfully maintained for several days and this Wednesday evening, the actors were ready. This return match between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen for the French presidency, five years after a first televised duel, was to be decisive.
Indebted by her campaign, Valérie Pécresse calls the French for an emergency aid: here is the amount collected by the ex-candidate LR!
Indebted, Valérie Pécresse had appealed to the generosity of the French to pay back her campaign. Valérie Pécresse, former candidate LR, had appealed to the French to complete the financing of its campaign, at the end of which it had failed to collect 5% of the votes in the first round.
Celebrity
Queen Elizabeth II cheered at first major event of her Jubilee
Queen Elizabeth II was cheered Sunday night when she appeared at a horse show in Windsor, the first major event of her platinum jubilee celebrating 70 years on the throne.
New Delhi drowned under a thick toxic fog after the festival of Diwali
New Delhi was on Friday enveloped in a thick toxic fog the day after Diwali, Hindu festival of lights, celebrated with multitudes of oil lamps and candles that burned all night with a lot of firecrackers, although banned for sale.
Health
Sleep: here's how much sleep you should get on the weekend to stay healthy
Ah, the weekend! You look forward to it so you can sleep late but beware, this habit could be detrimental to the proper functioning of your body. Indeed, trying to get some sleep by sleeping in on Saturday and Sunday is not a good idea. In addition, it will not make you feel any better than before because it will only make you feel better in the moment.
Cause of Alzheimer's disease progression in the brain discovered
Clusters of toxic proteins, thought to be responsible for the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease, reach different areas of the brain and accumulate there over decades, according to a new study published Friday.
France
Presidential election 2022: Emmanuel Macron sworn in as president for a second five-year term
President Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated as president on Saturday for a second five-year term, with many challenges ahead, from bridging the social divide to the aftermath of the war in Ukraine.
Presidential 2022: Emmanuel Macron promises a refounded method to be the president of all
Emmanuel Macron, re-elected president of the Republic on Sunday with about 58% of the vote against Marine Le Pen, promised on Sunday a refounded method to be the president of all, during an address to his supporters at the Champ de Mars in Paris.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN FRANCE - Emmanuel Macron re-elected as president with 58.2% of the vote -2
French President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected Sunday for a second five-year term against his rival Marine Le Pen, achieving the highest score for the far right in a presidential election since the Fifth Republic began in 1958.
Presidential 2022: accused of embezzlement of European public money, the camp Le Pen denounces a montage, the French will not be fooled
MThe Le Pen camp spoke out on Sunday against accusations of embezzlement of European public money targeting their candidate, seven days before the second round of the presidential election.
World
CARS
Toyota Yaris named European Car of the Year
The fourth-generation Toyota Yaris was named European Car of the Year on Monday, succeeding the Peugeot 208, in a ceremony broadcast online.
