Ryanair, Transavia, Volotea and other low-cost airlines are feeling the financial pain from high jet fuel prices as a result of the Middle East war and are cutting flights. Transavia, the low-cost airline of the Air France-KLM group, will cancel some of its flights in May and June. Source link
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, April 28: Photos of starving soldiers in Ukraine make headlines. Over in the US, Donald Trump wants Jimmy Kimmel fired – again. French papers talk about the controversial Alloncle report on the neutrality and funding of public broadcasting. Also: is genome editing ethical? Finally, we look at the European seagull screeching … Read more
A man accused of trying to open fire on a media gala attended by Donald Trump in Washington this weekend was charged in court Monday with trying to assassinate the Republican president. Cole Allen, 31, faces a sentence of up to life in prison if convicted of attempting to kill Trump during the White House … Read more
An alliance of al-Qaeda-linked jihadists and Tuareg separatists has carried out the largest coordinated attack in over a decade in Mali. The al-Qaeda-linked JNIM group — Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin — has expanded in recent years. Its leader, Iyad Ag Ghali, is the most wanted man in Mali. The French military, Malian authorities, and Russian … Read more
The coalition of protocols and actors in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, DeFi United, presented on April 27, 2026 the technical implementation plan to restore support for rsETH and normalize market operations. He aim central is remedy the impact of exploit occurred last April 18which compromised the integrity of the Kelp DAO token and created … Read more
The 4,000-year-old Linear Elamite script from what is now Iran has long eluded archaeologists hoping to unlock the secrets of a near-forgotten age. French archaeologist François Desset’s work on deciphering the writing system now has some comparing him to Jean-François Champollion, the famous philologist who deciphered ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Source link
The trial of a man accused of plotting a terrorist attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024 began on Tuesday in Wiener Neustadt near Austria’s capital city. The man, identified as Baron A, an Austrian citizen, was arrested a day before the superstar singer’s first of three planned concerts in Vienna on … Read more
King Charles III will embrace some of Washington’s most formal ceremonial trappings on Tuesday as he tries to emphasize a bond between the United Kingdom and the United States that is so strong it can withstand the political turmoil of the moment. He will become the first British monarch to address the US Congress since … Read more
Iran offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz if the US lifts its blockade on the country and ends the war in a proposal that would postpone discussions on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, two regional officials said Monday. US President Donald Trump seems unlikely to accept the offer, which was passed … Read more
A French duo has achieved a “mountainous” feat. They now have the new world record for making the fastest trek from the French ski resort city of Chamonix to the summit of Mont Blanc and back. They’re time: 4 hours, 41 minutes, and 24 seconds. That’s two minutes faster than the previous record. Source link