Macron in Saudi as French political crisis looms
President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday for a state visit just as a political crisis threatens to topple the French government. Source link
Now you can use cryptocurrencies to pay for the subway in Buenos Aires
Gone are the days when Buenos Aires users could only pay for the subway with the SUBE card, the rechargeable system used for transportation in Argentina. Starting this week, citizens will be able to access a platform that allows paying with debit and credit cards, and that opens the possibility of paying with bitcoin or … Read more
Paris prepares to host 50 heads of state at high-security reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral
Invite-only ceremonies Saturday and Sunday will launch the reopening of Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral five years after fire reduced it to a shell. About 50 world leaders are expected on Saturday, while nearly 170 bishops from France and other countries will attend an inaugural mass and consecration of the new altar on Sunday morning. Source link
Germany still open to Georgia’s EU membership – DW – 12/02/2024
Germany said that it still supported Georgia’s bid for European Union membership as protests have flared in the capital Tbilisi over the government’s plans to shelve accession talks. Georgia has seen a wave of protests taking place after the governing Georgian Dream party claimed victory in October elections that the pro-European opposition said were fraudulent. … Read more
French heavy metal: Rocking the world with ‘Mass Hysteria’
French rock and metal have been gaining prominence on the world stage. From Grammy-nominated Gojira playing the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics to the country being home to one of the world’s biggest Metal festivals, it’s no surprise France has finally launched an official Rock and Metal chart. Arts24 looks at how the … Read more
5 keys to understand why XRP, Ripple’s cryptocurrency, is rising
December started in the best way for XRP. The cryptocurrency issued by the company Ripple Labs is trading at levels not seen since January 2018. As CriptoNoticias has reported, the good performance that XRP is having allowed it to position itself as the third most valuable asset, above solana (SOL) and USDTthe stablecoin issued by … Read more
Researchers analyze DNA from dung to save Laos last elephants
Slow and silent, former logging elephant Mae Khoun Nung emerges from a forest in northern Laos and follows her guide to an animal hospital for a check-up. Once abundant in the forests of Laos, Asian elephants like her have been decimated by habitat destruction, gruelling labor in the logging industry, poaching and scarce breeding opportunities. … Read more
Angela Merkel to testify on Germany’s pullout of Afghanistan – DW – 12/02/2024
On December 5, Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to testify before the Bundestag’s inquiry committee on Afghanistan about why her government was taken completely by surprise when the radical Islamist Taliban suddenly seized power in August 2021 and why the evacuation of both German citizens and local Afghan personnel was chaotic at times. … Read more
‘The French far-right has the fate of the government in its hands’
The hard-left France Unbowed party is “extremely hard with the French government but also with President Macron”, said FRANCE 24 journalist Clovis Casali. For them, “Macron is the person who caused the chaos, not the motion of no-confidence that is creating chaos for France”. As for the French far-right, “all eyes will be on Marine … Read more
The future of the ISS in question: Cracks, leaks, debris, equipment obsolescence
Cosmonauts on the International Space Station were forced to briefly lock down a segment of the orbiting lab after finding an “unusual odor” emanating from a Russian cargo spacecraft that had docked earlier that day. The worst scenarios, including the leakage of a toxic substance, have been dismissed but NASA still doesn’t know what caused … Read more