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France is mourning former French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, who died Wednesday, aged 94 after contacting Covid-19. ‘Giscard’, as he was known, was in office during only one term, from 1974 to 1981, but his political impact was big, especially among the European Union as pushed for European integration. “He paved the way for monetary union, what later become the euro, used in 19 countries, which was revolutionary then”, FRANCE 24’s Catherine Nicholson analyses.

Peters, who is co-founder of the far-right party "National Movement", was set for a day in court on Wednesday, but both cases have now been postponed indefinitely.

Former US presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are volunteering to take a coronavirus vaccine on camera if it will help promote public confidence. Obama, in an interview with SiriusXM radio, said he would be inoculated if top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci signs off on a Covid-19 vaccine. "If Anthony Fauci tells me this vaccine is safe, and can vaccinate, you know, immunize you from getting Covid, absolutely, I'm going to take it," Obama said. "I promise you that... Читать дальше...

A report in Italy has revealed how top Arsenal figures remain baffled at the club's handling of a player who has become a Serie A star

Undefeated 13th-ranked BYU will travel to play No. 18 Coastal Carolina on Saturday in bowl-worthy matchup arranged on the fly due to COVID-19 issues. ESPN's College GameDay announced Thursday morning

On Feb. 11, 2020, Brazilian Maya Gabeira surfed a wave off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal, that was 73.5 feet tall. Not only was this the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman, but it also turned out to be the biggest wave surfed by anyone in the 2019-2020 winter surfing season—the first time a woman has ridden the biggest wave of the year.

Eoin Morgan has defended England’s use of signals from the balcony to the middle and rebuffed criticism of the practise, saying it is about improving the team by taking the emotion out of decisions.

The battle of top 25, non-Power Five teams is on after the Flames were forced to cancel

Silent Hill, Siren, and Gravity Rush creator Keiichiro Toyama has departed SIE Japan Studio to form Bokeh Game Studio.   ...

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(Telecompaper) Russian operator MTS has announced a tender to supply optical line terminals (OLC) for the deployment of a convergent network in the Moscow region...

The U.S. president-elect and his top advisors have made the fight against dirty money one of their early priorities.

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The change is set to alter the social network's "so-called race-blind" system that has removed anti-white comments and excised innocuous comments by people of color, the Post said.

Losing Dupree hurts, but the Steelers have effective reinforcements

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The findings point to the potential of upward mobility for people without a college degree.

COVID deaths have been climbing since August – and 21 percent of all deaths in Israel in October were caused by the pandemic

Clipper said it had “successfully chartered” the stormy waters of the pandemic to deliver a 20% increase in revenue, which was wholly attributable to growth in its e-fulfilment and returns management divisions. The results for the six months ending 31 October 2020 revealed a £305.2m turnover, along with a 20.1% boost in pre-tax profits to £14.3m. Clipper Logistics said it continued to see strong trading across the business and that it was benefiting particularly from the structural shift to e-commerce... Читать дальше...

Canadian children and teens may have to wait to get any vaccines to protect people against COVID-19 because so few kids have been part of the clinical trials to test the immunizations so far.

The general Assembly elections in 2021 will require 16,000 auxiliary polling booths in view of the pandemic situation in the State. Addressing a meeti