Man Faces Animal Welfare Charges for Taking Platypus on Commuter Train

Man Faces Animal Welfare Charges for Taking Platypus on Commuter Train

A 26-year-old man, accompanied by a woman, was spotted Thursday on a commuter train with a wild platypus swaddled in a bath towel. The man will appear in court on Saturday for alleged animal welfare offences. He is accused of removing the animal from its natural habitat, a waterway in northern Queensland, and taking it … Read more

Tornado hits Missouri, killing at least five people

Tornado hits Missouri, killing at least five people

By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 05/04/2023 at 21:19update on 05/04/2023 at 21:29 This content is not accessible. A tornado in a field near Pleasantville, Iowa, United States, April 4, 2023. CAROL ANDERSON & CHAD SWAGER / REUTERS The Missouri was hit by a tornado on Wednesday April 5, which killed at least five … Read more

“Opposition Launches Citizen Evaluation Mission to Assess High Schools in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region”

“Opposition Launches Citizen Evaluation Mission to Assess High Schools in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region”

“Faced with the lack of transparency of the regional executive of Laurent Wauquiez and the refusal to answer questions from the opposition on the state of high schools in the region”the opposition intends to form its own opinion. The PS, EELV, rebellious and communist groups and PRG are joining forces to carry out a mission … Read more

Guinea’s Junta Takes Offense as the USA Prepares to End Its Tenure

Guinea’s Junta Takes Offense as the USA Prepares to End Its Tenure

By Le Figaro with AFP Published on 02/04/2023 at 14:58 This content is not accessible. Mali’s acting leader Assimi Goïta (right) and Guinea’s junta leader Mamady Doumbouya (left) in September 2022. OUSMANE MAKAVELI The junta that has ruled Guinea since a coup in 2021 took it badly that the US embassy there posted a countdown … Read more

Residents of Villeurbanne Burn Their Bills in Protest of Soaring Prices

Residents of Villeurbanne Burn Their Bills in Protest of Soaring Prices

The associations and citizen movements Alliance Citoyenne, Alternatiba Rhône and Last Renovation met this Friday afternoon in the Pierre Baratin district for this symbolic action. In all, around twenty tenants threw their bills into a fire by calling on regional and national politicians to help them. Invoice in hand, Martine, union representative of the tenants … Read more

Accident in Loire-Atlantique leaves two injured, one seriously – RCA

Accident in Loire-Atlantique leaves two injured, one seriously – RCA

An SDIS 44 vehicle, illustration Credit: KK / RCA la Radio Two young men were victims of a road accident near Carquefou shortly before midnight last night. According to the Loire-Atlantique SDIS, the vehicle rolled over several times at high speed, before crashing violently against a lamp post at a place called Les Rivières. The … Read more

Southern United States: Arkansas Ravaged by a Devastating Tornado

Southern United States: Arkansas Ravaged by a Devastating Tornado

By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 01/04/2023 at 00:11 This content is not accessible. Joe Biden was in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on Friday, hit by a deadly tornado. MANDEL NGAN / AFP A violent tornado hit Little Rock, the big city in the state of Arkansas, in the southern United States on Friday March … Read more

Octogenarian falls from balcony near Le Havre and passes away

Octogenarian falls from balcony near Le Havre and passes away

By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 03/30/2023 at 00:02 This content is not accessible. When they arrived, the firefighters discovered the deceased victim under the rubble of two balconies and had to call in a specialized team to extract him. jonives / stock.adobe.com An 82-year-old woman died on Wednesday March 29 in a fall … Read more

A man admits responsibility for involvement in the killing of Haiti’s president in the United States.

A man admits responsibility for involvement in the killing of Haiti’s president in the United States.

By Le Figaro with AFP Published on 03/25/2023 at 07:46update on 03/25/2023 at 07:47 This content is not accessible. Photo of the late Haitian President Jovenel Moise, shot in July 2021. RICARDO ARDUENGO / REUTERS Rodolphe Jaar, a Haitian-Chilean national, pleaded guilty Friday in Miami to “material support» au commando who had assassinated the president … Read more