A Boeing 737 of the Ukrainian company International Airlines crashed just after takeoff, in Iran. There are no survivors. A Ukrainian airliner carrying 176 people, mainly Iranians and Canadians, crashed Wednesday 8th January 2020 in Iran shortly after taking off from Tehran, killing all who were on board, announced the Iranian and Ukrainian authorities. The Boeing 737 of Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) crashed while […]
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In the capital of Quebec, a historic mobilization mobilized hundreds of thousands of people alongside controversial environmental activist Greta Thunberg. “We are changing the world,” young Swede Greta Thunberg said Friday after a giant demonstration in Montreal brought together hundreds of thousands of people in a new “global climate strike” “. “We are at least 500,000,” said the muse […]
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The hurricane touched down on the evening of Saturday 7th September 2019 near Halifax, Nova Scotia, where winds of up to 140 km/h were measured. After making at least 43 dead in the Bahamas and near the United States , hurricane Dorian, weakened but still dangerous, fell on the night of Saturday 7th to Sunday 8th September 2019 in eastern Canada with […]
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The French deputies approved Tuesday 23rd July 2019 the ratification of the free trade agreement between the EU and Canada (Ceta), with a record of disputes within LREM. Despite a record number of protests in the LREM majority group, the ratification of the controversial Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada (Ceta) was approved Tuesday 23rd […]
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A 19-year-old French woman spent two weeks in prison in the United States after having crossed, without realizing it, the border with Canada, during a jog. It’s a jog that she will not forget anytime soon. While visiting her mother’s home in western Canada, a 19-year-old French woman spent two weeks in detention at a detention center in the United States. During her jog she […]
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Once the G7 summit ended, US President Donald Trump suddenly decided to withdraw his support for the final communiqué on trade issues. US President Donald Trump has turned around this weekend against his allies in Europe and Canada, which he threatened with increased customs duties , after a G7 summit that ended in a fiasco. Tensions that contrast with the “unity” displayed at a […]
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ECONOMY: Donald Trump mentioned tariffs of 25% for steel and 10% for aluminium, but without specifying which countries they will target … The US president announced Thursday that he will hit high taxes on imports of steel and aluminum in the United States. The stock market on Wall Street has dropped more than 400 points after […]
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France finished 5th in the men’s biathlon relay at the Winter Olympics, Russia won their first gold medal a few hours before facing a new case of doping. There will be no fourth gold medal for Martin Fourcade in these Winter Olympics at Pyeongchang (South Korea). The hope flew away from the first minutes, during the relay of Simon Desthieux […]
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An Air France flight from Paris to Los Angeles had to make an emergency landing in Canada on Saturday after an incident with an engine. No passengers were injured. Big scare for 497 passengers on the flight from Paris to Los Angeles. Saturday, September 30, an Air France A380 Airbus plane< had an emergency landing in Canada after a “serious failure” […]
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MEPs ratified the CETA trade agreement of free trade between the EU and Canada on Wednesday 15th February, at a session in Strasbourg. The treaty will be able to partially take effect from the 1st April. But there is still a big hurdle for the text: the ratification by national parliaments. In case of rejection […]
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