MIRACLE: Three other survivors were rescued in the same town earlier today, 278 hours after the Earthquakes A man was discovered in the ruins on Friday 278 hours after the earthquakes that ravaged southern Turkey on the 6th of February, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced on Twitter. The survivor, Hakan Yasinoglu, aged 45 according to the private […]
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CATASTROPHE: Hopes of finding survivors from the earthquake fade as the hours pass The days pass and the number of deceased people increases, unfortunately. The death toll from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on the 6th of February has exceeded 41,000, official and medical sources announced on Thursday. While the chances of finding survivors are dwindling, the […]
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CATASTROPHE: Aleyna Ölmez – whose surname in Turkish means “she who does not die” – is one of the few survivors still discovered There is now little hope of finding survivors from the rubble eleven days after the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria. However, a 17-year-old girl was saved on Thursday, noted an AFP journalist. Aleyna Ölmez – whose surname in […]
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SOLIDARITY: Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, asks member states to provide “without delay” aid of 400 million dollars A global call for solidarity. The United Nations has launched an appeal for donations to meet the “tremendous needs” of millions of people deprived of shelter, food and care after the earthquake, whose death toll in Turkey and Syria […]
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The most wanted man in the world, considered responsible for multiple atrocities in Iraq and Syria, reportedly killed himself during a US military operation. The head of the Islamic State (IS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed during a US night military operation in northwestern Syria, the Americans announce, by the voice of Donald Trump this Sunday 27th October 2019. […]
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Turkey agreed on Thursday 17th October 2019 to suspend its offensive in northeastern Syria and the Kurds say they are ready to respect the “ceasefire”. Turkey agreed on Thursday 17th October 2019 to suspend its offensive in the northeast of Syria and to put a definitive end if Kurdish forces are pulling in five days, in order to create a “zone […]
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According to the French head of state and the German Chancellor, the Turkish operation “risks creating an unsustainable humanitarian situation and helping Daesh to re-emerge”. Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel called together on Sunday 13 October 2019 for Turkey to cease its operation against Kurdish forces in Syria, which “risks creating an unsustainable humanitarian situation and helping Daesh […]
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The Russian president was received by his French counterpart at Fort de Brégançon on Monday 19th August 2019. Despite some disagreements, they showed a desire for rapprochement. Emmanuel Macron received Vladimir Putin Monday 19th August 2019 in the summer residence of the French presidents. The two men showed an apparent cordiality and a will of rapprochement between […]
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According to UNHCR, the number of worldwide refugees has increased by 2.3 million compared to 2017; a figure that does not take into account all Venezuelan exiles. At the end of 2018, there were 70.8 million displaced people in the world because of wars or persecutions, a record that does not reflect the extent of the exodus of Venezuelans […]
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President Emmanuel Macron gave a very tense river interview on Sunday evening on BFMTV. The main points to remember. Sunday night, Emmanuel Macron gave a television interview in a sometimes electric atmosphere. For more than two hours, the president was subjected to a flood of questions, some of which resembled the questions of a debate and not an interview, by Jean-Jacques […]
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