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Presidential election 2027: Gérald Darmanin withdraws from the race and endorses Édouard Philippe

Gérald Darmanin will not be a candidate in the 2027 presidential election. The Minister of Justice announced this Monday, August 17, that he had chosen to support Édouard Philippe, calling on the other contenders in his camp to avoid division. Gérald Darmanin has made his decision. While his name had been circulating among the possible candidates for several months…

17th August 202618:50BY Radouan Kourak

Mental health

Brain chemistry: how our emotions, thoughts, and behaviors take shape

17th August 202618:43BY Aime Kaniki

Various facts

Tahiti: Nearly 250 grams of crystal meth discovered in a traveler's suitcase

17th August 202618:10BY News Service

ECONOMY

Tax hacking: 678,000 victims begin to be notified by mail

17th August 202617:50BY News Service

Europe

United Kingdom: Andy Burnham tricked by someone impersonating Trump's chief of staff

17th August 202617:22BY Aime Kaniki

Various facts

Salon-de-Provence: A military plane makes an emergency landing on the RN113 and catches fire

17th August 202616:30BY News Service

Environment

The COP17 against desertification opens in Mongolia with 197 countries

17th August 202616:03BY News Service

Social media

"Scam," "false hopes": Benoît Chevalier promises his bank card, subscribers see their orders cancelled and their Amazon accounts blocked

17th August 202614:56BY Jerome Goulon

Europe

Belgium faces its largest forest fire; evacuations ordered.

17th August 202614:06BY International news service

Government & reforms

Lecornu releases 12 million euros for the Landes and Gironde regions

17th August 202614:03BY News Service

Events

The Volvic factory is scheduling additional tours in response to the summer influx.

17th August 202613:15BY News Service

USA

Trump orders the Pentagon to reduce military exercises with South Korea

17th August 202613:11BY International news service

Education

The cost of student living is rising again and is 35% higher than its 2017 level.

17th August 202612:31BY News Service

Police and Justice

Eure: Four people sentenced after robberies targeting two charities

17th August 202612:07BY News Service

USA

Tupac Shakur's murder: his brother says he is not expecting justice from the trial

17th August 202612:04BY International news service

Video games

97 extremely rare Super Mario Bros cartridges discovered in Wisconsin

17th August 202611:39BY News Service

Police and Justice

Oise: A man dies after a brawl in Compiègne; three suspects brought before the courts

17th August 202611:16BY News Service

THE WORLD

Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro launch their presidential campaigns in Brazil

17th August 202611:04BY International news service

Europe

Death of Jason Arday: a petition calls for an investigation into the media coverage of the academic

17th August 202610:27BY Aime Kaniki

POLITICS

Tax hacking: Sébastien Lecornu heads an interministerial crisis unit

17th August 202610:25BY Radouan Kourak

Europe

In Sicily, four Renaissance treasures were stolen during a festival

17th August 202610:17BY Alice Leroy

THE WORLD

Gaza: Hamas asks Trump's team to force Israel to accept a deal

17th August 202610:15BY International news service

ECONOMY

After his dismissal from Grasset, Olivier Nora launched his own publishing house

17th August 202610:14BY Radouan Kourak

POLITICS

Climate: Monique Barbut plans to mobilize French savings to finance adaptation

17th August 202610:01BY News Service

POLITICS

"Despairing Macronism": the referendum called for by Gabriel Attal infuriates Valérie Boyer

17th August 202609:52BY Radouan Kourak

International politics

Donald Trump reduces military exercises with Seoul to appease Kim Jong-un

17th August 202609:38BY News Service

ECONOMY

Nvidia raises $500 billion with Wall Street to fund its AI clients

17th August 202609:26BY International news service

Various facts

Cannes: Ten injured and one missing after a collision between two boats

17th August 202609:11BY News Service

History

It was August 17th: Montpellier founded its first faculty of medicine

17th August 202609:02BY Alice Leroy

religions

Spain: A thousand-year-old monastery threatened by a major fire in Aragon

17th August 202608:46BY News Service

Other sports

Félix Lebrun wins his first Grand Smash and enters the history of French table tennis

17th August 202608:29BY Jerome Goulon

Football

Lens defeats PSG and wins the first Trophée des Champions in its history

17th August 202608:01BY Jerome Goulon

Highlights

Tragedies and accidents

Hayden Panettiere, star of "Heroes" and "Nashville," has died at age 36.

17th August 202607:49BY Jerome Goulon

THE WORLD

North Korea is considering sending up to 50,000 additional troops to Russia

17th August 202606:37BY International news service

Dramas and disasters

Tropical Storm Lala hits Hawaii: one dead and 200,000 homes without power

17th August 202605:55BY International news service

Europe

Fires in Europe: two dead in Greece, Belgium ravaged near Liège

17th August 202605:09BY International news service

Europe

Ceuta: 294 migrants arrested in Morocco after another attempted crossing

17th August 202603:33BY International news service

THE WORLD

Twelve dead after a night of crossfire between Russia and Ukraine

17th August 202602:30BY International news service

Africa

DRC: Kinshasa presents a protocol for the demobilization of FDLR rebels

17th August 202601:14BY International news service

THE WORLD

Jared Kushner meets with the Hamas leader in Egypt to revive the peace plan

17th August 202600:10BY International news service

Football

Cristiano Ronaldo announces that this season will "probably" be the last of his career

16th August 202623:00BY Jerome Goulon

Highlights

Other sports

Swimming: Léon Marchand, European champion in the 400m freestyle, second gold medal in two days and French record

16th August 202620:58BY Jerome Goulon

PEOPLE

Anouchka Delon makes her relationship with lawyer Frank Berton, 28 years her senior, official.

16th August 202619:01BY Jerome Goulon

SOCIETY

"Bobo" culture: how eastern Paris became its sanctuary

16th August 202618:22BY News Service

Various facts

Vaucluse: A man admits to killing his mother with a knife

16th August 202617:36BY News Service

International politics

Free French aircraft carrier: Paris dismisses all risks after the American decision on catapults

16th August 202617:10BY News Service

HEALTH

Chlorine and skin: what are the effects after swimming in a pool?

16th August 202616:31BY News Service

History

From Sabini to international networks: the history of the London mafia

16th August 202616:07BY Aime Kaniki

Accidents and disasters

Switzerland: Horse-drawn carriage accident leaves one dead and twelve injured in the Alps

16th August 202615:48BY News Service

Events

Revolut: French customers report sudden account closures

16th August 202615:20BY News Service

SOCIETY

Reunion Island: 42 road deaths projected for 2025, with motorcyclist fatalities on the rise.

16th August 202614:43BY News Service