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Foot – Bleus – Karim Benzema: “A lot of emotion” to return to the France team
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Foot – Bleus – Karim Benzema: “A lot of emotion” to return to the France team

Karim Benzema said he was "happy and proud" this Sunday in "Téléfoot", after his successful return to the France team, punctuated by a victory in the League of Nations. Absent in the France team for five and a half years before being recalled for the Euro, last summer, Karim Benzema felt " a lot of emotions " when Didier Deschamps pronounced his name, when revealing his list of players selected for the competition. It was also his feeling when he returned to Clairefontaine a few days later. “These are emotions deep inside me. I'm not going to say it was weird, but I was very, very emotional." said the Real Madrid striker this Sunday in Telefoot. The reception of the fans also affected him a lot, although he had no doubts about them. “I actually knew. It was of course exceptional be...
Rugby – France 7 – The two groups of the France 7 team unveiled for the Seville stage
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Rugby – France 7 – The two groups of the France 7 team unveiled for the Seville stage

The Seven stage makes a stopover in Seville on Friday, a week after that of Malaga. The France team has just unveiled the men's and women's groups. The two French teams (male and female) have just revealed the groups that will compete in the second stage of the seven, in Seville, a week after that of Malaga. As a reminder, the women's 7 had finished at the foot of the podium (4th) while the men, them, finished 5th. Jérôme Daret has made some changes to compose his group which will face Wales, Japan and England in Pool C. Toulon scrum-half Julien Blanc is joining the group, as is the young Bayonne, Esteban Capilla as well as Melvyn's little brother, Dylan Jaminet. The male group: Jonathan Lauger - Nisié Huyard - Joris Simon - Julien Blanc - Stephen Parez-Edo - Paulin Riva (cap) - Ne...
“Conversion therapies” finally a crime, a Frenchman convicted in Iran for espionage, BA.2 the sub-variant of omicron ready to flourish in France… News from this Tuesday
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“Conversion therapies” finally a crime, a Frenchman convicted in Iran for espionage, BA.2 the sub-variant of omicron ready to flourish in France… News from this Tuesday

Find here the main news of this Tuesday. News“Conversion therapies”: finally a crime! A final unanimous vote of the 142 deputies present this Tuesday in the hemicycle ratified the bill which targets “conversion therapies”, these practices aimed at imposing heterosexuality on lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) people. The text carried by the presidential majority creates a new offense in the criminal code punishing "conversion therapy" with two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros. The penalties may increase to three years' imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros in the event of aggravating circumstances.In Iran, a Frenchman sentenced to eight years in prison for espionage. Detained for a year and a half in Iran, Benjamin Brière was tried last Thursday before a revolutionary c...
France |  Death of Monique Blin, ally of Quebec theater
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France | Death of Monique Blin, ally of Quebec theater

Monique Blin, former director and co-founder of the Festival des Francophonies in Limousin died Monday evening in Paris, following a long illness. The news of his death was confirmed by his daughter, Véronique Saavedra. Posted at 11:35 a.m. Luc Boulanger The Press Monique Blin was the head of the Limoges Francophone Theater Festival for sixteen years (which has often changed its name). Very attached to contemporary writing, the director has accompanied and revealed many French-speaking authors and a...
France |  D-Day for the vaccine passport, resigned restaurateurs
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France | D-Day for the vaccine passport, resigned restaurateurs

(Paris) Five weeks after its announcement by the government, the vaccine passport replaced on Monday the old health passport, compulsory for those over 16 wishing to go to a restaurant or take the train, a disputed but smooth transition according to the testimonies collected in several cities. Posted at 11:20 a.m. Katia DOLMADJIAN, Elia VAISSIERE, Hélène DUVIGNEAU France Media Agency "For us, the vaccination pass does not change much," says Alain Deriot, manager of the Jour de Pêche restaurant in Lille, whose cust...
France |  Zemmour accuses the government of a “coup” against its campaign manager
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France | Zemmour accuses the government of a “coup” against its campaign manager

(Paris) Éric Zemmour accused the government on Sunday of having made a "coup" against its campaign director, General Bertrand de la Chesnais, whose Ministry of the Armed Forces claims that he "asks himself to be placed in the retirement ". Posted at 11:10 a.m. Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly “shamelessly exploits our army for political purposes. She is using her to make yet another political coup against a candidate for the presidential election, ”wrote the far-right candidate in a press release. According to Mr. Zemmour, "this request for the resignat...
France: a surgeon tries to sell an X-ray of a wounded Bataclan
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France: a surgeon tries to sell an X-ray of a wounded Bataclan

A French surgeon tried to sell the radio from the arm of a woman injured during the bloody jihadist attack on the Bataclan in Paris in 2015, angering Paris hospitals who will take legal action, and the families of victims. • Read also: Trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015 in Paris: "My son was indoctrinated" supports the father of the artificer • Read also: Commemorations of November 13 in France: a very symbolic tribute, in the middle of a trial According to the Mediapart site, which revealed the information on Saturday, this renowned orthopedic surgeon, Emmanuel Masmejean, auctioned on OpenSea, a site specializing in the sale of NFT digital objects, the radio of a Bataclan survivor who he had operated, on which we see a forearm pierced by a Kalashnikov b...