A handwritten version by French author, journalist and Nobel prize-winner Albert Camus of his bestselling novel L’Étranger, apparently completed two years after its first publication but mysteriously backdated to two years beforehand, has sold at auction for 650,000 euros.
D-Day veterans took part in commemorations in Portsmouth, southern England, on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the largest seaborne invasion in history, before sailing to France to join in ceremonies marking the event along the Normandy coast where they landed on June 6th 1944.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who will attend D-Day commemorations in France on Thursday, will on Friday join French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris for detailed talks about the situation in his country, and afterwards give a speech before France's parliament.
French president’s three consecutive speeches on 80th anniversary of D-Day commemorations ahead of European elections spark outrage on Left and Right who have dubbed him 'Fidel Macron' after the Cuban dictator.
The turbulence in the Pacific territory — rooted in long-standing economic strain and triggered by contentious new rules to extend the voting population — has developed into a lasting problem for the Élysée.
Standard & Poor's cut in its rating will be seen as a painful rebuke of the government's handling of the under-pressure budget just days before European elections.
Defence Ministry said it was not appropriate to host Israeli companies at the show at a time when the French president was calling for Israel to cease operations in Rafah.
An 18-year-old man has been arrested and is accused of plotting to attack the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium where football matches will take place for the Olympics.
US president Joe Biden will make a state visit in Paris after D-Day commemorations next week.
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