Violent fire at the Kyriad hotel in Lannion: 47 people evacuated and four injured
Just before 10 p.m. this Sunday, in Lannion, a fire broke out in a building at the Kyriad hotel, located in the Pegasus zone. 47 people were evacuated and four of them transferred to the Lannion hospital. The fire would have started in the seminar room and then spread in the reception. And, according to the first elements of the investigation, this fire is of electrical origin.
SNCF strike: no trains canceled this Monday in Brittany on Monday, but “strongly disturbed” traffic in the Paris region and in the North
No trains canceled this Monday in Brittany, as part of the national strike movement at the SNCF. On the other hand, traffic is “strongly disrupted” in Île-de-France on the RER B and C, as well as on some Transilians. Several categories of staff are called upon to strike this Monday by the CGT-Cheminots and South Rail to claim an increase in their remuneration and better anticipation of the schedules, too often modified at the last minute, according to them.
The state will unlock an additional € 100 million to attract foreign researchers in France
The state will invest an additional € 100 million to attract foreign researchers, especially American, in France, when the United States decreases funding and visa for science. “Faced with threats, Europe, yes, must become a refuge,” said Emmanuel Macron at a conference at the Sorbonne, adding that this amount would be funded by the France 2030 public investment program.
Trump orders to reopen the emblematic Alcatraz prison
Donald Trump has announced that he had given his administration to modernize and reopen the emblematic Alcatraz prison closed for over 60 years, in the Bay of San Francisco, to incarcerate the “most dangerous and violent criminals”. “For too long, America has been the victim of vicious, violent and recurrent criminals, the lie of society, which will never bring anything other than misery and suffering,” wrote the President of the United States on his social social network.
In Romania, the extreme right dominates the first round of the presidential election
The candidate has changed, but the extreme right remains in the lead: five months after the shock cancellation of the first round of the presidential election, Romania confirmed, in a new vote this Sunday, its nationalist turn. George Simion (above), an Eurosceptic fan of Donald Trump who dreams of himself as “President Maga” (Make America Great Again), collected 40.5 % of the vote. During the second round on May 18, he will face the centrist mayor of Bucharest Nicusor Dan (20.9 %), who narrowly exceeded the sole candidate of the ruling parties, Crin Antonescu (20.3 %).
