The Paris-Nice cycling race returns to Nièvre
The official announcement was made this Tuesday, December 17. Paris-Nice will return to Nièvre in 2025 on Tuesday March 11 (third stage) in the form of a team time trial between the Nevers-Magny-Cours circuit and Nevers, 28.4 km long, with arrivals rue Henri-Barbusse. 91 years after a first stage arrival… in Nevers. All the information can be found here.
A report from the Ministry of the Interior shows 22 dead and 1,373 injured in Mayotte
In Mayotte, the poorest department in France swept by Cyclone Chido this weekend, emergency services are working to help the victims. A first human assessment, more in line with the dramatic situation on site, has just been revealed. Our live stream can be found here.
A Nièvre football club launches a fundraiser to help its players who were in Mayotte
Two brothers of five, playing football for the Racing Club Nevers-Challuy-Sermoise, were in Mayotte to see their mother when Cyclone Chido blasted the island. The club has launched a fundraiser to help them. There, they have nothing left. Our full article can be read here.
Environmental activist Paul Watson to be released
“He is free, the Ministry of Justice has just informed us that it has rejected the extradition request,” his lawyer Julie Stage told AFP, specifying that Paul Watson would be able to leave Nuuk prison in Greenland where he had been in pre-trial detention for almost five months. We tell you more here.
Hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19: the founding study of Professor Didier Raoult officially invalidated
After more than four years of controversy, Didier Raoult’s study on hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19 was invalidated this Tuesday, December 17. The editor of the scientific journal pointed out ethical and methodological failings. More info here.
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