French champagne houses are burying the hatchet with Russia and will resume exporting champagne to Russia from September 15. The French embargo was introduced in response to a new Russian law. This prescribes that the name of champagne – shampanskoye in Russian – will henceforth be reserved for locally produced champagne. Foreign sparkling wines – including French champagne – must …

In south-eastern Spain, the army is deployed in the fight against a large forest fire there. It has already destroyed more than 6,000 hectares of forest, forcing hundreds of residents to leave their homes. The authorities today evacuated the inhabitants of the town of Jubrique (500 inhabitants) and announced that the 400 inhabitants of Genalguacil must also leave their homes. …

Anne Hidalgo, the socialist mayor of Paris, has officially announced her candidacy for the French presidential election in 2022. Hidalgo announced his candidacy in the city of Rouen, in Normandy. “Because I know the problems of our time and want to offer hope, I have decided to run for president,” Hidalgo said. She says she wants to promote a green …

Correspondent Marc Bessems: “Bolsonaro addressed his supporters in Brasilia and will also do so in São Paulo, where he will speak at around 9 p.m. Dutch time on Avenida Paulista, the most famous street in the city. We see footage. protests across the country, where pro-Bolsonaro protests tend to be larger than anti-Bolsonaro protests. “ “The tension is high, but …

The European Commission is going to the European Court of Justice to demand a fine against Poland. According to the Commission, the country has failed to demonstrate that it has ended the controversial disciplinary chamber of judges. Poland and the Commission have been in conflict for some time over the independence of the Polish judiciary. The disciplinary chamber is to …

A bus driver in Nimes, in the south of France, unknowingly found a small fortune in banknotes last weekend. They were in a bag that had been left on his bus and that he had taken to the lost and found section without opening it. The rightful owner has not yet come forward. The driver of the Tango transport company …

The 11-year-old boy who was injured last Tuesday after stepping on power cables in a meadow in Sunny Point and received electric shocks through the body, is stable and safe. The victim was admitted to the children’s ward of the intensive care unit (ICU), the Suriname police force has just reported. Suriname police investigation shows boy TC was returning home …

VideoIsraeli police are looking for six Palestinian prisoners who escaped last night from a maximum security prison in the north of the country. The six dug a tunnel through which they could exit under the wall of Gilboa prison. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks of a “serious incident” which requires maximum effort from the various security services in the …

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been released from prison on parole. He was serving a 15-month sentence. The decision was made due to the poor health of Zuma, 79, according to South African authorities. Zuma zat in prison since July for contempt of the rule of law. He refuses to be part of a commission of inquiry into …

An abaya is a long veil that covers the body. A niqab covers the face, except the eyes. Lesson without men The decree was issued yesterday. In addition to following the rules for clothing covering the face, women are only allowed to attend classes in rooms without men. One exception: if they are separated from each other by curtains, they …