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The director of state public security admitted on Friday that he had made a "mistake" by not immediately attacking the classroom where Salvador Ramos, the author of the shooting that killed 21 people, was entrenched. including 19 children, Tuesday, in this Texas primary school. The Texas police admitted, Friday, May 27, having made a "mistake" by not immediately attacking the class where Salvador Ramos, the author of the shooting which killed 21 people, including 19 children , was entrenched on Tuesday. , at the elementary school of Uvalde (Texas). A confession which further accentuated the despair of the families of the victims. For nearly forty minutes, about twenty police officers remained inactive in the school corridor, while the children were holed up on the other side of the wall, among the lifeless bodies of their comrades and their two teachers, Irma Garcia and Eva Mireles. At a press conference, during which he himself shed a few tears, Texas Public Safety

Ice cream is a star product of the summer.    The France Télévisons teams are offering, on Saturday May 28, a culinary journey between France, Italy and the United States to discover traditional recipes. First stop in France for a blackcurrant sorbet.  If the Terre Adélice ice cream parlor notably has a shop in Lyon (Rhône) , its heart is in Ardèche.   In its manufacturing recipes, only fresh fruit, which is incorporated raw to preserve aromas and colors. "We have gone up to 60, even 70%, of raw materials in our ice cream", welcomes Sonia Rousselle. Customers love it. On the menu, the ice cream parlor offers no less than 96 flavors, some of which are very daring, such as goat cheese or Espelette pepper .      Italian ice cream and American Sunday   In Italy , ice cream is part of the art of summer living.    In Rome, the temple of ice, Giolitti , has been open for 132 years.   Again, the recipe is not very sweet, and close to the original product.  The creations are free, but

Latest twist in the case of the takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk, which has already been dragging on for several weeks. The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX said he could seek to buy the social network at a price lower than the 41 billion euros initially planned. This after declaring on Friday that he had temporarily put his plan to buy the platform on hold. This is all due to the number of fake or spam accounts on Twitter and their proportion in the user base. Elon Musk suspects that fake accounts account for at least 20% of users, while Twitter's official estimate is less than 5%. Musk's response to CEO Parag Agrawal - a simple emoji that received over 50,000 likes - says a lot about the whole story. Elon Musk wants public evidence and more transparency from Twitter about the number of fake accounts. In his words, " You can't pay the same price for something that's way worse than advertised ." Elon Musk and Twitter both say they are still keen on the acquisition, but

In mythical Varanasi, formerly Benares, thousands of hands continue to weave silk as in the 19th century. A know-how now threatened that Indian and French master craftsmen are trying to save. To discover this timeless craft, you have to go deep into the dirty and narrow alleys of the Adampur district, in Varanasi. By straining the ear near certain windows, one hears a characteristic rattling. 19th century French machines It is the sound of the impressive Jacquard machines, named after the Frenchman Joseph Marie Jacquard, who imagined them at the beginning of the 19th century, before they went around the world. In 2022, they still resonate, under the hands of the weavers of Varanasi. In the dark, a worker runs his hands along a weaving loom, resembling the sail of a boat. I am working on a silk sari, it will take me ten days, explains Mohamed Safi, a member of this predominantly Muslim guild. I learned the trade from my father and have been practicing it for 26 years. https://www.scoop.

Several key players in the French championship are preparing to play their last minutes with their current clubs. Angel Di Maria, Randal Kolo Muani, Burak Yilmaz, Thomas Mangani... All have already confirmed their departure. Others, on the other hand, are at the end of their contract or on waivers to a new destination. RMC Sport takes stock. Soir de der 'for several Ligue 1 players . who will play their last minutes with their clubs. While some have already publicly announced their departure at the end of the season, others are at the end of their contract or could be forced to change scenery. Di Maria, Kolo Muani, Yilmaz... those who will leave On Friday, PSG officially announced the departure of Angel Di Maria , who is coming to the end of his contract. After seven seasons in the capital club, the love story between the Argentinian striker and the Parisian club will come to an end. Hailed by its president Nasser al-Khelaïfi, el Fideo should receive a vibrant tribute from the supp

For several weeks, the inhabitants of these two countries have been facing episodes of heat waves. In Pakistan, temperatures even exceeded 50 degrees. Since late April, large swathes of Pakistan and India have been experiencing a record-breaking heat wave , which the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has deemed "consistent" with climate change. These abnormally high temperatures persist – in some places in Pakistan, the 50 degrees have been reached – while May is usually the hottest month in these parts of South Asia. 50 degrees in Jacobabad on Friday On Friday, May 13, temperatures soared to 50 degrees in Jacobabad, in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, the Pakistan Meteorological Service (PMD) announced. Nationally, temperatures are between 6 and 9° "above normal (seasonal)", underlined the PMD, the thermometer displaying Friday around 40° in the capital Islamabad and the other major cities of Karachi ( south), Lahore (east) and Peshaw

Bezos posted tweets over the weekend accusing Biden of misleading the public and blaming his administration for the spike in inflation. The White House attacked Jeff Bezos on Monday for his criticism of President Joe Biden for saying that his plan to tax the rich would reduce costs for consumers, an escalation in the war of words between the founder of Amazon.com Inc and the government. Bezos posted tweets over the weekend accusing Biden of misleading the public and blaming his administration for the spike in inflation, saying they "scrambled to inject even more stimulus into an already overheated economy." White House spokesman Andrew Bates responded that "it doesn't take much cunning to understand why one of the world's richest men opposes a middle-class agenda that cuts some of the biggest costs families face, fights inflation and adds to the deficit reduction the president is achieving by asking wealthier taxpayers and businesses to pay their fair share."

American rappers Young Thug and Gunna were arrested on Monday in a large case involving dozens of people. They are the subject of 56 counts. Young Thug and Gunna risk big. This Monday, May 9, American rappers were arrested in the state of Georgia for being involved in gang affairs. 56 charges are brought against them in this vast case involving dozens of people.  The information was revealed by Michael Seiden, journalist for the local news channel  WSB-TV . Young Thug and Gunna, aged 28 and 30, were arrested along with 26 other people from their "Young Slime Life" (YSL) collective. Rapper Young Thug, well known to the American hip-hop scene, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, is accused of armed robbery, murder or participation in criminal gang activity, says Michael Seiden.  The rapper would be the founder of YSL, which would be none other than a gang responsible for numerous crimes in Atlanta for 10 years . YSL would also be linked to the powerful and unfavorably known Bl

According to a court agreement unveiled Wednesday, the survivors and families of victims of the deadly collapse of the building in Surfside, Florida, will be compensated up to approximately one billion dollars. Survivors and families of victims of the collapse of a Florida building, which killed 98 people in 2021 , will receive at least $997 million in compensation according to a court-negotiated agreement, confirmed to AFP a civil party lawyers. The twelve-story building partially collapsed in the middle of the night on June 24 in Surfside, north of Miami Beach. To the 997 million will be added "about 100 million more dollars that we will recover for the victims", added the lawyer, Carlos Silva. The agreement, announced this Wednesday by a Miami-Dade County court, ends a class action lawsuit against multiple entities. In particular, the promoters of a construction project nearby were accused of having contributed, because of the vibrations generated by their work, to the col

His nomination was met with strong opposition from Republicans. She finally obtained a very narrow majority thanks to the vote of Vice President Kamala Harris. She is the first black woman to hold this position. The US Senate confirmed, Tuesday, May 10, the appointment of economist Lisa Cook as governor of the Fed, the US central bank (Fed), despite the opposition of elected Republicans. Senators voted 51 to 50 in favor of the nominee chosen by US President Joe Biden . It was Vice President Kamala Harris's vote that secured a majority. His appointment had been met with strong opposition. The leader of the Republicans in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, had even criticized Lisa Cook for having “pushed conspiracy theories” around racism and the police. His appointment comes as the US central bank must fight against high inflation, without weighing on economic growth and employment. Economic adviser to the White House during the Obama era, Lisa Cook grew up in the South of the United Stat

The announcement of the move of Boeing's headquarters from Chicago to Arlington is not well received by observers who believe that the group "should focus on manufacturing safe planes and not on lobbying". Boeing is moving a little further away from its geographical and industrial origins. The aeronautical group created in Seattle where its main factories are still located, had set up its headquarters in Chicago in the early 2000s. It has just announced its move to the East Coast of the United States in Arlington. The city, which is close to Washington, is known to be that of the Pentagon. It is also close to the FAA, the American aeronautics regulator. The company's leaders will thus join the headquarters of the division dedicated to defense, which has been located there since 2017. The group also plans to create a research and technology center there. With defense and space, Boeing intends to make up for the losses in civil aviation caused by the Covid crisis, but a

Monday, May 9, the portrait of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol will be auctioned in New York. The journalist Loïc de La Mornais, live from Washington, tells the backstage of this sale. Marilyn Monroe , iconic Hollywood actress, was immortalized two years after her death in a famous painting by Andy Warhol. This portrait will be auctioned on Monday, May 9, in New York (United States) and its price could soar. "However, Andy Warhol painted and made portraits of other superstars, other sacred monsters of Hollywood, like Liza Minnelli, Liz Taylor. But the icon of Marilyn Monroe outclasses all the others" , explains the journalist Loïc de La Mornais, special envoy to Washington (United States), Sunday May 8.   A portrait estimated at nearly $200 million  The famous painting will be sold by Christie's auction house. It "could reach heights according to estimates, nearly 200 million dollars, which would make it the most expensive work of art of the 20th century  , ahead of a

In order to fit into her sparkling dress for the Met Gala, the American star subjected herself to a draconian diet. Is Kim Kardashian becoming a dangerous example for her most impressionable fans? The reality TV star was one of the red carpet sensations at the prestigious Met Gala earlier this week. She appeared, statuesque, in a glittering beige dress on the arm of her new "boyfriend" Pete Davidson. So far, nothing surprising.  Kim Kardashian also explained to the press that she imposed herself on a draconian diet for three weeks during which she barely ate to get into her dress. In an interview for Vogue magazine , Kim Kardashian explained that she wanted to pay tribute to Marilyn Monroe by  reproducing her iconic silhouette  during her famous "Happy birthday" to President Kennedy. Nothing better than Marilyn's real dress , on loan from Ripley's Believe It or Not! from Orlando to Florida to mark the occasion. To fit into the dress in question, the star was