2023-11-03 08:51:53
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President Emmanuel Macron is expected in Brittany on Friday, the day after the powerful storm Ciaran, in order to “thank the relief forces” and “exchange with residents”, announced the Elysée. While the storm, which caused two deaths in France and caused much damage, is evacuating from the north, “the Head of State wishes to be able to meet and thank the relief forces who were mobilized during and after the passage of the storm and whose action was decisive,” argued the presidency. “He will also talk with residents who have had to go through this ordeal,” the same source added.
From hero to zero. Accused of fraud, criminal conspiracy and money laundering, Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of all seven counts on Thursday by a jury in New York, after five weeks of a resounding trial. “SBF”, the fallen star of cryptocurrencies, faces up to 110 years of criminal imprisonment in total. His sentence is due to be pronounced on March 28, 2025. The prosecution accuses him of having used, without their knowledge, funds deposited by customers of his cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX, which went bankrupt in November 2022. The money fueled the risky trading and investments of his investment firm, Alameda Research, whose borrowings from the platform reached up to about $14 billion.
The police headquarters did not prohibit the holding in Paris on Saturday of a demonstration in support of the Palestinian people, which the Socialist Party announced it would join even though it had not done so until then. “If he does not ban this demonstration, the police prefect nevertheless maintains his posture of firmness adopted since the start of the conflict” between Israel and Hamas, explained the police headquarters in a press release, recalling that it “does not prohibit this demonstration, will tolerate no overflow.” This “march against the war” is planned between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on a route going from Place de la République to Place de la Nation. The call to demonstrate – signed by the CGT, FSU, the UNEF, LFI, EELV, the PCF and the NPA – demands an “immediate ceasefire”, a “stopping of bombings and forced displacements of the population”, an “immediate lifting of the blockade” and “protection of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank”.
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