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Added on the 19/02/2020 19:30:20 - Copyright : AFP EN
For towns and villages across France the Tour was a liberating and invigorating experience against the sombre backdrop of the pandemic.
Bolivia's conservative interim president, Jeanine Anez, pulled out of next month’s general election on Thursday, a move that should strengthen other candidates running against the front-running socialist party of ex-leader Evo Morales.
Only last century's two world wars have ever interrupted the Tour de France, but this year COVID-19 might bring the riders to a shuddering halt.
Anti-racism protesters in the French capital defy a ban to join a weekend of global rallies against racism and police brutality. The death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in the US state of Minnesota, has brought tens of thousands out onto the streets around the world. IMAGES
Expressing solidarity with American protesters over the death of George Floyd, people in France take part in a peaceful kneel-in outside the US embassy in Paris, holding signs which read "Racism suffocates us" and "I can't breathe". IMAGES
"C'est une grosse surprise et une très belle reconnaissance. Je voulais montrer qu'on peut faire une cuisine différente, qui a du goût, qui a du sens" : à 41 ans, la cheffe Claire Vallée décroche la première étoile Michelin accordée à un restaurant vegan, pour son établissement ONA (Origine Non Animale) à Arès, en Gironde. Une consécration pour ce restaurant qu'elle a monté en 2016 grâce à une campagne de financement participatif, sans prêts bancaires classiques.