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L'Albanie, le nouvel eldorado du tourisme en Europe

Le grand format "Nous, les Européens", nous emmène ce mardi 5 août en Albanie, le nouvel eldorado des vacanciers. Cet ancien pays du bloc de l'Est a longtemps été l'un des régimes les plus fermés d'Europe. Il s'ouvre aujourd'hui au tourisme, avec des résultats spectaculaires : + 80% de fréquentation en cinq ans. Reportage sur place.

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LeShon Johnson, Ex-N.F.L. Player, Is Convicted in Major Dogfighting Case

Federal investigators said that they had seized 190 pit-bull-type dogs from the former running back, who previously pleaded guilty to state dogfighting charges in 2004.

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LeShon Johnson playing for the Arizona Cardinals in 1996.
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"J'ai été projetée par le souffle" : 80 ans après, les rescapés d'Hiroshima se souviennent et demandent la fin de l'armement nucléaire

Demain, mercredi 6 août, marquera les 80 ans de la tragédie d'Hiroshima. Le 6 août 1945, l'armée américaine larguait la première bombe atomique de l'histoire, faisant 140 000 morts et signant, quelques jours plus tard, la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Dans cette ville martyre, les équipes de France Télévisions ont recueillir le témoignage de rescapés qui appellent à l'abandon de l'arme nucléaire.

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ICE Offers, Then Quickly Withdraws, Cash Bonuses for Swiftly Deporting Immigrants

The short-lived effort underscored the mounting pressure on ICE to meet President Trump’s aggressive deportation targets.

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Members of ICE arresting a man from Mexico in Miami Beach, Fla., in May.
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British Opera Company Cancels ‘Tosca’ Collaboration in Israel After Criticism

The Royal Ballet and Opera said it was scrapping performances in Tel Aviv next year, after nearly 200 staff members signed an open letter criticizing its stance on the war in Gaza.

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Tensions at the London company had been escalating as the humanitarian situation in Gaza worsened.
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California Democrats Look to Redraw House Map Amid Texas Redistricting War

As a Texas senator summoned the F.B.I. to round up Democrats, the redistricting war that began in Texas was spreading, with California aiming at five Republican House seats.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California at a news conference in Downey, Calif., in July.
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Guerre à Gaza : vers une occupation totale de l'enclave palestinienne par Israël ?

Le gouvernement israélien envisage de conquérir toute la bande de Gaza : c'est ce qu'affirment, mardi 5 août, plusieurs médias de l'État hébreu. Le Premier ministre israélien, Benyamin Nétanyahou, réunit son cabinet de sécurité. Une décision qui intervient alors que le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU ouvre une session consacrée aux otages israéliens.

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4-Day Manhunt Yields No Confirmed Sighting of Montana Suspect

The man accused of fatally shooting four people in a bar disappeared into a rugged forest. An official said the search for him was law enforcement’s “top focus.”

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Public access to an area west of Anaconda, Mont., known as Stump Town has been blocked while the authorities search for the suspect in a deadly shooting.
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Ion Iliescu, Who Steered Romania After Revolution, Dies at 95

As a three-term president, he guided the country toward democracy, but he was called an authoritarian at heart and accused of brutality during the revolt that put him in power.

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President Ion Iliescu of Romania at the Presidential Palace in 1993. He oversaw the country’s transition to democracy after the overthrow of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989.
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F.B.I. Is Asked to Arrest Texas Democrats in Battle Over House Seats

It was unclear how the agency would respond. Democratic lawmakers left the state to stop Republicans from redrawing district maps to their advantage.

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Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, faces a primary challenge from the state’s conservative attorney general, Ken Paxton. Both seek President Trump’s endorsement.
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Why the G.O.P. Isn’t Doing Many Town Halls

The booing started in seconds at Representative Mike Flood’s town hall in Lincoln, Neb. Annie Karni, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times, reports from the auditorium after the Republican congressman’s town hall, which she said was one of the most raucous political events she’s ever witnessed.
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Owner of Funeral Home With Nearly 200 Decaying Bodies Admits to Fraud

Prosecutors say the couple who ran the funeral home cheated customers of cremation services and spent the money on vacations and jewelry.

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According to prosecutors, the Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo., had been leaving bodies to decompose at the site for years.
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House Oversight Committee Issues Subpoenas for Epstein Files

The committee’s Republican chairman requested that the documents from the Justice Department and former government officials be delivered by Aug. 19.

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Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, at President Trump’s inauguration in January. They were among the former officials who received subpoenas from the House Oversight Committee.
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Trump Says Scott Bessent Rules Out Replacing Powell at Fed

With Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent not in the running, President Trump said that he has narrowed his list of replacements to four people.

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President Trump said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent doesn’t want to run the Federal Reserve.
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Mike Flood Heckled at Town Hall Over Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill

Most Republican lawmakers are avoiding town hall meetings, reluctant to confront energized Democrats and answer tough questions. When Representative Mike Flood of Nebraska gave it a try, the booing started in seconds.

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Representative Mike Flood, Republican of Nebraska, was booed almost as soon as he took the stage at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Monday night.
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