Did you miss the news this early morning? We’ve put together a recap to help you see things more clearly.
It’s the big day for the candidates of the general and technological baccalaureate. They will indeed work from 8 a.m. on one of the three subjects (two dissertations and a text commentary) of the emblematic philosophy test. More than 718,000 candidates take the baccalaureate this year in France and in the overseas departments (a total increase of 1.3% compared to 2022). Among them, almost 19,000 free candidates. The youngest candidate is 12 years old and the oldest is 76 years old.
History repeats itself for Donald Trump. For the second time in two months, a motorcade of black Secret Service SUVs escorted the former president to court on Tuesday, and for the second time he pleaded “not guilty”. This time, it is before the federal justice, in Miami, that he had an appointment in the case of the top secret documents of the Maison Banche for which he faces 37 charges. In the evening, Donald Trump denounced in front of his supporters an “abuse of power” by the “Ministry of Injustice”. Above all, he promised to “never throw in the towel” and to remain a candidate at all costs for the 2024 presidential election. To fully understand the stakes of this new legal battle, our correspondent in the United States, Philippe Berry, takes stock for you on this marathon day.
From Paris to Reunion, the start-ups of the “French Tech” will receive this Wednesday the honors of Emmanuel Macron. For the opening of VivaTech in Paris, the largest European tech fair, the Head of State will present a plan to support French AI. Before a speech scheduled around 5 p.m., he will walk the aisles and his 2,200 exhibitors as every year. The Head of State plans to make announcements “on funding, training, research” in AI, but also on the regulation of this technology