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The Kremlin continues to use innuendo regarding the March 22 attack near Moscow claimed by the Islamic State. After a telephone conversation on Wednesday between the French Minister of the Armed Forces and his Russian counterpart, the Russian Defense Ministry said it hoped that Paris was not involved in this attack. In passing, Russia took the opportunity to put the idea of Ukraine’s responsibility back on the table. “The kyiv regime does nothing without the approval of its Western supervisors. We hope that, in this case, the French secret services are not behind this,” indicated Sergueï Choïgou, in the press release from his ministry reporting the call with Sébastien Lecornu.
Parcoursup ultimately remains open almost one more day. The reason ? The higher education admissions platform was inaccessible on Wednesday evening, due to a “server availability problem”, according to the Ministry of Higher Education. Initially, candidates had until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday to definitively confirm their wishes. They now have until 10 p.m. this Thursday to do so.
Macron inaugurates the Olympic aquatic center
The Olympics are on the presidential agenda this Thursday. Emmanuel Macron will inaugurate the Olympic aquatic center in Saint-Denis, which will host the synchronized swimming, diving and water polo events during the Paris Games, before launching a general “site review” almost a hundred days before planetary meeting. After inaugurating the “athletes’ village” at the end of February, also in this suburb north of the capital, Emmanuel Macron is ramping up the preparations. His visit will also be an opportunity to celebrate Olympic and Paralympic week at school, the Elysée announced. the Head of State will thus attend a sporting and artistic performance carried out by 130 young graduates of the French Swimming Federation.