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The 60th US presidential inauguration will take place on Monday, January 20, as is tradition. US President Joe Biden will leave the White House and, for the first time since Grover Cleveland in 1893, a former president will return to serve a nonconsecutive term. Donald Trump’s inauguration will confirm him as the 47th president of the United States, in addition to being the 45th from 2017 to 2021. What is a presidential inauguration? The inauguration does not only comprise the formal swearing-in ceremony, but is a multi-day event involving much pageantry and pomp. The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) organizes the…

Storm clouds have hovered over French politics for some time now but it was in the summer of last year that the thunder really began to roll. In July, early parliamentary elections resulted in an unclear outcome because no single party won a clear majority. Three large political blocs eventually entered parliament in Paris, and the new government, appointed by French President Emmanuel Macron, was forced to govern without a majority to call its own. This is how, in December, a vote of no confidence after motions were tabled by opposition parties on the left and far right, brought down Prime…

As wildfires ripped through the Hollywood hills and the coastline that’s home to the stars, Los Angeles’ massive film industry began to grind to a halt. Celebrities including Sir Anthony Hopkins, Adam Brody, Paris Hilton, Jeff Bridges and Billy Crystal are among those who have lost their homes, as more than 12,000 buildings and structures have been destroyed by the fires. But beyond the A-list actors, editors, producers, extras and crew that keep productions rolling have also been displaced. Having burned some 40,000 acres and so far killed at least 24 people, a number of blazes threatened production studios in LA, but all emerged unscathed, according to…

Plunging temperatures in recent weeks and the end of Russian gas deliveries via Ukraine have hurt gas inventories in the United Kingdom, the country’s main gas supplier Centrica said on January 10, warning that gas supplies were now”concerningly low.” Centrica reported that UK gas stocks were 26% lower last week than the same period in 2024, at about half full. The company added that the country had less than a week of stored gas to heat homes and businesses. On Saturday, the UK’s gas storage facilities were just 42% full, according to a tally by Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), Europe’s association of gas…

A 62-year-old British woman has died in the French Alps after colliding with another skier, according to local reports.The English woman was skiing on the Aiguille Rouge mountain of Savoie at around 10.30am on Tuesday when she hit a 35-year-old man who was stationary on the same track, local news outlet Le Dauphine reported. It added that emergency services and rescue teams rushed to the scene but couldn’t resuscitate the woman, who died following the “traumatic shock”.The man she collided with was also said to be a British national.Read more:Death of two-year-old boy at nursery investigated by policeBritish-born former child…

What you need to know Antibiotic resistance is increasing globally, and new drugs are needed to overcome the dangers of microbes that evade essential treatments. Middle-and-lower income countries are threatened by some of the most resistant bacteria. Local drug development may have a bonus benefit for global health outcomes. There is a dire need for new antibiotics amid growing antimicrobial resistance (AMR), especially in low-and-middle income countries. That’s why in India, drug makers like Wockhardt, an Indian pharmaceutical company, are trialing new antibiotics against pathogens that show signs of AMR. Given the rapid advancement with tailor-made therapeutics — as demonstrated most successfully…

German coach Jürgen Klopp has taken up his post as head of global soccer for Red Bull. This is his first job since he left Liverpool last year. Red Bull is the owner of several clubs, including Bundesliga side RB Leipzig. The former Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund and Mainz head coach is to provide strategic vision, support scouting and develop coaches. He will not be involved in the everyday running of the Red Bull clubs, which stretch from Leipzig and Salzburg to the USA, Brazil and Japan. “It’s pretty much what I wanted to do. I finished seven months ago at Liverpool. I did that consciously,” he…

NATO leaders gathering in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, on Tuesday said European countries must be prepared to face further incidents in the Baltic Sea and announced a new mission designed to deter them. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said after the meeting that a new mission dubbed Baltic Sentry would include frigates, maritime patrol aircraft, and a fleet of naval drones to provide “enhanced surveillance and deterrence.”  “Across the alliance, we have seen elements of a campaign to destabilize our societies through cyberattacks, assassination attempts and sabotage, including possible sabotage of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea,” Rutte told reporters. NATO…

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday over insurrection accusations related to his December 3 martial law declaration, investigators said. The Asian country’s anti-corruption agency confirmed Yoon had been detained hours after the hundreds of investigators and police officers arrived at his presidential compound to apprehend him. A former prosecutor who led the conservative People Power Party to election victory in 2022, Yoon said he relented to avoid “bloodshed.” “When I saw them break into the security area using firefighting equipment today, I decided to respond to the CIO’s investigation, despite it being an illegal investigation, to prevent unsavory bloodshed,”…

Numerous German streets are named after him, as are hundreds of schools, universities and hospitals. Albert Schweitzer — scientist, doctor, philosopher, theologian, author, musician and Nobel Peace Prize winner — was long revered for his humanitarian work in Africa. The clinic he set up in Lambarene in present-day Gabon in West Africa earned him the moniker, “jungle doctor.” But Schweitzer was also a product of his time. Born in 1875 in Alsace, then part of the German Empire, and today eastern France, he was influenced by the ongoing and brutal colonialization of large parts of Africa by European countries. Albert Schweitzer…