On his first official visit since he was elected chancellor on Tuesday, Friedrich Merz met with Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Wednesday. The two leaders committed to increasing security efforts in the context of Russia's war in Ukraine.
In November 2024, an Algerian court accepted an initial complaint against the writer and his psychiatrist wife for revealing and using the story of a patient in his novel 'Houris,' which won the 2024 the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize.
Several American journals have received probing letters from the federal prosecutor of the District of Columbia, accusing them of bias in scientific debates. Two federally funded journals have suspended the acceptance of new research articles.