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Christa Pike, the convict who survived her execution last week in the United States, left the hospital and returned to prison, announced her lawyers on Saturday.
Hurricane Isaias quickly weakened by touching land on Friday night in the state of Florida, reported the American Hurricane Centre (NHC). The hurricane was downgraded to Category 1, but the NHC warned against the risk of storm surges, floods and sudden floods.
"An execution by firing squad." #United States: The US Army wants to broadcast live Nidal Hasan's execution. The first military execution in decades in the country.
A man was shot and wounded on Thursday by a Federal Immigration Police (ICE) officer while in his car with a five-year-old child sitting in the back during an operation in the Bronx in New York.
The US courts added charges of "compulsory acts of torture" to the prosecution of drug trafficking against former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, who had been detained in New York since their capture in January. The couple's trial is scheduled for June 1, 2027.
American-Ukrainian talks will take place Friday and Saturday in Miami. The United States invited France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the European Union and NATO to join the discussions. The talks will focus on "new ideas" put forward by Washington to end the conflict with Russia.
As the mid-term elections in the United States approached, the 435 seats in the House of Representatives and one third of the 100 seats in the Senate were renewed. Democrats are making progress in Senate polls, a particularly scrutinized development since Congress is one of the main counter-powers against the President. The details of Matthieu Mabin, corresponding to Washington.
The National Committee of the Democratic Party (DNC) filed a complaint on Wednesday against US President Donald Trump. It accuses her of " flagrant violation" of the ban on the appropriation of public funds for advertisements to her glory, especially during an election period.
Experts and lawyers described this apparent cure as unedited, pointing out that she would be the only person known to have survived a lethal injection.
Nearly a week after surviving two lethal injections into Tennessee, the condemned to death Christa Pike "has regained consciousness and can speak", her lawyers announced Tuesday. However, they were not allowed to visit him at the hospital.
In exactly four weeks, millions of Americans will be called to the polls. On 3 November, the United States will re-elect the 435 members of the House of Representatives and one third of the 100 seats in the Senate. As the election approached, the American political world went into fibrillation. Analysis by Anne Corpet, international columnist France 24.
The mobilization of students from Cornell University in the United States continues. They were reunited yesterday to seek justice for their comrade who accused seven students of the prestigious collective rape institution. The role of the administration is also pointed out. The facts, which occurred in 2024, have only just been investigated by the American courts. Story of Alexandra Quarini.
Meeting at the top. On September 23rd, US President Donald Trump received his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Washington. This was his first visit to the White House in ten years, but his third meeting with the American president in a year. Behind the appearance, few results. Our guests come back to this meeting between superpowers.
Pending a decision on the merits of the case, the United States Supreme Court suspended on Tuesday a court decision that required safeguards against torture or persecution before any expulsion of illegal immigrants to a third country.
The departure from Iraq of the last US-led anti-Islamic coalition troops, scheduled this Wednesday, puts an end to a presence that began in 2014. This withdrawal revives the issue of the disarmament of the pro-Iranian factions, several of which still refuse to return arms.
On Monday, New York State justice reopened the investigation into alleged mass rape committed in 2024 at Cornell University, where a 20-year-old student claims to have been drugged and raped by seven members of a fraternity. A recent civil complaint re-launched the case, which had not initially led to any prosecution.
Heavy precipitation and strong winds fell in the northeastern United States on Saturday, after a storm with unusual power for the season intensified, resulting in the death of at least one person, according to the American media.
Donald Trump said Thursday, September 24 that Beijing and Washington are opposed to any regulation of artificial intelligence. The US president said on his Truth Social platform: "Superintelligence (AI) will be a major topic for discussion, but I want to stay exactly at this stage. It is also China's position." The details of Guillaume Grallet, editor-in-chief Tech et Sciences au Point.
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for cooperation with Washington, a few hours after being greeted Wednesday, September 23rd in the American capital by his counterpart Donald Trump. The Chinese Head of State stated in a note published by the official news agency China News that "our two countries should be partners rather than rivals". The explanations of Gauthier Rybinski, an international columnist in France 24.
