The first SpaceX tourists have started their space cruise

Four American space tourists began an incredible zero-gravity trip on a SpaceX spaceship on Wednesday, where they are to spend three days in orbit around Earth without any professional astronauts onboard, a historic first. The Falcon 9 rocket took off at the scheduled time, 20:02 local (00:02 GMT Thursday) from the legendary 39A launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, in a rumble and fireball illuminating the night. A few minutes later, the first and then the second stages of the rocket separated, leaving the Dragon capsule and its passengers alone in the cosmos. “Few have been there before and many will follow. The door is opening now, it's pretty incredible,” said billionaire Jared Isaacman, the mission commander, from inside the capsule after reaching space. They need to travel farther than the International Space Station (ISS), to a target orbit of 575 km. Each day, they will go around the world about 15 times.

Inflation requires, the SMIC will increase by almost 35 euros gross on October 1

Employees paid at the SMIC will receive almost 35 euros gross more on October 1, thanks to the mechanical revaluation of the minimum wage due to inflation, such an increase during the year linked to price trends being unprecedented in ten years. The last automatic increase in the SMIC due to inflation, excluding January 1, was 2.1% on December 1, 2011. Currently 1,554.58 euros gross per month, the SMIC will be raised to 1,589.47 euros, an increase of 34.89 euros, according to a press release from the Ministry of Labour, published after a meeting with the group of experts on the minimum wage. The gross hourly wage should increase from 10.25 to 10.48 euros. This increase is mechanical because the Labour Code (article L3231-5) provides that “when the national consumer price index reaches a level corresponding to an increase of at least 2% compared to the established index” when the “immediately preceding” minimum wage is established, the minimum wage is raised “in the same proportion” the

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The personal data of around 1.4 million people, who tested for Covid-19 in Île-de-France in mid-2020, was stolen “as a result of a computer attack”.

For the first of their magical trio, Paris Saint-Germain was shaken up by Club Bruges and brought back only a draw (1-1) from Belgium, without a goal from Messi, Neymar, or Mbappé, on Wednesday for the entry into the Champions League.