United States: eight months in prison for an attacker on the Capitol
Paul Hodgkins on Monday became the first participant in the Jan.6 assault on the Capitol in Washington to be sentenced. The man was sentenced to eight months in prison.
Tokyo Olympics: an event behind closed doors and under a state of emergency
In Tokyo, the population fears an epidemic focus and an ‘Olympic variant’ during the Olympics, which are to be held from July 23 to August 8. A cluster was even declared in the Brazilian delegation …
Reunion and Martinique under tension with the return of health restrictions
The number of Covid-19 cases is on the rise again in Reunion Island and Martinique. In Martinique, the health measures taken by Emmanuel Macron do not pass. A demonstration was organized …
Death of Kurt Westergaard, the Danish cartoonist who caricatured Muhammad
Danish illustrator Kurt Westergaard, author of one of the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published on September 30, 2005 by the conservative daily Jyllands-Posten and which had provoked vio…
Canada to reopen its doors to vaccinated travelers
From August 9, vaccinated Americans will be able to cross the land border with Canada. Then, from September 7, all foreign travelers, also fully vaccinated, will be able to…
Pegasus case: Morocco, Hungary reject espionage accusations
Morocco and Hungary, suspected of spying on human rights activists, journalists and opponents around the world through Pegasus, a powerful Israeli spyware, denied on Monday …
Freedoms, calendar, controls … the subjects of contention for the health bill
The government’s bill to adapt health policy to the progression of the Delta variant is put to a vote in Parliament this week. This tightening of measures, which includes the ext …
France: extension of the health pass from July 21
It is on July 21 that the bill on the extension of the health pass and the vaccination obligation will be examined by the National Assembly in France. A text that is already sparking a lot of ink …
Controversial Nile dam: Ethiopia completed second phase of filling
Ethiopia has come to the end of the second phase of infilling of its controversial Nile mega-mooring. The latter, supposed to become the largest hydroelectric infrastructure in Africa once …
Pegasus software: ‘The new global weapon to silence journalists’?
On the front page of the press, this Monday, July 19, the revelations of the investigation site Forbidden Stories on the practices of the Israeli computer company NSO Group, accused of having set up …