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    War in Ukraine: London will send heavy tanks to kyiv, a first for a Western country

    The news was immediately welcomed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

    British Challenger 2 tanks during a military exercise under NATO command, in Poland, October 16, 2015. (PAP)

    The United Kingdom will supply Ukraine with Challenger 2 tanks, becoming the first Western country to send heavy tanks to help kyiv against the Russian invasion, Downing Street announced in a statement

    Brazil: a week after the incidents in Brasilia, investigators on the trail of those responsible

    A week ago, Sunday January 8, thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Presidential Palace, Congress and the Brazilian Supreme Court. The new government of President Lula is making every effort to identify those responsible.

    The premises of the Brazilian Supreme Court ransacked on January 8, 2023 in Brasilia (MAXPPP)

    It is a gigantic investigative work that started Monday, January 9, while Brazil was still in shock from the images of this insurrection in the heart of the place of the Three Powers.

    War in Ukraine: Explosions ring out in kyiv, infrastructure targeted, according to Ukrainian officials

    The city’s mayor Vitali Klitschko reported explosions in the Dniprovskiy district, calling on residents to “stay in the shelters”.

    Ukrainian soldiers near their vehicle equipped with a missile launcher turned towards Soledar, January 13, 2023. (MAXPPP)

    Several explosions sounded on Saturday January 14 morning in kyiv, noted AFP journalists. Ukrainian officials say strikes targeted key infrastructure in Ukraine’s capital.

    In Italy, Giorgia Meloni entangled in the energy crisis

    Fuel in Italy is among the most expensive in Europe, but the country’s finances do not allow motorists to be helped. This creates discontent in the population, and a crisis within the government.

    The President of the Italian Council in Rome on January 10, 2023 (ALESSANDRO SERRANO’ (MAXPPP)

    Italy can’t afford to lower fuel taxes, and it’s not going well at all. Giorgia Meloni even addressed the Italians directly via social networks to explain and denounce a bad media campaign.

    Iran: an Iranian-British, convicted of espionage, was executed by hanging

    The announcement was made on Saturday by the Iranian Judicial Authority’s agency Mizan Online.

    The Iranian-British Alireza Akbari, during an interview in Tehran. ( KHABAR ONLINE)

    Another execution in Iran. An Iranian-British man sentenced to death for espionage, Alireza Akbari, was executed by hanging, announced on

    China: “zero Covid”, street pressure, surge in contamination … The all-powerful Xi Jinping weakened by three years of pandemic

    The sudden abandonment of the “zero Covid” policy by the Chinese government in December has frightened the country’s citizens, as infections soar and health services are overstretched. What to rock the communist power? Not so sure.

    Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 19, 2022 in Bangkok (Thailand), during an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. (AFP)

    From almighty president to weakened leader. Chinese President Xi Jinping, in office since 2020, seemed at the height of his power last October, after being re-elected with great

    Figure skating: Kamila Valieva not sanctioned by the Russian anti-doping agency, WADA says it is “concerned”

    The Russian skater learned of her positive trimetazidine test during the 2022 Beijing Olympics, disrupting the team event medal ceremony.

    Kamila Valieva during a competition in Moscow, October 23, 2022. (AFP)

    Almost a year later, the Valieva case is still not closed. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

    War in Ukraine: the Soledar salt mine, the other stake in the capture of the Ukrainian city for the Russians

    The capture of Soledar by the Russians, this Friday, denied by the Ukrainian forces, is of essential importance for Moscow. Soledar, a small town in eastern Ukraine, is home to a salt mine whose galleries are coveted by the Russians to protect their soldiers from Ukrainian strikes.

    Russian army tanks in action this Friday, January 13 in the Donetsk region. (MAXPPP)

    Communication battle over the control of Soledar in Ukraine. Russia claimed on Friday, January 13, to have taken control of this city in eastern Ukraine “which is of great

    Aquitaine: glass eel trafficking was dismantled by customs

    A traffic of glass eels, the fishing of which is highly regulated, has been dismantled in the south-west of France. The price per kilo of this species, very rare, is negotiated up to 900 euros.

    28 kilos of glass eels were seized by customs officers. The glass eel is the fry of the eel, a vulnerable species. Its fishing is supervised, and its export prohibited outside Europe.

    United States: Tornado devastates Selma area of Alabama

    In the United States, tornadoes caused extensive damage. Several towns were swept away, including in the Selma, Alabama area, where at least seven people have been killed.

    Dozens of buildings gutted, pulverized. Downtown Selma, Alabama (USA) is upside down minutes after the tornado struck. Some can’t even put words to what they are going

    The coffin of Ramses II on exclusive loan in Paris for the event exhibition “L’or des Pharaons”

    Exhibition on world tour at La Villette in Paris from April 7, “Ramses and the gold of the Pharaohs” will be enriched by the exclusive loan by Egypt of the coffin of Ramses II. A first in France for forty-five years.

    Ramesses II. (DR)

    It promises to be a flagship exhibition for the first half of 2023 in Paris: it will be doubly so thanks to the loan of the coffin of Ramses II, known as Ramses The Great, by the Egyptian

    Japan: Man suspected of killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been charged

    Tetsuya Yamagami faces the death penalty if found guilty.

    Tetsuya Yamagami, suspected of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is carried to the police station, January 10, 2023, in Nara, Japan. (AFP)

    Japanese prosecutors on Friday (January 13th) charged the man suspected of the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last July, the suspect having been declared fit to stand trial

    In South Africa, for 2023 we wish to have electricity

    The energy crisis that the country is going through is likely to worsen after a record year: more than 200 days marked by power cuts. Years of corruption, sabotage and mismanagement have brought state-owned Eskom to the ground.

    A power station of Eskom, the public electricity company, in Standerton, South Africa, on December 18, 2022. (AFP)

    Should South Africans fear a candlelit 2023? It is indeed surely the right year to buy candles, generators, solar panels, or to resign oneself to great sobriety, since the first three months

    In the United States, an autistic boy reveals himself at the piano without any lessons and his talent propels him to all the TV channels

    A few months ago, Jude Kofie, 11, discovered a piano in the family cellar and since he put his hands on it, he plays by ear and improvises with disconcerting ease. A prodigy who is invited everywhere and who has even been offered a grand piano by a stranger.

    Jude Kofie, on his YouTube channel. (SCREENSHOT)

    He lives in the United States, in Colorado, the youngest son of two parents who left Ghana to come to work in the city of Aurora, and for the past week, his story has been told

    Dakar 2023: Sébastien Loeb takes a fifth victory on the 11th stage in a car, and is closing in on second place overall

    The nine-time WRC world champion signed a fourth consecutive victory on Thursday in the Empty Quarter.

    French driver Sebastien Loeb (BRX) during the 10th stage of the Dakar, between Haradh and Shaybah, on January 11, 2023. (GIGI SOLDANO / AFP)

    Sharing, he does not know. This is also what allowed him to enter the legend of motorsports, remaining world rally champion for nine years (2004 to 2012).

    Ukraine: NGO Human Rights Watch welcomes “an unprecedented international reaction” to the war, but regrets “a lack of attention” to other conflicts

    The various resolutions taken internationally against Russia in the face of the war in Ukraine were “rapid and simultaneous” greets Benedicte Jeannerod, France director of Human Rights Watch on France Inter. For her, other conflicts deserve the same attention.

    The United Nations Security Council gathered to discuss the conflict in Ukraine on September 22, 2022. (AFP)

    The war in Ukraine has triggered “an unprecedented international reaction”, welcomed on France Inter, Benedicte Jeannerod, France director of Human Rights Watch even if “it is not a miracle response”.

    Eurozapping: hundreds of police mobilized to dislodge environmental activists in Germany

    Hundreds of police are mobilized to dislodge environmental activists mobilized against the extension of a coal mine in Lutzerath.

    War in Ukraine: Valery Gerasimov named new commander of the Russian offensive in the country

    Russia has just named a new commander of the offensive in Ukraine, as journalist Lionel Feuerstein explains, live from Moscow, Thursday January 12. This is the second general appointed in three months.

    Russia has appointed a new offensive commander in Ukraine, Valery Gerasimov, as journalist Lionel Feuerstein explained, live from Moscow

    Brazil: several participants in the Brasilia attack have been released

    In Brazil, several of Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters who participated in the Brasilia attack were released by the police after interrogation. They remain determined to block the path of the new President Lula.

    “Revolution”, “Victory is ours” shout the supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, the ex-president of Brazil, leaving the police station by bus on Wednesday January 11.

    Environment: how to explain the reconstitution of the ozone layer?

    Finally, some good news for the environment: the ozone layer should fully recover within the next 40 years.

    A world map in the arms of a child. (MAXPPP)

    230 researchers updated the latest scientific knowledge. And their report published Monday, January 9 indicates that in 2040, the ozone layer should globally return to its pre-1980 state, and that in 2066, the hole located above Antarctica should therefore have disappeared.

    Earthquake in Morocco Felt in Portugal, Spain, and Algeria

    An earthquake in Morocco was also felt in neighboring countries Portugal, Spain, and Algeria. Reports indicate that the tremors were felt in various regions,...