With temperatures below 0°C, millions of people live without electricity in Ukraine. Most of the inhabitants, however, continue to live in the dark.
A sales consultant with a flashlight. In this Ukrainian store, which has no electricity, we make do with the means at hand.
On the Ukrainian side, the chief of staff of the presidency estimated on Telegram that the Russian economy would be “destroyed” by this measure.
Vladimir Putin in Novo-Ogaryovo, near Moscow (Russia), December 2, 2022. (AFP)
Russia affirms, Saturday, December 3, that it “will not accept” the capping of the price of its barrel of oil at 60 dollars.
At the center of this day, the capping of the price of its barrel of oil at 60 dollars. This measure must come into force on Monday, after the agreement sealed by the countries of the European Union, the G7 and Australia, in order to limit the income of Moscow to finance the conflict.
Ukrainian soldiers in the Donbass (Ukraine), December 2, 2022. (AFP)
Russia said on Saturday (December 3rd) that it “will not accept” capping the price of its oil barrel at $60.
Sanna Marin stressed on Friday that Russia’s invasion and occupation of neighboring Ukraine had exposed Europe’s weaknesses and strategic mistakes.
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin in Sydney (Australia) during a conference, December 2, 2022. (MAXPPP)
The Finnish Prime Minister does not mince words. Sanna Marin said on Friday, December 2, that Europe was “not strong enough” to stand up to Moscow alone.
The German State which gives 200 billion euros in the face of the crisis, is this a form of unfair competition?
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during the press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on December 1, 2022 in Berlin. (Illustration) (MAXPPP)
European Micro today takes a look at Germany with Kai Littmann, the director of eurojournalist.eu. Germany will invest 200 billion euros in industry, and for households.
“We never weaken the capacity of our own armies to protect our soil and our nationals” and “we never deliver weapons” which “allow us to attack Russia on its soil”, nevertheless added the French president, on TF1.
President Emmanuel Macron, December 2, 2022 in New Orleans (United States). (AFP)
Europe and the United States share a common desire, that of “continuing to help Ukraine to
Photo hebdo returns, Friday, December 2, to a week of news in the world in a few shots. On the program, a dance record in Venezuela or a blind football fan in Qatar.
As the children begin to open the boxes of the advent calendar, they are not the only ones, since at London Zoo, a meerkat also seems interested in this tradition.
The 20 Hours of Friday, December 2 goes around the world news in pictures. In summary, the protest that does not weaken in Iran and the awakening of a volcano in Hawaii.
China is finally releasing some pressure on its zero covid policy.
In the US state of Louisiana, bayou swamps are plagued by rising waters. Villages have already been destroyed and 350,000 people will become climate refugees in 50 years.
South of Louisiana (United States), the land and the sea intertwine.
Three migrants from Lagos (Nigeria) were rescued on Monday November 28 in the port of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands. They spent eleven days hiding on the rudder of an oil tanker.
For eleven days, from Nigeria to the Canary Islands, these three stowaways hid near the rudder of the Alithini II tanker. (AFP)
They spent eleven days in the Atlantic clinging to the back of an oil tanker. And it is packed on the blade of the rudder that we found them Monday when the ship arrived at the port of Las Palmas on the island of Gran Canaria.
The security officer at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid was slightly injured when a letter bomb intended for the ambassador exploded on Wednesday. The other couriers were defused before doing any damage.
Demining services intervene after the discovery of a letter bomb addressed to the military base of Torrejon de Ardoz, in Spain, on December 1, 2022. (AFP)
The Spanish authorities announced on Thursday 1 December that a letter bomb had been sent the previous week to the Prime Minister.
This estimate, coming from “external sources”, included both the killed and the wounded, justified the institution after removing this passage. kyiv had reacted strongly to these declarations, judging this initial assessment to be erroneous.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, during a conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine, October 25, 2022. (DPA)
Misunderstanding between Brussels and kyiv. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday (November 30)
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki holds a press conference on stopping gas from Russia in Rembelszczyzna near Warsaw on April 27, 2022. (AFP)
The war in Ukraine and tensions with Russia are plunging European countries into an unprecedented energy crisis.
“Our bilateral relations continue”, assures the far-right leader, in an interview with “Corriere della sera”
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on November 22, 2022 during a press conference in Rome. (AFP)
Officially, everything is fine between Giorgia Meloni and France.
The recipe that allowed the Blues to quickly qualify for the round of 16 should not be changed following the match against Tunisia on Wednesday, regardless of the performance of the players.
Adrien Rabiot, Aurelien Tchouameni and Antoine Griezmann against Mikkel Damsgaard during France-Denmark, in the World Cup (AFP)
“It’s not tomorrow’s game that will change anything. It’s important but not decisive for us.”
For the first time in their history, France and Tunisia will face each other in a football World Cup match on Wednesday, November 30, in Qatar.
On the eve of the France-Tunisia match, which will take place on Wednesday, November 30, it is the Tunisians who are setting the mood in Doha, Qatar.
This parasitic disease, known as the tsetse fly, permanently threatens 60 million people in Africa. This new treatment could eliminate the transmission of sleeping sickness by 2030.
The drug was developed by Sanofi and a research organization founded by the World Health Organization. Illustrative photo. (AFP)
A drug, acoziborole, developed by Sanofi and a research organization founded by the World Health Organization (WHO), can cure sleeping sickness, reveals the medical journal The Lancet.
The price of gas is one of the topics that Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden will discuss on Thursday, December 1.
Emmanuel Macron will discuss the price of gas with Joe Biden. American consumers spend 7 dollars for a unit of gas, and Europeans 37 dollars, more than five times more expensive.
The EU executive proposes a “market correction mechanism” which aims to prohibit transactions on the European gas market if the contract price notably exceeds 275 euros/MWh for two weeks.
European flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels on October 21, 2022. (AFP)
The European Commission proposed on Tuesday 22 November a temporary mechanism to cap wholesale gas prices.
