The news
United States / Russia. Seeming of cold war between Moscow and Washington. By calling his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on television “killer” having to pay “the price” of his actions, Joe Biden caused Wednesday the first diplomatic crisis of his mandate. We do not know if the American president was referring to the fate of Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny, victim in August of poisoning attributed by the United States to Moscow and now imprisoned in Russia. In reaction, Moscow in any case announced without delay that it had recalled its ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, “For consultations”. Our story.
North Korea. Pyongyang is showing its teeth against the new US administration. North Korea announced on Thursday that it would ignore attempts to make contact with the United States until Washington gave up its “Hostile policy” towards her, according to the official North Korean agency KCNA. Pyongyang’s warning, spoken by its first deputy foreign minister, came as two senior US officials, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin were in Seoul .
Burma. The repression is increasing against the pro-democracy movement. On Wednesday, the Burmese junta launched new corruption charges against former leader Aung San Suu Kyi by broadcasting a video implicating her on state television. Violence against civilians does not stop. At least seven people were killed by security forces on Wednesday, according to the Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners (AAPP) and, on Thursday, several neighborhoods in Yangon were still the scene of violent tensions. Since the February 1 coup, at least 217 protesters have been killed. Our last article.
Public deficit. 160 billion euros: this is globally what the consequences of the health crisis in 2020 cost the State, according to the Minister of Public Accounts, Olivier Dussopt. “This figure is not definitive since we are still in an epidemic crisis and a health crisis”, said the minister to the senators. This year, new expenses linked to the crisis will be incurred, in particular for vaccination, compensation for short-time working or the solidarity fund. And to comment: “My conviction is that as soon as we can lift the health restrictions, as soon as we can lift the restrictions on activity, there will be a rebound.”
To be continued today
AstraZeneca vaccine. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is due to issue a new opinion this Thursday afternoon on AstraZeneca’s anti-Covid vaccine, suspended by several EU countries because of side effects, such as difficulty in coagulating or the formation of clots. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday recommended continuing to use the vaccine. The director of the Anglo-Swedish laboratory, Emer Cooke, remains “Firmly convincedThat the benefits outweigh the risks.
Health crisis. What new health restriction measures for Ile-de-France and Hauts-de-France very affected by the epidemic? This Thursday evening at 6 p.m., Jean Castex and Olivier Véran will have to give their verdict to try to slow down the “Third wave” of the Covid-19 epidemic. “We are, let’s be clear, in a third wave largely due to the rise of this famous English variant. The situation is clearly critical. It will hit very hard until mid-April ”, Emmanuel Macron underlined Wednesday evening during a videoconference with mayors of Ile-de-France and other regions.
The story
150 years of the Municipality. If the Parisian left intends to celebrate with many events, from this Thursday, the anniversary of the popular uprising, the right deplores an idealized story and pleads for a simple commemoration. LREM and the RN remain, them, far from a debate reviving an opposition from which they claim to be freed. Our article.
The report
Sexual violence in the Church. A report on cases of child criminality in the German Catholic Church is to be published this Thursday, after the results of a first investigation by Rainer Maria Woelki, the powerful and ultraconservative Archbishop of Cologne, were put under seal. Many believers, tired of the impunity reigning within the institution, prefer to abandon the pews of churches. The article of our special correspondent.
The portrait
Beatrice Foucher. The director of DS, a luxury brand born at Citroën, went through Renault, where she participated in the development of the electric Zoé. His portrait.
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