The news
Covid: 85% of patients hospitalized in France have not been vaccinated. As Israel begins a third dose campaign for those over 60 and the country restores the health pass, a Drees study published on Friday brings together for the first time the vaccination status and hospital admissions in France. And the finding is clear: People not vaccinated against Covid-19 represent around 85% of hospital patients in France, including in intensive care, and 78% of deaths due to the virus, against respectively 7% and 11% for people fully vaccinated. According to the statistical agency, these figures “reflect the protective effect of vaccination”. On the health pass front, justice cracked down on a contract worker from the CPAM, who admitted to having sold fake QR codes for 200 euros each on the Snapchat social network. And who will also have to pay a fine of 10,000 euros.
Massy drama: the body of the SNCF engineer found. Five days after the landslide on a railway site in Essonne, the remains of the 55-year-old engineer was found this Friday after long searches on the rough terrain. “Mike” wanted this site to be one of his last. “He was tired, he wanted to rest, why not behind a desk but always for the SNCF”, confides a colleague. An internal company investigation and judicial information from the Evry prosecutor’s office were opened on Sunday to determine the circumstances of the landslide. Read our article.
Philippines: 13 million people re-defined due to the delta variant. The second country most affected by Covid-19 in Southeast Asia is preparing to reconfine Manila and its region with the aim of containing the transmission of the delta variant. Some 200 locals have been affected so far.
The fire season ravages Siberia. Yakutia, a region in northeast Siberia, has experienced a particularly violent episode of fires since May. The flames have already destroyed 1.5 million hectares in Siberia, 11 million across Russia, since the start of the year. For its part, Turkey is somehow managing to control most of the forest fires which have struck the southern country and which have left 4 dead and 200 injured.
Hong Kong: nine years in prison for the first convicted in the name of the law on national security. A 24-year-old waiter has been sentenced under the drastic law imposed a year ago by Beijing to suppress the pro-democracy movement. About sixty others are awaiting trial. Among them, historical or emerging public figures who have criticized the government such as Joshua Wong, a young political activist and head of the movement.
Very partial rehousing of the homeless in the Place des Vosges. The day after the installation of around 800 homeless people in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, three quarters of them were sheltered in gymnasiums but a little more than 200 others were dispersed by the police. “We don’t understand what’s going on, tell Release the Parisian coordinator of the Utopia 56 association, Kerill Theurillat. Groups were escorted by the police to subway entrances but neither they nor we know where they are going. ” Read our article.
Student grants: the government announces a (meager) revaluation of 1%. If the Ministry of Higher Education has announced a gain of 185 euros over ten months since 2019 for scholarship holders at step 7, the increase in the start of the school year is not enough to cover the inflation absorbed since June 2020. France counted nearly 30,000 additional scholarship recipients between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years.
Carlos Ghosn case: Rachida Dati indicted for “passive corruption”. The former minister of Nicolas Sarkozy is targeted by an investigation by the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office on her consulting services as a lawyer with the Nissan-Renault alliance, chaired by Carlos Ghosn between 2010 and 2013, when she was elected in the European Parliament. Read our article.
The tax woes of Shakira, from the Bahamas to Barcelona. Although in good standing with the Spanish tax administration, the singer is being prosecuted for claiming to live in the Caribbean while residing in Catalonia. She faces a prison sentence. Read our article.
Olympic Games. Riner falls from his pedestal, Djokovic collapses, Dicko climbs onto the box… Find all the news from the Tokyo Olympics.
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In Aveyron, the future in parentheses for the SAM foundry. The employees of this automobile components factory were waiting for the Toulouse commercial court to rule on two takeover offers on Friday. Alas, the audience was postponed and, for Bercy, the two potential buyers are not strong enough. Read our report.
Cumulation of mandates: poison turned into remedy? Honed and disappeared under François Hollande, the plurality of mandates is now sold by some elected officials as a means of bringing parliamentarians closer to the French. The Senate could vote to restore it in October. Read our article.
Resignations of ministers: the Macron-Castex case law. Despite his trial in September, Alain Griset, Minister of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, accused of not having declared part of his assets and his interests, remains in office. A dangerous game on the part of the executive, which risks damaging the confidence of the French a little more. Read our post.
Advancement of the Taliban: Pakistan, “watered sprinkler”. Islamabad would like a negotiated solution to prevent the Pakistani insurgents, avatars of their Afghan neighbors, from being reinforced. Read our analysis.
Why Scarlett Johansson is attacking Disney after the release of “Black Widow” in streaming. For the American actress, the simultaneous release of her film in theaters and on the Disney + streaming platform would have made her lose millions of dollars. Attacked in court, the studio claims to have respected its contract.
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