LE FIGARO : Face au dôme de chaleur qui étouffe la France, les achats de produits dits « météo-sensibles » s’envolent, provoquant déjà tensions et ruptures chez certains distributeurs.
La France suffoque sous un « dôme de chaleur », qui devrait porter les températures jusqu’à 39°C localement, selon Météo-France. Désespérant de se soustraire à cette chaleur écrasante, certains Français peu scrupuleux déboulonnent sauvagement les bouches à incendies dans les rues pour en faire jaillir un peu d’eau fraîche. D’autres adaptent leurs habitudes de consommation. Les premiers chiffres sont éloquents : glaces, sodas, boissons rafraîchissantes, mais aussi ventilateurs, climatiseurs ou encore piscines de jardin ont vu leurs ventes exploser ces derniers jours. Au point de mettre certains distributeurs sous tension.
Chez les principaux e-commerçants français - Galeries Lafayette, Darty, La Redoute, Leroy Merlin -, le basculement vers des achats estivaux est aussi brutal que précoce. Les produits dits « météo-sensibles » s’envolent, tirés par une quête simple : se rafraîchir. Sans surprise, les commandes de ventilateurs explosent de 196% par rapport à mai 2025, celles de climatiseurs grimpent de 61%, tandis que les piscines de jardin et les maillots de bain enregistrent des hausses respectives de 144% et 42 %, selon les derniers chiffres de la start-up Stockly, spécialisée dans la mutualisation des stocks des e-commerçants. La hausse la plus spectaculaire revient toutefois aux... machines à glace : +247 % ! » | Par Jean Kedroff | mercredi 27 mai 2026
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Jeffrey Sachs an Bundeskanzler Merz: Verhindern Sie offenen Krieg mit Russland!
BERLINER ZEITUNG : Der Ökonom und Diplomat Jeffrey Sachs fordert Bundeskanzler Merz auf, mit Russlands Präsident Putin unverzüglich Gespräche über Frieden in Europa zu beginnen. Der Brief im Wortlaut.
Dieser Screenshot stammt aus diesem Artikel der Berliner Zeitung. | Jeffrey Sachs, hier beim Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2025 in der Türkei, warnt vor einem Krieg in Europa und der Zerstörung der deutschen Wirtschaft. | © IMAGO/Emin Sansar
Offener Brief an Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz
Sehr geehrter Herr Bundeskanzler Merz,
als ich Ihnen vor einem halben Jahr einen offenen Brief schrieb, habe ich an Deutschland appelliert, die Diplomatie gegenüber Russland zu suchen, anstatt den Krieg zu normalisieren. Sechs Monate später hat sich die Lage in Europa dramatisch verschlechtert. Europa und Russland schlittern in einen offenen Krieg. In dieser Situation tragen Sie, Herr Bundeskanzler, eine einzigartige Verantwortung. Kein anderer europäischer Staats- und Regierungschef – weder in Paris, noch in Warschau, noch in Rom – verfügt über das Gewicht Deutschlands oder hat die Macht, die Sie persönlich besitzen, diese Katastrophe zu verhindern. Werden Sie sich für den Frieden einsetzen?
Sie selbst forderten im Januar 2026 gemeinsam mit Premierminister Meloni und Präsident Macron die Wiederaufnahme der Beziehungen Europas zu Russland und bezeichneten Russland als „ein europäisches Land“. Dennoch haben Sie die Diplomatie nicht verfolgt. Angesichts der Zukunft Europas, die auf dem Spiel steht, ist dies ein beispielloser Verzicht auf Ihre Führungsrolle. Haben Sie in Ihrer Zeit als Bundeskanzler auch nur einen einzigen substanziellen Dialog mit Präsident Putin versucht? Hat Ihr Außenminister jemals einen substanziellen Dialog mit Außenminister Lawrow versucht? Echte Gespräche, so wie jene, die den Kalten Krieg beendeten? Soweit die öffentlichen Aufzeichnungen belegen, lautet die Antwort: Nein. Nicht ein einziges Mal. Und nicht etwa, weil die Dringlichkeit nicht erkannt worden wäre. Lesen Sie den Brief weiter » | Michael Maier Jeffrey Sachs | Mittwoch, 27. Mai 2026
Offener Brief an Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz
Sehr geehrter Herr Bundeskanzler Merz,
als ich Ihnen vor einem halben Jahr einen offenen Brief schrieb, habe ich an Deutschland appelliert, die Diplomatie gegenüber Russland zu suchen, anstatt den Krieg zu normalisieren. Sechs Monate später hat sich die Lage in Europa dramatisch verschlechtert. Europa und Russland schlittern in einen offenen Krieg. In dieser Situation tragen Sie, Herr Bundeskanzler, eine einzigartige Verantwortung. Kein anderer europäischer Staats- und Regierungschef – weder in Paris, noch in Warschau, noch in Rom – verfügt über das Gewicht Deutschlands oder hat die Macht, die Sie persönlich besitzen, diese Katastrophe zu verhindern. Werden Sie sich für den Frieden einsetzen?
Sie selbst forderten im Januar 2026 gemeinsam mit Premierminister Meloni und Präsident Macron die Wiederaufnahme der Beziehungen Europas zu Russland und bezeichneten Russland als „ein europäisches Land“. Dennoch haben Sie die Diplomatie nicht verfolgt. Angesichts der Zukunft Europas, die auf dem Spiel steht, ist dies ein beispielloser Verzicht auf Ihre Führungsrolle. Haben Sie in Ihrer Zeit als Bundeskanzler auch nur einen einzigen substanziellen Dialog mit Präsident Putin versucht? Hat Ihr Außenminister jemals einen substanziellen Dialog mit Außenminister Lawrow versucht? Echte Gespräche, so wie jene, die den Kalten Krieg beendeten? Soweit die öffentlichen Aufzeichnungen belegen, lautet die Antwort: Nein. Nicht ein einziges Mal. Und nicht etwa, weil die Dringlichkeit nicht erkannt worden wäre. Lesen Sie den Brief weiter » | Michael Maier Jeffrey Sachs | Mittwoch, 27. Mai 2026
États-Unis : des morts et « plusieurs blessés graves » après un accident dans une usine
LE FIGARO : Une cuve contenant de la « liqueur blanche », une solution chimique contenant de l’hydroxyde de sodium et du sulfure de sodium utilisée dans la fabrication du papier, a cédé sur le site de la société Nippon Dynawave Packaging.
Plusieurs personnes sont décédées et d'autres ont été grièvement blessées lors d'une fuite de produits chimiques survenue dans une usine de papier de l'État de Washington, dans le nord-ouest des États-Unis, ont annoncé les autorités mardi.
Une cuve contenant de la « liqueur blanche », une solution chimique contenant de l'hydroxyde de sodium et du sulfure de sodium utilisée dans la fabrication du papier, a cédé sur le site de la société Nippon Dynawave Packaging, selon un communiqué publié conjointement par l'entreprise et les pompiers de Longview. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mercredi 27 mai 2026
Plusieurs personnes sont décédées et d'autres ont été grièvement blessées lors d'une fuite de produits chimiques survenue dans une usine de papier de l'État de Washington, dans le nord-ouest des États-Unis, ont annoncé les autorités mardi.
Une cuve contenant de la « liqueur blanche », une solution chimique contenant de l'hydroxyde de sodium et du sulfure de sodium utilisée dans la fabrication du papier, a cédé sur le site de la société Nippon Dynawave Packaging, selon un communiqué publié conjointement par l'entreprise et les pompiers de Longview. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mercredi 27 mai 2026
Steve Rosenberg: Russians Who "Harm Russia" from Abroad May Have Their Property Seized
Guerre au Moyen-Orient : le but des États-Unis et d’Israël est toujours de renverser la République islamique, assure l’Iran
LE FIGARO : « L’ennemi poursuit désormais par d’autres moyens l’objectif de renverser et de diviser le pays », est-il écrit dans ce communiqué du ministère relayé par les médias iraniens. EN DIRECT » | Par Ségolène Forgar et Jeanne Durieux | mercredi 27 mai 2026
Nigel Farage’s Far-Right Party Is Now Central to British Politics
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Nigel Farage’s anti-immigrant, populist agenda has helped his party, Reform U.K., emerge from the fringe of politics in Britain. But it faces an uphill climb to win power.
This screenshot has been taken from this NYT article. | Nigel Farage, the leader of the Reform U.K. Party, last month at a campaign rally in Scotland ahead of British council elections. | Paul Reid/Getty Images
Until recently, Nigel Farage was the leader of small but loud political start-ups in Britain.
For decades, his anti-Europe parties sought to shift the country’s trajectory, using anti-immigrant and nationalist rhetoric to lead the Brexit campaign. But until 2024, Mr. Farage had never been elected to Parliament, and his movement remained on the fringe, unable to dislodge Britain’s two big political parties.
That is all changing.
In thousands of contests for municipal councils across England on May 7, Mr. Farage’s party, Reform U.K., surged past the Tories of Margaret Thatcher fame and grabbed control of councils from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party to become, arguably, the most successful political force in the country.
In just 15 hours on Election Day, Reform won 1,454 council races and surged to victories in the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments. Now, Mr. Farage presides over a national party with reasonable ambitions to take control of Parliament in the next general election, which must be held by 2029. That would make him Britain’s next prime minister.
“We have professionalized the party,” he boasted on May 8, calling the election results “a big, big day not just for our party but for a complete reshaping of British politics in every way.” » | Michael D. Shear | Michael D. Shear writes about the fracturing of British politics and the rise of populists in the U.K. and across Europe. | Wednesday, May 27, 2026
It is to be hoped that my fellow compatriots will have the good sense not to vote into power the very man who made them heaps poorer and who robbed them of their rights as citizens of Europe. (Yes, Europe, because the EU and Europe are largely synonymous despite what the far-right loons would have you believe.) But I am not holding my breath!
Nigel Farage is a self-enriching charlatan. His guiding principle, or pole star, is himself and how he can fill his bank accounts and bolster his ego. He is a man of no sound principles. Don’t believe me? Just look at how he enriched himself over a period of about TWENTY years from the EU—from 1999 to 2020—whilst doing sod all for the money, hardly ever attending Parliament in either Brussels or Strasbourg. All the while decrying the institution, and all the while working hard behind the scenes to undermine the institution! What an unprincipled SOB he is! And my compatriots are stupid enough to vote for him!
Add to all this, Nigel Farage did Vladimir Putin’s dirty work for him. Vlad’s wet dream has been to weaken and break-up the European Union, and Farage did his bidding.
Were Farage ever to become the prime minister of this once noble country, it will be a very sad day for British democracy (whatever is left of it), and it will also be the harbinger of dark days ahead.
That he is big chums with the corrupt Trump and his chumps is a further indictment on him and casts a dark shadow on his character and intentions. It is a classic case of birds of a feather flocking together!
For the record, this country’s future lies in Europe and the European Union. It does not lie across the Atlantic with the far-right loons who govern America. Eastward ho! Ir’s written in the stars, my fellow countrymen! — © Mark Alexander
Until recently, Nigel Farage was the leader of small but loud political start-ups in Britain.
For decades, his anti-Europe parties sought to shift the country’s trajectory, using anti-immigrant and nationalist rhetoric to lead the Brexit campaign. But until 2024, Mr. Farage had never been elected to Parliament, and his movement remained on the fringe, unable to dislodge Britain’s two big political parties.
That is all changing.
In thousands of contests for municipal councils across England on May 7, Mr. Farage’s party, Reform U.K., surged past the Tories of Margaret Thatcher fame and grabbed control of councils from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party to become, arguably, the most successful political force in the country.
In just 15 hours on Election Day, Reform won 1,454 council races and surged to victories in the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments. Now, Mr. Farage presides over a national party with reasonable ambitions to take control of Parliament in the next general election, which must be held by 2029. That would make him Britain’s next prime minister.
“We have professionalized the party,” he boasted on May 8, calling the election results “a big, big day not just for our party but for a complete reshaping of British politics in every way.” » | Michael D. Shear | Michael D. Shear writes about the fracturing of British politics and the rise of populists in the U.K. and across Europe. | Wednesday, May 27, 2026
It is to be hoped that my fellow compatriots will have the good sense not to vote into power the very man who made them heaps poorer and who robbed them of their rights as citizens of Europe. (Yes, Europe, because the EU and Europe are largely synonymous despite what the far-right loons would have you believe.) But I am not holding my breath!
Nigel Farage is a self-enriching charlatan. His guiding principle, or pole star, is himself and how he can fill his bank accounts and bolster his ego. He is a man of no sound principles. Don’t believe me? Just look at how he enriched himself over a period of about TWENTY years from the EU—from 1999 to 2020—whilst doing sod all for the money, hardly ever attending Parliament in either Brussels or Strasbourg. All the while decrying the institution, and all the while working hard behind the scenes to undermine the institution! What an unprincipled SOB he is! And my compatriots are stupid enough to vote for him!
Add to all this, Nigel Farage did Vladimir Putin’s dirty work for him. Vlad’s wet dream has been to weaken and break-up the European Union, and Farage did his bidding.
Were Farage ever to become the prime minister of this once noble country, it will be a very sad day for British democracy (whatever is left of it), and it will also be the harbinger of dark days ahead.
That he is big chums with the corrupt Trump and his chumps is a further indictment on him and casts a dark shadow on his character and intentions. It is a classic case of birds of a feather flocking together!
For the record, this country’s future lies in Europe and the European Union. It does not lie across the Atlantic with the far-right loons who govern America. Eastward ho! Ir’s written in the stars, my fellow countrymen! — © Mark Alexander
At the Epicenter of A.I., Pope Leo’s Warnings Are Dismissed
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual message on artificial intelligence arrived as Silicon Valley’s A.I. enthusiasts pursue their own spirituality through technology.
When Pope Leo XIV presented a 42,300-word open letter to the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics on Monday, calling for protections against the rise of artificial intelligence, he was joined by Christopher Olah, a co-founder of Anthropic, which is one of the tech industry’s leading A.I. companies.
As Leo urged corporate executives, government regulators and other citizens of the world to safeguard humanity from the dangers of A.I., he included Mr. Olah as a symbol of the dialogue he hopes to foster between the leaders of the spiritual and technological worlds.
But for Jeremy Nixon, Monday’s gathering at the Vatican showed that those two worlds are far from aligned. While the pope said that A.I. was fundamentally not human, Mr. Nixon, a well-connected figure in the Bay Area’s frenetic A.I. scene, argued that Mr. Olah’s remarks seemed to hint at the opposite.
“They are not in dialogue,” Mr. Nixon said during an interview at A.G.I. House, a San Francisco “hacker house” with deep ties to many of the people who helped create the A.I. technologies discussed in the pope’s encyclical. “Their perspectives are distinct.”
The difference between the humanist’s view of A.I.’s risks and the technologist’s dream of what it could become is something that has long been discussed in Mr. Nixon’s community. “It is the reason the community exists,” Mr. Nixon said. “It is its underlying purpose.” » | Cade Metz | Reporting from San Francisco | Tuesday, May 26, 2026
When Pope Leo XIV presented a 42,300-word open letter to the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics on Monday, calling for protections against the rise of artificial intelligence, he was joined by Christopher Olah, a co-founder of Anthropic, which is one of the tech industry’s leading A.I. companies.
As Leo urged corporate executives, government regulators and other citizens of the world to safeguard humanity from the dangers of A.I., he included Mr. Olah as a symbol of the dialogue he hopes to foster between the leaders of the spiritual and technological worlds.
But for Jeremy Nixon, Monday’s gathering at the Vatican showed that those two worlds are far from aligned. While the pope said that A.I. was fundamentally not human, Mr. Nixon, a well-connected figure in the Bay Area’s frenetic A.I. scene, argued that Mr. Olah’s remarks seemed to hint at the opposite.
“They are not in dialogue,” Mr. Nixon said during an interview at A.G.I. House, a San Francisco “hacker house” with deep ties to many of the people who helped create the A.I. technologies discussed in the pope’s encyclical. “Their perspectives are distinct.”
The difference between the humanist’s view of A.I.’s risks and the technologist’s dream of what it could become is something that has long been discussed in Mr. Nixon’s community. “It is the reason the community exists,” Mr. Nixon said. “It is its underlying purpose.” » | Cade Metz | Reporting from San Francisco | Tuesday, May 26, 2026
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Tuesday, May 26, 2026
George Michael, Aretha Franklin : I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) | Official Video | Reupload
"'Trump Has Engaged in Corruption More Than Other Presidents' as 'Slush Fund' Criticism Mounts
Trump reeks of corruption, How can Americans tolerate this? — © Mark Alexander
Hottest UK May Day Record Broken Again as Temperature Hits 35C in London | BBC News
May 26, 2026 | The record for the hottest May temperature in the UK has been broken for the second day in a row, with 35C recorded at Heathrow and Kew Gardens in London.
On Monday, 34.8C was recorded in Kew Gardens - beating the previous May record of 32.8C, which was set in 1922 and 1944. Much of England and Wales are now in an official heatwave, with amber heat health alerts across large parts of England.
On Monday, 34.8C was recorded in Kew Gardens - beating the previous May record of 32.8C, which was set in 1922 and 1944. Much of England and Wales are now in an official heatwave, with amber heat health alerts across large parts of England.
Bolivia: President Halves His Own Salary after Weeks of Protest and Unrest
May 26, 2026 | Bolivia is in crisis with violence, food and fuel shortages, and protests on the streets growing over President Rodrigo Paz.
Elected after decades of left-wing rule, Paz now faces accusations of governing for elites and failing to address rising economic hardship and inequality. His government, meanwhile, blames drug traffickers for fuelling unrest and destabilising the country - claims that experts say lack evidence.
In this episode of the breakdown, Channel 4 News speaks with Enrique Castanon Ballivian, a lecturer at University College London specialising in Latin America, to examine what started the escalating unrest in the country and how it could end.
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Bolivie : des affrontements à La Paz malgré les concessions du président »
Elected after decades of left-wing rule, Paz now faces accusations of governing for elites and failing to address rising economic hardship and inequality. His government, meanwhile, blames drug traffickers for fuelling unrest and destabilising the country - claims that experts say lack evidence.
In this episode of the breakdown, Channel 4 News speaks with Enrique Castanon Ballivian, a lecturer at University College London specialising in Latin America, to examine what started the escalating unrest in the country and how it could end.
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Bolivie : des affrontements à La Paz malgré les concessions du président »
Kuba: Insel unter Schock | ARTE Reportage
May 18, 2026 | Mit der Verhaftung von Venezuelas Präsidenten Maduro durch die USA verlor Kuba einen treuen Verbündeten und mit ihm auch die Lieferungen von venezolanischem Öl, das gut die Hälfte seines Bedarfs deckte – ein schwerer Schock für die von Krisen gebeutelte Insel.
Im letzten Quartal 2025 lieferte Caracas an Havanna noch täglich zwischen 30.000 und 35.000 Barrel Öl, 50% des Bedarfs. Ohne Maduro und mit dem verschärften Embargo der USA unter Donald Trump herrscht auf Kuba nun eine Energieknappheit, die die Wirtschaft ruiniert. Der Alltag der Kubaner wird täglich schwieriger, viele erinnern sich noch an die "Sonderperiode" der 1990er Jahre, gleich nach dem Zusammenbruch der UdSSR, damals kollabierte Kubas Wirtschaft.Das Fehlen des Verbündeten Venezuela und die US-Sanktionen verschärfen heute die Isolation des Landes und sie schüren eine wachsende Wut in der Bevölkerung. Unsere Reporter erkundeten, wie Exil-Kubaner in Florida schon eine politische Wende Kubas in Richtung USA vorbereiten. Und sie filmten auf Kuba, wie die Bevölkerung von der neuen Krise mit voller Wucht getroffen wird. Durchhalten, irgendwie, lautet die Devise…
Video verfügbar bis zum 19/04/2029
Ce documentaire peut être visionné en français ici.
Im letzten Quartal 2025 lieferte Caracas an Havanna noch täglich zwischen 30.000 und 35.000 Barrel Öl, 50% des Bedarfs. Ohne Maduro und mit dem verschärften Embargo der USA unter Donald Trump herrscht auf Kuba nun eine Energieknappheit, die die Wirtschaft ruiniert. Der Alltag der Kubaner wird täglich schwieriger, viele erinnern sich noch an die "Sonderperiode" der 1990er Jahre, gleich nach dem Zusammenbruch der UdSSR, damals kollabierte Kubas Wirtschaft.Das Fehlen des Verbündeten Venezuela und die US-Sanktionen verschärfen heute die Isolation des Landes und sie schüren eine wachsende Wut in der Bevölkerung. Unsere Reporter erkundeten, wie Exil-Kubaner in Florida schon eine politische Wende Kubas in Richtung USA vorbereiten. Und sie filmten auf Kuba, wie die Bevölkerung von der neuen Krise mit voller Wucht getroffen wird. Durchhalten, irgendwie, lautet die Devise…
Video verfügbar bis zum 19/04/2029
Ce documentaire peut être visionné en français ici.
Why Trump and MAGA Are Down to Their Rotten Core | Steve Schmidt
Franco’s Spain in the 1950s: How the Dictatorship Gained Legitimacy | Full Documentary
May 22, 2026 | In the 1950s, Spain under Francisco Franco entered a new phase known as the “Leaden Age.” After years of international isolation following World War II in 1945, the regime began to regain legitimacy. Key agreements, such as the 1953 Pact of Madrid with the United States and the 1955 admission of Spain to the United Nations, marked a turning point in Franco’s foreign policy and international standing.
These developments brought economic opportunities and a sense of stability to the country. While Spain appeared to move forward, political opposition weakened and resistance largely disappeared. Behind this controlled progress, Franco’s dictatorship remained firmly in place. This period reveals how international recognition and economic change helped secure the long-term survival of one of Europe’s most enduring authoritarian regimes.
These developments brought economic opportunities and a sense of stability to the country. While Spain appeared to move forward, political opposition weakened and resistance largely disappeared. Behind this controlled progress, Franco’s dictatorship remained firmly in place. This period reveals how international recognition and economic change helped secure the long-term survival of one of Europe’s most enduring authoritarian regimes.
« Je préfère ne pas être souverain, mais libre » : les Cubains résignés face aux menaces américaines
LE FIGARO : REPORTAGE - Les habitants de l’île communiste semblent à la fois inquiets des conséquences d’une intervention militaire et pressés que leur vie change, quel qu’en soit le prix.
Il se disait ce week-end dans les tréfonds du quartier d’El Cerro, où les parents du secrétaire d’État, Marco Rubio, vivaient chichement dans les années 1950 avant de fuir la dictature de Fulgencio Batista pour Miami, et non le communisme comme leur fils cadet aime souvent à le dire pour séduire la communauté cubano-américaine anti-castriste, qu’une intervention militaire des États-Unis était imminente. « Ça va barder ce week-end. La tension est de plus en plus palpable et elle a atteint un sommet », prédisait aussi un diplomate.
L’invasion ou les bombardements attendus en fin de semaine n’ont pas eu lieu. Cela n’a pas pour autant rassuré les Havanais. L’augmentation des survols d’avions espions Poséidon P8 et de drones près de Guantanamo, où les États-Unis disposent d’une base, mais aussi près de la capitale cubaine, a augmenté les craintes d’une attaque de l’Oncle Sam. L’arrivée de navires de guerre de l’US Navy près des côtes cubaines, dont un groupe aéronaval en début de semaine dernière, ne tranquillise personne. Le plus vieux porte-avions de la marine américaine, l’USS Nimitz, croise depuis quelques jours au large de La Havane. C’est l’une des toutes dernières missions de ce mastodonte de 330 mètres de long, dont la mise au rebut, prévue cette année après 51 ans de service, a été reportée à 2027.
Les Havanais guettent une intervention militaire américaine, sans trop bien savoir à quoi celle-ci ressemblera, résignés, préoccupés, mais peut-être moins qu’ils ne le sont par les contraintes d’un quotidien qui se détériore chaque jour un peu plus. « Cela fait 18 heures que nous n’avons plus d’électricité », déplore Pedro, un retraité havanais du quartier du Vedado. La ville se militarise. Les patrouilles de policiers et les militaires sont plus nombreux, ce qui n’empêche pas les Havanais de manifester le soir en tapant sur des casseroles pour réclamer le retour du courant et exorciser cette chaleur humide, insupportable sans climatisation ni ventilateur dans les foyers. Les manifestants crient aussi bien « Nous avons faim » que « À bas la dictature ». » | Par Hector Lemieux, à La Havane | mardi 26 mai 2026
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Il se disait ce week-end dans les tréfonds du quartier d’El Cerro, où les parents du secrétaire d’État, Marco Rubio, vivaient chichement dans les années 1950 avant de fuir la dictature de Fulgencio Batista pour Miami, et non le communisme comme leur fils cadet aime souvent à le dire pour séduire la communauté cubano-américaine anti-castriste, qu’une intervention militaire des États-Unis était imminente. « Ça va barder ce week-end. La tension est de plus en plus palpable et elle a atteint un sommet », prédisait aussi un diplomate.
L’invasion ou les bombardements attendus en fin de semaine n’ont pas eu lieu. Cela n’a pas pour autant rassuré les Havanais. L’augmentation des survols d’avions espions Poséidon P8 et de drones près de Guantanamo, où les États-Unis disposent d’une base, mais aussi près de la capitale cubaine, a augmenté les craintes d’une attaque de l’Oncle Sam. L’arrivée de navires de guerre de l’US Navy près des côtes cubaines, dont un groupe aéronaval en début de semaine dernière, ne tranquillise personne. Le plus vieux porte-avions de la marine américaine, l’USS Nimitz, croise depuis quelques jours au large de La Havane. C’est l’une des toutes dernières missions de ce mastodonte de 330 mètres de long, dont la mise au rebut, prévue cette année après 51 ans de service, a été reportée à 2027.
Les Havanais guettent une intervention militaire américaine, sans trop bien savoir à quoi celle-ci ressemblera, résignés, préoccupés, mais peut-être moins qu’ils ne le sont par les contraintes d’un quotidien qui se détériore chaque jour un peu plus. « Cela fait 18 heures que nous n’avons plus d’électricité », déplore Pedro, un retraité havanais du quartier du Vedado. La ville se militarise. Les patrouilles de policiers et les militaires sont plus nombreux, ce qui n’empêche pas les Havanais de manifester le soir en tapant sur des casseroles pour réclamer le retour du courant et exorciser cette chaleur humide, insupportable sans climatisation ni ventilateur dans les foyers. Les manifestants crient aussi bien « Nous avons faim » que « À bas la dictature ». » | Par Hector Lemieux, à La Havane | mardi 26 mai 2026
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The Bankers Who Funded Hitler — And Who Were Never Punished | WW2
Feb 20, 2026 | In the spring of 1943, an American banker travelled freely through Nazi Germany, held meetings with Reichsbank officials in Berlin, and boarded a German escort vessel back to Switzerland. Nazi U-boats had standing orders not to sink his ship. His name was Thomas McKittrick, and he was the president of the most powerful international bank in the world.
This is not a conspiracy theory. Every institution, every document, and every name in this video is a matter of verified historical record — sitting in the National Archives, in declassified Treasury memos, and in the minutes of the Nuremberg proceedings.
What you won't find in most history books is the full story of how Wall Street bankrolled the economic conditions that brought Hitler to power, how Standard Oil shared critical war technology with Nazi Germany while withholding it from the US military, how Chase National Bank kept its Paris branch open under Nazi occupation and reported growing profits to Manhattan, how the Bank for International Settlements laundered looted Nazi gold throughout the war, how Prescott Bush — grandfather of two US presidents — had his assets seized under the Trading with the Enemy Act, and how a Swedish banking dynasty quietly played both sides and walked away to build a $60 billion empire.
Most of these men were never prosecuted. Most were promoted. And the systems they built are still running today. This is what economic history actually looks like.
This is not a conspiracy theory. Every institution, every document, and every name in this video is a matter of verified historical record — sitting in the National Archives, in declassified Treasury memos, and in the minutes of the Nuremberg proceedings.
What you won't find in most history books is the full story of how Wall Street bankrolled the economic conditions that brought Hitler to power, how Standard Oil shared critical war technology with Nazi Germany while withholding it from the US military, how Chase National Bank kept its Paris branch open under Nazi occupation and reported growing profits to Manhattan, how the Bank for International Settlements laundered looted Nazi gold throughout the war, how Prescott Bush — grandfather of two US presidents — had his assets seized under the Trading with the Enemy Act, and how a Swedish banking dynasty quietly played both sides and walked away to build a $60 billion empire.
Most of these men were never prosecuted. Most were promoted. And the systems they built are still running today. This is what economic history actually looks like.
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Moscow Wants to ‘Destabilise’ Europe, EU Chief Warns, as Countries Summon Russian Ambassadors over Kyiv Threats
THE GUARDIAN: Ursula von der Leyen visiting Lithuania amid drone incursions as diplomats are called over Russian requests for envoys to leave the Ukrainian capital
'When Baltic states are being tested, Europe as a whole is being tested,' von der Leyen says The European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, begins by acknowledging that the Baltic states “have been experiencing what many believed belonged to another era.”
She says the EU “must be clear about what it means,” and that “these are not isolated incidents this is a deliberate strategy from Russia trying to destabilise our democratic societies.”
'When Baltic states are being tested, Europe as a whole is being tested,' von der Leyen says The European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, begins by acknowledging that the Baltic states “have been experiencing what many believed belonged to another era.”
“Air raid alerts, families sheltering, schools closing, transport interrupted. This is the reality on Europe’s eastern border in 2026.She warns “this is a deliberate strategy from Russia trying to destabilise our democratic societies.”
Today it is here. Tomorrow it will be elsewhere along the eastern border.”
She says the EU “must be clear about what it means,” and that “these are not isolated incidents this is a deliberate strategy from Russia trying to destabilise our democratic societies.”
“Europe stands in full solidarity and unity with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, because when Baltic states are being tested, Europe as a whole is being tested.”She says the EU is investing more in readiness and necessary defence projects. Europe live » | Jakub Krupa | Tuesday, May 26, 2026
”We Need a Wealth Tax on Billionaires.” Here's Why | Aaron Bastani Meets Gabriel Zucman
May 24, 2026 | Introducing a wealth tax on the very richest people in our society has never been more popular amongst the electorate, with recent polls showing 90% approval. This figure is basically unheard of when polling people on any form of policy proposal.
This week's guest, Gabriel Zucman, is a French economist who is a key inspiration for the UK's leading wealth tax advocate and friend of the show, Gary Stevenson.
This week's guest, Gabriel Zucman, is a French economist who is a key inspiration for the UK's leading wealth tax advocate and friend of the show, Gary Stevenson.
Une lettre inédite de la princesse Diana écrite deux mois après son mariage mise aux enchères en juillet
MADAME FIGARO : Des passages d’une lettre écrite par la princesse Diana à une amie en septembre 1981 ont été révélés par le Telegraph. Elle y dévoile notamment à quel point la vie de jeune mariée est « merveilleuse ».
De nouvelles révélations inédites. S’il n’est pas rare de découvrir des lettres de la princesse Diana lors de ventes aux enchères, une nouvelle missive inédite écrite pendant sa lune de miel avec le prince Charles a été révélée par le Telegraph . Dans cette lettre rédigée le 27 septembre 1981 - soit deux mois après son mariage en grande pompe avec l’héritier du trône britannique - la princesse de Galles révèle à une ancienne amie d’école, Katherine Hanbury, à quel point la vie conjugale est « merveilleuse ».
Elle y écrit également à quel point elle a apprécié le « soleil infini » et la « mer heureusement calme », alors que le couple naviguait à bord du yacht royal Britannia pour leur lune de miel. La lettre a été écrite alors que la lune de miel de Charles et Diana se poursuivait au château de Balmoral, en Écosse. » | Par Louise Ginies | mardi 26 mai 2026
USA fliegen trotz Waffenruhe neue Angriffe auf den Iran
May 26, 2026 | Das US-Militär hat nach eigenen Angaben Angriffe im Süden des Iran geflogen. Getroffen worden seien Boote, die versuchten, Minen zu verlegen, sowie Raketenabschussrampen, teilte das zuständige Zentralkommando Centcom mit. Die USA bezeichneten die Einsätze als Verteidigungsmaßnahme.
Das US-Militär machte keine Angaben zu möglichen Toten oder Verletzten. Iranische Medien berichteten, es habe nach einem US-Angriff im Bereich der Insel Larak in der Straße von Hormus mehrere Tote gegeben.
Das US-Militär machte keine Angaben zu möglichen Toten oder Verletzten. Iranische Medien berichteten, es habe nach einem US-Angriff im Bereich der Insel Larak in der Straße von Hormus mehrere Tote gegeben.
Bernie Sanders Unloads on Billionaires at ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ Rally
May 25, 2026 | Bernie Sanders delivered a fiery keynote speech at the “Fighting Oligarchy” rally in Orono, Maine, blasting billionaires, corporate power, and economic inequality in America.
Joined by Maine candidates Graham Platner and Troy Jackson, Sanders called for a political revolution focused on workers’ rights, healthcare, affordable housing, and taxing the ultra-wealthy.
During the rally, Sanders argued that the top 1% controls enormous wealth and political influence while ordinary Americans struggle with wages, healthcare costs, and housing.
He also criticized media concentration, the Citizens United ruling, and corporate influence over government.
The Vermont senator proposed a 5% annual wealth tax on billionaires and urged Americans to unite against what he described as an “oligarchic system” benefiting the rich at the expense of working families.
Bernie Sanders is the man who should be inhabiting the White House, Bernie Sanders is the man who should be president. If only American voters were smart enough to know what’s best for them!
Most Americans fear Bernie Sanders, believing him to be a “radical socialist”! Fact is, he is nothing of the sort. Were he to be running for political office here in Europe, he’d be considered a middle of the road, moderate candidate. But to pro-capitalist, far-right loons, he’s considered to be a far-left socialist outlier. Go figure!
If Americans were to listen closely to his message(s), what this gentleman wants for his compatriots is fairness. He is NOT against rich people at all. He simply wants them to pay their fair share, he wants them to contribute a relatively small portion of their wealth to the state in the form of taxes, for the common good.
After all, America’s infrastructure is falling apart. America’s poor live “paycheck to paycheck”. Millions of Americans cannot afford any healthcare, because they cannot afford the extremely hefty insurance premiums. Furthermore, increasingly and disturbingly, the one-time middle classes are losing their homes and are becoming homeless or are reduced to living in trailer parks!
What Bernie Sanders wants for America is universal healthcare, free at the point of delivery, just like all civilised countries offer their citizens. After all, if a regime such as Trump’s can squander between one and two billion dollars a day on an illicit and unnecessary war, and if it can offer the already superrich tax breaks and severely reduced tax demands, then it surely can afford to offer the people free healthcare. Universal healthcare is not socialism in action; it is merely Christianity in action! Just imagine being older with a serious chronic illness and not having the means even to visit a doctor, still less receive treatment for that illness! What a fix to be in! What a fate! And this in a country which calls itself “Christian”!
My message to Americans is this: Bernie is your man. If you Americans ever had the good sense to vote for Bernie, you, and the rest of the world, would see emerging and rising like Pheonix from the ashes a very different, far fairer, far gentler America : An America worthy of respect; and an America to be admired. — © Mark Alexander
Joined by Maine candidates Graham Platner and Troy Jackson, Sanders called for a political revolution focused on workers’ rights, healthcare, affordable housing, and taxing the ultra-wealthy.
During the rally, Sanders argued that the top 1% controls enormous wealth and political influence while ordinary Americans struggle with wages, healthcare costs, and housing.
He also criticized media concentration, the Citizens United ruling, and corporate influence over government.
The Vermont senator proposed a 5% annual wealth tax on billionaires and urged Americans to unite against what he described as an “oligarchic system” benefiting the rich at the expense of working families.
Bernie Sanders is the man who should be inhabiting the White House, Bernie Sanders is the man who should be president. If only American voters were smart enough to know what’s best for them!
Most Americans fear Bernie Sanders, believing him to be a “radical socialist”! Fact is, he is nothing of the sort. Were he to be running for political office here in Europe, he’d be considered a middle of the road, moderate candidate. But to pro-capitalist, far-right loons, he’s considered to be a far-left socialist outlier. Go figure!
If Americans were to listen closely to his message(s), what this gentleman wants for his compatriots is fairness. He is NOT against rich people at all. He simply wants them to pay their fair share, he wants them to contribute a relatively small portion of their wealth to the state in the form of taxes, for the common good.
After all, America’s infrastructure is falling apart. America’s poor live “paycheck to paycheck”. Millions of Americans cannot afford any healthcare, because they cannot afford the extremely hefty insurance premiums. Furthermore, increasingly and disturbingly, the one-time middle classes are losing their homes and are becoming homeless or are reduced to living in trailer parks!
What Bernie Sanders wants for America is universal healthcare, free at the point of delivery, just like all civilised countries offer their citizens. After all, if a regime such as Trump’s can squander between one and two billion dollars a day on an illicit and unnecessary war, and if it can offer the already superrich tax breaks and severely reduced tax demands, then it surely can afford to offer the people free healthcare. Universal healthcare is not socialism in action; it is merely Christianity in action! Just imagine being older with a serious chronic illness and not having the means even to visit a doctor, still less receive treatment for that illness! What a fix to be in! What a fate! And this in a country which calls itself “Christian”!
My message to Americans is this: Bernie is your man. If you Americans ever had the good sense to vote for Bernie, you, and the rest of the world, would see emerging and rising like Pheonix from the ashes a very different, far fairer, far gentler America : An America worthy of respect; and an America to be admired. — © Mark Alexander
« Il faut que la France accueille moins pour accueillir mieux » : Gabriel Attal veut une immigration plus faible et axée sur le travail
LE FIGARO : À cette fin, le candidat à la présidentielle 2027 proposera de « durcir les conditions du regroupement familial et donc, par exemple, d’augmenter la durée de résidence requise en France pour pouvoir faire venir ces conjoints ».
Gabriel Attal, qui a officialisé vendredi sa candidature à l'élection présidentielle, souhaite que la France accueille moins d'immigrés et donne « la priorité à l'immigration de travail » en durcissant les conditions du regroupement familial. «Il faut que la France accueille moins pour accueillir mieux (...) Ce que je vais porter dans cette campagne, c'est la préférence travail, l'immigration économique doit devenir la priorité de notre politique migratoire », a déclaré le patron de Renaissance mardi sur France Inter. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 26 mai 2026
Trump Demand for Gulf Countries to Recognise Israel Reportedly Met with Stunned Silence | ABC NEWS
President Trump must be living in la-la land! The cuckoo must surely already be in the cloud! — © Mark Alexander
Steve Rosenberg: Russia: Reports of a "Split" on Whether or Not to End Russia's War on Ukraine
Jeder fünfte Mensch in Deutschland raucht – Männer deutlich häufiger als Frauen
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Der Anteil der Raucher in Deutschland hat sich seit 2021 kaum verändert. Vor allem unter Jüngeren greifen wieder etwas mehr Menschen zur Zigarette.
Dieser Screenshot kommt aus diesem Artikel. | Der Raucheranteil in Deutschland stagniert, während Männer in der Statistik klar in der Überzahl sind. | © Jens Kalaene/dpa
In Deutschland hat im Jahr 2025 knapp ein Fünftel der Bevölkerung ab 15 Jahren zumindest gelegentlich geraucht. Wie das Statistische Bundesamt (Destatis) am Dienstag in Wiesbaden anlässlich des Weltnichtrauchertags am 31. Mai auf Basis von Erstergebnissen des Mikrozensus mitteilte, lag die Raucherquote bei 19,1 Prozent. Damit blieb der Anteil im Vergleich zu 2021 mit damals 18,9 Prozent nahezu unverändert. Im Jahr 2017 hatte die Quote noch bei 22,4 Prozent gelegen.
Nach Angaben der Statistikbehörde rauchten 78,5 Prozent der Raucher überwiegend Zigaretten. 9,2 Prozent bevorzugten die E-Zigarette. Der Rest verteilte sich unter anderem auf Zigarren, Zigarillos, Pfeifen und Shisha. » | Maximilian Eichgrün | Dienstag, 26. Mai 2026
LESEN SIE AUCH:
Rauchende Rebellion: Die Welt steht auf der Kippe, immer mehr junge Leute zünden sich eine an: Zigaretten galten lange als abstoßend. Doch in einer Welt im Krisenmodus gewinnt das Rauchen für unsere Autorin und ihre Generation wieder an Anziehungskraft. » [€]
In Deutschland hat im Jahr 2025 knapp ein Fünftel der Bevölkerung ab 15 Jahren zumindest gelegentlich geraucht. Wie das Statistische Bundesamt (Destatis) am Dienstag in Wiesbaden anlässlich des Weltnichtrauchertags am 31. Mai auf Basis von Erstergebnissen des Mikrozensus mitteilte, lag die Raucherquote bei 19,1 Prozent. Damit blieb der Anteil im Vergleich zu 2021 mit damals 18,9 Prozent nahezu unverändert. Im Jahr 2017 hatte die Quote noch bei 22,4 Prozent gelegen.
Nach Angaben der Statistikbehörde rauchten 78,5 Prozent der Raucher überwiegend Zigaretten. 9,2 Prozent bevorzugten die E-Zigarette. Der Rest verteilte sich unter anderem auf Zigarren, Zigarillos, Pfeifen und Shisha. » | Maximilian Eichgrün | Dienstag, 26. Mai 2026
LESEN SIE AUCH:
Rauchende Rebellion: Die Welt steht auf der Kippe, immer mehr junge Leute zünden sich eine an: Zigaretten galten lange als abstoßend. Doch in einer Welt im Krisenmodus gewinnt das Rauchen für unsere Autorin und ihre Generation wieder an Anziehungskraft. » [€]
Jusqu’à 47 degrés, sur fond de guerre en Iran... Plus d'un million de musulmans entament le pèlerinage à La Mecque
LE FIGARO : Cette année, le début du hajj coïncide avec une potentielle percée dans les négociations entre les États-Unis et l’Iran pour trouver un accord de paix.
Quelque 1,5 million de musulmans entament ce lundi les rituels ancestraux du hajj, grand pèlerinage musulman à La Mecque, sur fond d'espoirs d'un accord pour mettre fin durablement à la guerre au Moyen-Orient.
Réunis dans la ville la plus sainte de l'islam, sous des températures qui pourraient grimper jusqu'à 47 degrés dans la journée, les pèlerins vêtus de blanc ont commencé par accomplir le rite du « tawaf » qui consiste à tourner autour de la Kaaba, la structure cubique noire vers laquelle les musulmans du monde entier se tournent pour prier, au cœur de la Grande mosquée. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 26 mai 2026
Quelque 1,5 million de musulmans entament ce lundi les rituels ancestraux du hajj, grand pèlerinage musulman à La Mecque, sur fond d'espoirs d'un accord pour mettre fin durablement à la guerre au Moyen-Orient.
Réunis dans la ville la plus sainte de l'islam, sous des températures qui pourraient grimper jusqu'à 47 degrés dans la journée, les pèlerins vêtus de blanc ont commencé par accomplir le rite du « tawaf » qui consiste à tourner autour de la Kaaba, la structure cubique noire vers laquelle les musulmans du monde entier se tournent pour prier, au cœur de la Grande mosquée. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 26 mai 2026
Iceland, Rattled by Trump, Weighs Joining the E.U.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Iceland has stood apart from the rest of Europe. But President Trump’s threats to Greenland have provoked a reconsideration.
Iceland is in Europe. But it is not in the European Union.
For a long time, that was just fine for Iceland, which has fiercely protected its independence — and its control over its fishing industry.
Not so much anymore. In recent months, the top of the world has felt precarious as President Trump repeatedly threatened to “get” Greenland, Iceland’s closest neighbor. And the 400,000 or so Icelanders have been seriously debating the once unthinkable: Has the time come to try to join the bloc?
“The Greenland crisis definitely hit a nerve,” Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir said in February, in an interview at her office in Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital.
Now, she said, foreign policy is more prominent in voters’ minds: “Things have definitely shifted.”
Iceland is heading toward a referendum as soon as this summer on whether to plunge into exploratory talks with the European Union about membership. The process could take years, but the fact that there is a big debate signals a real change. » | Amelia Nierenberg | Visuals by Sergey Ponomarev | Amelia Nierenberg and Sergey Ponomarev sailed with cod fishers, flew with the Coast Guard and visited with officials, hot dog vendors and others across Iceland to report this article. | Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Iceland is in Europe. But it is not in the European Union.
For a long time, that was just fine for Iceland, which has fiercely protected its independence — and its control over its fishing industry.
Not so much anymore. In recent months, the top of the world has felt precarious as President Trump repeatedly threatened to “get” Greenland, Iceland’s closest neighbor. And the 400,000 or so Icelanders have been seriously debating the once unthinkable: Has the time come to try to join the bloc?
“The Greenland crisis definitely hit a nerve,” Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir said in February, in an interview at her office in Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital.
Now, she said, foreign policy is more prominent in voters’ minds: “Things have definitely shifted.”
Iceland is heading toward a referendum as soon as this summer on whether to plunge into exploratory talks with the European Union about membership. The process could take years, but the fact that there is a big debate signals a real change. » | Amelia Nierenberg | Visuals by Sergey Ponomarev | Amelia Nierenberg and Sergey Ponomarev sailed with cod fishers, flew with the Coast Guard and visited with officials, hot dog vendors and others across Iceland to report this article. | Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Some More Spice; Hot Spice! 😊 Adrián and Inti - Wicked Game
Irans Präsident ordnet offenbar Freischaltung des internationalen Internetzugangs an
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Das internationale Internet ist im Iran seit mehr als 80 Tagen gesperrt. Nun soll die Freischaltung angeordnet worden
Irans Präsident Massud Peseschkian hat offenbar eine Anordnung zur Wiedereröffnung des internationalen Internetzugangs erlassen. Das berichteten staatliche iranische Medien am Montag unter Berufung auf einen Vertreter des Kommunikationsministeriums, wie die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters meldete.
Die Behörden hatten dem Bericht zufolge bereits am 8. Januar als Reaktion auf landesweite regierungskritische Proteste eine Internetsperre verhängt. Im Februar normalisierte sich der Zugang zunächst schrittweise, bevor mit Beginn der US-amerikanischen und israelischen Angriffe auf den Iran am 28. Februar eine erneute Blockade folgte. Viele Iraner hatten seitdem nur noch Zugang zu staatlich genehmigten Webseiten im „nationalen Internet“, wie die Deutsche Presse-Agentur berichtete. » | Anika Schlünz | Montag, 25. Mai 2026
Irans Präsident Massud Peseschkian hat offenbar eine Anordnung zur Wiedereröffnung des internationalen Internetzugangs erlassen. Das berichteten staatliche iranische Medien am Montag unter Berufung auf einen Vertreter des Kommunikationsministeriums, wie die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters meldete.
Die Behörden hatten dem Bericht zufolge bereits am 8. Januar als Reaktion auf landesweite regierungskritische Proteste eine Internetsperre verhängt. Im Februar normalisierte sich der Zugang zunächst schrittweise, bevor mit Beginn der US-amerikanischen und israelischen Angriffe auf den Iran am 28. Februar eine erneute Blockade folgte. Viele Iraner hatten seitdem nur noch Zugang zu staatlich genehmigten Webseiten im „nationalen Internet“, wie die Deutsche Presse-Agentur berichtete. » | Anika Schlünz | Montag, 25. Mai 2026
Russland fordert Ausländer und Diplomaten zum Verlassen von Kiew auf
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Russland fordert Diplomaten und ausländische Staatsbürger auf, Kiew „so schnell wie möglich zu verlassen“ und kündigt neue Angriffe an.
Das russische Außenministerium hat neue Angriffe auf die ukrainische Hauptstadt Kiew angekündigt und Ausländer sowie Diplomaten aufgefordert, die Stadt zu verlassen. Russland werde „Anlagen des ukrainischen militärisch-industriellen Komplexes“ angreifen, erklärte das Ministerium laut der russischen Nachrichtenagentur Interfax.
„Die Angriffe zielen sowohl auf Entscheidungszentren als auch auf Kommandoposten“, hieß es laut Interfax in der Erklärung. Betroffen seien auch Standorte, an denen Drohnen entwickelt, hergestellt und für den Einsatz vorbereitet würden. » | Anika Schlünz | Montag, 25. Mai 2026
Das russische Außenministerium hat neue Angriffe auf die ukrainische Hauptstadt Kiew angekündigt und Ausländer sowie Diplomaten aufgefordert, die Stadt zu verlassen. Russland werde „Anlagen des ukrainischen militärisch-industriellen Komplexes“ angreifen, erklärte das Ministerium laut der russischen Nachrichtenagentur Interfax.
„Die Angriffe zielen sowohl auf Entscheidungszentren als auch auf Kommandoposten“, hieß es laut Interfax in der Erklärung. Betroffen seien auch Standorte, an denen Drohnen entwickelt, hergestellt und für den Einsatz vorbereitet würden. » | Anika Schlünz | Montag, 25. Mai 2026
Monday, May 25, 2026
Bolivie : des affrontements à La Paz malgré les concessions du président
LE FIGARO : Les manifestants rejettent la politique économique du gouvernement, réclament des hausses de salaires et accusent les autorités d’avoir distribué une essence de mauvaise qualité qui aurait endommagé des milliers de véhicules.
Des affrontements ont opposé lundi manifestants et policiers à La Paz lors d’une marche de milliers de personnes exigeant la démission du président Rodrigo Paz, qui a annoncé réduire son salaire pour tenter d’apaiser la contestation sociale.
Le président de centre-droit fait face depuis début mai au plus important mouvement de contestation de son mandat, entamé en novembre, alors que le pays traverse sa plus grave crise économique depuis quatre décennies. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | lundi 25 mai 2026
LESEN SIE AUCH :
Proteste in Bolivien: Präsident Paz will eigenes Gehalt um 50 Prozent kürzen: Seit Wochen kommt es in Bolivien zu Protesten. Nun will Präsident Rodrigo Paz sein Gehalt und das seiner Minister deutlich kürzen. »
Des affrontements ont opposé lundi manifestants et policiers à La Paz lors d’une marche de milliers de personnes exigeant la démission du président Rodrigo Paz, qui a annoncé réduire son salaire pour tenter d’apaiser la contestation sociale.
Le président de centre-droit fait face depuis début mai au plus important mouvement de contestation de son mandat, entamé en novembre, alors que le pays traverse sa plus grave crise économique depuis quatre décennies. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | lundi 25 mai 2026
LESEN SIE AUCH :
Proteste in Bolivien: Präsident Paz will eigenes Gehalt um 50 Prozent kürzen: Seit Wochen kommt es in Bolivien zu Protesten. Nun will Präsident Rodrigo Paz sein Gehalt und das seiner Minister deutlich kürzen. »
Out of Gas, Cubans Cook With Charcoal and Wood to Survive
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The U.S. oil blockade has left millions without cooking gas. In Santiago de Cuba, the cradle of the Cuban revolution, apartment tower residents resort to charcoal and firewood.
On a recent night, Yusimi Castellano crouched over her squat iron stove, arranging charcoal and gently placing the Styrofoam and the plastic she used as kindling over it. She used a cigarette lighter to start a small fire.
Noxious smoke billowed through her 18th floor apartment, eventually sweeping out toward the former military barracks where the Cuban Revolution is said to have begun and the verdant mountains that wrap around Santiago de Cuba, the country’s second-largest city.
Slowly, the charcoal began to glow. She put a grill made of old coat hangers on top and boiled some spaghetti for her family’s dinner.
“I shouldn’t be cooking with charcoal,” said Ms. Castellano, 58, who has asthma and lately has been short of breath and coughing constantly. “But if I don’t cook, I die.”
Ms. Castellano’s crude cooking methods have become the norm across the complex of five 18-story buildings, each with 120 apartments, where she lives and that were once meant to showcase the revolution’s promise when they opened four decades ago.
Today, some people can’t even afford charcoal, and resort to chopping firewood to cook in their homes. » | Ed Augustin and Lisette Poole González | Photographs by Lisette Poole González | Ed Augustin and Lisette Poole traveled to the southeastern city of Santiago de Cuba to document the energy crisis engulfing the island. | Monday, May 25, 2026
This is a BLOODY DISGRACE! What the ORANGE MAN in the White House is doing to those poor people is nothing short of CRIMINAL! All in the name of IDEOLOGICAL WARFARE!
Trump can ponce around in luxury in Mar-a-Lago, and pilfer BILLIONS OF DOLLARS from the state’s coffers to line his own pockets, fill his banks accounts, and puff up his investment portfolios, yet he is happy to put his head on his pillow at night—when he is not writing on Truth Social—and rest, knowing that he is causing these poor people such distress and hardship. What manner of man can Trump be? And what sort of people can Americans be, allowing their leader to persecute innocent people like this, in their name?
The sooner the world turns its back on this regime, the better! This is nothing short of the behaviour of devils. Long live compassion! Long live Cuba! — © Mark Alexander
On a recent night, Yusimi Castellano crouched over her squat iron stove, arranging charcoal and gently placing the Styrofoam and the plastic she used as kindling over it. She used a cigarette lighter to start a small fire.
Noxious smoke billowed through her 18th floor apartment, eventually sweeping out toward the former military barracks where the Cuban Revolution is said to have begun and the verdant mountains that wrap around Santiago de Cuba, the country’s second-largest city.
Slowly, the charcoal began to glow. She put a grill made of old coat hangers on top and boiled some spaghetti for her family’s dinner.
“I shouldn’t be cooking with charcoal,” said Ms. Castellano, 58, who has asthma and lately has been short of breath and coughing constantly. “But if I don’t cook, I die.”
Ms. Castellano’s crude cooking methods have become the norm across the complex of five 18-story buildings, each with 120 apartments, where she lives and that were once meant to showcase the revolution’s promise when they opened four decades ago.
Today, some people can’t even afford charcoal, and resort to chopping firewood to cook in their homes. » | Ed Augustin and Lisette Poole González | Photographs by Lisette Poole González | Ed Augustin and Lisette Poole traveled to the southeastern city of Santiago de Cuba to document the energy crisis engulfing the island. | Monday, May 25, 2026
This is a BLOODY DISGRACE! What the ORANGE MAN in the White House is doing to those poor people is nothing short of CRIMINAL! All in the name of IDEOLOGICAL WARFARE!
Trump can ponce around in luxury in Mar-a-Lago, and pilfer BILLIONS OF DOLLARS from the state’s coffers to line his own pockets, fill his banks accounts, and puff up his investment portfolios, yet he is happy to put his head on his pillow at night—when he is not writing on Truth Social—and rest, knowing that he is causing these poor people such distress and hardship. What manner of man can Trump be? And what sort of people can Americans be, allowing their leader to persecute innocent people like this, in their name?
The sooner the world turns its back on this regime, the better! This is nothing short of the behaviour of devils. Long live compassion! Long live Cuba! — © Mark Alexander
The Beauty of Doctor Zhivago
Frank Sinatra : Strangers In the Night (1966)
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