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Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Un homme décapité dans le Vaucluse, piste terroriste non privilégiée
LE FIGARO : L'homme, apparemment âgé d'une quarantaine d'années, cheveux noirs courts, est «potentiellement dangereux et armé », prévient la gendarmerie en appelant tout témoin qui viendrait à le croiser à appeler le 17 immédiatement.
Un homme a été retrouvé décapité et éviscéré chez lui mercredi à Bollène, dans le Vaucluse, a-t-on appris auprès des gendarmes, une source proche de l'enquête précisant que la piste terroriste n'était «absolument pas privilégiée» à ce stade. L'auteur en fuite est activement recherché, a indiqué la gendarmerie du Vaucluse qui a publié mercredi après-midi une photo du suspect sur Facebook. L'homme, apparemment âgé d'une quarantaine d'années, cheveux noirs courts, est «potentiellement DANGEREUX et ARME», prévient-elle en appelant tout témoin qui viendrait à le croiser à appeler le 17 immédiatement. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mercredi 20 octobre 2021
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Un homme a été retrouvé décapité et éviscéré chez lui mercredi à Bollène, dans le Vaucluse, a-t-on appris auprès des gendarmes, une source proche de l'enquête précisant que la piste terroriste n'était «absolument pas privilégiée» à ce stade. L'auteur en fuite est activement recherché, a indiqué la gendarmerie du Vaucluse qui a publié mercredi après-midi une photo du suspect sur Facebook. L'homme, apparemment âgé d'une quarantaine d'années, cheveux noirs courts, est «potentiellement DANGEREUX et ARME», prévient-elle en appelant tout témoin qui viendrait à le croiser à appeler le 17 immédiatement. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mercredi 20 octobre 2021
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Knappheit in Grossbritannien – oder wenn der Korrespondent im Supermarkt nicht bekommt, was er sucht
Latvia Is First Country to Reimpose Lockdown in Europe’s New Covid Wave
THE GUARDIAN: Baltic state once seen as coronavirus success story announces month of restrictions including curfew
The prime minister, Krišjānis Kariņš, blamed Latvia’s low vaccination rate for the surge in hospital admissions.Photograph: Reuters
Latvia has announced a month-long Covid-19 lockdown after an unprecedented surge in infections, becoming the first country in Europe to reimpose far-reaching restrictions amid a new wave of cases in countries across the continent.
The Baltic country has one of the highest rates of new Covid cases relative to population in the world, according to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), after successfully keeping the virus at bay for months.
“Our health system is in danger … The only way out of this crisis is to get vaccinated,” the prime minister, Krišjānis Kariņš, said on Monday evening at an emergency government meeting. He said the country’s low vaccination rate was to blame for the surge in hospital admissions. » | Pjotr Sauer in Moscow | Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Ein Lockdown als «Brandschneise»: Lettland versucht die vierte Covid-19-Welle in den Griff zu bekommen: In den baltischen Staaten wächst die Sorge vor einer übermächtigen vierten Covid-19-Welle. Lettland verhängt für die Dauer eines Monats einen drastischen Lockdown. Auch in Estland und Litauen steigt angesichts einer vergleichsweise tiefen Impfquote die Nervosität. »
Latvia has announced a month-long Covid-19 lockdown after an unprecedented surge in infections, becoming the first country in Europe to reimpose far-reaching restrictions amid a new wave of cases in countries across the continent.
The Baltic country has one of the highest rates of new Covid cases relative to population in the world, according to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), after successfully keeping the virus at bay for months.
“Our health system is in danger … The only way out of this crisis is to get vaccinated,” the prime minister, Krišjānis Kariņš, said on Monday evening at an emergency government meeting. He said the country’s low vaccination rate was to blame for the surge in hospital admissions. » | Pjotr Sauer in Moscow | Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Ein Lockdown als «Brandschneise»: Lettland versucht die vierte Covid-19-Welle in den Griff zu bekommen: In den baltischen Staaten wächst die Sorge vor einer übermächtigen vierten Covid-19-Welle. Lettland verhängt für die Dauer eines Monats einen drastischen Lockdown. Auch in Estland und Litauen steigt angesichts einer vergleichsweise tiefen Impfquote die Nervosität. »
Le bitcoin franchit un nouveau plus haut historique à plus de 65.000 dollars
LE FIGARO : Le cours du bitcoin a augmenté de plus de 50% sur un mois et de plus de 450% sur un an.
Le cours du bitcoin s'envole mercredi à un nouveau plus haut, à plus de 65.000 dollars, porté par le lancement d'un produit financier à Wall Street lié à la cryptomonnaie, étape historique pour sa démocratisation.
La cryptomonnaie, qui s'échangeait pour moins d'un dollar il y a 12 ans, culminait en cours de séance à 66.273 dollars vers 14H00 GMT (16H00 à Paris), en hausse de plus de 50% sur un mois et de plus de 450% sur un an. Le bitcoin profite depuis un mois du lancement du premier fonds indiciel (ETF) lié à son cours à la Bourse de New York, dont les échanges ont commencé mardi: les investisseurs espèrent que de nouveaux fonds vont pouvoir se lancer sur le marché de la cryptomonnaie en utilisant ce nouveau produit financier régulé. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mercredi 20 octobre 2021
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Fox News Anchor Neil Cavuto Tests Positive for Coronavirus.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Neil Cavuto, a Fox News anchor, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Mr. Cavuto, who is vaccinated against Covid, said he learned about the tests results Monday after his show, “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” and was not on the air Tuesday.
“While I’m somewhat stunned by this news, doctors tell me I’m lucky as well. Had I not been vaccinated, and with all my medical issues, this would be a far more dire situation,” Mr. Cavuto said in a statement released by Fox News. “It’s not, because I did and I’m surviving this because I did.”
Mr. Cavuto has been very public with his health issues throughout the years. He was treated for cancer in the 1980s and had open-heart surgery in 2016. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1997. » | Isabella Grullón Paz | Tuesday, October 19, 2021
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Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Charge Bolsonaro with Murder over Covid Toll, Draft Brazil Senate Report Says
THE GUARDIAN: Draft text says neglect, incompetence and opposition to science fueled ‘stratospheric’ death toll
Jair Bolsonaro’s ‘deliberate and conscious’ decision to delay buying Covid vaccines led to thousands of deaths, the report says. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, should face murder charges for his role in the country’s “stratospheric” coronavirus death toll, a draft report from a senate inquiry into Brazil’s Covid crisis has recommended.
The 1,078-page document, published by Brazilian media on Tuesday afternoon, is not due to be voted on by the commission until next week and could yet be modified by senators.
But the draft text paints a devastating portrait of the neglect, incompetence and anti-scientific denialism many believe has defined the Bolsonaro administration’s response to a public health emergency that has killed more than 600,000 Brazilians.
Bolsonaro’s “deliberate and conscious” decision to delay buying Covid vaccines needlessly condemned thousands of citizens to early graves, the report claims. » | Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro | Tuesday, October 19, 2021
The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, should face murder charges for his role in the country’s “stratospheric” coronavirus death toll, a draft report from a senate inquiry into Brazil’s Covid crisis has recommended.
The 1,078-page document, published by Brazilian media on Tuesday afternoon, is not due to be voted on by the commission until next week and could yet be modified by senators.
But the draft text paints a devastating portrait of the neglect, incompetence and anti-scientific denialism many believe has defined the Bolsonaro administration’s response to a public health emergency that has killed more than 600,000 Brazilians.
Bolsonaro’s “deliberate and conscious” decision to delay buying Covid vaccines needlessly condemned thousands of citizens to early graves, the report claims. » | Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro | Tuesday, October 19, 2021
‘French Trump’ Eric Zemmour Threatening to Upset Presidential Election
Oct 19, 2021 • One man is taking the French presidential race by storm - and he's not even a candidate yet
Dubbed the “French Trump”, Eric Zemmour rails against Muslims, immigration, feminism and the supposed decline of France.
He has rocketed up the opinion polls and is crisscrossing the country, under the guise of a book tour, holding rallies where he is mobbed by adoring fans.
We spoke to him in the southern French city of Nimes.
Dubbed the “French Trump”, Eric Zemmour rails against Muslims, immigration, feminism and the supposed decline of France.
He has rocketed up the opinion polls and is crisscrossing the country, under the guise of a book tour, holding rallies where he is mobbed by adoring fans.
We spoke to him in the southern French city of Nimes.
Japan hat die gesündesten Schulkinder der Welt – woran liegt das?
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Schülerinnen und Schüler lernen in Japan nicht nur Lesen, Schreiben und Rechnen, auf dem Stundenplan steht auch die Gesundheitserziehung. Eine wichtige Rolle nimmt das Mittagessen in der Schule ein.
Japanisches Schulessen soll frisch, gesund und ausgewogen sein. | Toshiyuki Aizawa / Bloomberg
Mittagessen in der Tsutsujigaoka-Primarschule in Yokohama gleicht einer Choreografie in Weiss. Kaum erklingt der Gong zur Pause, treten kleine Trupps in weissen Kitteln und Hauben aus den Schulzimmern und trotten zur Schulküche. Zu zweit greifen die Schüler Körbe mit Reis, dem Mittagessen, den Getränken und dem Geschirr und tragen sie in ihre Schulzimmer. » | Martin Kölling, Tokio | Dienstag, 19. Oktober 2021
Mittagessen in der Tsutsujigaoka-Primarschule in Yokohama gleicht einer Choreografie in Weiss. Kaum erklingt der Gong zur Pause, treten kleine Trupps in weissen Kitteln und Hauben aus den Schulzimmern und trotten zur Schulküche. Zu zweit greifen die Schüler Körbe mit Reis, dem Mittagessen, den Getränken und dem Geschirr und tragen sie in ihre Schulzimmer. » | Martin Kölling, Tokio | Dienstag, 19. Oktober 2021
Taïwan: l’Amérique est-elle encore capable de défendre «l’île rebelle» face à la Chine?
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - Au cœur du Pentagone, un immense kriegspiel est censé prédire le véritable affrontement que redoutent les stratèges. Depuis qu’il existe, les chances de victoire américaine sont allées s’amenuisant.
L’invasion de Taïwan se joue chaque année dans le plus grand secret, au cœur du Pentagone: forces «bleues» américaines contre forces «rouges» chinoises, pour un immense kriegspiel censé prédire le véritable affrontement que redoutent les stratèges. Or, depuis que ce kriegspiel existe, les chances de victoire américaine sont allées s’amenuisant. En 2018, un des «gourous» de ces simulations suggérait aux généraux de faire cesser l’exercice, chaque scénario aboutissant à une victoire inéluctable de l’adversaire et ne présentant plus guère d’intérêt intellectuel, vu le déséquilibre insoluble entre belligérants.
Le constat ne s’est pas arrangé depuis. «La question n’est plus de savoir si on perd, mais à quelle vitesse on va perdre, résume le général Clinton Hinote, de l’US Air Force. Nous savons ce qui va se passer, désormais. Et si l’armée américaine ne change pas de cap, nous allons perdre très rapidement. Dans ce cas, un président américain se verrait présenter un quasi-fait accompli.» On imagine le premier briefing de Joe Biden sur la question le 20 janvier 2021 lors de son entrée à la Maison-Blanche, et son humeur massacrante à l’issue. » | Par Maurin Picard | Publié : lundi 18 octobre 2021 ; mis à jour : mardi 19 octobre 2021
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Taïwan, épicentre des tensions militaires entre la Chine et les États-Unis : DÉCRYPTAGE - Le sort de l’île volcanique, que la Chine communiste a promis de réintégrer dans son giron, donne lieu à une surenchère rhétorique aussi bien que militaire. »
Russia Sees Record Numbers of Coronavirus Deaths | Covid-19 Special
Oct 19, 2021 • Russia is well into its fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic. But Moscow is unwilling to put the country in lockdown. Add to that low adherence to hygeine rules and Russia recently recorded 1,000 over 24 hours due to Covid – a record.
That's despite the country's vaccine Sputnik V being the first to be registered for use in any nation. But Russia's population is among the most vaccine-skeptical in the world.
That's despite the country's vaccine Sputnik V being the first to be registered for use in any nation. But Russia's population is among the most vaccine-skeptical in the world.
Brexit: Michel Barnier's Post-Brexit Warning to UK and EU - "Be Careful" | Interview
With the UK hit by a fuel crisis and labour shortage, many in the country have pointed the finger at Brexit.
Amid the disruption, Michel Barnier, the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator, sat down with the New Statesman to discuss his new book, My Secret Brexit Diary, an account of his time leading talks with the UK ahead of its exit from the Union.
Barnier, who is seeking the nomination of France’s centre-right Republican party ahead of the 2022 presidential election, told how he fears that Brexit was a warning to the rest of Europe, where Euroscepticism could rise if voters continue to be ignored. “It is too late for the British people, but it is not too late for us,” he said.
He also spoke about his run for the Elysée and the future of international relations in the wake of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the US, UK and Australia’s Aukus treaty. On the future of the transatlantic relationship, Barnier noted that the new arms deal had tested the trust between France and the US and UK. “An alliance needs trust and confidence… I recommend that the UK and the US, who are our allies, be careful and [bear in mind] the necessity for us to work together.”
Amid the disruption, Michel Barnier, the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator, sat down with the New Statesman to discuss his new book, My Secret Brexit Diary, an account of his time leading talks with the UK ahead of its exit from the Union.
Barnier, who is seeking the nomination of France’s centre-right Republican party ahead of the 2022 presidential election, told how he fears that Brexit was a warning to the rest of Europe, where Euroscepticism could rise if voters continue to be ignored. “It is too late for the British people, but it is not too late for us,” he said.
He also spoke about his run for the Elysée and the future of international relations in the wake of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the US, UK and Australia’s Aukus treaty. On the future of the transatlantic relationship, Barnier noted that the new arms deal had tested the trust between France and the US and UK. “An alliance needs trust and confidence… I recommend that the UK and the US, who are our allies, be careful and [bear in mind] the necessity for us to work together.”
Polish PM Morawiecki Takes Defiant Tone in EU Rule of Law Clash | DW News
Oct 19, 2021 • Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki struck a defiant tone as he addressed the European Parliament over a case that's sparked fears his country could be on course to leave the bloc.
It's a cornerstone principle of the EU that European law takes precedence over member states' national laws. But in a ruling earlier this month, Poland's Constitutional Tribunal found that very principle was incompatible with its own constitution. The dispute is really about a number of key issues where Poland is at loggerheads with the EU, above all over controversial judicial reforms. But it's also about media reforms and LGBTQ rights. EU officials have threatened to launch legal action against Poland.
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Im Streit um die Rechtsstaatlichkeit in Polen droht von der Leyen mit Sanktionen der EU: Nach dem jüngsten Entscheid aus Polen, Teile des europäischen Rechts nicht anzuerkennen, ist die Stimmung zwischen Warschau und dem Europäischen Parlament auf dem Tiefpunkt. Die EU-Kommissions-Präsidentin Ursula von der Leyen droht mit der Kürzung von Geldern. Polens Ministerpräsident Mateusz Morawiecki spricht von «Erpressung». »
It's a cornerstone principle of the EU that European law takes precedence over member states' national laws. But in a ruling earlier this month, Poland's Constitutional Tribunal found that very principle was incompatible with its own constitution. The dispute is really about a number of key issues where Poland is at loggerheads with the EU, above all over controversial judicial reforms. But it's also about media reforms and LGBTQ rights. EU officials have threatened to launch legal action against Poland.
Liens connexes ici, ici et ici.
Im Streit um die Rechtsstaatlichkeit in Polen droht von der Leyen mit Sanktionen der EU: Nach dem jüngsten Entscheid aus Polen, Teile des europäischen Rechts nicht anzuerkennen, ist die Stimmung zwischen Warschau und dem Europäischen Parlament auf dem Tiefpunkt. Die EU-Kommissions-Präsidentin Ursula von der Leyen droht mit der Kürzung von Geldern. Polens Ministerpräsident Mateusz Morawiecki spricht von «Erpressung». »
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Trump Files Lawsuit to Block Release of Capitol Attack Records
THE GUARDIAN: Ex-president challenges Biden’s decision to waive executive privilege that protects White House communications
Donald Trump has sought to block the release of documents related to the Capitol attack on 6 January to a House committee investigating the incident, challenging Joe Biden’s initial decision to waive executive privilege.
In a federal lawsuit, the former president said the committee’s request in August was “almost limitless in scope” and sought many records that were not connected to the siege.
He called it a “vexatious, illegal fishing expedition” that was “untethered from any legitimate legislative purpose”, according to the papers filed in a federal court in the District of Columbia.
Trump’s lawsuit was expected – as he had said he would challenge the investigation – and at least one ally, Steve Bannon, has defied a subpoena.
But the legal challenge went beyond the initial 125 pages of records that Biden recently cleared for release to the committee.
The suit, which names the committee as well as the National Archives, seeks to invalidate the entirety of the congressional request, calling it overly broad, unduly burdensome and a challenge to separation of powers. It requests a court injunction to bar the archivist from producing the documents. » | Associated Press in Washington | Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Bannon and other top Trump officials face legal peril for defying subpoenas: Developments in select committee’s move to secure Bannon’s conviction come as Trump files lawsuit blocking the release of his White House records »
Donald Trump has sought to block the release of documents related to the Capitol attack on 6 January to a House committee investigating the incident, challenging Joe Biden’s initial decision to waive executive privilege.
In a federal lawsuit, the former president said the committee’s request in August was “almost limitless in scope” and sought many records that were not connected to the siege.
He called it a “vexatious, illegal fishing expedition” that was “untethered from any legitimate legislative purpose”, according to the papers filed in a federal court in the District of Columbia.
Trump’s lawsuit was expected – as he had said he would challenge the investigation – and at least one ally, Steve Bannon, has defied a subpoena.
But the legal challenge went beyond the initial 125 pages of records that Biden recently cleared for release to the committee.
The suit, which names the committee as well as the National Archives, seeks to invalidate the entirety of the congressional request, calling it overly broad, unduly burdensome and a challenge to separation of powers. It requests a court injunction to bar the archivist from producing the documents. » | Associated Press in Washington | Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Bannon and other top Trump officials face legal peril for defying subpoenas: Developments in select committee’s move to secure Bannon’s conviction come as Trump files lawsuit blocking the release of his White House records »
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