The New York Stock Exchange was clear on Monday, in particular the NASDAQ index (-4%), investors displaying their concerns about a possible recession in the United States. The Dow Jones lost 2.08%, the Nasdaq technological coloring index fell 4.00%, its worst performance since 2022, and the enlarged S&P 500 index contracted by 2.70%. “For the … Read more
California is preparing to undergo its strongest storm in winter, which raises fears of floods and landslides in the burned areas in January around Los Angeles. Between Wednesday and Friday, the south of the state will receive up to 15 cm of precipitation in places, according to the American weather services (NWS). What worry the … Read more
Nearly half of French people fear an alcohol-related road accident on New Year’s Eve on December 31, a sharply increasing concern, estimates Road Prevention in its latest barometer presented on Friday. “We have 42% of French people who tell us that they are afraid on New Year’s Eve of seeing a road accident linked to … Read more
For generations, the small Hindu temple in a village near Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, was a peaceful place of prayer in the predominantly Muslim country, until attackers set it on fire in early December. In the chaos that followed the ouster of autocratic Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5, a series of reprisals … Read more
“Lies!” Nothing but lies! » Frowning under his curly hair, Vidal Berroteran, 21, brushes aside the threats made by Donald Trump against migrants. Leaning against an abandoned wagon, the young Venezuelan scans the railway track that stretches out in front of him. In a few hours, a freight train will pass through this deserted area … Read more
In Pont-de-Claix, around ten kilometers south of Grenoble (Isère), rue Lavoisier has become a dead end. At the end, the letters of “Vencorex” are hidden by the piles of tires and the rows of tank tanks, on which a few banners are hoisted, “Factory for sale”, “Chemistry is dying”. “Here, nothing comes in and nothing … Read more
The Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano erupted again on Saturday and threw a thick column of ash nine kilometers high, raising fears of debris flows due to heavy rainfall. The volcano, 1,703 meters high and located on the tourist island of Flores, erupted more than ten times this week, killing nine people during the night from Monday … Read more
Search operations resumed Monday in Spain, six days after the terrible floods which left at least 217 dead, the authorities fearing the discovery of new victims, notably in the parking lot of a shopping center in the suburbs of Valencia. The day after a chaotic day, during which an angry crowd greeted with insults and … Read more
This was the trademark of the Cheikh bookstore, in the center of Tizi-Ouzou: book signings, which allow the meeting between an author and his readers, exchanges and sometimes debates. But this institution in the second city of Kabylia had to abandon its tradition when, Monday October 28, the local authorities imposed prefectural authorization for any … Read more
From immunity to impunity? In Bangladesh, the provisional authorities’ promise not to prosecute the rioters who precipitated the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina worries those who were the targets of their violence. Abdul spends most of his time in a Dhaka hospital, at the bedside of his 16-year-old son, Shahriar, who has been … Read more