Seventh planned exchange of Palestinian hostages and detainees, despite the confusion on the fate of a hostage

Seventh planned exchange of Palestinian hostages and detainees, despite the confusion on the fate of a hostage

Hamas and Israel must carry out a seventh exchange of Israeli hostages on Saturday for Palestinian prisoners, despite access to tension after the delivery by the Palestinian Islamist movement of the bodies of the two hostages of the Bibas family, without their mother. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of the “Horrible murders” of … Read more

Belarus: the Lukachenko autocrat en route for a seventh term

Belarus: the Lukachenko autocrat en route for a seventh term

It was in August 2020. In the streets of Minsk and other cities, an unprecedented protest movement agitated Belarus. Revelations of massive fraud had just lifted the veil on the vitiated electoral process which promised to offer one more mandate to the unbeatable president Alexandre Loukachenko. For a few weeks, the unresolved power of a … Read more

Belarus: self-confessed autocrat Lukashenko aims for a seventh consecutive term

Belarus: self-confessed autocrat Lukashenko aims for a seventh consecutive term

Belarusians are called to the polls on Sunday for a vote aimed at re-electing Alexander Lukashenko, who in 30 years in power has eliminated all forms of opposition and aligned his country with Moscow, to the point of facilitating the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 . With this presidential election, Mr. Lukashenko, 70, intends … Read more

Vendée Globe, seventh week: they melted on Cape Horn

Vendée Globe, seventh week: they melted on Cape Horn

They descended the South Atlantic at full speed, they rushed into the Indian Ocean while making fun of the nasty depressions, they hurtled down the Pacific with the same imperious momentum, so obviously, the inseparable Yoann Richomme and Charlie Dalin melted on Cape Horn as if they had all the monsters of the abyss at … Read more