Congolese presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Rwandan Paul Kagame met on Tuesday in the greatest secrecy in Doha, where they discussed a possible ceasefire to try to end the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This surprise meeting took place then talks between Kinshasa and the M23 antigan armed group, which … Read more
A wind of surprise blown on Saalbach (Austria) on Saturday for the women’s descent of the world ski championships: the American Breezy Johnson, back after a doping suspension, surpassed all the favorites to win a first world title at 29 years. When the 33rd and last skier of the day crossed the finish line, Breezy … Read more
Philadelphia, which remained on seven consecutive defeats, woke up brilliantly by winning on Friday 132-129 against Cleveland, leader of the Eastern Conference, thanks in particular to the 59 cumulative points of Paul George and Tyrese Maxey. George scored six three-point shots for a total of 30 points, while the leader Maxey added 29 points, offering … Read more
The place of N.1 saved, Aryna Sabalenka can focus on his quest for hat -trick on Saturday in the Australian Open final, but the double title holder will have to be wary of the amazing Madison Keys (14th), who has Iga Swiatek (2nd) in the semi-finals. Since the start of the tournament, Sabalenka has almost … Read more
The Japanese video game giant Nintendo saw its stock fall by 7% on Friday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange after the succinct presentation of its new console, the Switch 2, judged without surprise or great originality by observers. Nintendo shares fell up to 7.04% during trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Around 05:00 GMT, it … Read more
Celebration day for American skiers on Sunday: Lauren Macuga won her first World Cup victory at the age of 22 during the super-G in Sankt Anton (Austria) and Lindsey Vonn came very close to the podium in the third race of his new career. « Oh my god ! » Seeing green light up in … Read more
The Norwegian Fredrik Moeller won the super-G in Bormio (Italy) on Sunday, signing his first victory in the Alpine Ski World Cup at the age of 24. Moeller, fourth in the first two super-Gs of the season, in Beaver Creek (United States) and Val Gardena (Italy), beat the Austrian Vincent Kriechmayr, 2nd at 20/100, and … Read more
Defending champion Ding Liren won the first game of the world chess championship in Singapore on Monday against his Indian challenger Gukesh Dommaraju, his first victory in a long game since January. The performance is all the more surprising as the Chinese grandmaster had the black pieces, which play after the white pieces, leaving the … Read more
The New York Stock Exchange opened slightly higher on Wednesday, reassured by an inflation indicator in line with expectations, which shows an acceleration in prices but in contained proportions. In early trading, the Dow Jones gained 0.15%, the Nasdaq index 0.13% and the broader index 0.11%.
The Norwegian Casper Ruud, 7th in the world, created the first sensation of the ATP Masters by beating the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (3rd) 6-1, 7-5, Monday in Turin. Ruud, more comfortable on clay, scored his first victory against Alcaraz in five confrontations. The 21-year-old Spaniard, lacking inspiration and quickly disconcerted by the superiority of his … Read more