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Unemployment: the number of job seekers fell by 16.5% over one year. The Ministry of Labor has published unemployment figures for the first quarter of 2022. Taking into account all job seekers in categories A, B and C, the drop is 2.8% over this quarter and 8.4 % over one year. “The number of job seekers without any activity continued to fall sharply in the first quarter. Our objective for the next five years is clear: heading for full employment!”welcomed the Minister of Labor, Élisabeth Borne, on Twitter.
For Hollande, a PS-LFI agreement would represent “the disappearance of the Socialist Party”. The former socialist president pleads for a rally limited to environmentalists and communists, excluding any rapprochement with the rebellious Jean-Luc Mélenchon. According to him, Mélenchon remains the representative of a “radical left whose project we know is not credible”. Our article to read here.
Kyiv, again targeted by Russian strikes during Guterres’ visit. “War is nonsense in the 21st century.” said Antonio Guterres, who is known to be stingy with long sentences. The UN Secretary General surveyed the towns liberated from the Russian yoke in the Kyiv region on Thursday. A little later, he estimated at a press conference that “the Security Council [de l’ONU] failed to do what was in its power to prevent and end” to the war in Ukraine. Along with Volodymyr Zelensky, he added that it was a “a source of great disappointment, [de] frustration and [de] anger”. Even before the end of the visit of the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Ukrainian capital was the target of Russian strikes on Thursday evening. A first since mid-April. In the east, the bombardments continue more than ever. Read our live and our military point.
Orpea scandal: a new investigation opened after the government’s report. Following the administrative inquiry revealing “serious malfunctions” in the management of the private group’s Ehpad, the justice system is investigating in particular nearly 70 complaints relating to acts of mistreatment in several establishments in France. Carried by the families of victims, these cases denounce acts of mistreatment in establishments of the group located throughout the country.
Announced dead, football mega-agent Mino Raiola in critical condition. Risen and pissed off. Nicknamed the “Donald Trump of football”, the Italian-Dutch who is among the representatives of the most important and controversial players in the round ball, would be between life and death. The announcement of his death aroused a slight annoyance in the agent of Pogba, Ibrahimovic or Verratti… Read our article.
TotalEnergies made nearly $5 billion in profits. Despite the war in Ukraine and international sanctions against Moscow, TotalEnergies is doing better than ever. This Thursday, the group announced that it had made nearly 5 billion in profits for the first quarter of 2022. In 2021, the company had already recorded profits of up to 15 billion euros, unheard of for at least 15 years. A flight allowed thanks to exponential energy prices.
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Heatwave in India, the foretaste of an unlivable future. India is suffocating. Temperatures close to 43°C, fires, increased pollution… The early heat wave that hits the country gives a glimpse of the intensity of future global warming in the region. With dramatic consequences for the poorest. Read our analysis.
Ukraine is taking a further step towards joining the European Union. By proposing a customs union with Ukraine on Wednesday, the Commission affirms Kyiv’s European vocation. In practice, this means that Ukraine will be partially integrated into the European internal market, that of goods and agricultural products, which represents the bulk of its trade with the Union. Quite a symbol as Kyiv formally submitted its application for membership on February 28, four days after the start of the Russian offensive, a procedure that will take years. Read our analysis here.
Macron sips his cocktail of prime ministers. “He will be very free. My intimate conviction is that it will surprise as it has surprised in the past., said a close friend of the Head of State as to the identity of the future Prime Minister. At the end of the Council of Ministers this Thursday, the 41 members of the government were invited to the gardens of the Elysée. The opportunity to phosphorize on the name of the next tenant of the Matignon hotel. Emmanuel Macron, he does not seem in a hurry to put an end to the suspense. Read our article here.
Takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk: the worst twittos who could make their comeback. The American billionaire wants to make the social network a space where his conception of freedom of expression would prevail. Several users banned for racist, sexist or hateful messages could take the opportunity to reopen an account. Like Azealia Banks, an American pro-Trump singer sadly famous for her anti-immigration positions. Our article to read here. And to go further: focus on Mastodon, an alternative, decentralized and open-source social network, built in opposition to the platform of all clashes and towards which Twittos flee. Still, the takeover operation led by the boss of Tesla could still be compromised.
“We murdered innocent people”: in Colombia, ex-soldiers confess to having executed civilians. A historic audience. During a public hearing of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), ten retired soldiers admitted their responsibility for the assassination of civilians, whom the army passed off as guerrillas who had died in combat. A scandal that goes back to the highest peak of the state. And who is shaking Colombia. Read our analysis.