Anniversary of the capture of Mariupol, 40 years of the discovery of AIDS, white march in memory of Mahamadou Cissé… All the news of this day.
By Martin Pereira for Le Point (with AFP)
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War. This Saturday, May 20 marks the anniversary of the capture of Mariupol, Ukraine, by the Russians. The port city of Mariupol was pounded relentlessly for long weeks by Russian forces at the start of the invasion of Ukraine launched on February 24, 2022 by Vladimir Putin. On May 17, Moscow announced that 265 Ukrainian fighters, including 51 seriously wounded, had surrendered. The surrenders continued on the following days. kyiv salutes “heroes” who have “fulfilled their mission”. On the 20th, Russia declared that the Azovstal complex had come under “complete control” of its armed forces, after the surrender of the last of the steelworks’ 2,439 soldiers.
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Discovery. On May 20, 1983, an article in the journal “Science” announced the “isolation” of a new virus, that of AIDS, by a team of three Parisian researchers from the Pasteur Institute. This discovery marked an important first step in tackling an epidemic with more than 40 million deaths. Researchers at the time Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Jean-Claude Chermann and Luc Montagnier believe that this virus “could be involved in several pathological syndromes, including AIDS”.
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Tribute. A white march will start at 1:30 p.m. to honor the memory of Mahamadou Cissé, killed in December 2022. The young man (21) is dead, killed by his octogenarian neighbor with a .22 long rifle bullet. The suspect said in police custody that he did not know the victim personally, but that he shot after being insulted by this young man and attacked by his group who obstructed his passage while he was returning home after his usual bowling game. According to him, this group “had been giving him a hard time for 9 years”.
Soccer. Olympique de Marseille on the hunt for second place. For that, the men of Tudor will have to win in Lille (5th) at 9 p.m., and hope for a misstep from Lens (2nd) who moves to Lorient (9th). At the other end of the standings, Nantes will play for survival at 5 p.m. against Montpellier. The Canaries are in the red zone, one point behind Auxerre.
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