News
In Ukraine, Russia’s main target is Kiev. Like the day before, Friday was marked by heavy clashes in Ukraine. The capital, Kiev, is now the main target of the Kremlin and has been bombed several times during the day. Tens of thousands of Ukrainians continue to flee the fighting to neighboring countries. The international response for the moment is limited to declarations and economic sanctions, to the chagrin of President Zelensky. All the information for the day can be found here.
The pandemic is not over, but it is (much) better. Contaminations continue to fall, hospitalizations have fallen by a third in one week… In short, France is on the right trajectory and seems to have good days ahead of it. But the Covid-19 is still far from being eradicated, and Public Health France continues to recommend barrier gestures and the wearing of masks in closed places, in particular to protect the immunocompromised.
The director of the Institut Montaigne in police custody. Laurent Bigorgne, the director of the liberal think tank, is accused of having put MDMA in the glass of one of his collaborators and of having thus drugged her without her knowledge. This very close to the macronie was arrested this Friday.
Soon to be an African-American Supreme Court justice. Joe Biden acted on Friday his decision to appoint Ketanji Brown Jackson, a former lawyer, to the highest American judicial institution. If the Senate confirms the will of the President, she will become the first black magistrate to sit there.
In Greece, justice seizes the #MeToo wave. After a speech liberation movement initiated in January 2021, the first hearings in the trial of Dimitris Lignadis, the former director of the national theater accused of sexual assault on minors, started this Friday.
Césars 2022: Libé makes its prize list. While waiting to have the results of the real Caesar ceremony a little later in the evening, Release awarded its own prizes, with arguments and interviews of the main parties concerned. Discover our prize list.
In Marseilles, the dantesque trial of a tooth-puller. Lionel Guedj, a Marseille dentist accused of having mutilated patients, most of whom are beneficiaries of the CMU, is on trial from Monday in Marseille. More than 300 victims have joined as civil parties. Read our story.
In the Pas-de-Calais, Fabien Roussel relies on local coconuts. In the northern department, the Communist Party, allied with the Socialists, has regained electoral ground on the far right. A local method that his candidate wants to apply in his presidential campaign. Read our report.