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Novavax and Janssen at the tip of the syringe. A new vaccine against Covid will arrive in France and another will make a comeback: with Novavax and Janssen, based on more traditional technologies, the health authorities hope to convince those who are afraid of RNA vaccines. Responsible for guiding the government in its vaccine policy, the High Authority for Health (HAS) has given the green light to the vaccine from the American laboratory Novavax, which will become the fifth to be available in France. In the pandemic news of the day, there is also the decision of the administrative court of Nantes to suspend the prefectural decree on the wearing of a compulsory mask outdoors. Loire-Atlantique thus becomes the third department to take this decision. Find here the essential of the Covid news of the day.
Ukraine under cyberattack “the most powerful in several years of aggression”. Touched flowed. During the night of Thursday to Friday, more than 70 Ukrainian government sites suffered a cyberattack. On Friday, the home page of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry website displayed a laconic “Error 522”. An event occurring in a context of high tensions between Moscow and Ukraine. All day, the authorities remained relatively discreet and avoided howling at the Russian wolf. But in private, government advisers confirmed the obviousness of the big neighbor’s track. For its part, in the evening, Russia announced that it had dismantled the group of cybercriminals REvil, at the request of the American authorities.
After the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic’s entire season on hold. This may just be the first round of a (very) long fight. This Friday, for lack of being able to present a vaccination certificate against Covid-19, Novak Djokovic saw his Australian visa canceled for the second time. He immediately filed a new appeal. While waiting for the end of this saga which has kept the media around the world in suspense for ten days – and which is fueling criticism of the Australian management of the pandemic – the question of the aftermath is already beginning to arise: the Australian scenario is it likely to happen again? Will the best tennis player in the world be able to defend his rank in major tournaments around the world while remaining unvaccinated? Find here the portrait of this black angel of tennis.
In Mali, massive demonstrations to denounce the sanctions. Faced with sanctions and growing diplomatic pressure, the response in the streets. From north to south, from Bamako to Timbuktu, passing through Bougouni and Kadiolo, near the Ivorian border, Malians responded massively to the junta’s call to march against West African sanctions (border closure, trade embargo ) and to oppose the international pressures, which do not weaken. In the capital, thousands of people dressed in the national colors of green, yellow and red began to flock to Independence Square for the weekly prayer, opening an afternoon of mobilization orchestrated by the military in power.
Deaths of Ricardo Bofill and Jean-Jacques Beineix. The day was marked by the announcement of the death of two personalities. First that of the Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, who died of Covid-19 at the age of 82. He notably designed the Barcelona airport, the National Theater of Catalonia, the Palace of Congresses in Madrid and the Donnelley and Dearborn skyscrapers in Chicago. In France, we owe him the Antigone district in Montpellier, the spaces of Abraxas in Noisy-le-Grand or the columns of Saint-Christophe in Cergy-Pontoise. We also learned of the death of director Jean-Jacques Beineix, author of the cult film 37°2 in the morning, died Thursday at the age of 75. He died at his Paris home following a long illness. He became known to the public thanks to Diva, released in 1981, adaptation of a novel by Daniel Odier. But his greatest success will remain the adaptation of another novel: 37°2 in the morning, by Philippe Djian, who revealed Béatrice Dalle.
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United Kingdom: a party in full national mourning, umpteenth scandal of Downing Street parties. For three months, the United Kingdom has been living to the rhythm of the new political soap opera “Downing Street’s illegal parties” (“the illegal parties of Downing Street”). Inspired by real events, it tells how advisers and officials of the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, indulged during two years of pandemic in numerous celebrations in their offices, breaking the rules of confinement. Latest episode to date: two new evenings organized in full confinement and on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral. Downing Street has apologized to the Queen and Boris Johnson seems more fragile than ever.
The Angoulême Comics Festival will finally take place from March 17 to 20. The two highlights of this 2022 edition, which promises to be very rich, should be the major retrospective Chris Ware, winner of the grand prize of the city of Angoulême last year, and that devoted to the work of the Japanese Shigeru Mizuki.
The Livret A rate will double on February 1, the first increase in a decade. Bruno Le Maire was to decide during the day, he decided to follow the recommendations of the Governor of the Banque de France. On the set of 13 hours of TF1, the Minister of the Economy announced that the rate of the Livret A was going to “double on February 1”, to pass “from 0.5 to 1%”. A first in more than ten years.
Cédric Jubillar: a new request for release rejected. The investigation chamber of the Toulouse Court of Appeal rejected the request for release filed on Tuesday. Cédric Jubillar has been detained since last June for the murder of his wife Delphine, which he denies.
Avian Flu : “Industrial farms are breeding grounds”. Denis Perreau, national secretary of the Confédération paysanne, notes that the confinement of poultry since November has failed to preserve farms from an epidemic outbreak. According to him, the problem stems less from open-air breeding than from the industrialization of the sector.