Tag: Washington
At the G7, Washington launches a vast investment program supposed to thwart China
United States President Joe Biden officially launches the Global Infrastructure Partnership at the G7 Summit in Elmau, Germany on Sunday, June 26, 2022. SUSAN WALSH / AP The project is…
End of the right to abortion: in Washington, triumph and despair
Paxton Smith takes a break, in front of the Supreme Court, in Washington, before throwing himself again into the fray. She says: “I came to use my voice, my body,…
London, Washington, Ottawa and Tokyo ban imports of Russian gold
Europe 1 with AFP 10:09 a.m., June 26, 2022 On the first day of the G7 in Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan announced that they…
London, Washington, Ottawa and Tokyo ban imports of Russian gold
Moscow exported nearly 15 billion euros of the yellow metal in 2021. This embargo should allow “to dry up the funding of the Putin regime”, according to Boris Johnson. The…
Summoned to Washington on the rise in gasoline, refiners without a miracle solution
Fuel prices displayed at a gas station in Monterey Park on June 22, 2022 in California (AFP/Frederic J. BROWN) The Biden administration, after accusing refiners of reaping juicy profits on…
Shots fired at a street concert in Washington: a teenager killed, three people injured
A 15-year-old boy was killed and three other people, including a police officer, were shot and injured Sunday night in Washington after a street concert, police said. Read alsoFrançois d’Orcival:…
Assault rifles still allowed: US draft law tightens gun laws only very delicately
Assault rifles allowed US draft law only slightly tightens gun laws 06/22/2022, 04:57 am Less than a month after the massacre that killed 21 at a Texas elementary school, a…
Washington says it is studying a cap on the price of Russian oil
This measure would have the double advantage of reducing Moscow’s income and reducing inflation, defends the American Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen. The United States is talking with its…
Beijing calls on Washington to stop bashing China
Chinese Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe gives a military salute during the Shangri-La dialogue in Singapore on June 12, 2022. CAROLINE CHIA / REUTERS The media pass continues. Chinese Defense…
Immigration: Washington launches a “regional partnership” with Latin America
Joe Biden will announce on Friday June 10 a “regional partnershipwith Latin American countries on immigration, the White House announced, at the conclusion of a Summit of the Americas in…
China warns Washington it ‘would not hesitate’ to go to war over Taiwan
The spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Defense assured that a war would take place “whatever the cost”, after a meeting between the Chinese minister and his American counterpart in…
Seoul and Washington launch ballistic missiles in response to North Korean test
South Korea and the United States fired eight ballistic missiles on Monday in response to North Korea launching the same number of missiles the day before, the South Korean military…