UNITED STATES
Top secret files: Trump indicted
In the case of top secret documents found in his residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, Donald Trump was charged on June 9. The 37 counts relate to illegal retention of classified records or efforts by the ex-president to prevent the government from retrieving them. “The documents in question contain secrets related to the defense and armament of the United States and foreign countries; to nuclear programs; to the potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies”, details The Hill, citing the accusation. However, Donald Trump shared some of this information with unauthorized persons.
COLOMBIA
Lost Children: Miracle in the Forest
Children rescued from the Colombian jungle are evacuated by a Colombian army ambulance plane, June 9, 2023
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“Milagro!” (miracle) shouted – according to the code word provided – the Colombian military when they found, on June 10, in the south-east of the country, the four Amerindian children aged 13, 9, 4 and 1 years old lost in the jungle for forty days following the crash of their plane in early May. Their mother died four days after the accident, the children said. “The survival of the latter who, in hostile conditions, fed on coconuts and passion fruit, remains a mystery, writes the weekly week. Most of the soldiers, although seasoned, lost between 3 and 10 kilos during their search mission, despite the daily rations.
TUNISIA
Europe at the bedside of Tunis
For the second time in less than a week, Italian head of government Giorgia Meloni traveled to Tunisia on June 11, with the President of the European Commission and the Dutch Prime Minister. At stake, up to 900 million euros in aid to Tunis in exchange for a “reinforced partnership”, in particular on the migration file.
“Europeans […] relate to the stability of Tunisia. Its weakening threatens them directly”, comment the site Business News. From there to avoid the subjects which annoy? The authoritarian drift of the president has in any case been passed over in silence.
CANADA
A country facing megafires
Image released by the British Columbia Forest Fire Service of a fire near Dawson Creek on June 7, 2023 in Canada
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Their smoke even changed the color of the New York sky, which turned orange on June 7. Canada is facing an unprecedented wave of wildfires, with 2,214 fires already this year and more than 3.3 million hectares burned. A taste of the years to come, according to Globe and Mail. “With the droughts and intense heat waves caused by climate change, it is expected that Canada will see the annual surface area of its burnt forests double by 2050, warns the Canadian daily. Our resources will, like this year, exhausted by megafires ravaging several provinces simultaneously.”
ITALY
Silvio Berlusconi is dead
Despite his 86 years and the scandals, he still hoped recently to rise to the presidency of Italy. The insatiable Silvio Berlusconi, who died of leukemia on June 12, had already led her as prime minister three times, until the threat of the country’s economic collapse forced him to let go of the reins in 2011 “For better or for worse”, this media magnate founded “a new politics, with liberal ambitions and populist features”, summarizes the Corriere della Seraspecifying that this one “made school in the world and dominated the Italian scene during twenty years, even when it was in the opposition”.
UKRAINE
The counter-offensive is launched
Ukrainian soldiers in the Zaporizhia region of southern Ukraine on June 11, 2023.
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After months of waiting and preparation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on June 10 the existence of “counter-offensive actions” carried out by his forces on the front line. The following days, kyiv announced the reconquest of several villages in the east and south of Ukraine. “If Ukrainian forces manage to break through Russian lines to the Sea of Azov, all Russian troops west of this breach will suddenly be much more vulnerable and will be entirely dependent on supply lines passing through the Crimean peninsula. “, notes the BBC.
HONG KONG
The democratic anthem on borrowed time
The Hong Kong executive asked a local court to ban the online distribution of the pro-democracy song born during the huge protests of 2019. But, on June 10, the judge postponed his decision and set a new hearing for 21 July, after asking the government to clarify its request. If justice agrees with the latter, Glory to Hong Kong would become the first song to be legally banned since handover to China in 1997. individuals through arrests and prosecutions”, recalls the New York Times.