France fails in the final of the Handball World Cup
The French handball team was not far from marking the history of their sport. The Blues lost in the World Cup final against Denmark (29-34). The Danes achieved a historic treble by winning the World Cup again. On the French side, it is a seventh coronation that our players aimed for on Sunday January 29, without success. If the match was well started, the outcome was clearly against the French. The Danes managed to impose their rhythm and their goalkeeper saved the game on many occasions. For the French as for the Danes, the next stage is in 2024, for Olympic Games.
The destruction of the Amazon rainforest intensifies
About fifty researchers have sounded the alarm in Science concerning the lung of the Earth, the Amazon rainforest. 17% of the original forest has been destroyed, and 9% severely degraded, i.e. 26% affected, according to the studyreported by The world. Deforestation in the Amazon is mainly caused by human activities – agricultural and industrial – and climate change, also caused by human activities. According to the study, the destruction of the Amazon is occurring at a rate a hundred to a thousand times faster than any natural climatic or geological phenomenon that has occurred in the past. Whole swaths of forest will soon be permanently transformed into savannah. All this destruction has dramatic consequences for biodiversity and local populations, but also for the planet as a whole.
The Angoulême festival crowns “The color of things”
The Fauve d’or, prize for the best album, was awarded to comics ” The color of things“. Behind this graphic novel, a Swiss author, Martin Panchaud and a publishing house ” Here and there“. This is the second year in a row that this publishing house has won the Fauve d’or, a first for the Angoulême festival. This comic tells the story of an overweight teenager who faces harassment and wandering from his parents. His father is addicted to horse racing betting and his mother is a stranger to him. When he wins a jackpot of 16 million euros by betting with money stolen from his parents, the young boy embarks on an unusual and trying race to recover the signatures of his parents which would allow him to receive the money. of the bet. The bias of the book lies above all in its very original graphic proposal. We follow the story from above, the characters are colored pellets and if everything seems a little rigid at first glance, the jury of the Angouleme festival welcomed the move.
After the attacks, Israel responds violently
Israel has had a murderous week. The country first bombed the Gaza Strip, killing ten Palestinians, then suffered a double attack on its soil, 24 hours apart. The first, a shooting that killed seven people, took place on January 27 in East Jerusalem. The second, again a shooting, injured two, near the Old City of Jerusalem. The Israeli Prime Minister has implemented strong measures to satisfy public opinion. It sealed, without warning or appeals, the homes of the families of the perpetrators of the shootings. A measurement ” in complete disregard of the rule of law according to Dani Shenhar of the Israeli human rights organization HaMoke, reported by The world. « The spiral of death that grows day by day extinguishes the rare glimmers of trust that exist between the two peoples“, lamented Pope Francis on Sunday.
Olivier Faure re-elected as head of the Socialist Party
The crisis in the Socialist Party is finally coming to an end. After a week of turbulence at the PS, the delegates of the Socialist Congress in Marseilles confirmed for good, Saturday, January 28, the victory of Olivier Faure as First Secretary of the PS, thanks to an agreement with his rival Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol. For several days, Olivier Faure and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol had been vying for victory in the election, accusing each other of cheating and lying. The voted agreement provides that the First Secretary and the first two deputy secretaries will work ” in a collegial way, seeking consensus« . More ” there is no “collegiate management« who would serve as First Secretary“, clarified Olivier Faure. If there is a disagreement, it will always be the national office that will have to make the final decision.
