Leader of the Republicans in the US Senate Mitch McConnell on Wednesday offered Democrats a temporary solution to break the parliamentary deadlock and avoid the imminent risk of a US default. Read alsoUS default could trigger further recession, warns Janet Yellen “To protect Americans from a short-term crisis brought on by Democrats”, Mitch McConnell proposes … Read more
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will meet this week in Zurich (Switzerland) with Yang Jiechi, the Chinese Communist Party’s top diplomacy official, the White House announced on Tuesday (October 5th). Jake Sullivan will also travel to Brussels, to meet with senior officials of European institutions and NATO, as well as to Paris, for a … Read more
Pharmaceutical group Johnson & Johnson announced on Tuesday that it had submitted data to the United States Medicines Agency (FDA) for authorization for a booster injection in adults of its single-dose vaccine against Covid-19. Read alsoCovid-19: competition mounts between laboratories for the third dose of the vaccine These data include the results of a clinical … Read more
Canadian millionaire and former fashion mogul Peter Nygard, accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women including minors, has agreed to be extradited to the United States, a Canadian court said on Friday. In prison since December 2020, the 80-year-old fashion mogul appeared on Friday morning in a Manitoba court in Winnipeg, central Canada. Crown Prosecutor … Read more
The United States urged Friday, October 1, Ankara not to buy any more weapons from Moscow, at the risk of damaging their relations, after the tensions caused by the purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense system by Turkey. Read alsoHow Erdogan put the Turkish army at the service of its expansionism Turkish President Recep … Read more
European markets ended lower on Friday as US indices moved in the green, welcoming in particular a positive announcement about a new treatment under study against Covid-19. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones was up 0.85%, the extended S & P500 index by 0.56% and the high-tech Nasdaq index by 0.09% around 4:50 p.m. Read … Read more
The main donor countries of the WHO, including the United States and the EU, demanded on Friday “l’engagement totalOrganization to prevent a recurrence of sexual violence by some of its employees, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “We will ensure that the commitments made by WHO leadership will lead to greater accountability, more … Read more
The inspiration for the existence of this institution comes in part from a Lyonnais, Professor Edmond Locard, also a true inventor of forensic science. Interpol is a structure which aims to fight serious crime and terrorism in the world. A great mission that its agents operate with motivation and talent. But the fact is, that … Read more
American and Chinese artificial intelligence start-ups have together captured around 80% of global venture capital investments in the sector, according to an OECD study published on Thursday. Sino-US domination of AI investments is stronger than in any tech sector combined, where the US / China pair captures an average of 72% of VC investments. Of … Read more
Manufacturing activity contracted in September in China, a first since early 2020, due in particular to power cuts that weighed on an already slowing economy, according to official figures released Thursday. The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), which measures the activity of factories nationwide, stood at 49.6, down from 50.1 in August, the National Bureau of … Read more