In a supermarket in Alhambra, California. Growth in food prices without falling, “showed signs of stabilization”stresses Société Générale. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP US economic activity is holding up despite the possibility of a coming recession. Almost all “Seems to have gotten used to the idea of a coming recession”, about “companies, consumers or markets. The chairman … Read more
Published on: 31/12/2022 – 11:30 China has a new foreign minister in the form of Qin Gang, previously ambassador to the United States. Signs of the importance Beijing attaches to the Sino-US relationship. Polyglot, basketball fan, comfortable with the media and on social networks, Qin Gang embodies open and connected Chinese diplomacy, according to state … Read more
At the end of August, a traveler in transit from China and on his way to New York had to leave his pet at customs. in the question? Doubts about the validity of the latter’s administrative documents. It’s a story that ends well. It begins at the end of August at San Francisco International Airport. … Read more
The prestigious University of California found itself at the heart of a controversy after the discovery of a guide to offensive terms compiled at the initiative of its computing community. In a tweet published on December 25 and viewed nearly a million times, French blogger Hugo Jacomet confirms that “Stanford University decides to replace “American” … Read more
The lawyer for Sébastien Raoult, a French student arrested in Morocco and charged by US courts with cybercrimes, told AFP he had seized the UN Committee Against Torture on Wednesday, fearing his imminent extradition to the US. According to Me Philippe Ohayon, a prison officer notified and translated the extradition decree to Sébastien Raoult on … Read more
Published on: 28/12/2022 – 06:49 The cold period in the USA is spreading to Mexico, where unusual temperatures of up to -15°C have been forecast. The mountainous areas in the north of the country are mainly affected, as well as central Mexico, where extraordinary snowfall has been observed. With our correspondent in Mexico, Emmanuelle Steels … Read more
Published on: 18/12/2022 – 11:56Changed: 18/12/2022 – 11:57 At the end of the US-Africa Summit, Anthony Blinken, US Secretary of State, asked Kigali on 15 December to act to allow the application of the Luanda Agreement and therefore the withdrawal of the group. Once again, the US is putting pressure on Rwandan President Paul Kagame … Read more
A former US Marine who confessed to raping and killing a 16-year-old girl in 2000 was executed on Wednesday, December 14 in the state of Mississippi. Thomas Edwin Loden, 58, received a lethal injection at 18:00 (0000 GMT) at Parchman Penitentiary, an overcrowded prison in this conservative southern US state. Thomas Loden had pleaded guilty … Read more
The US Justice Department on Tuesday announced the indictment of five Russian nationals, including a suspected security service agent, and two Americans, accused of illegally supplying Russia with sensitive electronic components and ammunition. Three of them are in custody, including one awaiting extradition to Estonia, and four are at large, he said in a statement. … Read more
China has announced that it has filed a case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the United States over its restrictions on semiconductor exports, accusing Washington of endangering global supply chains. In October, the United States became on behalf of “national security” announced new export controls aimed at limiting Beijing’s ability to buy and … Read more
