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(Paris) As France celebrates its national day on July 14, Wednesday, more than 19 thousand people, according to the authorities, demonstrated in the country in the name of “freedom” to protest against the declarations of Emmanuel Macron’s passport health, vaccination and “dictatorship”. Posted on Jul 14, 2021 at 11:10am Updated at 14:23 Roman Fonsegrives France media agency Some moves began in the morning, when the military parade was being held on the famous Champs Elysees, under the gaze of the head of state who presided over these festivities for the last time in his five-year term. PHOTO GEOFFROY VAN DER…

(Thiruvananthapuram) The first Indian patient to be officially infected with COVID-19, a medical student who was at the beginning of the epidemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has been confirmed for the second time. Posted on Jul 14, 2021 at 10:15am The 21-year-old, from Kerala (southwest) state, who has not been vaccinated, has not shown any symptoms but is in isolation at her home, Rena K.J., a medical officer in Thrissur district, told AFP. She tested positive again during a routine check-up before a trip to New Delhi. “The medical teams are in constant contact with her,” Reena KJ…

Rising lakes and rivers, saturated soil, landslides, mudslides… Switzerland has been facing heavy rains for several days, accompanied by thunderstorms that have disrupted the country. In Geneva, the flow of the Arve, a river in the Alps and its source in France (Haute-Savoie), increased, as did the Rhone. The authorities recommend not to walk along the rivers and not to go down the Rhone in such high flow conditions. The level of Lake Geneva also worries the authorities. Across Switzerland, torrential amounts of rain saturated the soil and caused landslides and mudslides. New rain has been announced, according to MeteoSuisse.…

Caregivers who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 must completely change professions, a French doctor rules following the vaccination obligation for health workers in France. “It’s not acceptable for caregivers to contaminate patients. We have to change jobs, we weren’t created for that, what!” […] If you don’t want to protect patients, you have the wrong job. Go and do something else ”, protested the head of the medical pharmacy service at the University Hospital (CHU) in Bordeaux,s Mathieu Molimar, in an interview on QUB Radio on Tuesday. considered ds Molimar commented on the government’s decision to impose vaccination on…

(Washington) US President Joe Biden rose to the fore on Tuesday due to minority voting access, a topic on which Democrats and Republicans are tearing themselves apart, for example in Texas, which is going through a parliamentary crisis. Posted on Jul 13, 2021 at 9:52am In Philadelphia, a highly symbolic city where the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution were born, the president planned a long-awaited speech, particularly by civil rights activists. PHOTO EVAN VUCCI, Associated Press President Joe Biden. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Monday that Joe Biden “will explain why, on a moral level, withdrawing the…

(Washington) Dozens of Texas Democrats on Monday left their southern US state to block the adoption of a controversial election law, wanted by the Republican majority in the Texas parliament. Posted on July 12, 2021 at 5:54 pm Updated at 6:49 PM. Texas law authorizes the arrest of elected state officials who are absent during voting sessions and bringing them, by force if necessary, into the chambers of Parliament. This is why these elected officials decided to travel to a place where the Texas police had no authority to act. “My fellow Democrats and I are leaving the state in…

Dozens of elected Democrats in Texas left their southern US state on Monday in order to block the adoption of a controversial election law, wanted by the Republican majority in the Texas parliament. Texas law authorizes the arrest of elected state officials who are absent during voting sessions and bringing them, by force if necessary, into the chambers of Parliament. This is why these elected officials decided to travel to a place where the Texas police had no authority to act. “My fellow Democrats and I are leaving the state in order to block a quorum and torpedo a bill…

(Brussels) The issue of wearing the Islamic headscarf has fueled political controversy in Belgium, forcing the prime minister to make himself clear to MPs Monday about the resignation of a veiled Moroccan-Belgian from her position as government representative in a public body. Posted on Jul 12, 2021 at 10:50am Ishan Hawash, 36, on Friday resigned from the Institute for the Equality of Women and Men (IEFH) where she held the position of government commissioner with the task of ensuring compliance with the law and the public interest. To justify her decision, this woman was involved in the fight against sexism,…

China on Sunday vowed to take “necessary measures” in the face of the “unjustified crackdown” by the United States on new Chinese companies, most of which are accused of participating in the “oppression” of ethnic Uyghur Muslims. In the context of strong bilateral tensions over trade, Taiwan, Hong Kong or even new technologies, the Biden administration on Friday announced the addition of 23 additional Chinese companies to its trade blacklist. 14 accused of alleged “violations” of human rights in the Xinjiang region (northwest), Washington accused Beijing of “launching a campaign of repression” against “Uyghurs, Kazakhs and members of” other Muslim…

(Madrid) A heat wave broke out over much of Spain on Sunday, with extreme temperatures, prompting residents and tourists to take refuge in the shade or in the cooler pools. Posted on Jul 11, 2021 at 7:31 am The Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET) warned most of the country of a heat wave, with temperatures reaching more than 40 degrees Celsius in Madrid and Seville (south) for the second day in a row. The first episode of sweltering heat in Spain this year is expected to spread eastward on Monday, before temperatures drop. Only a small part of Spain’s north Atlantic…