Declaration of contested assets: Caroline Cayeux leaves the French government

In trouble with the High Authority for Transparency in Public Life (HATVP), Caroline Cayeux resigned on Monday from her position as Minister Delegate to Local Authorities, for a declaration of assets deemed “undervalued”.

The 74-year-old former mayor of Beauvais explained that she decided to leave office “in order not to hinder government action.” The Élysée had previously announced that it had ended Ms. Cayeux's duties “at her request”, and specified that her duties would be taken over by her colleague in charge of Rurality, Dominique Faure. The latter went from the rank of Secretary of State to that of Deputy Minister.

Iran match in the United States: a highlight of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

This Tuesday in the United States, the Iran match will be a highlight of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, with much more at stake than qualifying for the round of 16. The selections of the two countries, which did not maintain diplomatic relations until this match (20:00) have met only twice in the history of football. During the 1998 World Cup in an incandescent atmosphere in Lyon, the “match of the fraternity”, won 2-1, while a friendly draw in 2000 (1-1) was quickly forgotten, the other opposition is still remembered.

The match was an opportunity for gestures of fraternization between the two teams, played in a context of thaw between the West and the Islamic Republic. Against the backdrop of the unprecedented protest movement bloodily repressed by the Islamic regime, the context is much more tense this year.

Anger over health restrictions: Chinese authorities prevent progress

The Chinese authorities are trying to prevent the progress of the movement of anger against health restrictions and in favour of more freedoms, demonstrations of historic proportions and supported abroad, especially by the United States. The mobilization evokes the 1989 pro-democracy rallies in its scope, which were harshly repressed. Abroad, these demonstrations received expressions of support, particularly from the President of the United States Joe Biden.

HIV testing: a “loss of chance” for some patients

HIV testing has not yet caught up with Covid despite being on the rise again in 2021. According to Public Health France, this constitutes a “loss of opportunity” for some patients, two days before World AIDS Day. According to the health agency's annual review, screening started to increase again last year, by 8% with 5.7 million human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) serologies carried out in laboratories. After six years of increase, the number of these blood tests fell by 13% between 2019 and 2020. A collateral effect of the Covid-19 health crisis that worried actors in the fight against AIDS.

Screening did resume in 2021, but remained “below the level observed before the Covid-19 epidemic” (6.1 million), according to Public Health France. However, for the health of the person affected, the late detection of seropositivity represents “a loss of chance”, but also a risk of increasing the spread of the disease.

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Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano located in Hawaii, has erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years. Its spectacular fury is not threatening homes for the moment, but authorities and experts call for caution.

Four organizations are calling for strikes and demonstrations, including at 11 am in Paris, in front of the Ministry of Health. For reason, there is a “glaring lack” of hospital beds and “regular closures” of medical and psychological centers due to lack of sufficient staff. Hospital psychiatrists are invited to mobilize on Tuesday against the “dilapidation” of a public sector victim of “abandonment” by the State, according to their unions.

The release in April of a new studio album and a tour of Europe and North America in 2023 and 2024 was announced by the legendary American heavy metal band Metallica.

During the 2022 World Cup match between Portugal and Uruguay, a man wearing a rainbow flag and wearing a T-shirt supporting Iranian women and Ukraine entered the lawn of the Lusail Stadium in Doha on Monday. For the first time, a match has been marked by such an intrusion since the start of the competition organized in Qatar, facing Western criticism over the treatment of LGBT+ people.