NATO summit in Vilnius: Ukraine awaits commitments on future membership

Meeting at the crucial summit in Lithuania, on Russia's doorstep, the leaders of NATO countries plan to send a message of support to Ukraine, which is continuing a difficult counter-offensive against Moscow and awaits commitments on future membership. The integration of Sweden into the Alliance accelerated on the eve of this meeting.

For his part, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has finally agreed to lift his veto on this candidacy, after more than a year of blocking. This meeting is being held Tuesday and Wednesday in Vilnius, some 35 km from the border with Belarus, an ally of Moscow, and not far from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, under the protection, in particular, of Rafale planes deployed by France and Patriot missile batteries by Germany. It brings together 31 leaders from the countries of the Alliance.

Paris: the Anthropocene will have its emblematic site

Scientists reveal their choice of the Anthropocene reference site. This is a necessary step in order to hope to formalize this new geological era one day. The announcement of the site that will best embody the advent of the Anthropocene, a “human epoch” still far from being approved by the highest authority of world geology, is expected at 19:00 during scientific conferences in Lille and Berlin

Security Council: Cross-border aid mechanism for Syria expires without UN agreement

Due to the Security Council vote to extend the UN's cross-border humanitarian aid mechanism, which is vital for millions of residents in rebel areas in Syria at this point, the mechanism has expired. For days, the 15 members of the Security Council have been trying to find a compromise to extend this mechanism that allows food, water or medicine to be delivered from Turkey, without authorization from Damascus, to inhabitants of northwestern Syria. According to the British Presidency of the Security Council, the vote scheduled first on Friday and then on Monday has been postponed again until Tuesday morning

Early legislative elections in the Netherlands: Mark Rutte leaves politics

At the end of the planned early legislative elections, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced his retirement from politics. This autonomous person spent almost 13 years at the head of the Netherlands. The liberal right-wing leader (VVD) said he would step down after the early legislative elections caused by the collapse of his last coalition, due to internal disputes over the tightening of

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After being extradited from the United Kingdom on Friday, a key suspect in the investigation into the shipwreck that killed 27 migrants in the Channel in November 2021 was indicted and imprisoned on Saturday in France.

Amid discussions dominated by the crisis in Burma, amid divisions between its members over whether to re-engage in dialogue with the Burmese junta, ASEAN foreign ministers are meeting in Indonesia.

A new legal framework has been adopted by Brussels with the aim of allowing the transfer of personal data from the EU to the United States, a crucial device for the digital economy after European court decisions that invalidated the precedents.

Novak Djokovic qualified for the fourteenth quarterfinal at Wimbledon despite losing one set. Carlos Alcaraz passed the Matteo Berrettini test