The White House has indicated that the United States will impose new sanctions on Iran after the attack on Israel launched last weekend. The White House says it expects its allies to do the same soon. Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden's national security adviser, said in a statement that the American armed forces will focus on increasing their level of readiness to deal with possible new drone strikes and missiles from Iran.

French groundwater: The situation is “generally satisfactory”, but persists in Roussillon

Thanks in particular to the heavy rains in March, the situation of French groundwater is “generally satisfactory”. The Bureau for Geological and Mining Research (BRGM) indicated in its monthly bulletin that “in March, the situation improved again compared to the previous month. The state of the groundwater tables is generally satisfactory: 27% of the observation points are below the monthly norms, 15% are comparable and 58% are above (36%, 18% and 46% respectively in February)”. The situation seems much more favorable than in March 2023, when 75% of levels were below normal.
In addition, Roussillon is heading for a new summer of restrictions on water use after two years of drought

Gender transition: The Swedish Parliament debates a hotly contested bill on Wednesday

The bill on the carpet this Wednesday in the Swedish parliament lowers the minimum age for changing civil sex from 18 to 16, in a country that was the first to legalize this change in 1972. Analysts say the text has weakened conservative Prime Minister Ulf

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At the general meeting of the profitable automotive group in Amsterdam, Stellantis shareholders approved by 70% of the votes the sharply increased remuneration of CEO Carlos Tavares.

UK MPs voted in favor of a bill under which young people under the age of fifteen today will never be legally sold cigarettes.

The authority that manages the Great Barrier Reef, in northeastern Australia, announced Wednesday that the barrier is currently undergoing the worst bleaching episode ever observed, due to global warming.

The French government has published the list of 55 turnkey industrial sites that will be offered by 2030 to investors, French or foreign, wishing to build factories quickly in France.

Paris SG won 4-1 in Barcelona (2-3 in the first leg) with a brace from Kylian Mbappé, thus qualifying for the Champions League semi-finals where they will face Borussia Dortmund.