Surprise offensive: Ukraine claims new advances in Russia

A week after launching a surprise offensive designed to push Moscow to accept a “just peace”, Ukraine claimed new advances on Russian territory, claiming to have taken 74 localities in the Kursk region. Ukrainian army commander Oleksandr Syrsky claimed that his troops had “advanced in some areas by one to three kilometers” during the day, taking control of an additional “40 square

Company: Escondida workers on strike

The Escondida Workers' Union announced that the world's largest copper mine located in northern Chile began a strike on Tuesday because it failed to reach an agreement on a new collective agreement with their employer, the Australian giant BHP. The unions in Escondida, which approved this strike call on 1 August, have long called for 1% of the dividends paid by foreign investors in the mine to be distributed to the

UNICEF: 1/5 children experience at least twice as many days of extreme heat as they did 60 years ago

UNICEF warned on Tuesday that one in five children in the world experiences at least twice as many days of extreme heat as they did 60 years ago. The institution thus calls for the protection of them from temperatures that are potentially fatal for the most vulnerable organisms. 2023 was the hottest year on record and 2024 could break a new record. Unicef has thus looked at one of the impacts of this warming, extreme heat, in particular the number of days exceeding 35degC each year, by comparing the average of the 1960s and that of the period 2020-2024.

Washington: arms sale to Israel approved

The United States has approved the sale of more than 20 billion dollars in arms to its Israeli ally. These weapons include F-15 fighter planes and nearly 33,000 rounds of ammunition for tanks. The State Department said in a notification to the US Congress that the sale would “improve Israel's ability to deal with current and future enemy threats.”

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On the occasion of the Christian feast of the Assumption, the resigning Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin called on the prefects and the police to be “extreme vigilant” in particular with regard to “demonstrations and places & agrave; religious character”.

21 departments were placed on orange alert for storms on Wednesday, mainly in the eastern half and south-west of France. The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region is turned yellow just like the rest of the country except for the north-west coast

A forest fire ravaged the suburbs of Athens for three days, killing a woman and causing extensive damage and causing the displacement of thousands of people. Greek firefighters made progress on Tuesday in the fight against this fire

Les médias locaux ont rapporté mercredi que le Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida intends to withdraw from the race to lead his party, which means he will leave his post as head of government.

Lille brought back a draw (1-1, 2-1 in the first leg) from their 3rd preliminary round return to the Sükrü Saraçoglu stadium of José Mourinho's Fenerbahçe in Istanbul, and the Losc goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier was hit by an unidentified projectile launched by a supporter of the Turkish club.