Pensions: Wauquiez claims to have found a compromise with the government

The president of the Republican Right (ex-LR) group in the Assembly, Laurent Wauquiez assured that he had found a compromise with the government so that “all pensions” would be increased by “half of inflation” as of January 1. As part of the examination of its draft law to finance Social Security, the government proposed to postpone the indexation of pensions to inflation by six months (from 1 January to 1 July) in order to save around four billion euros

COP29: Joe Biden promises that climate action would continue in the United States

Joe Biden's representative at the annual UN climate conference in Baku promised, a few months before Donald Trump's return to power, that climate action would continue in the United States. But the prospect of American withdrawal from the flagship Paris agreement (2015), for the second time, weakens the words of the negotiators of the world's leading power. On Monday evening, on the first day of COP29, countries around the world adopted the first UN rules for the controversial carbon credit market, a key step in helping countries meet their climate obligations. According to John Podesta, American climate emissary, “even if the American federal government under Donald Trump is pausing climate action, the work to contain climate change will continue in the United States.”

Russian strike: a damaged dam on a reservoir in eastern Ukraine

The regional governor said that a Russian strike “damaged” a dam on a reservoir in eastern Ukraine, causing a rise in water levels on a river and creating, “a threat” of flooding for communities neighbours. Vadym Filashkin on Telegram said that “the Russians damaged the dam at the Kurakhové reservoir” in the Donetsk region. The damaged dam is located near the village of Stari Terny.

Riyadh Summit: Israel called for total withdrawal from Arab territories

Israel is called upon to completely withdraw from the Arab territories it occupies in order to achieve a “comprehensive” peace in the Middle East. The leaders of Arab and Muslim countries made this statement during their meeting in Saudi Arabia. According to the final declaration of the summit, “'a just and comprehensive peace in the region (...) cannot be achieved without ending the Israeli occupation of all occupied territories” since 1967 when Israel began to occupy the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan ''in accordance with UN resolutions and the 2002 Arab peace plan.” This joint summit between the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation calls for the unity of all Palestinian territories - Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank - within a Palestinian state, whose capital must be East Jerusalem, occupied

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After the re-election of Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron will receive the new Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte on Tuesday at the Élysée Palace, against a background of threats of disengagement of the United States from the Atlantic Alliance and an end to American support for the #39; Ukraine.

Still buoyed by Donald Trump's victory in the American presidential election, bitcoin continued its record rise on Monday, benefiting global stock markets, which moved in the green.

The new Prime Minister of Haiti Alix Didier Fils-Aimé “committed” on Monday to “restore security” in this chaotic Caribbean country.

Lundi soir, le Stade Rennais announced that the Argentine Jorge Sampaoli, former coach of Olympique de Marseille, FC Sevilla and the Chilean and Argentine selections, had committed himself until 2026 to the post of coach of the Breton club.