Ukraine: Trump carries out his threat

Three days after the altercation at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump ordered a “pause” on Monday in US military aid to Ukraine at war with Russia, thus implementing his threat. “We are taking a break and re-examining our assistance to ensure that it contributes to the search for a solution” to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, a White House official said

Arab summit: leaders discuss an alternative project in Cairo

This Tuesday, Arab leaders are due to discuss an alternative project to Donald Trump's Gaza project in Cairo. It provides for American control of the territory and the expulsion of its population, in the midst of the stalemate of the truce agreement between Israel and Hamas. The American president's plan was welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said on Monday that “it is time to give Gazans the freedom to leave.”

Washington: customs duties take effect on Tuesday

Donald Trump warned on Monday that “Canada and Mexico no longer have room for manoeuvre” to avoid the entry into force overnight from Monday to Tuesday of customs duties on all their products in the United States. The American president also signed an executive order on Monday imposing 20% more tariffs on Chinese products entering the United States compared to the taxation in force before he returned to the White House.

China: parliamentary meetings begin in Beijing on Tuesday

Parliamentary meetings, the biggest political event of the year in China, start on Tuesday in Beijing, in the shadow of Donald Trump's tariffs. Thousands of delegates converged on the Chinese capital to participate in the “Two Sessions” which are being held in parallel - that of the Parliament itself and that of a consultative assembly.

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A transpartisan bill to fight drug trafficking in France arrives in committee at the Assembly on Tuesday. Its consideration should be more eventful in the Assembly than when it was adopted unanimously in the Senate in early February.

Elon Musk's SpaceX company cancelled the launch of its Starship megafusee at the last minute on Monday, due to a problem identified on the ship

The Ariane 6 rocket, which was supposed to carry a French military satellite into space for its first commercial mission, did not take off on Monday. It cannot be launched before Wednesday due to a “ground anomaly”.

Suspected of having taken advantage of his networks to obtain confidential information and privileges for the benefit in particular of the CEO of LVMH Bernard Arnault, former head of internal intelligence, Bernard Squarcini, was judged Friday by the court.

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake was recorded on Monday in Guadeloupe without any immediate damage reported.