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« A true charm offensive “, comments the Washington Post while President Biden will welcome around fifty African heads of state to the White House for 3 days. “ First US-Africa summit in 8 years “, underlines the correspondent of the Guardian « and whose ambition is to revive relations which have withered in recent years with the continent “. Even if we are far, very far from the tensions “ of the Trump era who called African nations a “shitty country” “, notes for his part the Wall Street Journal « the continent’s difficulties in accessing vaccines against Covid, and even more the economic difficulties linked to the consequences of the war in Ukraine convinced Africans that they were at the bottom of the list of American priorities ». « Even though African countries are suffering the most from wheat and energy shortages, they are still reluctant to impose sanctions on Moscow, arguing they see no point in angering Russia. “, underlines for his part the Washington Post. « While it needs the buy-in of Africans to isolate Russia and also reduce China’s growing influence in Africa », notes the Times the American administration will therefore pull out all the stops, putting its hand in the wallet, underlines the Washington Post « with the pledge of $55 billion in aid to support Africa over the next three years in the form of economic, health and security support “, and especially the commitment expected tomorrow from President Biden ” of the United States’ support for the African Union to become a permanent member of the G20 “, a “ long-standing demand from African leaders “, explains the Post« frustrated at being left out of global affairs discussions » .
An American charm offensive strongly denounced by China
« Don’t make Africa a battleground between China and the United States “, warned Beijing, title in One on South China Morning Postthe Hong Kong daily which reports that IT ISUS notably accuses China of creating “debt traps” by granting unsustainable loans to poor or developing nations for the sole purpose of then taking over projects – when they cannot repay them “. What to make the Global Timesthe Chinese nationalist daily, which, with graphic support, details “ the long list of American aid promises which, he says, have never been kept ».
Historic breakthrough in nuclear fusion, a step towards clean and unlimited energy
This American scientific breakthrough that could one day revolutionize the production of energy on earth made the front page of all the international press, unanimous in celebrating a historic breakthrough “. After 70 years of research, nuclear fusion is no longer a utopia », titre Time which explains “ that for the first time, an American lab has therefore, using powerful lasers, succeeded in creating a fusion reaction which produced more energy than it consumed “. Enough to “ strengthen the hopes of one day being able to produce clean and indefinitely renewable energy », enthuses the Washington Posteven if it is not for tomorrow “ this is potentially the biggest news of the decade “, assures the Post. « It’s a big step towards creating unlimited, carbon-free energy “, also rejoice The country et The Republiceven if, warns the Italian daily, “ it will take at least 30 years before this becomes reality “. Maybe even more, esteem on his side Time which highlights ” the considerable technical challenges that remain to recreate this reaction on a large scale and produce energy ». « But nowpoints out the Swiss daily, we know it is possible ».
World: “historic” semi-final between France and Morocco
« It will be much more than a football match “, believes the New York Times who sees ” in this meeting between the Lions of the Atlas and the Blues, all the weight of the decades of colonial history which will collide “, he says, emphasizing the “ perplexity of many Franco-Moroccans who do not know which team to support, but some of whom dream of an emblematic victory for the former colony over its former colonizer “. Wider ” it’s a whole country, Morocco, which unites behind its selection, a team that looks like it with its binational players, Arabic-speaking or Berber-speaking “, underlines for his part the correspondent in Casablanca of the Evening, which describes ” the irrational atmosphere that floats over the whole Kingdom, after this historic qualification for an Arab country in the semi-finals “. Everyone wants to believe it, with this newfound pride, “ this feeling of being part of something bigger than oneself “, as a young Casablancan put it nicely in the Swiss daily.