2023-12-21 16:00:03 Lingots d’or. THOMAS COEX / AFP In Bamako, the question is nagging: how was the ruling junta, financially strangled for six months by sanctions from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), able to find the funds – 10 million dollars (9.1 million euros) per month, according to American intelligence – to … Read more
2023-12-18 05:15:03 FShould he hoist the white flag to cross the Red Sea? Or, safer, avoid the perilous Bab Al-Mandab Strait, this 27 kilometer wide “gate of lamentations” which opens access to the southern entrance to the Suez Canal? It is not good to sail around here. After several days of hesitation, the major European … Read more
2023-12-19 01:44:51 Dish of the day, sandwiches, salads, but also flour, meat, dough or bread… Meal vouchers will remain valid until the end of 2024 for any type of food purchase. Parliament urgently adopted on Monday December 18, by a final vote in the Senate, the extension of the exemption put in place in 2022. … Read more
2023-12-18 15:24:03 Maritime transport risks disruptions after multiple attacks by the Houthis. The British hydrocarbon giant BP and the Taiwanese maritime transport giant Evergreen announced on Monday December 18 that they were also suspending all transit in the Red Sea. Friday and Saturday, several major players in global maritime transport made the same decision. “In … Read more
2023-12-17 17:00:07 Tribes driven out, land grabbed, water used for industrial purposes instead of serving local populations. If they are carried out in the name of the fight against climate change and the decarbonization of economies, green hydrogen projects are also the subject of strong criticism from NGOs once they are implemented. in countries of … Read more
2023-12-17 18:00:04 Anne-Sophie Corbeau is a researcher at the Center on Global Energy Policy within the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University New York. Are we witnessing the beginnings of a globalization of the hydrogen trade as has been the case with liquefied natural gas or fossil fuels? Honestly, there are few … Read more
2023-12-16 09:00:02 A hive of bees, in Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle (Eure), August 12, 2023. JOEL SAGET / AFP Chis year, the bees fought hard to fill the apiaries. The mild winter pushed them to start their activity early. But would the drought limit the coveted floral resource? In the south of France, scrubland and rosemary honeydews or … Read more
2023-12-16 09:00:05 Greenpeace demonstration on a Shell oil tanker boat, in February 2023. On the banner: “Stop drilling, start paying” GREENPEACE / VIA REUTERS This post is taken from the newsletter ” Human warmth “, sent every Tuesday at 12 p.m. Every week, journalist Nabil Wakim, who hosts the Chaleur Humaine podcast, answers questions from … Read more