Diasporas

Several cities in China are on red alert on Monday due to the heat wave hitting the country, where tens of millions of people have been asked to stay at home. Extreme heat waves, sometimes deadly, have affected different places on the planet in recent months, such as Western Europe …

North Korea on Sunday accused the United States of manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine, echoing an accusation already made by Russia and dismissed by the United Nations in March. Washington has “installed numerous biological laboratories in dozens of countries and regions, including Ukraine, in defiance of international treaties”, the official …

Two Americans died in the Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, where the war is raging between Kyiv forces and those of Moscow, confirmed this Saturday the State Department, without specifying whether it was lots of fighters. “We can confirm the recent deaths of two US citizens in Ukraine’s Donbass region bordering …

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Friday said it approved the use of a human smallpox vaccine to expand its use against the spread of monkeypox. “The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended extending the indication for the smallpox vaccine Imvanex to include the protection …

The United States recorded its first case of polio on Thursday for almost a decade, according to New York State health authorities. A person residing in the county of Rockland, 48 km north of Manhattan, tested positive for the disease, his case indicating “a chain of transmission coming from an …

US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, the White House announced. However, he only shows “mild symptoms” of the disease. The 79-year-old Democrat has “started taking Paxlovid”, Pfizer’s anti-Covid pill, and will isolate himself at the White House until he tests negative again, his spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre …

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, will welcome the leaders of the African continent in mid-December as part of the first major summit organized by the United States for Africa. In a statement, President Biden said the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, scheduled for 13-15 December will underscore the importance …

A fine of 21 billion rubles (about 363 million euros) has been imposed by a Moscow court on the American giant Google. The society is accused of not having blocked false information on the special operation of the Russian army in Ukraine, content deemed to be propaganda of what Moscow …

Seventeen US lawmakers, including rising left-wing star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, were arrested in Washington on Tuesday following a demonstration to defend the right to abortion, police said. “We have arrested a total of 35 people” including “17 members of Congress” because after three summons, “some of the demonstrators (refused) to leave …

Israel and Morocco cemented their military alliance during talks in Rabat on Tuesday between Israeli army chief Aviv Kochavi and senior Moroccan officials, as part of growing cooperation between the two states. General Kochavi was received by Abdellatif Loudiyi, Minister Delegate in charge of Defense, for the first official visit …