UN: Volodymyr Zelensky denounces a “crime against humanity”

After Russian strikes on infrastructure in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday a “crime against humanity” perpetrated by Russia which attacked Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

In a brief statement to the Security Council via video link during an emergency meeting that he himself had requested, Zelensky announced that “with temperatures below Zero, several million people without energy supply, without heating and without water, this is obviously a crime against humanity.”

Covid-19 outbreak: lockdown ordered in Zhengzhou after violent protests

The lockdown of several neighborhoods was ordered by Zhengzhou, a city in central China that hosts a huge iPhone factory due to a Covid-19 outbreak that triggered violent protests.

The Zhengzhou municipal authorities have announced that the population in the city center must no longer leave the area without a negative Covid test and permission from local authorities. They are advised not to leave their homes “unless necessary.” These restrictions will last for five days starting Friday. They concern more than 6 million people, or about half of the city's population.

According to the Zhengzhou group “the team looked into the matter and discovered that a technical error had occurred.” “We apologize for an input error in the computer system and guarantee that the actual remuneration is the same as that agreed,” a statement said.

World Cup: Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo on track

One is on the rise and the label of favorite, the other has no employer and has suffered to bring his country to Qatar: the 2022 World Cup welcomes the debut of two global stars, the Brazilian Neymar and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, on Thursday.

After today's matches - Switzerland-Cameroon (11:00) and Brazil-Serbia (20:00) in Group G, Uruguay-South Korea (14:00) and Portugal-Ghana (17:00) in Group H -, all teams will have played their first match.

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Five new astronauts have been designated by the European Space Agency (ESA). It approved a significantly increased budget for its space programs despite the economic crisis and the war in Ukraine.

On the night of Wednesday to this day, the Senate simplified and expanded the “safety net” proposed by the government in the 2023 budget bill. This is in order to offset the increase in community energy expenditure.

A report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) published today announced that fine particle pollution caused 238,000 premature deaths in the European Union in 2020. A figure that increased slightly over a year due to Covid.

A new poll has been launched by Elon Musk on the restoration of suspended Twitter accounts. He thus systematized this approximate method for decisions.