Gaza conflict: Deadly aid distribution records Israeli gunfire and stampede

Hamas announced that more than 110 deaths were recorded Thursday in northern Gaza. The turmoil was caused by Israeli fire on a hungry crowd and a vast stampede during an aid distribution that turned into chaos. Hamas also highlights calls to establish the truth within the international community: outrage.

While acknowledging “limited fire” by Israeli soldiers feeling “threatened,” an army official reported “a stampede during which dozens of residents were killed and injured, some of them run over by aid trucks.”

Drug shortages: Socialist MEPs push through a series of proposals

The socialists pass their EDF, chlordecone and medication texts to the Assembly. Socialist MEPs made the most of a day reserved for their group on Thursday, unanimously adopting a series of proposals against drug shortages, sexual violence in sport, or against certain bank fees, while resolving to make concessions on a flagship text

"5 out of 5": the president of the group Boris Vallaud, who presented this parliamentary niche as full of texts “useful to daily life”, had every right to celebrate at midnight, after the unanimous adoption of a text by Valérie Rabault against drug shortages.

Political crisis in Haiti: Exchanges of fire between gangs and security forces in Port-au-Prince

This Thursday in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, an exchange of fire broke out by a leader of one of the largest gangs involved citing coordinated attacks intended to overthrow the disputed Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Indeed, since the assassination in 2021 of President Jovenel Moïse, Haiti has been facing a serious political, security and humanitarian crisis. Armed gangs took control of large parts of the country and the number of homicides more than doubled in 2023. In power since 2021, Ariel Henry should have left office in early February

IN A NUTSHELL

The profits of CAC 40 companies already exceed those of 2022. According to an AFP count that shows the great shape of luxury and cars, these profits resisted fears of recession in 2023

The number of prisoners in France reached a new record on February 1, with 76,258 people incarcerated, 3,964 more than the previous year, up by 5.5% in one year, according to figures published Thursday by the Ministry of Justice.

The second rows Thibaud Flament and Emmanuel Meafou as well as the opening half Antoine Hastoy were called by the coach of France Fabien Galthié to prepare for the Six Nations Championship match in Wales on 10 March.