Unreleased test mission: NASA violently hits an asteroid

During an unprecedented test mission, a NASA spaceship deliberately crashed into an asteroid on Monday 26 in order to deviate its trajectory. This mission must allow humanity to learn to protect itself from a potential future threat. Thus, in order to reach its target at the scheduled time (23:14 GMT), the ship, smaller than a car, slammed into it at a speed of more than 20,000 km/h. Meeting at the Mission Control Center in Maryland, in the United States, NASA teams exploded with joy at the moment of the collision. It must be said that the asteroid Dimorphos is about 160 meters in diameter and does not represent any danger to our planet.

Protection budget: pension reforms left behind

By the end of the week, the executive will decide whether to include pension reform in budget texts or not. These texts were presented to the Council of Ministers on Monday 26 to “protect” the French, in particular from galloping inflation, with the opposition judging its draft budget as “optimistic” or “insufficient”.

For the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, the tariff shield provided for in the draft budget, which makes it possible to contain the rise in energy prices to 15%, allows France to have “the lowest level of inflation” among eurozone countries.

To keep the public deficit at 5% of GDP, the 2023 finance bill expects economic growth of 1% next year, higher than forecasts by the Banque de France (0.5%) and the OECD (0.6%), in particular, and on an increase in spending that is less than the rise in prices.

State visit: Biden to receive Macron on December 1

No visits have taken place so far under the presidency of Mr. Biden due to restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, state visits are celebrated with great pomp and thus contrast with the bilateral meetings organized by American presidents for foreign leaders. This time, US President Joe Biden will receive his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the White House on December 1, according to the White House spokeswoman.

Karine Jean-Pierre declares that “This visit will testify to the depth and strength of the relationship between the United States and France, our oldest ally.” According to him, America attaches great importance to its relations with France.

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The boss of the Greens Julien Bayou has left office. He believes that he is trapped in an “untenable” situation in which, according to him, he cannot defend himself against accusations of psychological violence against a former partner.

According to the Prefecture Maritime, currently under construction at the Toulon naval base, a hundred firefighters have managed to control a disaster on the La Perle nuclear submarine. It states that any radioactive risk has been ruled out.

Russia on Tuesday 27 completed the organization of annexation referendums in four territories totally or partially under its control in Ukraine, which arouses the anger of both Kiev and Westerners. They promised a strong response in case of incorporation.

After a fight on Monday 26 between two Mali players at the Women's World Basketball Championship in Sydney, described as “crazy” by the national team leader, who apologised the following day, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) announced that it had opened an investigation.

By qualifying for the Nations League final four thanks to a success in Hungary (2-0) synonymous with first place in a strong group that also included Germany and England, Italy was somewhat comforted by their absence from the 2022 World Cup.