Ukrainian National Day: Russian strike killed at least 22
On Ukrainian National Day, according to reports, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that a Russian strike killed at least 22 people and injured dozens at a train station.
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia as Six months on the Ukrainian National Day. Occasionally, a Russian strike causes damage. In a speech to the UN Security Council, Zelensky said, “I have just received information about a Russian missile strike on a train station in the Dnipropetrovsk region (central Ukraine), right on the wagons at Chaplino station. Four passenger cars are on fire.” “There are 22 dead, including five people who burned in a car. A teenager died, he was 11 years old, a Russian rocket destroyed his house.”

Official visit: French president expected in Algeria
On Thursday 25, Emmanuel Macron begins a three-day official visit to Algeria. This visit is intended to turn the page on the quarrels and to “rebuild” a relationship that remains marked by the weight of the past. Macron will also meet young Algerian entrepreneurs because he is determined to direct this visit to “youth and the future.” Then he will go to Oran (west), the country's second city, renowned for its spirit of freedom.
Moreover, the French President's visit to Algeria coincides with the 60th anniversary of the end of the war and the declaration of Algeria's independence in 1962.

Natural disaster: deadly storms in Corsica take human lives

state of natural disaster has been recognized for several municipalities in Corsica that were hit by deadly storms on August 18, according to information published in the Official Journal on Thursday 25 August.
On Thursday, August 18, deadly storms killed five people across the island of Corsica. Several towns were affected, including Calvi (Haute-Corse) where a 45-year-old man died and several bungalows were crushed by huge uprooted pines. Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, promised to recognize the state of natural disaster and to set up a “one-stop shop” so that affected businesses could “receive their insurance very quickly”.

Health: “UFC-Que Choisir” advises against buying ballpoint pens
In Paris, a few days before the start of the school year, the UFC-Que Choisir association tested around thirty school products (pens, felt-tip pens or highlighters) and deduced that almost half of them include potentially dangerous components. Indeed, according to the UFC-Que Choisir association, the manufacture of school supplies is insufficiently regulated and potentially dangerous components are found in many of them. In particular, she calls on parents to avoid buying ballpoint pens. In a press release published on Thursday 25, the consumer protection association “advises parents not to buy ballpoint pens for their children, given the cocktail of harmful substances found in all the references tested.”

IN SHORT
On Thursday 25, the Greens return to school at their respective summer universities near Valence and Grenoble. The former are in a strong position on the left and the latter with the December congress in sight.

On Wednesday 23, US President Joe Biden announced a partial cancellation of student loans. This question has sparked a lively debate in a country where a year at university can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Because of photos taken by rescuers of the helicopter crash that killed basketball player Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles County was sentenced Wednesday by a jury that forced it to pay $31 million in damages.

Hoping to equal the quadruple record of the Frenchman François d'Haene, who was absent this year, Spanish mountain star Kilian Jornet made his comeback Friday at the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB), which he won three times in the past but hadn't raced since 2018.

France's Richard Gasquet (91st in the world) and Adrian Mannarino (65th) continued their career at the Winston Salem Open (North Carolina). It was the last hard-court rehearsal before the US Open, and they qualified for the quarterfinals on Wednesday.