Pensions: unions are preparing against raising the legal age to 64

The day after the pension reform was presented, a new battle was launched. Unions are preparing to mobilize as of 19 January, in a united front against raising the legal age to 64. Indeed, the government has delivered its verdict and confirmed the expected increase in the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030, after three months of procrastination and consultations. Less than the 65 years promised by Emmanuel Macron before his re-election. But Elisabeth Borne assured that this was enough to “guarantee a balanced” budget at the end of the decade, while financing “justice measures.” Medef welcomed the “pragmatic and responsible decisions” of the executive.

Return of the Golden Globes to television: Steven Spielberg rewarded

Yesterday Tuesday, the Golden Globes returned to television. They rewarded director Steven Spielberg, who was present in the theater alongside numerous Hollywood heavyweights, despite the scandals that tarnished the image of these awards. He received the Golden Globe for Best Director for his very intimate “The Fabelmans.” The American filmmaker portrayed a young American Jew who dreams of making movies in the 1960s, while his parents watch their relationship fall inexorably apart.
Noted that Golden Globes have awarded other big names like Irish actor Colin Farrell and Malaysian Michelle Yeoh.

Russian bombings hit Kharkiv on Tuesday night

A few hours after the surprise visit of German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to Kharkiv, a city in northeastern Ukraine, with her Ukrainian counterpart who pressed Germany to provide heavy tanks, Russian bombing hit the city last night. Ukrainian Minister Dmytro Kuleba insisted “the longer such a decision is taken, the more victims there will be, the more civilian deaths there will be.”

French Football Federation: Le Graët must explain to the executive committee

Noël Le Graët will have to explain herself to the FFF Executive Committee on Wednesday, a meeting that is potentially crucial for her future at the head of the body after her controversial remarks about Zinédine Zidane and the broadcast of a testimony about her sexist behavior. This convening of the “government” of the French Football Federation is supposed to allow it to respond to various internal questions and criticisms, and to take the pulse of its close guard.

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The opening of an investigation for “genocide” against the country's President Dina Boluarte and several high-ranking officials for the suppression of demonstrations that have killed 40 people since December was announced by the Peruvian prosecutor's office on Tuesday.

Heavy rain again hit California on Tuesday and caused the disappearance of a five-year-old child. This prompted the authorities to order the evacuation of many regions. Successive storms have already killed 17 people.

Cardinal George Pell died in Rome at the age of 81. The former senior figure of the Catholic Church was accused of sexual violence in Australia and then acquitted.

The Tigray rebels have begun to give up their heavy weapons. This is the key point of the agreement signed more than two months ago that would put an end to a deadly conflict in northern Ethiopia.

Frenchman Sébastien Loeb (Prodrive) won a third stage victory in the 2023 edition of the Dakar Rally. An edition marked by the death of a spectator and the abandonment of Carlos Sainz.