Moscow-Kiev: Abrupt interruption of Russian gas supply to Europe, resumption of Ukrainian grain exports

From this Wednesday, July 27, 2022, the Russian gas giant Gazprom has indicated that it will reduce to 33 million cubic meters per day, the delivery of its gas to Europe through the Nord Stream pipeline, claiming an urgent need for maintenance of a turbine. According to the German Ministry of Economy, there is "no technical reason" to reduce deliveries. It is just 'a "pretext" and a "political" decision to influence the West in the context of the conflict in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also agrees, saying that Russia was waging an "open gas war against a united Europe. He also encouraged Europe to "retaliate" by strengthening sanctions against Russia. For its part, Kiev intends to resume its grain exports "as early as this week".

"Oak Fire": California in the grip of a violent fire

According to the last report of last Monday, the fire named "Oak Fire", which started the previous Friday in the small town of Midpines had already spread to about 6,800 hectares of vegetation. In order to fight this fire, which has already become the biggest Californian forest fire of the season, 2.500 firefighters with the support of 17 helicopters fought the flames of this "explosive" fire that continued to spread at a rate still "very fast" in the wooded hills of central California, near the famous Yosemite National Park. According to Jon Heggie, an official of the California firefighters, on the CNN channel, "the window of reaction to evacuate people is limited", considering the extreme speed of propagation of the fire.

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In a bid to revive economic and political relations between Cameroon and France, French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Yaoundé on Monday evening as part of his first visit to Cameroon and Central Africa.

David Trimble, 77, former Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, has died. He was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to reconciling Protestants and Catholics in the British province.

After the second stage in Provins, Marianne Vos, the Dutch legend, wears the yellow jersey of the Tour de France Women.