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READ MORE On January 23, 2015, the world woke up to the news that Salman bin Abdul Aziz had been crowned king of Saudi Arabia, and he was making important decisions such as the appointment of his 29-year-old son as defence minister. Prince Mohammed bin Salman was new to the world of diplomacy. He had a degree in private law and had worked in commercial companies, but had only been part of the royal court for a few months. While analysts scrutinised the young minister of defence, Prince Mohammed made his first decisive move – one still being dissected today. On March 26, 2015, the crown prince launched Operation Decisive Storm against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, turning the conflict into a devastating war that has killed tens of thousands of people and destroyed cities built hundreds of years ago. Prince Mohammed – known by his initials MBS – then brought the war home, arresting powerful princes and businessmen and holding them for months until they agreed to his dikta...

READ MORE La popularité d’Emmanuel Macron est remontée de deux points, à 31% de satisfaits, au même niveau que le Premier ministre Édouard Philippe, qui gagne lui un point, selon un sondage Opinionway pour LCI publié dimanche. Dans cette enquête réalisée mercredi et jeudi, après l’attaque meurtrière sur le marché de Noël de Strasbourg, ils sont 7% à se dire très satisfaits et 24% assez satisfaits de l’action du chef de l’État, contre 67% de mécontents (23% d’assez mécontents et 44% de très mécontents), selon l’institut. Après avoir fortement chuté durant l’été, la cote de satisfaction envers l’action du président de la République remonte après s’être stabilisée depuis trois mois et un plus bas en septembre, à 28% de satisfaits. A la même époque de leur quinquennat, Nicolas Sar...

READ MORE Le mouvement des gilets jaunes arrive-t-il à sa fin? C’est la grande question de cette fin de semaine alors que ”l’acte 5” s’est déroulé samedi 15. Contre toute attente, la mobilisation des gilets jaunes a été bien plus faible qu’attendue que ce soit à Paris ou en province. Alors que le gouvernement et la majorité espèrent que le mouvement de protestation s’essouffle, les gilets jaunes les plus engagés militent au contraire pour qu’un ”acte 6” se tienne samedi 22 décembre. A voir aussi: “Gilets jaunes” – après la décrue, l’exécutif mise sur une sortie de crise Sur Facebook, des événements ont déjà été publiés ce dimanche 16 et les pages invitant les citoyens mécontents à se rendre sur les Champs Elysées le week-end prochain. Ils rassemblent tous des milliers de personnes, parfois m...

READ MORE Due to a possible E-coli contamination, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says certain cauliflower, red leaf lettuce and green leaf lettuce products produced by Adam Bros. Farming Inc. of Santa Maria, Calif., have been recalled. In a news release, the CFIA said the products imported by distributors​ in Ontario and Quebec should not be consumed, sold or used by consumers, retailers, restaurants or institutions.  The CFIA says food contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 may not look or smell spoiled, but can still make you sick. The symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, mild to severe abdominal cramps and watery to bloody diarrhea.  Thus far, there have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products, according to the agency.    The products are known to have been sold in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador and...

READ MORE The Ontario government is slashing $25 million in funding for specialized programs in elementary and secondary schools across the province.  The cut will mean the end of a number of initiatives for at-risk youth, including an after-school program run by teens in low-income areas that was established in the wake of the so-called “Summer of the Gun” in Toronto.  According to the city’s public school board, the move will also affect programs that encouraged physical activity among  students and offered in-class tutors to children, as well as supports for racialized youth. Marit Stiles, the NDP education critic, says the cut will be “deeply felt” by Ontario students. The Toronto District School Board said the cut affects 11 grants administered through a special fund known as the Education Programs — Other (EPO). It is separate from the general operating fund. Progra...

READ MORE The UN-brokered equal between Yemen ‘s pro-government army and Houthi rebels in a Red Sea city of Hodeidah “really needs to come into operation loyal away”,  the  United Nations  humanitarian arch told Al Jazeera. Mark Lowcock, UNHCR’s under-secretary-general, on Sunday told a network’s flagship talk show, Talk to Al Jazeera, a ceasefire reached in Sweden on Thursday should fast be “translated into a genuine change on a ground”. “We’ve got a good news from Sweden – parties have concluded initial stairs to de-escalate a dispute or to try to pierce things forward,” he said. “People I’ve listened to – relatives of starving children, people who have fled from their homes, infrequently mixed times – they’re not saying nonetheless any discernible benefit.” Clashes shook Yemen’s flashpoint city of Hodeidah on Sunday after atmosphere strikes and lethal fight...