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Black Thursday in National Education, where teachers were called to strike against the health protocol.
Nearly 38.5% of them participate in the mobilization, according to the Ministry of Education this afternoon, while the SNUipp, the first primary union, announces 75% of strikers.
One in two primary schools is closed, according to SNUipp-FSU.
In middle and high schools, 23.7% of teachers are mobilized, according to the ministry, while the Snes-FSU, the first secondary union, announces 62% of strikers.
The unions denounce "an indescribable mess" after the establishment of a first health protocol on January 3, since changed several times.
The mobilization, "historic in its magnitude over the past twenty years" according to the Snuipp-FSU, hardly appeals to the government.
The Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, called on Wednesday for “the unity of the Nation around his school”, arguing that “we do not go on strike against a virus”.
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The Senate approves the vaccination pass.
The senators voted for the text establishing the vaccine pass on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, with 249 votes in favor and 63 against. Several changes have been made with, in particular, a criterion of the number of hospitalizations as a prerogative for the implementation of the pass or the abolition of identity checks by the owners of bars and restaurants. Deputies and senators must now meet in a joint committee (CMP) to agree on a common text.
Tuerie de Chevaline: the biker once again at the heart of the investigation.
The 50-year-old taken into police custody on Wednesday, suspected of four assassinations and attempted assassinations on the two daughters of the Al-Hilli family, is not a newcomer in this sprawling case. He had already been heard by investigators in 2015 after being identified thanks to the demarcation of his cell phone. This entrepreneur from the Lyon region had then confirmed without difficulty having been in the Chevaline sector on September 5, 2012. According to his account, which had not been questioned at the time, he had come on site in order to come and practice your passion: paragliding. Why hear it again now? According to the Annecy prosecutor, Line Bonnet, it is above all a question of "carrying out timetable checks".
Djokovic still suspended for possible expulsion.
The world tennis number one will face fellow Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round of the Australian Open, which started a bit late.
But on condition that Novak Djokovic is not expelled by then ... The champion, who continues to train behind closed doors on the central Melbourne, remains under the threat of expulsion after the episode of his entered Australian territory on January 5.
No decision has yet been taken on a possible visa cancellation, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.
Disappearance
She was the unforgettable voice of the hit "Be My Baby". American singer Ronnie Spector, leader of the group Les Ronettes, has died at the age of 78. “Our beloved angel, Ronnie, peacefully left this world today after a brief battle with cancer,” loved ones said, adding,
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Ronnie lived his life with a sparkle in his eye, an attitude full of love .
lively, a fierce sense of humor and a smile on his face. "
Ronnie Spector was born Veronica Greenfield on August 10, 1943, in New York, to an African-American and Native American mother and father of Irish descent, in the neighborhood of Spanish Harlem.
She had formed the Ronettes with her sister, Estelle Bennett and her cousin Nedra Talley.
With their XXL hairstyles, their skirts above the knees, the Ronettes unrolled a series of hits in the early 1960s, including "Baby, I love you", "(The Best Part of) Breakin'Up", or " Be My Baby ”, which was inducted into the 1999 Grammy Hall of Fame.
