earthquake in indonesia
A villager looks at damaged houses after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake that left at least 162 dead, hundreds injured and missing in Cianjur, November 22, 2022. ADITYA AJI / AFP
Monday, November 21, the island of Java in Indonesia was hit by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake.
310 people perished in the collapse of buildings, but also in landslides triggered by the tremors that hit this very hilly region.
It is the deadliest toll for an earthquake in Indonesia since 2018. In this image, a villager stands in the middle of damaged houses.
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Europe facing a new wave of migration
Rescued refugees and migrants stand aboard a boat in the town of Paleochora, southwest of the island of Crete, on November 22, 2022, after a rescue operation.
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A boat with hundreds of migrants on board docked on Tuesday November 22 in a port on the Greek island of Crete.
30 people are on board this boat which could be towed by a fishing boat to the port of Paleochora.
Irregular entries, partly from the Balkans and the central Mediterranean, increased by 77%.
After the episode of the
Ocean Viking
, where France ended up welcoming the migrant ship after a diplomatic crisis, an emergency extraordinary meeting of EU interior ministers was requested.
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Europe facing a new wave of migration
Ukraine affected by power cuts
A satellite image of Europe from space on November 23, 2022. NASA / REUTERS
More than six million Ukrainian households were affected by power cuts on Friday November 25, two days after massive Russian strikes against the country.
The electricity network had lost 30% of its capacity on Friday evening, while this lack was 15-20% on Wednesday morning.
Here is a grayscale satellite photo showing Europe's nighttime glow from space on November 23rd.
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Violence against women
A torchlight march organized by “We All” in Rennes, western France, on November 25, 2022, DAMIEN MEYER / AFP
For the international day of violence against women on November 25, the feminist collective "
We All
" organized a torchlight march in Rennes.
In this image, a protester is holding a sign that reads, "
Rapist, mugger, killer, it's your turn to be scared
."
Despite the new measures, resulting from the Grenelle of 2019, the associations already deplore more than 100 spousal murders in 2022.
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Domestic violence: still worrying figures
"Civil war" in Mayotte
On Tuesday, November 22 in the National Assembly, the deputy of Mayotte Estelle Youssouffa denounced a "
civil war
" which is raging in the 101st French department: "
We call them terrorists, because they put our island on fire and blood
", she launched.
Chaos has taken hold in Mayotte since November 16 after the attack on a school bus.
More than 200 hooded youths armed with machetes took to the streets to stone shops, ransack cars and paralyze traffic.
A 20-year-old boy was killed with a machete and a motorist was stabbed.
Ultraviolent rival gangs, made up of foreign minors, sow chaos in this archipelago faced with uncontrolled immigration.
While the Raid has been dispatched to the scene, local elected officials express their distress.
Mayotte Weekly / ABACA
In this image, ultra-violent rival gangs, made up of foreign minors, sow chaos in this archipelago faced with uncontrolled immigration.
The Raid, an elite service of the national police, was rushed to the scene.
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Mayotte: a war from another age in the 101st French department
Giroud in history
The joy of the players of the France team after Olivier Giroud's goal.
JB Autissier / PANORAMIC
Faced with a weak team from Australia, the France team started its World Cup perfectly (4-1) on Tuesday evening.
In this image, we can see the joy of the players of the France team after Olivier Giroud's goal.
The 38-year-old striker, who was honoring his 115th selection in the jersey struck by the rooster on Tuesday evening, scored twice against Australia which allows him to come back up to the former Gunner.
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Sophie Adenot joins the new class of astronauts at the European Space Agency
Lieutenant-Colonel Sophie Adenot.
Space Air Force.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sophie Adenot, 40, has been chosen as an astronaut at the European Space Agency (ESA).
On Wednesday, November 23, the list of the new promotion of astronauts was published.
Among the nearly 23,000 candidates, only five people were selected: the Briton Rosemary Coogan, 31, scientist at CNES (the National Center for Space Studies), the French Sophie Adenot, the Spaniard Pablo Álvarez Fernández, the Belgian Raphaël Liégeois, biomedical engineer, and the Swiss Marco Alain Sieber, emergency physician.
For the Frenchwoman, it's the fruit of a long and smooth journey.
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Who is Sophie Adenot, the Frenchwoman selected to be an astronaut?
