Extreme cold at UNITED STATES, shooting in Paris, war in UkraineChristmas party, and resumption of the national football championship following the world Cup in Qatar…. Every day, find all the news through the work of photojournalists who travel the world. Thanks to the press agencies, always on the front line to cover major events, and to the journalists of the editorial staff of “20 Minutes”, from Lille to Marseille, via Bordeaux and Strasbourg, here is another look, in pictures, at the information for the last 24 hours.
Production : Olivier JUSZCZAK
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Ski slopes of the Ax 3 Domaines ski area in the Pyrenees, December 26, 2022. — FRED SCHEIBER/SIPA
The mild weather accompanied by rain in recent days in the mountains has greatly disrupted the activity of alpine ski resorts, particularly in the low mountains, leading to the closure of half of the slopes in France. France experienced a particularly mild Christmas this year, well above seasonal norms and the second warmest since the post-war period.
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People next to a destroyed part of the Grand Diamond City hotel and casino following a fire in Poipet on December 29, 2022. — LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP
At least 19 people were killed in a fire at a casino hotel in the Cambodian town of Poipet overnight from Wednesday to Thursday on the border of Cambodia and Thailand, according to the new toll revised upwards by local authorities. “There are 19 dead at this stage. The total death toll might be even higher,” Sek Sokhomm, director of the Banteay Mean Chey provincial information service, told AFP.
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Summit in Saint Petersburg of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), an alliance of several former Soviet republics, on December 26, 2022, in Russia. — DMITRY AZAROV/KOMMERSANT/SIPA
“Conscious” reference to Lord of the Rings or simple innocent memory? Vladimir Putin has gifted eight rings to ex-USSR leaders allied with Moscow, sparking different interpretations as references to Tolkien’s work abound since the attack in Ukraine began. After a summit in Saint Petersburg of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), an alliance of several former Soviet republics, the Kremlin on Tuesday handed over nine gold rings bearing the inscription “Happy New Year 2023” and the emblem of the IEC.
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A pedestrian walks past a new road barricade erected in the divided city of Mitrovica on December 28, 2022. — ARMEND NIMANI/AFP
The Serbian minority in Kosovo, which has been blocking roads for nearly three weeks, will lift its barricades, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced following a call for de-escalation launched by Washington and Brussels. Kosovo has closed its main border post with Serbia following the Serbs erected barricades there, in one of the worst crises in recent years in this region where Moscow supports Belgrade once morest NATO. The United States and the European Union called on Wednesday for “unconditional de-escalation” in this region where Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic ruled last week that the situation was “on the verge of armed conflict”.
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People walk past houses covered in ice in the Crystal Beach waterfront community in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, December 28, 2022. — COLE BURSTON/AFP
The United States was slowly emerging from a historic storm on Wednesday that killed at least 59 people, but its impact continued to be felt in the Buffalo area and at airports, with hundreds of thousands of passengers having their flights canceled. New York’s Erie County, home to the city of Buffalo near the border with Canada (pictured), alone accounts for 37 of the nation’s at least 59 storm-related deaths, according to a new report on Wednesday.
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Paris Saint-Germain’s French striker Kylian Mbappé celebrates following scoring a penalty during the French L1 soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain FC and RC Strasbourg at Parc des Princes, Paris, on December 28, 2022. — JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP
“I think I’m never going to digest it,” admitted Kylian Mbappé on Wednesday, speaking of the defeat of The french team in the final of the World Cup-2022 once morest Argentina (3-3, 4 tab to 2) despite a hat-trick from the striker of the Blues. “As I said to the teammates, there is no reason for the club to pay for a failure in selection, these are two very different situations”, however reassured Mbappé, following giving victory to his club, Paris Saint-Germain once morest Strasbourg (2-1) during the 16th day of Ligue 1. “I spoke with (Leo Messi) following the match, I congratulated him. It was the quest for a life for him, for me too, but I failed, so you always have to remain a good player, ”he said.
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A police officer stands next to the cordoned off area where a shooting took place in Paris, Friday, December 23, 2022. — LEWIS JOLY/AP/GIRL
Three people of Kurdish origin, two men and a woman, were shot dead and three others injured on Friday in Paris by a man who said he acted because he was “racist”, a motive retained in the investigation. by the Paris prosecutor’s office.
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French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin speaks to the media following several shots were fired rue d’Enghien in the 10th arrondissement, in Paris, on December 23, 2022. — GABRIELLE CEZARD/GIRL
A man opened fire several times on Friday shortly before noon, rue d’Enghien, in a lively district of the 10th arrondissement of the capital, near the Kurdish cultural center Ahmet Kaya. He was arrested by the police following being subdued by several people in a nearby hair salon, then taken into custody. The alleged shooter is a 69-year-old man, a retired train driver of French nationality, domiciled in Paris, detailed the Paris prosecutor’s office.
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A protester waves a flag of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK, as he stands on an overturned car during a demonstration once morest the attack at the Kurdish Culture Center in Paris, Saturday, December 24, 2022. — LEWIS JOLY/AP/GIRL
Eleven people were arrested during clashes with the police on the sidelines of the demonstration in Paris in tribute to the three Kurds killed the day before near a Kurdish cultural center in the capital. Around 1:00 p.m., an hour following the start of the rally in Place de la République, clashes began on Boulevard du Temple, a hundred meters away. It all started with a “provocation” committed by the driver of a van. At least four cars were overturned, including at least one set on fire, and garbage cans burned.
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Kurdish activists hold flags and musical instruments in honor of the victims, Monday December 26, 2022 in Paris. — LEWIS JOLY/AP/GIRL
Several hundred people gathered on Monday at midday rue d’Enghien, in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, for a march in tribute to the three Kurds shot dead Friday near a Kurdish cultural center. The procession set off around 12:30 p.m. towards rue La Fayette, in the same district of the capital, where three activists from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed on January 9, 2013 in Paris.
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In this drone image, snow covers a neighborhood, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Cheektawaga, NY — JOHN WALLER/AP/SIPA
Western New York, accustomed to cold and storms, has been buried under meters of snow, suffering from polar temperatures since last week.
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People move through the streets of the Elmwood Village neighborhood of Buffalo, NY Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, following a massive snowstorm blanketed the city. — CRAIG RUTTLE/AP/SIPA
The extreme cold that has been falling for several days on the UNITED STATES expected to begin to ease Tuesday over the East and Midwest of the country, following the “blizzard of the century” which left at least 49 dead, including 27 in a single county in New York State, and caused chaos in the transports.
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A Taliban fighter stands guard over a passing woman in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. — EBRAHIM NOROOZI/AP/SIPA
The Taliban on Saturday ordered local and foreign NGOs to stop working with women in Afghanistan following ‘serious complaints’ regarding their way of dressing, four days following a university ban was imposed for the same reasons . Two new NGOs, Christian Aid and ActionAid, announced on Monday that they would suspend their activities in Afghanistan following the Taliban banned women’s work in humanitarian work, bringing to six the number of organizations having made such an announcement.
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A Ukrainian tank on a front line in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, December 24, 2022. — EVGENIY MALOLETKA/AP/SIPA
L’Ukraine denounced on Saturday an act of “terror” and “revenge” following a Russian strike on the Kherson market which left at least 10 dead and 55 injured, ten months to the day following the start of the invasion of troops from Moscow . “As families in Europe, North America and beyond prepare festive dinners, spare a thought for Ukraine which is fighting evil right now,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kouleba implored on Twitter.
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A Ukrainian tank on a front line in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, December 24, 2022. — GREGORY BORGIA/AP/GIRL
Pope Francis called on Sunday to “silence the guns” in Ukraine, in the grip of a “senseless war”, during his traditional Christmas message to the Vatican in which he once more spoke of the raging “third world war”. in numerous countries. He also urged not to use food “as a weapon”, in particular with reference to the conflicts affecting the Horn of Africa.
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People take a dip in the sea at Porthcawl, South Wales, for the annual Christmas Day swim, December 25, 2022. — NATHAN EVANS/HUW EVANS/GIRL
Keen swimmers have swapped their Christmas outfits for swimsuits for the traditional Christmas swim in Porthcawl, South Wales.
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AS Saint-Etienne’s new recruit, Gaëtan Charbonnier, from Auxerre, during the league 2 football match between FC Annecy and AS Saint-Etienne (ASSE) at the Parc des Sports in Annecy, on December 26, 2022. — MOURAD ALLILI/SIPA
Cold shower for the Greens! Saint-Etienne continued his way of the cross by losing 2 to 1 on the lawn of FC Annecy on Monday for the resumption of the French Ligue 2 championship, following the truce of the World. The club remains stuck in 20th and last place.
