The essentials of the day –Canicular weather, United States-Ukraine Deal: What should not be missed this Thursday
Find the main information and highlights of this Thursday, May 1.
Most of the day of May 1, 2025.
Isabelle Caudullo
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Will Swiss summer be a canicular?
Il hot This week, isn’t it? And these high temperatures worry meteorologists despite recent Easter rains. The level of lakes and rivers is particularly worrying. For Nicolas Borgnon, forecaster at Meteonews, the next few weeks will therefore be decisive: “If the weather remains dry, we are quickly likely to go into a drought situation.” If precipitation is planned on Sunday, nothing says that it will be enough to make up for the deficit already recorded this winter.
How Nestlé adapts to its various international markets
Do you know the Nesquik rabbit, who adorns cereal packages? Well, the content of the latter is very different from countries in countries, and sometimes this well -known mascot is simply prohibited! Indeed, Nestlé directs its strategy according to the taste preferences of the populations concerned, and the sugar content of its products plays a central role. For Nesquik cereals, they contain significantly more in Italy than in Switzerland. And in Mexico, even less sugar than with us, with, in addition, the rabbit less on the package and warnings to the attention of parents in the context of anti -Besity measures taken by the government.
The story of the day: emblematic building of Nyon, the Suettaz is living its last weeks
The third and ultimate section of the Suettaz, Nyon building which will enter its last demolition phase.
Florian Cella/Tamedia
It was a mastodon dating from 1966 which housed 176 apartments over twelve floors. Often criticized, the emblematic Nyonnais building La Suettaz will see its last third demolished this summer. But before that, its last residents will be relocated in the days to come and the city will pay tribute to the “wall of shame” through a cultural project. The suettaz will be replaced by four modern buildings (two are already finished) with 372 dwellings.
The United States and Ukraine finally agree on rare earths
It fell at the end of the evening on Wednesday: Washington and kyiv finally reached an agreement that will finance “extraction projects for mineralsoil and gas ”on Ukrainian soil in favor of the United States. Donald Trump had repeated shortly before the announcement of this deal that he wanted to have something in return, “for our efforts” vis-à-vis Ukraine. “And we said: rare earths. They have very good rare land. ” He seems to have obtained satisfaction, even if no details of the agreement were presented.
The image of the day
The dean of the worldthe Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas (photo), died Wednesday at the age of 116 and 326 days. His successor is an Englishman, Ethel Caterhamwhich lies in the county of Surrey and is barely younger, aged 115 and 252 days.
Carlos Macedo/LongeviQuest
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