Did you miss the news this morning? We have put together a summary to help you see things more clearly.
On this January 7, France reflects. Ten years ago to the day, the country plunged into horror and fear with an attack against the editorial staff of Charlie Hebdo and then against a Hyper Cacher store in eastern Paris. Twelve people, including eight members of the editorial staff, lost their lives in the attack on the weekly by the brothers Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, Frenchmen of Algerian origin who had pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda. Among the dead are its emblematic director, the cartoonist Charb, as well as two caricature legends, Cabu and Wolinski. The newspaper continues today to reaffirm its desire to be able to “laugh at God”. Because for Riss, its director, “satire has a virtue that helped us get through these tragic years: optimism. If we want to laugh, it’s because we want to live. »
At the start of the year, Mpox is making headlines again. The Ministry of Health confirmed Monday evening a first human case of a new strain of this virus, precisely in Brittany. “The recommended management measures have been put in place,” the official statement said. The case concerns a person who has not traveled to central Africa, a region where several clades of the virus are actively circulating, including clade 1b detected in Rennes. “This person, however, was in contact with two people returning from central Africa. Investigations are underway to find the origin of the contamination and identify all contact persons,” specifies the ministry.
The Himalayan region of Tibet is in mourning. A violent earthquake on Tuesday left at least 53 dead and 62 injured and caused the collapse of “many buildings” in southwest China, according to Chinese state media. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Dingri Township, located near the border with Nepal, at 9:05 a.m., according to China’s National Earthquake Agency (CENC). The American Geological Survey (USGS) for its part reported an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 in the region. It was felt as far away as Kathmandu, Nepal.
