In the spotlight: the United States at the epicenter of the Omicron tsunami, which continues to sweep the world
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In Los Angeles, Americans wait to be tested for Covid-19 on January 4, 2022 © AP / Jae C. Hong
By: Véronique Rigolet Follow
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With this figure, this world record which makes the front page of the American press: "
more than a million contaminations reported in the United States after the holidays
", 890,000 in 24 hours yesterday, and these "
figures underestimate the number real infections
", comments the
Wall Street Journal
which explains that"
the results of the tests at home are not taken into account in the data of the State
".
America submerged by the Omicron wave which has become the dominant variant threatens hospitals with saturation "
even if the intensive care units, they hold up
", underlines the
New York Times
mainly because "
this new variant is certainly more contagious, but less dangerous, it seems
”, because unlike the Delta variant“
Omicron infects the lungs less
”.
However, its extreme contagiousness endangers medical care, the daily alarms, especially in New York where "
hospitals are in crushing mode
", faced with "
shortages of staff themselves infected
", and also still having to cope with
the “influx of hospitalizations due to the Delta variant
”.
An extremely tense situation in a country where only "
62% of the population is now fully vaccinated
," recalls the
Wall Street Journal
.
January 6: remote confrontation between Biden and Trump will not take place
Donald Trump cancels "
the press conference he had planned to give tomorrow, for the anniversary of the murderous riot on the Capitol
," notes the
Wall Street Journal
, Donald Trump who justifies this about-face by calling into question everything both "
the bias and dishonesty of the Congressional commission of inquiry and the fake news media
."
According to the
Washington Post
the former president wanted to speak tomorrow "
to make a splash and make fun of the press
", while President Biden must for his part deliver a speech to warn "
against the threats that weigh against democracy
”, just a year after the murderous storming of the Capitol by Trumpist partisans.
Ultimately, it was “
his relatives who advised him not to speak out
,” explains the New York Times, deeming that it was “
a very bad idea, an unnecessary and even harmful distraction
”, while Trump is directly implicated in the riot by the congressional committee, "
no question of drawing attention to this not glorious episode of his presidency
".
Donald Trump will speak on January 15 at a meeting in Arizona.
Landmark $ 40 billion deal between Ottawa and Indigenous people
An agreement to "
40 billion dollars
" Canadian, or 28 billion euros, "
a truly" historic "agreement between Ottawa and the First Nations
", headlines
Le Devoir
, by "
thus compensating the indigenous children victims of discriminatory practices, the government Canadian hopes to ease tensions
, ”comments the
Toronto Star
, which explains that half of this sum will go directly in compensation to the 115,000 First Nations children who have been removed - often torn away - from their homes to be placed in families of hospitality over the past 30 years.
The other half, $ 20 billion will be provided over the next five years "
to improve child and family services for aboriginal people
."
"
A historic settlement to right monumental wrongs
", greeted the regional chief of Manitoba, again reports the Canadian press.
For its part, the
New York Times
recalls the discovery last year "
of hundreds of graves on the sites of former residential schools
" in Canada, "
of hundreds of indigenous children, many of whom were victims of physical and sexual abuse.
», Underlines the American daily.
Chinese Olympics uniforms deemed "outdated" by Internet users
Uniforms "
of an unbearable ugliness
", headlines the
South China Morning Post
which reports how Internet users of Weibo, the "Chinese Twitter", have been unleashed since the presentation yesterday of the uniforms that will be worn by the staff of the Olympic Games for the presentation of medals to the athletes.
A design "
totally old-fashioned
", joke by tens of thousands the Net surfers vis-a-vis these very colorful costumes, resulting from the traditional Chinese craftsmanship, boasts the Organizing Committee "
with embroidery, paintings of landscape and clouds
", and of matching cups.
Not enough to seduce young people who find it "
completely old fashioned. Even my mother would not dress like that
", laughs a user in a comment that received 24,000 likes.
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