Headlines: after Ottawa, the “freedom convoy” threatens to be exported around the world
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A convoy of truckers traveling to Ottawa to protest measures taken by Canadian authorities to curb the spread of Covid-19, January 29, 2022. © AP/Frank Gunn
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“
Twelve days after the siege of Ottawa began, protests by truckers are on the rise around the world
,” headlines the
Times
, which worries that “
their cause could trigger a broader anti-government movement
”.
"
The convoy for freedom is making small waves around the world
", also tells us the
Journal de Montréal,
which underlines "that
inspired by their Canadian colleagues
", demonstrators have thus organized "
blockades in the Australian and neo- Zeelandese in recent days
”, while “
Rising popular discontent against health measures
”.
"
Convoys are also being organized in France for next weekend
," adds the
Times
, "
with thousands of supporters who have links to the yellow vests movement that paralyzed France in the fall of 2018
", specifies the British daily.
"
This week of civil disobedience
" in Ottawa is "
a wake-up call for the Western political class
", comments the
Wall Street Journal
, which explains that "
large sections of humanity are fed up with restrictions, vaccination obligations and the excessive interference of Covid in their lives
”.
“
The whole world should be worried about the siege of Ottawa
“, underlines for its part the
Guardian
which explains”
that it is (indeed) much more than a few antivax truckers
”.
"
It may be a marginal minority
", comments the British daily, but "
they are powerful
" thanks to their political support like that of Donald Trump, thanks also to "
millions of dollars received by international donors on sites of crowdfunding
”.
Even more worryingly, notes
The Guardian
, the occupation of Ottawa “
is the result of unprecedented coordination between anti-vaccine and anti-government organizations and led by conspiracy theorists and other Qanon followers
.”
An “
extremist
” movement, which intends to “
not let go
”, warns the daily.
Ukrainian crisis: the Europeans are stepping up their mediation efforts
Even if, as the
Times
points out , "
the Kremlin rejects the allegations that President Macron obtained concessions from Putin
", the European press sees the outline
of "a possible appeasement between the West and Russia
", title
Le Soir
, for which "
despite the tensions and lack of warmth between the two presidents
", "
they nevertheless agreed on the need to find a solution to the crisis
", comments the Belgian daily.
"
Even if he did not manage to bridge the gap with Moscow, President Macron managed to buy time to allow new talks
", also believes
El Pais
.
"
It's a new hope in the Ukrainian conflict
", also wants to believe the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
which notes the hopes of Germany and France to be able soon "to
bring Russia and Ukraine together for talks
", and recalls the Chancellor Scholz's visit to Moscow next week.
In the meantime, reports the
Times
, "
Vladimir Putin has decided to repatriate his super yacht, the
Graceful
, from the Hamburg shipyard to Russia
", the 82-meter luxury yacht left Germany yesterday, "
a way no doubt
“, explains the British daily, “
to avoid that it be seized in the event of Western sanctions after a possible invasion of Ukraine
”.
In India, the controversy over the wearing of the Islamic headscarf intensifies in the south of the country
“
Three days of closure
” for schools and colleges in the state of Karnata, in southern India, “
as protests against the ban on the wearing of hijab seem to spiral out of control
”, says the
Indian Express
, which reports “
multiple incidents, stone throwing in particular between schoolgirls wearing the Islamic headscarf and groups of boys and girls wearing saffron shawls
”.
The anger of the Muslim community has been rising "
since the recent ban on the wearing of the headscarf
", explains the
Guardian
for its part .
"
The Muslim minority in the country denounces a new persecution by the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Modi
".
The state's "
High Court " has been called upon to decide the matter, the
Indian Express
still reports
.
The “non-mountain” setting of the Beijing Olympics arouses ridicule
With in particular this photo – taken up in many daily newspapers today – which shows ski jumps in front of blast furnace towers.
"
An aberrant setting
", mocks
Le Soir
, "
far from the magic of a natural setting in the mountains
".
A feeling shared by the
New Zealand Herald
, which specifies that the Shougang site where the Big Air events are organized "
is a former steelworks site
", a real "
industrial wasteland
" on which this giant springboard was erected, with of course fake snow, which clashes "
in this post-apocalyptic landscape
“, and which ignites social networks, very critical Internet users who denounce like certain sportsmen, underlines the New Zealand daily “
a totally inappropriate and uninspiring place
”, and which sometimes arouses fierce irony.
“
Love the nuclear plant setting
,” tweeted a CBS reporter.
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