The international press tells of this digital wall that is gradually falling on Hong Kong. The inauguration of the new "security office" in the heart of the former British colony is on the front page of the Global Times . It comes after the entry into force on Monday of the new national security law, which aims to "prevent and punish the crimes of secession, subversion, and collusion with foreign powers". Legislation that requires web platforms to submit to the requests of the Hong Kong authorities. So, for the past few days, it's been “the about-face of the giants of Tech”, headlines the newspaper Le Temps. Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter have announced that they will not divulge more information about their users to the authorities, and there is no question of removing content. A "flip-flop" according to the Swiss newspaper, which denounces months of complacency "and" double game ". "In a few months the digital giants are expected to lose 7.5 million users" - the population of Hong Kong. For the Global Times , "Western digital companies have capitulated to American geopolitics."

The international press is also alarmed by the increase in Covid-19 cases around the world. At a time when France is preparing to emerge from the state of health emergency tomorrow, the concerns of the infectiologist Jean-François Delfraissy appear on the front page of the French press. The president of the scientific council responsible for informing public decisions on the epidemic, "does not see how we could avoid a possible second wave in October-November (…) when the coronavirus from the southern hemisphere returns to the north". A scenario all the more likely that "the French have abandoned the barrier gestures", he regrets on the front page of Liberation . The risk according to him, it is a gathering with super contaminators.

A contagiousness of the coronavirus which has proven itself in the United States where the milestone of three million positive cases has just been crossed. The Washington Post maps the United States, where more than one in five Americans live in a county where the cases explode.

The respite will come from a vaccine. The Washington Post relays this call for volunteers for the first tests. Volunteers can already register on an internet platform across the country to participate in the first trials of the American company Moderna, which should begin in the second half of July. 30,000 volunteers will be needed. Vaccine tests that have already started elsewhere in the world, especially on the African continent. "We are not guinea pigs! ": In South Africa, the time is particularly for controversies fueled by the web, reports Le Temps.

Beyond the health aspect, the pandemic has had many other consequences. In Paris, the cathedral site is behind schedule and the time has finally come to the first assessment of the reconstruction. This Thursday, an advisory opinion will be given by the Architectural Commission on the thorny issue of the reconstruction of the mythical spire which surmounted the Cathedral before the fire. After a year of passionate debate, a consensus seems to be emerging: the spire of Notre-Dame should be reconstructed identically. It remains to convince the president.

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