In the press - Italy: a "dream" named Draghi

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His name is unanimous in the Italian press: Mario Draghi, presented as the "savior" of an adrift Italy.

The former boss of the European Central Bank (ECB) yesterday presented his "big business", title

.

A three-point action plan: fight against Covid-19, re-establishment of public accounts and better management of the migration issue.

As a convinced European, Mario Draghi intends to show that Italy cannot function without the European Union and vice versa, recalls

.

The Brussels aid plan of 209 billion euros should make it possible to launch gigantic reforms, in particular in tax matters.

To apply this reconstruction, "Super Mario", as it is already nicknamed in Italy, formed a government of national unity.

"Unity is a duty", headlines

.

In Texas, the polar wave that hits part of the United States has paralyzed several cities and caused massive blackouts.

"How is that possible in the most energy-rich state in the country?" Asks the

.

For the conservative daily, it is the fault of the wind turbines, since part of the network is at a standstill due to polar temperatures, 20 ° C below seasonal norms.

An analysis not shared by the

: "If there are power outages, it is because of the freezing of natural gas pipelines."

Gas is the main supplier of electricity in Texas, far ahead of wind, with only 7%. 

More than two weeks after the coup that put the military junta back in power in Burma,

looks back on the "tragic" destiny of Aung San Suu Kyi.

The daily draws a parallel between her life and the fate of a heroine of Greek tragedy with, on the one hand, her fight for freedom and opposite her opponents, embodied by the military junta.

A tragic heroine described as "mother courage" when it comes to defending her family but also as a "heartless" politician regarding the fate of the Rohingya minority.

Scientists at the Stockholm Center for Paleogenetics have taken a million-year long journey into the past.

In the journal

, they recount how they managed to decipher a million-year-old mammoth DNA frozen in the arctic permafrost.

Thanks to the study of several molars, the researchers were able to trace part of the evolution of the pachyderm over the ages.

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