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Reçu aujourd’hui — 22 décembre 2025

Ukrainian and European officials had ‘productive’ talks on ending war, US envoy says

22 décembre 2025 à 00:04

Steve Witkoff says representatives share goals to stop killing, support Ukraine and end war with Russia

A White House envoy said on Sunday he held “productive and constructive” talks in Florida with Ukrainian and European representatives to end the nearly four-year war between Russia and Ukraine.

Posting on social media, Steve Witkoff said the talks aimed at aligning on a shared strategic approach between Ukraine, the US and Europe.

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© Photograph: Terry Renna/AP

© Photograph: Terry Renna/AP

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Israel approves 19 new Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank

21 décembre 2025 à 17:45

Decision takes the total number of new settlements to 69 in past few years as construction binge continues

Israel has approved a proposal for 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as the government pushes ahead with a construction binge in the territory that poses a further threat to the possibility of a Palestinian state.

It brings the total number of new settlements over the past few years to 69, a new record, according to the far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, who has pushed a settlement expansion agenda in the West Bank. The latest include two that were previously evacuated during a 2005 disengagement plan.

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© Photograph: Zain Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Zain Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images

Lindsey Vonn, 41, adds yet another podium to blistering comeback start

21 décembre 2025 à 13:38
  • Vonn places third again in super-G at Val-d’Isère

  • 41-year-old logs 142nd World Cup podium finish

  • Milan-Cortina Olympics firmly in sight for US star

Sofia Goggia finally got the win her fast skiing this season deserved in a World Cup super-G on Sunday and Lindsey Vonn was third for the second straight day.

The two former Olympic downhill champions were split on a high-class podium by runner-up Alice Robinson, who is already a two-time winner this season on the World Cup circuit.

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First wheelchair-using astronaut touches down after ride to edge of space

20 décembre 2025 à 20:31

Michaela Benthaus from Germany soared 65 miles above the Earth’s surface in 10-minute Blue Origin flight

A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers on Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on high.

Severely injured in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, Michaela Benthaus became the first wheelchair user in space, launching from west Texas with Jeff Bezos’s company Blue Origin. She was accompanied by a retired SpaceX executive also born in Germany, Hans Koenigsmann, who helped organize and, along with Blue Origin, sponsored her trip. Their ticket prices were not divulged.

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US military to stop shooting live animals to train medics for the battlefield

20 décembre 2025 à 15:12

Defense department will still allow stabbing and burning, and ‘weapon wounding’ on animals to test weapons

The US military will stop its practice of shooting pigs and goats to help prepare medics for treating wounded troops in a combat zone, ending an exercise made obsolete by simulators that mimic battlefield injuries.

The prohibition on “live fire” training that includes animals is part of this year’s annual defense bill, although other uses of animals for wartime training will continue. The ban was championed by Vern Buchanan, a Republican congressman from Florida who often focuses on animal rights issues.

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© Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA

© Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA

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