Foot: between Barcelona and Paris, Messi prolongs the suspense around his future

Free to commit where he wants after writing his legend at FC Barcelona, superstar Lionel Messi is making the suspense last around his future, Paris SG remaining "a possibility" for the decision that the football planet is waiting for. PSG supporters waited for him on Sunday and Monday in front of Le Bourget airport, and at the entrance to the Parc des Princes. But the Argentine "Pulga" stayed at home, with her family, with her friend Luis Suarez, in the suburbs of Barcelona. His tranquility contrasts with the excitement of social networks and the impatience of Parisian fans, ready to welcome one of the best footballers in history. Ligue 1 players, too, shared their enthusiasm over the weekend about the possible arrival of the six-time Ballon d'Or. Since the brutal announcement of Messi's departure from his longtime club, Barça, on Thursday, PSG appears to be the most likely destination for the 34-year-old Argentinian.

Martinique: "second phase of confinement", tourists "invited to leave the territory"

The authorities on Monday reinforced containment measures in Martinique, an island in the grip of a severe rebound in the Covid-19 epidemic, inviting tourists to "leave the territory", on the eve of a visit to the Antilles by the Minister of Overseas. -mer, Sébastien Lecornu.

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A cyclonic disturbance in the Caribbean, including the French Antilles in Guadeloupe and Martinique, threatens to become the sixth tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) announced on Monday.

Vaccination against Covid-19 will become mandatory "by mid-September" for all members of the American armed forces, announced the Minister of Defense Lloyd Austin.

The Taliban have captured a new provincial capital in northern Afghanistan and have begun to turn their sights on Mazar-i-Sharif, the largest city in that part of the country.