The American journalist freed by Burma fears he will never get out of prison

US journalist Danny Fenster struggled to 'stay sane' during his six months in prison in Burma, while fearing he would never get out, he claimed on Monday after his surprise release the day before. of a trial where he risked life imprisonment for terrorism. Very thin, Mr. Fenster, 37, made a stopover in the night of Monday to Tuesday in Doha aboard a private jet in the company of former American diplomat Bill Richardson, who worked behind the scenes for his release. He was expected Tuesday in the United States. "I was arrested and detained for no reason... but physically I was healthy. I was neither starved nor beaten," he told a press conference during his stopover in Qatar. . "I feel good physically. These are the same deprivations that accompany any form of incarceration. You just go a little crazy," he continued, describing his conditions of detention. "The longer it drags, the more we worry that it will never end. So that's the main concern, just staying sane through it all." Danny Fenster, editor of Frontier Myanmar magazine, one of the country's leading independent media outlets, was arrested in May as he attempted to leave Burma. He had since been held in the notorious Insein prison in Yangon, alongside numerous political prisoners.

Tennis: Kyrgios asks for the cancellation of the Australian Open

Nick Kyrgios called for the cancellation of the Australian Open tennis tournament on Tuesday, unexpectedly showing sympathy for world number one Novak Djokovic, who declined to say whether he was vaccinated against the coronavirus. The whimsical Australian believes that the Grand Slam tournament, scheduled for January, should not be held, out of respect for the inhabitants of the host city Melbourne, who have experienced 260 days of confinement since the start of the pandemic and are still struggling to stem the virus. "How long has (Melbourne) been in lockdown? 275 days or something?" he asked on his podcast, No Boundaries. The tournament was held this year but the players were subject to a two-week quarantine in a hotel, public attendance was limited and a five-day confinement was put in place on the morning of the competition. The organizers are confident that the 2022 edition will be held, with fully vaccinated players being able to enter the territory without quarantine or a health bubble.

No exemption will be granted to unvaccinated players, warned the Premier of the State of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, casting doubt on the participation of Serbian Novak Djokovic, nine times titled in Melbourne and who refuses to say if he is vaccinated or not. Kyrgios had a strained relationship with the world no. The Australian is now defending Djokovic's right to compete whether he is immune or not and draws parallels with American basketball player Kyrie Irving, who missed the start of the NBA season after refusing to be vaccinated. "Kyrie, Novak...these guys have given so much, sacrificed so much. They are world athletes that millions of people watch," said Kyrgios, who fell to 90th place in the ATP rankings. "I think it's not morally right to force someone to be vaccinated." "I don't think it's fair to force someone (to be vaccinated) and say + you can't come and play here because you're not vaccinated," he added. "There are other solutions, (like) getting tested every day." Despite his call for cancellation, Kyrgios assures that the Australian Open is his favorite Grand Slam tournament, while he has little regard for that of Roland-Garros.

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In a tense atmosphere, the prosecution and the defense concluded their presentations on Monday at the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in the United States, a young white American who killed two people on the sidelines of anti-racism demonstrations in 2020.

The consumption of antibiotics fell in 2020 in France, the public health agency announced on Tuesday, a trend that has lasted for several years but which has been strongly accentuated by the Covid-19 crisis.

Gradual ban on wild animals in circuses and dolphinariums, sale of puppies and kittens in prohibited pet stores, tougher penalties for abuse: the bill against animal abuse must be definitively adopted Thursday in the Senate, after a final vote Tuesday in the National Assembly .