Record number of Channel crossings by migrants in 2021

The perilous crossings of the Channel by migrants dreaming of England reached a record number in 2021, at more than 28,000 people, a phenomenon in full explosion which poisons relations between London and Paris. At least 28,395 migrants have reached the English coast aboard small boats, more than triple the previous year (more than 8,400), said the British press agency PA on the basis of figures obtained from the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Interior. The phenomenon has developed strongly since 2018 in the face of the closure of the port of Calais (northern France) and Eurotunnel, which migrants took by hiding in vehicles. In November 2021 alone, nearly 6,900 people made the crossing despite the danger linked to the density of traffic, strong currents and low water temperature, including a record 1,185 people in a single day, the 11th of the month.

The founder of Theranos, who wanted to revolutionize blood tests, sentenced for fraud

Elizabeth Holmes, a former Silicon Valley star who promised to revolutionize blood testing with her start-up Theranos, was convicted Monday of fraud by a California court, a rare sanction in the world of "tech" where disappointment is yet commonplace. After more than three months of trial and seven days of deliberations, the San José court jury found her guilty of defrauding investors but acquitted her of certain counts and could not come to their own conclusion. agreement on other facts with which he was charged. This conviction exposes this 37-year-old woman to several decades in prison, but the sentence will be pronounced at a later date by the federal court.

Snowstorm on Washington: schools closed, buses stopped, planes on the ground

After a holiday season marked by particularly mild temperatures, a snowstorm swept through Washington and its region on Monday, closing federal services and schools, stopping buses, and accentuating the disruption of air traffic. Snow-covered Capitol dome, White House under a white coat of snowflakes, skiing in the streets: about twenty centimeters of snow fell on the American capital. Around 8:30 p.m. (01:30 GMT), at least 3,173 domestic or international flights to or from the United States had been canceled, the snowstorm accentuating the chaos that had already reigned in air traffic in the United States for weeks because of of the outbreak of Covid-19 contamination.

IN SHORT

A Canadian court has awarded more than $100 million in financial compensation to the families of six people who died aboard a Ukrainian Boeing "mistakenly" shot down over Tehran nearly two years ago. The information was reported Monday by local media.

Apple on Monday crossed the symbolic threshold of 3,000 billion dollars in capitalization, a first in stock market history, which testifies to the success of a group whose value has increased almost tenfold since the departure of the emblematic Steve Jobs.

Star striker Kylian Mbappé, author of a hat-trick, allowed Paris SG to obtain a quiet qualification for the knockout stages of the Coupe de France, on the tricky ground of Vannes (4-0), club of fourth division.