'Major' winter storm hits eastern United States

Millions of Americans took shelter on Sunday as a 'major winter storm', according to the weather services, hit the eastern United States with its share of snow and ice, causing power outages involving at least 145,000 people. “A major winter storm will hit the eastern United States between Sunday and Monday,” the National Weather Service (NWS) warned, indicating that up to 30 centimeters of snow could cover an area that extends from Tennessee and Georgia. , in the Southeast, in Vermont and in New York State, in the Northeast, accompanied by strong winds and freezing rain. Winds could reach hurricane force on the Atlantic coast, the NWS warned. Several states reported traffic disruptions in the evening. Thousands of flights have been canceled and part of Interstate I95 closed in North Carolina. Motorists have been warned of "hazardous road conditions" and heavy traffic from Arkansas (south) to Maine (northeast).

Expelled from Australia, Djokovic lands in Dubai, the Open begins in Melbourne

Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic, expelled from Australia after a legal battle over his vaccination status, landed in Dubai on Monday shortly after the kickoff in Melbourne of the Australian Open he dreamed of to win for the tenth time. The 34-year-old Serb disembarked from the plane, masked and carrying two bags, after landing at Dubai airport at 5:32 a.m. local time (01:32 GMT), an AFP journalist found on board the same plane. . He had left Melbourne with his coaches on Sunday evening, his final destination remaining unknown. This inglorious departure, as he aspired to a 10th Australian Open title and a record 21st Grand Slam title, is the epilogue of an eleven-day soap opera that mixes politics and diplomacy against a backdrop of Djokovic's opposition to the anti-Covid vaccination.

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Several thousand people opposed to abortion marched in Paris against the bill extending the legal deadline for abortion and to make their "10 proposals" heard by presidential candidates, during the traditional "March for Life". ".

New Zealand was carrying out surveillance flights on Monday to assess the extent of the damage to neighboring Tonga, a small Pacific nation that could still be without internet for two weeks following the volcanic eruption that severed a cable submarine communications.

Marseille (3rd) could not do better than a draw against Lille (1-1) on Sunday at the Vélodrome, at the end of a 21st day of Ligue 1 where Rennes and Lyon returned to success.