The specter of a Russian offensive in Ukraine grows

The green light from the Russian Parliament for a military operation in Ukraine is "the start of an invasion" of the country, denounced US President Joe Biden, unveiling the first sanctions against Moscow, like its Western partners. The fear of a military escalation in Ukraine, at the gates of which 150,000 Russian soldiers have, according to Washington, been deployed, has been at its peak since Vladimir Putin on Monday recognized the independence of the secessionist entities of Lugansk and Donetsk. The Russian president is "developing justifications to go much further," Joe Biden said in an address to the nation, 24 hours after his counterpart's major decision. "There is still time to avoid the worst," he added, however.

A year after his separation, Daft Punk is back … on social networks

New brilliance of the most famous electro duo in the world: exactly one year after the announcement of their separation, the French musicians of Daft Punk signed their return on Tuesday ... on social networks. It all started in the afternoon in California with an enigmatic post on Instagram and Twitter, before Daft Punk rebroadcast on the Twitch platform a live concert from December 1997 in Los Angeles, where we see the duo formed in 1993 by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. According to figures shared on Twitter by fans, the concert on Twitch began to air at "2:22 pm Pacific Time", or 22:22 GMT, on 02/22/2022, triggering a cascade of messages and rumors on a possible reformation of the helmeted duo, officially separated on February 22, 2021.

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The Central African Republic opened an investigation on Tuesday after the arrest the day before in Bangui of four soldiers from the corps of the Foreign Legion of the French army operating under the banner of the UN and accused on social networks of having wanted to "murder" The head of state.

In football, the French women's team signed a reference match against the Dutch European champions, mastered 3-1 in Le Havre with a new "masterclass" from Marie-Antoinette Katoto, at the end of a Tournoi de France rich in promise for the Blues a few months before the Euro.

In tennis, Rafael Nadal signed a big victory on Tuesday for his first match on the ATP Tour since his title at the Australian Open, thus reaching the second round of the Acapulco tournament. The Frenchman Benoit Paire, on the other hand, was eliminated by the Russian Daniil Medvedev.