When Kate and William will spend a few days in New York, it is not (that) for a shopping spree or to take selfies the top of the Statue of Liberty. Future heir to the British throne, the Duke of Cambridge prepares his accession skirting the great of this world. It is therefore natural that yesterday he went to Washington to meet Obama at the White House.
Far from ultra codified political speeches, the two men spoke kids ! William, who will again father in April, notably told his astonishing blunder at the birth of his son George. As indicated Hello, husband of Kate Middleton has confessed that completely upset by the arrival of his first child, he had simply "forgot" to ask the sex of the baby: "The excitement of the birth and everything what was happening, it was just chaos", he told the US President.
Asked by Barack Obama on the arrival of her second child in a few months, Prince William admitted that next year promised to be "interesting", adding that it will also be "charged". They are especially wants the future royal baby is so cute but a little quieter than its big brother turbulent !
According to IMF data, China's GDP in purchasing power parity exceeds for the first time since 1872 that of the United States.
The news went unnoticed. For the first time in more than a century, the United States is no longer the world's largest economy. Citing figures from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the american columnist Brett Arends says so on the website MarketWatch that the chinese have surpassed the americans. Thus, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expressed in chinese Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) amounted to $ 17,632 billion in 2014 against $ 17 416 billion in the United States. Beijing represents 16.5% of the global economy in terms of real purchasing power when Washington is "only" 16.3%.
GDP in PPP compares the economic performance of different countries, PPPs indicating that the inhabitants of a country can actually buy with their currency. Purchasing power is measured relative to a basket of products that includes more than 3,000 goods and services.
If the news is however not surprising that - as of 2011, Beijing had in fact doubled Washington's national wealth - it is nevertheless a "geopolitical earthquake earth", as stated Brett Arends. The american recalls that "throughout history, military and political power has always depended on the economic power."
And the journalist to say that if "it does not change much tomorrow or the week, it will change almost everything on the long term". Brett Arends recalled the United Kingdom and the United States, who shared the crown of world's largest economy since 1815, forged the world, being at "the forefront in terms of Civil Liberties, democratic and constitutional rights process".
The gap should also continue to grow according to IMF data. The international organization predicts that in 2019, China's national wealth could rise to $ 26,800 billion, while that of the United States would reach $ 22,000 billion.
A german court has sentenced friday for the first time a jihadist who had joined the ranks of the Islamic State in Syria. It is hardly 20 years old.
This is a first in Germany. A court in Frankfurt, Germany, on friday sentenced to three years and nine months in prison Kreshnik Berisha, a young man of 20, went to Syria to strengthen the ranks of the organization Islamic State (IS). He became the first to be sentenced jihadist in Germany for "belonging to a foreign terrorist organization." From july to december 2013 for about 6 months, Kreshnik joined Syria and IS to take part in battles against the forces of President Bashar al-Assad. In a statement, the court said that the young man took part in the fighting, mostly around the city of Hama, in the center of the country, but not in the front line. The young man was arrested on his return from Syria, december 12, 2013, at Frankfurt International Airport.
If he risked up to 10 years in prison at the first hearing, the jihadist decided to accept the agreement of the court. Indeed, judges have proposed a sentence of 3 years and three months and 4 years, in exchange for recognition of his guilt. For comparison, in France, Flavien Moreau, the first jihadist to be tried by a court, was sentenced to 7 years in prison. In making his decision, the court president wished to recall that the accused had joined a "dangerous" organization. But by making his confession, he proved his "cooperative attitude" and his "voluntary departure" of IS. During the trial, the young man with a full physical admitted having joined the terrorist organization because he felt "a duty to speak out against oppression and tyranny." Adding : "I wanted to die a martyr, it was my wish. But I did not happen". He also explained that he killed no one throughout his journey.
Last friday, the prosecution had asked for the maximum sentence against the confessions of the young man, 4 years and three months. The prosecutor Dieter Killmer expressed "doubts" about the strength of the "repentance" of Kreshnik. Conversely, counsel for the accused, Mutlu Günal, thinks that this penalty may be appropriate for his client. "He's not dangerous. he's a nice guy, friendly, shy is not yet an adult".
According to the German Minister of the Interior, Thomas de Maizière, about 550 germans went to fight in the ranks of the IS in Syria and Iraq. 60 have already died. In France, according to the latest figures, some 1,132 frenchs are involved in jihadist networks. 376 frenchs would be present in Syria and Iraq.
"I'm tired of this issue," said friday, december 5th russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov head-on reporters. "It's the reputation of France that is set before" he continued, "they must meet all their obligations under the contract. "It does not renounce the Mistral," had already launched friday morning, Alexander Orlov, the Ambassador of Russia in Paris. "It was ordered, it was paid, it is expected that good," he said on Europe 1. He said that "the period specified in the contract for delivery is not yet expired but could meet in a few weeks ".
The french Defense Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, warned on friday morning that Paris could "never deliver" ships. "It would take the russians are aware of this, he continued on BFM TV, we can not consider a delivery voltage conditions in which we are."
François Hollande has repeatedly said that the cease-fire was to be upheld in Ukraine before the delivery of the first boats. But the deadly fighting continued in eastern Ukraine, despite the signing of a cease-fire negotiated by Russia on september 5th.
Thursday, Kiev and pro russian rebels have announced a new cease-fire to take effect on december 9, new hope to end a conflict that has claimed about 4,300 lives since more than seven months.
Source : Le Monde
