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À Hong Kong, le militant prodémocratie Joshua Wong condamné à dix ans de prison supplémentaires

Par : FRANCE 24
Déjà détenu depuis près de six ans, le militant Joshua Wong encourait la prison à perpétuité pour collusion avec des pays étrangers, en vertu de la loi de sécurité nationale. Un tribunal hongkongais l'a finalement condamné jeudi à dix ans de prison supplémentaires.

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Joshua Wong, Hong Kong Democracy Activist, Is Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Mr. Wong, one of the most high-profile members of a movement that was quashed in 2020, was accused of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, a national security offense.

© Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong arriving at prison after a hearing for 47 opposition activists charged with violating the national security law in Hong Kong in 2021.
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Alexander MacDonald nommé président de l’Agence spatiale canadienne

Le spécialiste des politiques et de l’économie spatiales, qui a contribué, entre autres, à la mise en œuvre de la stratégie « De la Lune à Mars » et du programme Artemis, Alexander MacDonald, a été nommé, mercredi, président de l’Agence spatiale canadienne (ASC). Il succède ainsi à Lisa Campbell, qui présidait l’Agence depuis 2020.

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La Corée du Sud va déployer sa marine près du détroit d'Ormuz pour en garantir la circulation

Par : FRANCE 24
Séoul va élargir la zone d'opérations de l'unité antipiraterie Cheonghae de sa marine et déployer un destroyer, un avion de patrouille maritime et une équipe de déminage près du détroit d'Ormuz, a annoncé le ministère sud-coréen de la Défense jeudi. Cette mobilisation intervient dans le cadre d'une mission contribuant à garantir la circulation dans cette voie maritime.

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JOJ Dakar 2026 : à Saly, les retombées se font attendre

Par : FRANCE24
🏅 À Saly, les Jeux Olympiques de la Jeunesse étaient très attendus par les commerçants et artisans sénégalais, qui espéraient voir affluer les touristes. Mais en ce début de compétition, la fréquentation reste bien en dessous de leurs attentes. Déception sur la station balnéaire ! Héloïse Mélan est allée à leur rencontre. 🇸🇳

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Truck company involved in deadly crash shut down by Manitoba government a second time

The Manitoba government says it has shut down, for the second time, the operators of a trucking company linked to a fatal collision in May − an accident that has become a rallying cry across the industry for better information sharing between transport regulators.

© Christinne Muschi

A truck drives on Hwy 401 between Kingston and Quebec on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Moderate Democrats Increase Their Numbers, and Their Clout

Victories by moderates in competitive or Republican-leaning states and districts paved the way for large new Democratic majorities likely to be shaped by their priorities.

© Quinn Glabicki for The New York Times

Elaine Luria, a moderate Democrat, reclaimed a House seat in Virginia that she lost four years ago.
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Datacenters were on the ballot. US voters rejected them

Voters approved nearly every datacenter moratorium that was on the ballot, dozens in total in Tuesday’s elections

There were three big losers in Tuesday’s midterm elections in the US: Donald Trump, Elon Musk and datacenters.

Datacenters, the facilities full of semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence and a host of other online products, were on the ballot in elections in at least 40 jurisdictions across 10 states. Voters responded with a strong rebuke of the giant buildings, which have has become a symbol of the tech industry and AI.

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© Photograph: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

© Photograph: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

© Photograph: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

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Immigration Tactics Motivated Voters, Near and Far From Southern Border

Trump’s aggressive ICE raids brought border battles to city streets, sparking fierce backlash over overreach.

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Stickers reading “I voted” were placed on the memorial site for Alex Pretti, an American citizen who was shot and killed by federal immigration agents earlier this year, on Election Day in Minneapolis.
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Colorado rejects conservative effort to require police to cooperate with immigration officers

Amendment 81 would have required law enforcement to notify federal agents if people accused of violent crimes were not lawfully present in US

Colorado voters have spurned a conservative group’s effort to force police and prosecutors to aid the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda.

Amendment 81, which failed to receive 55% of the vote on Tuesday, would have required Colorado’s law enforcement agents to notify federal immigration authorities if individuals accused of violent crime were not lawfully present in the US or if their legal status was undetermined.

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© Photograph: AAron Ontiveroz/Denver Post/Getty Images

© Photograph: AAron Ontiveroz/Denver Post/Getty Images

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Golden State Valkyries Reign Supreme in San Francisco, a City of Start-Ups

San Francisco hosted a victory parade on Wednesday for the new W.N.B.A. champions, a team that’s not even two years old but has made the Bay Area swoon.

The Golden State Valkyries are the new champions of the Women’s National Basketball Association, who played their first game just 18 months ago.
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Pete Hegseth may take fall for Republicans’ midterm losses, despite Trump support

JD Vance calls Iran war into question as Thomas Massie files eight articles of impeachment

Pete Hegseth is increasingly looking like he may take the fall for Republicans’ midterm losses, despite Donald Trump’s vocal support for his defense secretary, even calling him a champion of war.

The war in Iran, which voters and Trump have named as a key reason for Republicans’ midterm losses, “has been primarily a Department of War-led effort because you chose to take military action to resolve a foreign policy matter”, a former senior Pentagon official told CNN.

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© Photograph: Annabelle Gordon-Pool/CNP/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Annabelle Gordon-Pool/CNP/Shutterstock

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