#news  #géopolitics #The morning brief of the soooo french journalist Shaggy Duck

1 North Korea

North Korea fired several ballistic missiles off its western coast on Monday morning, the South Korean army reported, a test that came as South Korea and the United States began joint exercises. Pyongyang had denounced these manoeuvres, which the two allies organise every year, and warned against a war ‘by accident’. Shaggy Duck welcomes the renewed excitement provoked by Kim Jong Un, because it has to be said that between Ukraine, Gaza and Taiwan we were on the verge of boredom.

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2 Canada

Canada's very illiberal ruling Liberal Party elected Mark Carney as its new leader and future Prime Minister on Sunday, with 87% of delegates voting in favour. He replaces Justin Trudeau, who resigned in January after being dropped by his party due to record unpopularity. ‘The Americans want our resources, our water, our land, our country,’ warned Mark Carney, a 59-year-old former central bank governor, in his victory speech against a backdrop of unprecedented tensions with the White House, which says it simply wants to annex the country and refers to the Canadian head of government as a mere “governor”. Roooh, if we can't joke any more,’ says Shaggy Duck.

The US president has also launched a trade war with his neighbour by imposing tariffs on Canadian goods. ‘These are dark days, dark days brought on by a country (the US) that we can no longer trust,’ the new leader continued, arguing that “we must not let Trump win”. Mr Carney may not remain in office for very long, however, as Canada must hold elections by October at the latest. But they could be called sooner.

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3 Romania

On Sunday evening, Romania's electoral commission rejected the candidacy of pro-Russian far-right populist Calin Georgescu for the presidential election in May, a decision that could be appealed to the Constitutional Court. 

Against all expectations, he came out on top in the first round of the presidential election last November, but the ballot was annulled by the Constitutional Court following a campaign tainted by evidence of vote manipulation by Moscow, illegal financing to the tune of tens of millions of dollars, the creation of tens of thousands of fake Tik Tok accounts spreading lies, etc. A detail for Musk and JD Vance, who are denouncing an attack on democracy, as if they found it normal to rig a ballot. The election has been postponed to 4 and 18 May.
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4 Syria

Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Chareh, promised on Sunday that his government would hold to account anyone involved in attacks on civilians, following several days of deadly violence on the country's Mediterranean coast. Nearly 870 civilians, mainly Alawite Muslims and Christians, were killed in the violence.Shaggy Duck welcomes the strong mobilisation of human rights organisations and left-wing parties in France in the wake of these crimes, and is pleased to publish the list below:

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5 Gaza

Israel announced on Sunday that it would stop supplying electricity to Gaza, ahead of new indirect negotiations on how to continue the truce with Hamas, a week after the suspension of humanitarian aid to the besieged Palestinian territory to put pressure on Hamas. Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement accuse each other of violating the truce agreement that came into force on 19 January.

The only electricity line between Israel and Gaza supplies the territory's main water desalination plant, which serves more than 600,000 people. Gazans rely mainly on solar panels and petrol generators for their electricity.
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6 Mexico/Trump

Dialogue has prevailed’ with US President Donald Trump to temporarily avoid the imposition of customs duties on Mexican exports, Mexico's left-wing President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Sunday. ‘We are optimistic’, she added at a popular rally in central Mexico City, referring to the new deadline set by the US President after a telephone call with her this week.

 ‘We cannot give in on our sovereignty and our people cannot be affected by decisions taken’ by foreign powers, she added. In fact, the Mexican President appeals more to Trump, who is more sensitive to personal relationships than to cold geopolitical considerations, than his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau. Shaggy Duck recommends that the next head of state or government negotiating with the American president should wear a slit skirt and stiletto heels over black stockings. Sycophancy would also be recommended.
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