Par Manuel ; Cortella
Nous rentrons de Novi Sad. La famille est remontée à l'appartement rue Svetogorska et j'erre à la recherche d'une place de parking. Je trace des cercles concentriques autour de notre rue, enfin plutôt des rectangles, des triangles, des zigzags. Cela fait maintenant une heure et demie que ça dure. Je suis si fatigué que mes trapèzes et ma nuque semblent s'être soudés. Il n'y a pas la moindre place. Et par ailleurs, le système de parking à Belgrade est resté assez (…)
Par Manuel ; Cortella
Nous rentrons de Novi Sad. La famille est remontée à l'appartement rue Svetogorska et j'erre à la recherche d'une place de parking. Je trace des cercles concentriques autour de notre rue, enfin plutôt des rectangles, des triangles, des zigzags. Cela fait maintenant une heure et demie que ça dure. Je suis si fatigué que mes trapèzes et ma nuque semblent s'être soudés. Il n'y a pas la moindre place. Et par ailleurs, le système de parking à Belgrade est resté assez (…)
Credit: Office of New York City Mayor
By Thalif Deen
NEW YORK, Apr 3 2026 (IPS)
A fifth wave of a new Covid 19 variant BA.2, followed by a surge in infections, is threatening to undermine the safety of New York city (NYC) which was gradually returning to normal after a prolonged pandemic shutdown. As a result, the City went on “high Covid alert.”
But NYC Mayor Eric Adams has assured New Yorkers he will not bring back mask and vaccine mandates in work places, shopping malls, restaurants and Broadway theaters. Instead, he said he will focus on anti-virus treatment and home-testing.
Briefing reporters at a press conference, he said “I think the reason we are here—and not seeing drastic actions – is because we’ve done an amazing job of telling people—vaccines, boosters”.
“When I was hit with Covid, it was just a tickle in my throat. I was still able to exercise, didn’t have any breathing issues, no pain,” he added.
“We are staying prepared and not panicking. When I look at the hospitalizations and deaths, the numbers are stable”, Adams assured.
Back in March, the Mayor released a new color-coded system that tracks COVID-19, alerts and keeps New York City residents apprised of the risks they face.
This new system will better help New Yorkers understand the current level of COVID-19 risk and how they can best protect themselves and others based on the current risk.
The system consists of four alert levels that outline precautions, and recommends actions for individuals and government—and is based on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Community Burden Indicator.
Meanwhile, there was a rising wave of celebrity infections in the US last month, including Attorney General Merrick Garland, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several members of Congress, including Joaquin Castro, Susan Collins and Adam Schiff, along with Broadway stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick and Daniel Craig.
The United States also reached a milestone: one million deaths from the coronavirus infection.
According to the New York Times, more Americans have died from Covid-19 than in two decades of car crashes or on battlefields in all of the country’s wars combined. The U.S. toll is higher than that of any other country in the world.
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Mayor Adams announces “unprecedented Investments” in safe haven beds and resources for New Yorkers experiencing unsheltered homelessness
By Thalif Deen
NEW YORK, Apr 3 2026 (IPS)
Faced with a growing problem of homeless people living and sleeping in park benches and on subway trains, New York city (NYC) authorities are physically moving them out—mostly under protest– to some 150 encampments or public shelters.
A cleanup crew removed all of their belongings lying scattered in a “miniature tent city” across from Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan. As an alternative, the NYC is providing them with “safe Haven” communal shelters.
New York Mayor Eric Adams said makeshift housing is dangerous, and shelters are far safer.
But one advocate for the homeless said the process is “tired and cruel,” and chases people out of the city rather than providing them a place to live safely.
The clearing of the encampments was supervised and coordinated by dozens of police officers and a sanitation truck, with a police loudspeaker repeatedly announcing: “you are ordered to leave the area.” But few responded.
As a result, eight protesting homeless people were arrested and charged with obstructing governmental administration for blocking the planned cleanup. The people arrested also included activists from anti-eviction organizations and groups supportive of the homeless.
Currently, there are an estimated 50,000 homeless people living in shelters. The problems arising from the homeless include crimes committed by some of the mentally ill, including a woman killed after being pushed onto an oncoming subway train, dozens of syringes and drug paraphernalia and, in one instance, the discovery of over 500 discarded needles across homeless campsites.
“Our teams are working professionally and diligently every day to make sure that every New Yorker living in the street knows they have a better option while ensuring that everyone who lives in or visits our city can enjoy the clean public spaces we all deserve,” the Mayor said.
He said NYC was in the process of opening up some 500 beds in specialized shelters. “You cannot continue to live in carboard boxes or sleeping in a tree in the park. You don’t deserve that,” the Mayor noted.
Vingt-deux ressortissants de Bosnie-Herzégovine détenus depuis des années dans des prisons du nord-est de la Syrie ont été transférés en Irak, où ils font désormais l'objet d'une enquête. Leur avenir judiciaire reste incertain, tandis que leurs familles disent n'avoir aucune information officielle.
- Le fil de l'Info / Radio Slobodna Evropa, Balkans Syrie, Une - Diaporama, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Défense, police et justice, Relations internationalesVingt-deux ressortissants de Bosnie-Herzégovine détenus depuis des années dans des prisons du nord-est de la Syrie ont été transférés en Irak, où ils font désormais l'objet d'une enquête. Leur avenir judiciaire reste incertain, tandis que leurs familles disent n'avoir aucune information officielle.
- Le fil de l'Info / Radio Slobodna Evropa, Balkans Syrie, Une - Diaporama, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Défense, police et justice, Relations internationales