Ghana has decided to deal with the viral spread of prophetic content on social media by setting up an official reporting mechanism for sensitive predictions, a move triggered by the August 2025 helicopter crash that killed the country's defence and environment ministers along with six others. After the accident, TikTok clips circulated showing pastors who claimed to have foreseen the disaster before it happened. Elvis Ankrah, the presidential envoy for inter-faith and ecumenical relations, now asks prophets to submit their predictions for review. Charismatic preacher-prophets have been a fixture of Ghanaian public life since Pentecostalism arrived in the 1980s, but social media has amplified their reach and made their claims increasingly outlandish. Police have threatened to arrest prophets who cannot prove their predictions eventually came true. Some two-thirds of Ghanaians favor giving divine intervention a role in politics. Ankrah recently declared that most prophecies submitted to him are "total bunk."

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Après plusieurs semaines de mobilisation agricole et de dégradations sur les axes routiers, le président du département des Hautes-Pyrénées refuse que la collectivité assume seule la remise en état, évoquant une facture qui pourrait dépasser le million d’euros.

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Depuis le 22 décembre, un conflit social oppose le prestataire chargé de la collecte des déchets à une partie de ses salariés, mobilisés pour de meilleures rémunérations. La métropole européenne de Lille appelle à une reprise rapide du service, tandis que les négociations restent au point mort.

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Organisée par la Coordination rurale, cette manifestation vise à continuer de mettre la pression sur l’État, alors qu’une campagne de vaccination massive contre la dermatose des bovins est en cours.

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Social media platforms with infinite scrolling, auto-play and algorithmic feeds will be required to display warning labels about their potential harm to young users' mental health under a new law, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Friday. From a report: "Keeping New Yorkers safe has been my top priority since taking office, and that includes protecting our kids from the potential harms of social media features that encourage excessive use," Hochul said in a statement. This month Australia imposed a social media ban for children under 16. New York joins states like California and Minnesota that have similar social media laws. The New York law includes platforms that offer "addictive feeds," auto play or infinite scroll, according to the legislation. The law applies to conduct occurring partly or wholly in New York but not when the platform is accessed by users physically outside the state.

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TÉMOIGNAGES - Dans la santé, l’hôtellerie, la restauration ou les transports, certains Français ne prennent pas de repos pendant les fêtes de fin d’année. Pour la plupart, ce n’est pas vraiment un choix.

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