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En avril dernier, le Vatican a perdu son meneur, alors que le pape François a rendu l’âme à l’âge de 88 ans, à la suite de complications médicales.
À la suite de cette nouvelle terrible pour l’Église catholique, un nouveau pape doit être nommé, en marge du Conclave.
133 cardinaux sont maintenant isolés du monde extérieur, à la Chapelle Sixtine, jusqu’à ce qu’un nouveau Pape soit élu par le Conclave. Notons que le futur Pape doit obtenir deux tiers des votes pour obtenir le poste, donc la lutte risque assurément d’être intéressante à suivre.
En attendant les résultats de ce vote, des sites de paris se sont prêtés au «jeu», alors que les prédictions viennent de sortir, quant au résultat de l’élection, et vous pouvez parier!
Selon les estimations, le Cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italie) serait le favori pour devenir le nouveau Pape avec 27%, étant suivi par Luis Antonio Tagle (Philippine) au second rang avec 22,3%. Matteo Zuppi (Italie) complète le top-3 avec 10,9%. On comprend donc qu’il n’y a que deux sérieux candidats, selon les résultats de ces prédictions.
Bien que le tout soit imprévisible, on doit souligner que ces sites de paris en question avaient correctement prédit le résultat de l’élection américaine, en novembre dernier, soit une victoire de Donald Trump face à Kamala Harris.
Ceci étant dit, en 2013, lorsque François a été nommé comme Pape, il n’était pas le favori en lice pour le poste, alors que le Cardinal Angelo Scola était autrefois pressenti pour avoir le trône.
Parier sur le pape?
Voilà qui n’est pas très catholique…
From the Oval Office of the White House, Donald Trump said he was honored to welcome Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, recalling that the latter had won, in his words, « a very big election ».
NEW: Canadian PM Mark Carney tells President Trump that Canada is 'not for sale' as the two leaders meet to discuss tariffs at the White House.
Trump then took some of the credit for Carney’s victory, saying he thought he was « the best thing that ever happened to him ».
Trump said that Carney’s party, previously led by Justin Trudeau, was « losing by a lot » before Carney eventually won the election.
The president went on to describe the victory as « one of the greatest comebacks in political history, perhaps even greater than mine »
Trump went on to say that he had been following the Canadiens election with great interest. Trump added that, in his eyes, Canada had chosen « a very talented person and a very good person ».
Mark Carney must appreciate such compliments from Donald Trump, who never ceased to criticize his predecessor Justin Trudeau. Trump even told Carney that he didn’t particularly like the former prime minister.
Strong discussions between the two leaders are expected in the coming weeks, particularly on the issue of tariffs.
In their first official meeting, Canada’s new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, and U.S. President Donald Trump exchanged cordial words, with Trump congratulating Carney on his victory and affirming his attachment to Canada and his desire for a friendly relationship between the two countries.
The sensitive issue of the now infamous 51st state, a veritable elephant in the Oval Office, was of course not lost on the many journalists present, as it was raised face-to-face by the two leaders during their meeting.
Trump tried to tone down his comments, while reiterating that he’d like to see the idea come to fruition, adding that he « still believes Canada should become the 51st state ».
However, he made it clear that this should be done in a spirit of friendship, before concluding:
«We’re not going to be discussing that unless somebody wants to discuss it.»
Carney was keen to remind Trump that as he met with Canada’s owners during his campaign, the message from Canadians, he said, was clear: « It’s not for sale. »
Carney added: « There are places that will never be for sale », citing the White House as a symbolic example.
Mark Carney closed the debate by declaring firmly: « It will never be for sale »,
Under pressure from the American public’s negative reactions to his tariff war with most countries, with the notable exception of Russia, Donald Trump, whose fortune topped $7 billion in January according to Bloomberg, is maintaining a defiant stance in the face of growing American criticism of his economic policy, particularly with regard to… the number of dolls and pencils American children should have.
In an interview with NBC News, the president reaffirmed comments made the previous week at a cabinet meeting marking his first 100 days in office, to the effect that little girls should make do with two dolls rather than 30… and even that they’ll cost more!
This time, he added the bonus that it would be enough for American children to own just five pencils.
While the president has launched a major tariff war against China, a move that is expected to cause major disruptions to store supplies in the US in the coming weeks, criticism is mounting of the billionaire president who has made a fortune for himself and his children since the start of his political adventures, but especially with the launch of his « meme coin » crypto-currency, which alone, according to the Financial Times, would have generated at least $350 million in revenue in just three weeks after its launch in January 2025.
Attempting to downplay the scale of the coming disruption to the homes of American families, Trump said, in response to a question about the effects of his tariffs on consumers:
«I don’t think that a beautiful baby girl needs… that’s 11 years old… needs to have 30 dolls.»
He then declared:
«They don’t need to have 250 pencils. They can have five.»
The president went on to say, regarding dolls and pencils, that he didn’t think there was any point in wasting money on useless stuff you don’t need.
He added that, in his eyes, it doesn’t matter if baby carriages and dolls become more expensive: the main thing is that the price of gas goes down.
He concluded:
«Thousand of times more important than a stroller or something.»
Asked about the anticipated duration of this tariff transition, Trump admitted he didn’t know the outcome, while assuring:
«We’re making a lot of money, we’re doing great.»