Crisis
Örebro hockey loses to Färjestad and risks playoffs
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Örebro Hockey suffered a crushing 0-3 home loss to Färjestad, leaving the team just on goal difference from the relegation playoffs with eleven matches remaining. Captain Glenn Gustafsson urges focus on securing their own points, while coach Niklas Eriksson faces intense scrutiny. Sport chief Henrik Löwdahl acknowledges shared responsibility in the crisis.
The oil tanker Ocean Mariner arrived in Havana Bay with 86,000 barrels of fuel sent by Mexico to ease blackouts on the island. The vessel, which departed from Pemex's Pajaritos complex last month, began unloading at the Ñico López refinery this Saturday. This shipment comes amid Cuba's energy crisis, worsened by reduced supplies from Venezuela.
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Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu (formerly Agriculture Minister) schedules meetings with key farmers' unions starting January 5 amid persistent protests over DNC outbreaks, low prices, and EU-Mercosur threats. New measures include suspending South American imports with banned pesticides, though unions call them insufficient.
President Emmanuel Macron and reappointed Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced Sunday evening the composition of a new 34-member government, blending civil society figures and moderate political personalities. This team, facing censure threats from the opposition, aims to pass the 2026 budget by year-end. Republicans exclude their members who joined the executive, deepening right-wing internal divisions.
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Emmanuel Macron reconducted Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister on Friday evening, four days after his resignation, hoping to pass a 2026 budget without dissolving the Assembly. Lecornu, accepting 'out of duty', must form a government without presidential ambitions and reopen debates on key reforms like pensions. Left-wing and far-right oppositions already threaten censure.