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ParisThe first results of the election in France for the first round are in. As was the case five years ago, Macron and Le Pen will face off in the runoff in two weeks time.

BrusselsNATO is laying important groundwork for a dangerous escalation in the Ukraine conflict: Secretary General Stoltenberg announced that the Western military alliance would continue to support Ukraine in the fight against Russia with arms deliveries and a supply of heavy weapons.

Palm Springs, CaliforniaIn the US, the privileging of sexual minorities compared to the "normal" rest of the population is making great strides. Being "non-binary" is a now also a lucrative choice: An amount of $1000 will be paid every month to each individual who identify as a transgender American.

Some readers have asked why Russia regards Finland’s membership in NATO as a provocation. For the same reason that Ukraine’s membership is a provocation: US missile bases on Russia’s border.

ParisToday is the first round of the French presidential elections. Independent candidate, Eric Zemmour, will enter the ring for the first time.

BrusselsEU President Ursula von der Leyen paid a visit to embattled President Zelensky in Kiev. She handed him the first documents with which his warring country can become a candidate for EU membership. Ukraine may join the EU sooner, she has said.

BerlinThe AfD MPs prevented compulsory vaccination in Germany for the time being. Even if the Union and the FDP also contributed their bit, the AfD was the only parliamentary group to cheer and applaud loudly after the results of the vote in the Bundestag were announced. 

KievGermany, too, has run its own military-biological program in Ukraine, according to Russia's permanent representative at the UN office in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov.

BrusselsMoscow is planning more countermeasures against Western sanctions. If implemented, they will have a devastating effect on the West's economy, production and energy and food security. Commentators point out that Western leaders seem to be doing the opposite of what should be done.

WashingtonThe US "climate tsar" John Kerry believes that the Russian operation in Ukraine creates carbon dioxide emissions and that the war takes focus away from the climate issue, which is more important than anything else.