Ligue 1: Nice arrache une victoire précieuse contre Reims
Nice et son facteur X, Morgan Sanson, de nouveau buteur vendredi soir, a difficilement battu Reims (1-0) en ouverture de la 32e journée de L1, mettant ainsi la pression sur ses adversaires dans la course à la Ligue des champions.Auteur d’un superbe doublé au Parc des Princes vendredi dernier lors de la victoire des Aiglons contre le Paris Saint-Germain (3-1), Morgan Sanson a donc récidivé pour sa deuxième titularisation de la saison. Cette fois, il a permis à Nice de prendre les devants contre Reims, pour ne plus se faire rattraper.Mais comme à Paris, il a bien été aidé par la prestation sans faute de son gardien Marcin Bulka, auteur de quelques parades qui lui ont permis de s’offrir une premier +clean sheet+ depuis neuf matches et la réception de Montpellier le 23 février dernier (2-0). Cette troisième victoire consécutive des hommes de Franck Haise, acquise dans la douleur, leur permet désormais de compter 57 points, une différence de buts positive de 21, et de dépasser Lyon, Monaco et Lille, avant leurs rencontres ce week-end. Malgré une semaine très compliquée où Nice a perdu successivement deux cadres, Mohamed Abdelmonem, puis Youssouf Ndayishimiye, blessés à un genou (rupture des ligaments croisés pour les deux), Nice reste en course pour la Ligue des champions.En face, Reims, futur finaliste de la Coupe de France contre Paris, peut regretter de ne pas repartir de la Côte d’Azur avec le point du nul. Avec 33 points, les Champenois restent à portée du Havre, actuel barragiste avec 28 points. La réception de Saint-Étienne, lors de la 33e journée, sera déterminante.- Sanson et Bulka encore décisifs -Il a fallu un quart d’heure à Nice pour faire sauter le verrou rémois. Sur un centre de Melvin Bard, Yehvann Diouf a totalement raté sa sortie aérienne et percuté son défenseur, le Kényan Joseph Okumu, pourtant premier sur le ballon. Morgan Sanson a récupéré le deuxième ballon et, du droit, sans contrôle, marqué dans le but déserté (1-0, 15e).Buteurs sur leur première et leur seule frappe cadrée de la première mi-temps, Pablo Rosario, capitaine d’un soir, et ses coéquipiers ont alors maîtrisé la rencontre. Mais, progressivement, les joueurs de Samba Diawara ont redressé la situation.Sous l’impulsion d’un très bon Amadou Koné, dont la frappe a été stoppée par Marcin Bulka (45e+1), les Rémois ont poursuivi leur réaction après la pause. Ce sont eux qui ont été les plus entreprenants et surtout, les plus dangereux.D’abord Valentin Atangana s’est raté sur une offrande de Keito Nakamura dans la surface (68e), mais ensuite, il a fallu que Marcin Bulka sorte le grand jeu pour garder ses cages inviolées. A la suite d’une relance ratée de Melvin Bard pour Dante, entré en jeu pour solidifier l’arrière-garde des Rouge et Noir (69e), le gardien polonais s’est détendu parfaitement pour détourner la tentative d’Oumar Diakhon (74e). Puis il a encore été décisif devant Nakamura (79e).En souffrance, Nice a continué à se faire peur, mais a tenu. Et peut encore rêver de Ligue des champions avant d’aller défier Rennes, le 10 mai prochain.
Stocks gain on US jobs data, tariff talks hopes
Global stock markets rose on Friday following a solid US jobs report as investors greeted positive signs on the US-China trade war. Data showed that US hiring slowed much less than expected last month, with the world’s largest economy adding 177,000 jobs.European equities and US stocks both jumped following the release of the data. The broad-based S&P 500 finished at 5,686.67, up 1.4 percent for the day and 2.9 percent for the week.”The April jobs report may reassure investors that the labor market is holding up, giving them more confidence that the economy can hold up too,” said Bret Kenwell, analyst at trading platform eToro.Tom Cahill of Ventura Wealth Management described Friday’s job report as corroborating most of the data earlier in a week jammed with key economic indicators. Despite a disappointing GDP report, US consumption data was solid while inflation data was benign.”The news this week was on the bullish side when you add it all up,” Cahill said.Meanwhile, China’s commerce ministry on Friday said it was evaluating a US offer for negotiations on tariffs, but insisted Washington must be ready to scrap levies that have roiled global markets and supply chains.President Donald Trump’s levies reached 145 percent on many Chinese products in April, while Beijing has responded with fresh 125-percent duties on imports from the United States.Trump has repeatedly claimed that China has reached out for talks on the tariffs, and this week said he believed there was a “very good chance we’re going to make a deal”.Deutsche Bank managing director Jim Reid said the Chinese statement “is outweighing concerns about the effect of tariffs, which were initially triggered by disappointing earnings from Apple and Amazon.”US tech giants Apple and Amazon both reported disappointing outlooks, as tariffs knock business confidence, after markets closed on Thursday.In Europe, Paris and Frankfurt rose over two percent as markets brushed off official data showing eurozone inflation remained unchanged at slightly above the European Central Bank’s two-percent target.London also gained ground, with mining and commodity stocks — sensitive to Chinese demand — performing particularly well amid optimism for potential China-US talks, according to analysts.In Asia on Friday, Hong Kong was up more than 1.7 percent at the close, while Tokyo rose one percent.Japan’s envoy for US tariff talks said in Washington on Thursday that a second round of negotiations between the two countries had been “frank and constructive.”The Bank of Japan warned earlier that tariffs were fuelling global economic uncertainty and lowered its growth forecasts while keeping its key interest rate steady.- Key figures at around 2040 GMT -New York – Dow: UP 1.4 percent at 41,317.43 (close)New York – S&P 500: UP 1.5 percent at 5,686.67 (close)New York – Nasdaq Composite: UP 1.5 percent at 17,977.73 (close)London – FTSE 100: UP 1.2 percent at 8,596.35 (close)Paris – CAC 40: UP 2.3 percent at 7,770.48 (close)Frankfurt – DAX: UP 2.6 percent at 23,086.65 (close)Tokyo – Nikkei 225: UP 1.0 percent at 36,830.69 (close)Hong Kong – Hang Seng Index: UP 1.7 percent at 22,504.68 (close)Shanghai – Composite: closed for holidayEuro/dollar: UP at $1.1299 from $1.1290 on ThursdayPound/dollar: DOWN at $1.3268 from $1.3278Dollar/yen: DOWN at 144.97 yen from 145.39 yenEuro/pound: UP at 85.14 pence from 85.04 penceWest Texas Intermediate: DOWN 1.6 percent at $58.29 per barrelBrent North Sea Crude: DOWN 1.4 percent at $61.29 per barrelburs-jmb/dw
Wall Street termine la semaine en hausse, optimiste après l’emploi américain
La Bourse de New York a terminé en hausse vendredi, portée par un vent d’optimisme après la publication de chiffres de l’emploi américain meilleurs qu’attendu et la possibilité de négociations commerciales entre Pékin et Washington.Le Dow Jones a gagné 1,39%, l’indice Nasdaq 1,51% et le S&P 500 1,47%, cet indice effaçant toutes ses pertes depuis le 2 avril, date à laquelle Donald Trump a annoncé une vague de droits de douane prohibitifs ciblant les partenaires commerciaux de Washington.La publication, avant l’ouverture, des données sur l’emploi américain pour le mois d’avril “a fait l’effet d’une bombe (…), Wall Street étant rassurée sur la solidité de l’économie”, note Jose Torres, d’Interactive Brokers.Ce nouvel indicateur montre que “les données économiques concrètes ne corroborent toujours pas les pires craintes du marché concernant les droits de douane”, relève auprès de l’AFP Patrick O’Hare, de Briefing.com.Le taux de chômage est resté stable le mois dernier dans la première économie mondiale, à 4,2%, selon le ministère du Travail. Les Etats-Unis ont créé 177.000 emplois sur la période, moins qu’un mois plus tôt (185.000, chiffre révisé à la baisse), mais plus que ce qui était envisagé par les marchés (autour de 133.000, selon le consensus publié par MarketWatch).Ce sont les premières données officielles sur l’emploi couvrant la période suivant la spectaculaire annonce du président Donald Trump d’une montagne de nouvelles taxes sur les produits importés aux Etats-Unis.Les derniers chiffres de l’emploi n’ont “toujours pas vraiment capturé l’entièreté de l’impact réel des droits de douane”, souligne Patrick O’Hare.Mais, souligne l’analyste, “le marché se permet d’adopter une approche optimiste, sachant qu’il y a beaucoup de négociations commerciales en cours”.La Chine a annoncé vendredi “évaluer” une proposition de négociations émanant de Washington. Le président américain Donald Trump a lui assuré qu’il y avait “de très fortes chances” que les deux pays parviennent à un accord.De son côté, le Japon a salué jeudi des “discussions franches et constructives” avec l’administration Trump, à l’heure où Tokyo prépare d’éventuelles concessions et évoque l’arme des bons du Trésor.Peuve que l’optimisme gagne la place américaine, “les opérateurs se tournent vers les actifs à risque en achetant des actions dans tous les secteurs (…) tout en réduisant leur exposition au billet vert, aux bons du Trésor”, assure Jose Torres.Sur le marché obligataire, le taux d’intérêt des emprunts d’Etat américains à dix ans se tendait nettement à 4,31%, contre 4,22% jeudi en clôture.Par ailleurs, la saison des résultats continue de battre son plein.Le géant Apple a accusé le coup (-3,84%) après avoir publié jeudi des résultats supérieurs aux attentes pour les trois premiers mois de l’année, mais prévenu qu’il s’attend à un bond de ses coûts au deuxième trimestre du fait des droits de douane américains.Amazon (-0,12%) n’a pas profité de résultats meilleurs qu’attendu au premier trimestre, soutenus par le dynamisme de l’informatique à distance (cloud) et de l’intelligence artificielle (IA). Le groupe a été quelque peu lesté par des prévisions inférieures aux projections du marché, affectées par un contexte incertain.L’application d’apprentissage des langues Duolingo a bondi de plus de 21% après avoir revu à la hausse ses prévisions à la fois pour le deuxième trimestre et l’année complète.L’éditeur américain de jeux vidéo Take-Two Interactive, la maison mère de Rockstar Games, a plongé de 6,66% après avoir annoncé vendredi le report du très attendu “Grand Theft Auto VI” (“GTA VI”), nouvel opus de la série de jeux vidéo d’action, au 26 mai 2026.
US to stage military parade on June 14, Trump’s birthday: W. House
The United States will stage a military parade on June 14 to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the US Army, the White House said Friday, with the event also falling on President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.Trump “will honor American Veterans, active-duty servicemembers, and military history with a military parade!” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly wrote on X.Kelly included a link to a Fox News article that said the parade will include US troops, students from the country’s military academies, and reenactors and equipment from past conflicts ranging from the Revolutionary War to the Global War on Terror.The plan to hold a display of American military strength in the streets of the nation’s capital was reported by the Washington City Paper last month, which said the parade could stretch four miles (six kilometers) from the Pentagon to the White House.Trump had floated the idea of holding a military parade in Washington during his first term after attending a Bastille Day parade in France.It never materialized, however, after the Pentagon said it could cost $92 million and concerns were raised that tanks and other heavy military vehicles would damage the city’s streets.Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser raised similar concerns last month when asked by reporters about plans for a parade.”Military tanks on our streets would not be good,” Bowser said. “If military tanks were used they should be accompanied with many millions of dollars to repair the roads.”The last major US military parade in Washington was held in 1991 to celebrate the end of the Gulf War.Trump has had a contradictory relationship with US forces, lauding their power but also claiming they were depleted and in need of rebuilding.He at times clashed with military brass during his 2016-2020 term in office and reportedly referred to fallen troops as “losers” and “suckers” — something he denied.During his second term, Trump has overseen a purge of top officers, including chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff general Charles “CQ” Brown, whom he fired without explanation in February.Other senior officers dismissed this year include the heads of the Navy and Coast Guard, the general who headed the National Security Agency, the vice chief of staff of the Air Force, a Navy admiral assigned to NATO, and three top military lawyers.US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has insisted the president is simply choosing the leaders he wants, but Democratic lawmakers have raised concerns about the potential politicization of the traditionally neutral US military.
Trump eyes huge ‘woke’ cuts in budget blueprint
US President Donald Trump on Friday outlined sweeping cuts targeting “woke” and “wasteful” spending in his first budget blueprint since he returned to power, while boosting defense and border security.Republican Trump aims to cut non-defense discretionary spending across the federal government by a massive $163 billion — or 22 percent — in 2026 as he digs in on the conservative, cost-cutting drive led by billionaire Elon Musk.Trump would also carry out widespread cuts to health, education, science and climate, and to foreign aid, even as he hikes funding for the Pentagon past $1 trillion.But the president’s so-called “skinny budget” is not binding and is more of a wishlist — while it faces bitter opposition from Democrats who branded it a “gut punch” for Americans.The White House described the plan as a “pretty historic effort” to reshape the federal government.”It is woke and it is wasteful, and dividing us on the basis of race and identity in the country and honestly weaponized against it,” a senior official from the Office of Management and Budget told reporters.The White House was “joined at the hip” with Musk’s DOGE, or the Department of Government Efficiency, on the cuts, the official added.The White House provided an entire fact sheet on cuts to “woke programs”, saying it was “eliminating radical gender and racial ideologies that poison the minds of Americans” and countering “cultural Marxism.”But many of the proposed cuts would target scientific research, climate monitoring, and health agencies.The National Institutes of Health — the world’s largest funder of biomedical research, which Trump’s administration accused of promoting “dangerous ideologies” — would see its research budget slashed by nearly half. Despite seeking a 26 percent cut to the overall healthcare budget, the proposal sets aside $500 million for controversial Health Secretary and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s signature “Make America Healthy Again” plan.There would also be cuts to space agency NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency and others.Trump’s budget would meanwhile continue the shuttering of the US Department of Education — a long-held dream of right-wingers who want individual states to dictate policy on schooling.- ‘Heartless’ -And it would formalize the closure of the US international development agency USAID, dramatic cuts to which have already been widely criticized around the world.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said taxpayers would no longer be “sent to unaccountable NGO’s overseas to fund programs that do not serve our nation’s interests.”The boosts for the Pentagon and Homeland Security, however, reflect Trump’s national security policies.US defense spending would rise 13 percent to what the OMB official called “truly historic” levels comparable to those last seen under Republican president Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.Homeland Security spending would rise a giant 65 percent as Trump cracks down on what he calls an “invasion” of undocumented migrants.Together the spending boost would “at long last, fully secure our border,” OMB chief Russ Vought said in a letter to Congress accompanying the budget proposal.Trump’s “skinny budget” is a summary of more detailed proposals expected later this month. Republican lawmakers will use it as a guideline as they begin drafting the 12 bills Congress has to clear each year to fund the government, but his proposals are not binding.Congress holds the power of the purse and ultimately determines federal spending through the legislative process.Republican leaders are already struggling to pass what Trump has called a “big, beautiful bill” for sweeping tax cuts.The Republican leader of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, hailed the budget plan as a “bold blueprint.”Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said his party would “fight this heartless budget with everything we’ve got.””Donald Trump’s days of pretending to be a populist are over. His policies are nothing short of an all out assault on hardworking Americans,” Schumer said in a statement.