Year: 2022

The government aims to help families survive the winter amid surging energy prices
French residents who use logs, wood chips or pellets to heat their homes can now receive between €50 ($53) and €200 ($212) from the government to help them cope with the energy crisis.
The “exceptional energy voucher” program launched on Tuesday is designed to help lower-income families survive the winter as the price of firewood has risen by 30% this year, officials said.
People need to apply online through a government-run website in order to receive the funds.

Veronika Loginova dismissed the notion that her agency had failed to reach a decision promptly enough
The general director of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), Veronika Loginova, has hit back at accusations that her organization has mishandled the investigation involving teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in November, arguing that RUSADA had not reached a decision on Valieva “within a reasonable deadline.

Following Chief Justice John Roberts’ temporary halt on the lifting of Title 42 last week, the Supreme Court issued a stay Tuesday until a case could be heard, and while most of the conservative justices agreed, one was joined by a progressive colleague as the uncommon pair slammed in dissent, “We are a court of law…”
The ongoing litigation of the expedited deportation measures set forth by Title 42 in response to COVID will continue into February after Roberts was joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett in declaring a stay on the Di