a winning ticket for a migrant, software to better understand pigs and a controversial Stations of the Cross

In Belgium, a migrant received a winning ticket. The latter played scratch cards in a supermarket in Zeebrugge and won 250 million. But the fairy tale quickly turned into a nightmare when he wanted to get his money back. “The National Lottery demands a bank account in his name, but since he is there illegally he cannot open an account“, Explain Alexander Verstraete, lawyer. Other migrants then showed up to steal it. Fortunately, the surveillance camera made it possible to identify him. Now he needs asylum seeker status. “If I manage to get the money, I’ll buy a house, a car and I’ll get married“, confides the migrant.

In Denmark, a breeder listens to the cry of his pigs to make sure they are doing well. Researchers in Copenhagen have developed software that can take the temperature in the pigsty, in particular by trying to understand the grunting of the animals. “What we want to do is a tool that can be used by farmers“, Explain Elodie Briefer, lecturer at the University of Copenhagen. If the farmer hears short squeaks, he will know his pigs are happy to see him.

In Italy, a controversial Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome is controversial. Friday April 15, after two years of absence due to Covid-19, Pope Francis chose a Ukrainian and a Russian to carry the cross for a few moments. These two nurses, friends, work together. This gesture was criticized by kyiv (Ukraine), which considers it premature. But for the pope, it is a question of overcoming hostilities between countries to save peace.