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Churchill portrait stolen from Ottawa officially recovered in Rome
(Rome) Canadian and Italian dignitaries celebrated Thursday the successful recovery of a photographic portrait of Winston Churchill that was stolen in Canada and then found in Italy after a two-year…
Artificial intelligence cannot be left to economic ‘whims’, warn UN experts
The development of artificial intelligence (AI) and the associated risks cannot be abandoned “to the whims” of the market, UN experts warned on Thursday. They are therefore calling for tools…
In Lebanon, more explosions feared after pagers and walkie-talkies
Removing lithium batteries from solar panels, leaving cell phones in an empty room, avoiding chargers… The Lebanese are taking multiple precautions, living in fear of deadly explosions of Hezbollah transmission…
The mayor of the town presents his “apologies” after his remarks seeming to minimise the rapes committed
In an interview with the BBC, Louis Bonnet stressed that “no one died” in the Mazan rape case. Published 09/19/2024 6:12 p.m. Reading time: 1 min Gisèle Pélicot walks in…
Milan Fashion Week | Prada presents its vision of superheroines
(Milan) The Prada fashion house offered on Thursday at Milan Fashion Week its vision of a bourgeois woman with a superheroine look, in a context of growth in its sales…
Weekend Plans | Getting Fall Off to a Good Start
The end of You’re gonna laugh 2 by Sugar Sammy, Lynda Lemay at Espace St-Denis, Too Human at Quat’sous… Lots of ideas to enjoy the beginning of autumn. Here are…
Offshore wind farm inaugurated
Published 09/19/2024 3:59 PM Video length: 2 min Saint-Brieuc: inauguration of an offshore wind farm Saint-Brieuc: inauguration of an offshore wind farm (france 2) In Côtes d’Armor, the Saint-Brieuc wind…
Many European countries are toughening their stance on migration issues
Despite the adoption of a Common Pact in mid-May, many European countries are increasing measures to curb immigration and restrict the right to asylum, aligning themselves with the positions of…
European carmakers ask Brussels for ‘urgent aid’ to tighten CO2 emissions standards
Most European car manufacturers officially asked Brussels on Thursday for “urgent aid measures” to face the tightening of CO2 emissions standards in 2025.2 which they feel unable to meet, particularly…
Entire neighborhood of 3D printed homes springs up in Texas
In Georgetown, near Austin, the capital of Texas, a real estate developer has finished building what he is billing as the first neighborhood made up of houses built using 3D…
Double occupancy: Mexico | Splendor and depth of the “cordinière des Ânes”
Some competitors might be suspected ofDouble occupancy: Mexico to have bubbles in the brain. Published at 00:56 Updated at 7:15 a.m. One could also blame the scarcity of oxygen to…
An investigation opened following a complaint by rapper Gims against Booba for harassment, announces the Paris prosecutor’s office
In this complaint, Gims and his partner accuse Booba of “attacking” them “for six years”, according to information obtained by AFP. Published 09/19/2024 12:38 Updated 09/19/2024 2:40 PM Reading time:…
towards a ban on smoking on terraces?
Published 09/19/2024 2:36 PM Video length: 2 min Tobacco: towards a ban on smoking on terraces? The European Commission has recommended that member states increase smoke-free zones and include e-cigarettes…
Viva Tu | After 17 years under the radar, Manu Chao returns to sing “libertad”
(Paris) After 17 years without an album, the Franco-Spanish singer Manu Chao returns on Friday with Long live you and its Latin sounds, which revive the good memories of a…
China | ‘Full-time dads’ are challenging the patriarchy
(Shanghai) His wife works. He, voluntarily unemployed, plays with the children, cooks and cleans: Chen Hualiang, 40, is a stay-at-home dad, a status that was once unthinkable in China, but…
what is known about the situation on the island, where a curfew has been partially imposed
The mobilization against the high cost of living was marked by several nights of violence in Martinique. A curfew was declared in certain districts of Fort-de-France and Lamentin, and the…
Francis Degrandpré | Wood guy, brew guy
Francis Degrandpré prefers nature to the concrete of cities, which will not prevent him from closing the first edition of the Shérif Festival on Saturday in Old Montreal. Meet the…
Singer Mika will be the patron of the 2024 edition of the Telethon
The charity event will be held on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th November. Published 09/18/2024 8:45 p.m. Reading time: 1 min The artist Mika, on November 10, 2023, in Cannes…
Diane Dufresne revisits 80 years of her life in an immersive exhibition at the Arsenal contemporary art
She arrives, sovereign, dressed all in black, but with silver sneakers on her feet, her white hair beautifully curled falling over her shoulders. Amused, laughing, Diane Dufresne revisits 80 years…
Popular vote “distortions,” a rare common point between the United States and Canada
This is a response to a reader’s question sent to the US Election Mail team. To subscribe, click here. Could you give us the main characteristics of the American electoral…