Kategori: Culture
Why are the co-accused of the “Mazan rapes” granted anonymity?
In the “Mazan rapes” case, Dominique Pelicot is not alone before the criminal justice system: he has 50 co-accused. Those who browse social networks may have seen the list of…
Violinist denied boarding because of size of instrument
Published 09/13/2024 10:05 PM Updated 09/13/2024 10:06 PM Video length: 2 min Plane: Violinist refused boarding due to size of her instrument Violinist Esther Abrami was unable to board her…
Tennis players targeted by sports bettors
Published 09/13/2024 8:47 PM Updated 09/13/2024 9:13 PM Video length: 6 min Cyberbullying: Tennis players targeted by sports bettors In 2023, nearly 2 billion euros were generated by sports betting…
Review The Woman Who Flees | The Price of Freedom
Almost 10 years after its publication, the novel The woman who flees, by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, is brilliantly transposed onto the stage of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in a choral…
London Fashion Week | A sixties wind is blowing
(London) Voluminous buns, cat-eye glasses and floral dresses: a retro spirit blew through London Fashion Week on Friday, with designers Bora Aksu and Paul Costelloe, on the first day of…
Few megawatts have been allocated to decarbonizing existing industries
This week, Hydro-Québec CEO Michael Sabia criticized in veiled terms the Legault government’s significant allocation of electricity to “new companies.” Since the ministry has been choosing projects that benefit from…
Tensions between Russia and the West over the permitted range of missiles fired by Ukraine
Tensions rose again Friday between Moscow and Ukraine’s Western allies as US and British leaders are due to discuss whether kyiv should be allowed to use long-range missiles against Russia.…
The new coach of the Volley-Ball Pays Viennois club indicted for “rape of a minor” and “acts of torture and barbarity”
The complaint was filed in mid-July by a volleyball player who accuses her former coach of having raped her several times when she was playing in Romans-sur-Isère in Drôme. Published…
Review of Cardinal, from With No Helmet | The Power of Words
Melancholic and melodic, the new album by Avec pas d’casque, Cardinaldraws most of its strength from its lyrics, which the fantastic instrumentation supports and enhances. Published at 1:30 p.m. When…
Toll prices could increase in 2025
Published 09/13/2024 4:36 PM Video length: 1 min Motorways: toll prices could increase in 2025 Will toll prices increase again next year? The Constitutional Council has just validated a new…
Review of Too Human | Saying Out Loud What You Think
Étienne Lepage’s new text gives birth to new, rather entertaining, unfiltered characters that risk provoking raised eyebrows… and hilarity. A play directed by his accomplice Catherine Vidal constructed from a…
Carla Bruni and Pascal Obispo form a unique duo
Every day, a personality invites themselves into the world of Élodie Suigo. Friday, September 13, 2024: the authors, composers and performers, Carla Bruni and Pascal Obispo for a duet that…
Myanmar hit hard by Typhoon Yagi
Hundreds of villagers in Myanmar waded or swam through chin-deep waters on Friday, fleeing heavy flooding near the capital Naypyidaw, as Vietnam launched clean-up operations after a deadly typhoon struck.…
Former Ministers Kathleen Weil and Luc Blanchette Support Frédéric Beauchemin in the Race for the Leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party
Liberal leader aspirant Frédéric Beauchemin has the support of two former ministers: Kathleen Weil and Luc Blanchette. They will be in Trois-Rivières on Friday when the MP officially enters the…
London Fashion Week | ‘Green’ fashion struggles to take root
(London) In an underground industrial space in central London, models parade, wearing floral dresses, trendy work outfits and denim… second-hand pieces, all picked up in the warehouses of the NGO…
The diocese of Grenoble-Vienne decides to open its archives “consultable immediately”
The diocese, to which Abbé Pierre was attached, has in turn taken the decision to lift the period of consultation of the archives. Published 09/13/2024 2:15 PM Updated 09/13/2024 2:26…
Huge tsunami from Greenland shook land for nine days in 2023, study finds
This event, “unique” according to researchers, was caused by global warming. Published 09/13/2024 2:26 PM Reading time: 1 min A view of Sermeq Kujalleq, Greenland, on July 3, 2024. (ULRIK…
“Werther”, Massenet | Le Devoir
A specialist in original projects, the Palazzetto Bru Zane continues its Massenet collection by focusing on Werther. The singularity here is the presentation of a version in which the title…
“Niebla”, Ramon Chicharron | Le Devoir
Announced at the beginning of the summer with the release of the melancholic and acoustic cumbia River and Junglea collaboration with composer and ace guitarist Yves Desrosiers, the fourth album…
Former Minister and Senator of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Annick Girardin Declared Ineligible for One Year by the Constitutional Council
The Campaign Accounts Commission had noted irregularities in the filing of these accounts. Published 09/13/2024 12:17 Reading time: 1 min (BERTRAND GUAY / AFP) Former Minister of Overseas Territories (2017-2020)…