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Brad Mehldau, Curtis Harding and Tinariwen among the headliners of an edition that will coexist with the Paralympic Games
Based in the north-east of Paris, one of the nerve centres of Paris 2024, the festival is adapting and taking over the Espace Périphérique, in the Parc de la Villette,…
Record seizure of more than 10 tonnes of cocaine off the coast of Martinique
The Armed Forces in the Antilles intercepted a boat carrying around 300 bales of drugs on the night of 14 to 15 August. Since the beginning of the year, 28…
Web Culture | Aura Points for Your Karma
Perhaps you have heard of “aura points,” this new web expression that brings the esoteric concept of aura back into fashion? While the term is finding its way onto the…
MusiquePlus: dead and buried? | La Presse
MusiquePlus is about to come back to life for one evening, in a special show mainly focused on emerging musical talent. There will be, in MusicPlus as an encorethe unforgettable…
Rail industry dispute pits economy against right to strike
Rail life seems to be getting back to normal this Monday, due to the intervention of the federal government and the decision of the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB). Goods…
Justin Trudeau insists he will not leave the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada
Although his party is lagging far behind in the polls and suffered a historic defeat in a by-election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has no intention of giving up his place…
Smart cars track potholes on the road
Published 08/26/2024 4:20 PM Video length: 2 min Road safety: smart cars track potholes on the road Road safety: smart cars track potholes on the road (France 2) The quality…
Radio | Mario Dumont jumps (firmly) into the arena
It was with great ease that Mario Dumont launched the “new 99.5 of Montreal”. At 6 o’clock on Monday morning, he grabbed the microphone with impressive aplomb and left it…
Gaza: NGOs defending journalists call on EU to put pressure on Israel
Some sixty international organisations defending the press are calling on the European Union on Monday to suspend its association agreement with Israel, after almost eleven months of attacks on media…
Canada’s turn to tighten access to the Low-Wage Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Ottawa will tighten access to the low-wage temporary foreign worker program, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday morning before heading to a three-day federal cabinet retreat. This announcement follows that…
Youth Justice Protection agents once again called to mobilize against “a social plan”
The inter-union is calling for a day of strike action on Thursday against the non-renewal, from September 1, of many contract agent contracts. Published 08/26/2024 1:45 p.m. Reading time: 1…
Gallagher brothers fuel band reunion rumors
The legendary Britpop group split up in a big way backstage at Rock en Seine in August 2009. Since then, their possible reunion has fuelled speculation. France Télévisions – Culture…
Back to school radio | Morning
Back-to-school morning shows on FM. Published at 8:00 a.m. 99.5 Montreal PHOTO MARCO CAMPANOZZI, THE PRESS Mario Dumont will host the morning show at 99.5 Montreal. He is likely to…
Argentina | The “taxi dancers”, transmitters of the first tangos
(Buenos Aires) Buenos Aires without dancing the tango? Unthinkable. But tango without an initiator? Unplayable. Make way for the “taxi-dancers”, private dancers hired by beginners, tourists especially, to avoid missteps,…
“We feel like we’re bailing out the sea with a teaspoon,” laments the mayor of Grenoble
Several shootings took place in the Grenoble metropolitan area in August. The mayor of Grenoble said on France Inter that “the government is failing”. Article written by franceinfo – with…
Oasis Reunion | Gallagher Brothers Fuel Speculation
(London) Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, who have been estranged since 2009, have hinted in a social media post that there could be an announcement on Tuesday regarding Oasis, fuelling…
Company assures that its boss arrested in France “has nothing to hide”
Pavel Durov was arrested by border police on Saturday as he got off a plane in Le Bourget (Seine-Saint-Denis). According to information from franceinfo, the French justice system accuses him…
Teachers’ unions call for strike in nursery and primary schools on September 10
They denounce the generalization of assessments in all elementary school classes. Published 08/26/2024 11:38 Reading time: 1 min A classroom on January 19, 2024 in Village-Neuf, in Haut-Rhin. (JEAN-FRANÇOIS FREY…
In France, the impasse continues at the start of a crucial week
A crucial week is beginning with tension in France, while Emmanuel Macron leaves uncertainty hanging over the person he should appoint to Matignon. In any case, Jean-Luc Mélenchon promises to…
What to watch for on August 26, 2024?
Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia was summoned today by the Prosecutor’s Office to be heard as part of a criminal investigation. “Citizen Edmundo González Urrutia” is summoned “on August…