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Child labor | The duty
Here is the horror of horrors: “Child labor, the misery of toddlers exploited by the wealth-producing industry! And this in all countries. This is what the pamphleteer Léon Bloy wrote…
Coups in the 21st century | The duty
The overthrow, eleven days ago, of a “Marxist-Leninist” president in Peru after a autogolpe failed, the phony election of the weekend which is ending in Tunisia and the police super-operation…
[Opinion] The difficult exercise of reconnecting with China
The Trudeau government has finally released its strategy for the Indo-Pacific region. The rise of China and the swelling confrontation between Beijing and Washington have forced Ottawa to define its…
Elon Musk asks Twitter users if he should quit
(Washington) Elon Musk is asking Twitter users to decide whether he should quit after acknowledging he made a mistake in launching new restrictions to ban mentions of rival social networks.…
Money and Happiness | What we learned in 2022
In the newsletter money and happiness, sent by email on Tuesday, our journalist Nicolas Bérubé offers reflections on enrichment, the psychology of investors, financial decision-making. His texts are reproduced here…
Twitter prohibits links to competing social networks
(Washington) Twitter will now ban its users from posting links to competing social networks, such as Facebook or Instagram, at a time when Elon Musk’s platform is under fire for…
Technological winks | The Press
Overview of the news of the week in the world of techno. Posted at 1:00 p.m. Piracy Business hacking has its international competition, the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC), which…
Tested: Echo Dot with 2022 clock | Brilliant… even a little too much
For its fifth generation, Amazon’s affordable smart speaker, the spherical Echo Dot with clock, inherits notable small improvements, such as a motion sensor, thermometer and new languages. But while its…
The wise investor | Power Corporation loses its only buy suggestion
Every Sunday, we shine the spotlight on financial and stock market news items that may be useful to the investor, but which may have passed under the radar. Posted at…
End-of-year corporate gifts: rules to follow
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Lifestyle | What to do with your falling investments?
Sometimes we make a plan and, in the end, nothing goes as planned. This is the case for many people nearing retirement right now who watch with dismay the decline…
15 local gift suggestions for design lovers.
This text is part of the special book Plaisirs We no longer need to be convinced: buying local is trendy! And the choice is not lacking to please design lovers.…
Thetford Mines | A second life for 200 tonnes of electronic waste
Quebec could become a world leader in the recovery of electronic waste, with the opening within a year of a pilot plant in Thetford Mines which will be able to…
African Holiday Spirit with Chef Maria-José de Frias
This text is part of the special book Plaisirs From her hometown of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to Montreal, where she has lived for 15 years, chef…
Amazon enters the list of OPC complaints
While it is the madness of shopping in malls, the time has come to take stock of what has annoyed you, as a consumer, for a year. Purchases of used…
Twitter | Elon Musk reinstates suspended accounts of journalists
(San Francisco) The Twitter accounts of several journalists, suspended after they were accused by Elon Musk of endangering his family, were reinstated on Saturday, but some said they were ordered…
Festive and sought-after cuvées from Île d’Orléans
This text is part of the special book Plaisirs Gaétan Demers dreamed of returning to the land. A little more than 10 years ago, he concretized a long-considered retirement project…
A submarine electric cable project bypassing Russia
(Bucharest) Azerbaijan will supply the European Union (EU) with electricity through a new submarine cable, according to an agreement signed on Saturday in Romania and aimed at diversifying the bloc’s…
Inflation, a possible cause of the growth of shoplifting
Shoplifting is increasing at an alarming rate, according to inside retail industry sources. Posted at 10:48 a.m. Sharif Hassan The Canadian Press Inflation and lack of labor could be the…
the Swedish giant will deliver its Parisian customers by boat to avoid traffic jams
Ikea sur Seine: the Swedish giant will deliver its Parisian customers by boat to avoid traffic jams Access to accessibility menu source site-21