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Global cocaine supply at record highs
(Vienna) Coca cultivation jumped 35% between 2020 and 2021, reaching a record high, according to a UN report released on Thursday, which points to the emergence of new drug hubs…
Global Markets | The fall of Credit Suisse weighs on Europe
(Paris) The Western stock markets relapsed on Wednesday, the renewed fears with regard to the banking sector and in particular Credit Suisse making investors very feverish before meetings of the…
Saudi Arabia wants to become ‘a global aviation hub’
(New York) The two Saudi airlines, Saudia and the brand new Riyadh Air, each ordered 39 long-haul 787 Dreamliners from Boeing on Tuesday, and put options for 43 more aircraft,…
For global and integrated pedestrian signaling
Pedestrian crossings already existed more than 2000 years ago, as evidenced by the ruins of Pompeii. Posted at 12:00 p.m. Yves-Marie Lefebvre Blind pedestrian The first gas-powered traffic lights appeared…
Droughts and floods set to worsen with global warming
The intensity of extreme events linked to the water cycle – such as droughts and floods – is strongly correlated with average temperatures around the world, so they will become…
Agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia | Xi Jinping’s global ambitions
When Beijing played the role of mediator this week in the surprise rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, it marked a new level of ambition for Xi Jinping, China’s top…
Agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia | Xi Jinping’s global ambitions
When Beijing played the role of mediator this week in the surprise rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, it marked a new level of ambition for Xi Jinping, China’s top…
A global history of maple syrup
“When Pope Francis came to Quebec last summer, he repeated that it was the Aboriginal peoples who discovered maple syrup. Obviously, it was not the pope who found that on…
Fourth quarter | WSP Global posts declining profit
(Montreal) WSP Global on Wednesday posted a profit of 120 million for its fourth quarter, down 5.3% from the same period a year earlier, despite a 23.2% growth in revenue.…
Global markets spooked by Fed chief’s comments
Global stock markets sank into the red and US bond rates rose sharply after the stern tone used by Jerome Powell, Chairman of the US Federal Reserve (Fed), before the…
Climate: global warming undermines a hydroelectric dam in Haute-Savoie
Posted on 06/03/2023 21:50 Video length: 4 mins. FRANCE 3 Article written by C. Tixier, A. Fuzellier, O. Labalette, Y. Saidani – France 3 France Televisions Global warming disrupts hydroelectric…
Climate: global warming undermines a hydroelectric dam in Haute-Savoie
Posted on 06/03/2023 21:50 Video length: 4 mins. FRANCE 3 Article written by C. Tixier, A. Fuzellier, O. Labalette, Y. Saidani – France 3 France Televisions Global warming is jeopardizing…
The UN takes another step towards global tracking of greenhouse gases
The United Nations should soon be able to better observe the greenhouse gases that cause climate change by coordinating the monitoring operations that already exist in different regions of the…
Global markets end the week in the green
(New York) The stock markets ended the week in the green on Friday, showing optimism after accommodating statements from an official of the American central bank (Fed) and the decline…
We explain why forests are great allies against global warming
Posted on 03/03/2023 11:19 Update on 03/03/2023 15:38 Video length: 3 mins. FranceInfo Article written by Emmanuel Macron was in Libreville, Gabon to participate in the One Forest Summit, the…
Global markets want to end the week on a positive note
(Paris) The stock markets Friday continued their positive trend of the day before, optimistic after statements in the accommodating tone of an official of the American central bank and a…
Global News’ turn to fire journalists
After Postmedia and Quebecor, it’s Global News’ turn to announce new layoffs in its newsrooms. These layoffs “erode democracy in Canada,” denounced Thursday the Unifor union, which represents 800 members…
Protecting the Amazon Rainforest | Washington calls for a global fight against deforestation
(Brasilia) The American special envoy for the climate, John Kerry, affirmed Tuesday in Brasilia that the fight against the destruction of the Amazon must be carried out “at the global…
Evelyne Dheliat reframes Yann Moix in “What an era” after an optimistic statement on the future of the planet in the face of global warming!
Like every Saturday, Léa Salamé took the reins of a new issue of Quelle époque on France 2! This February 25, 2023, the host, accompanied by Christophe Dechavanne, received Philippe…
the global circulation of raw materials profoundly modified
Energy has been one of the secondary fronts of the war in Ukraine, used as an economic weapon by Russia and Europe. As the war in Ukraine has entered its…