This is unheard of in the principality. The legislative elections organized on Sunday in Monaco, and won by the Monegasque National Union list, were marked by a record abstention of nearly 43%. Only 4,348 of the 7,594 Monegasque residents aged over 25, and therefore having the right to vote, voted to renew the National Council, the local parliament, whose members are elected every five years.The participation rate, at 57.26%, is historically low. It has never been less than 70% over...
The Boeing 747, whose final copy is delivered on Tuesday, marked the history of civil aviation by becoming the first two-aisle aircraft.Some 50,000 mechanics, engineers and administrative employees participated in the construction of the first copy in approximately 16 months, for a construction site which began in 1967. To assemble it, Boeing had to build the factory in Everett, in the North- western United States, which remains the largest building in the world by volume. First commercial flight in 1970...
The latest edition of the Angoulême Festival once again highlighted hundreds of authors, attracting an audience of 200,000 readers. An attendance that confirms the good health of the comics sector in bookstores with 85 million copies sold in 2022compared to more than 87 million in 2021.This 50th vintage is marked in particular by the coronation of Riad Sattouf, Grand Prix 2023, whose final volume of his successful saga The Arab of the Future was released in bookstores in November 2023....
The Angoulême Festival, which is currently holding its 50th edition, rewards comic book authors each year who thrill millions of readers in France. Because this sector is particularly on the rise with, in 2022, 85 million copies sold in France, more than half of which are manga. Among these comics, there are bound to be some that have marked you the most or for which the wait for the next volume has seemed interminable to you.You are already wondering who...
It's a cold week that we're going to have to endure, perhaps one of the coldest this winter. The northeast, continental wind will bring us very low temperatures, about 5°C below average, and frosts, sometimes severe. A cold Monday Monday, the cold is general. The sky is often very cloudy. Some flakes are possible, between the east and the center of the country, as well as near the Pyrenees. In Corsica, powerful showers are expected. The breeze is sensitive, and...
Following the incidents that occurred on Friday evening, after the announcement of the verdict concerning the death of Axelle Dorier, the Lyon prosecutor's office announced that it had opened two investigations in order to shed light on various excesses, noted in the ranks of the civil parties but also among the relatives of the two accused.As a reminder, Youcef Tebbal, the driver of the car that hit and then dragged the victim 807 meters, was sentenced to 12 years in...
Apocalypse in Ukraine, “Woman, life, freedom” in Iran or A4 sheets in China… A look back at 10 words or expressions that marked the news in 2022.ApocalypseWith the war in Ukraine and the more or less explicit threats from Vladimir Putin, the possibility of nuclear war, or at least a tactical nuclear strike, has reappeared in the public debate as never in decades. "We have not faced the prospect of an apocalypse since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis" in...
We are in 1992. November 3rd. We're in college, quiet or debating creepy by Radiohead… and then, there, the friend Stéphane arrives with a new sound: that of RATM, or Rage Against the Machine. Exit Metallica or Suicidal Tendencies, for months it's " Killing in The Name » which will run flat out in CD players. For years, it's this dantesque tube that will end our high school evenings, our student Thursdays, our weekends in Haute-Savoie to see Stéphane and...
“I did a few forehands and a few backhands in my living room at 3am. Muriel Merolle lived like few yellow ball enthusiasts the coronation of Caroline Garcia, on the night of Monday to Tuesday, at the WTA Masters. Trainer of the now world number 4, from 2002 to 2007 at Asul Tennis Villeurbanne (Rhône), she returns to 20 minutes on the most important title (until then) of the career of his ex-protégé. According to Muriel Merolle, "there is not...
A journey through time, at the wheel of an arcade machine or a vintage controller, is offered to visitors by theReplay Museum Associationat Cap Science, in Bordeaux, until 13 November. About twenty gaming stations have been carefully installed by the association, some offering consoles dating back to the 1970s. Each time, explanatory panels serve as a guide to start playing. "The rules of these car games have the advantage of being simple, you don't need to worry too much", underlines...
