Tag: years
Two years after Trump’s impeachment, Biden pledges to help Ukrainian president face Russia
He finally got his visit to the White House. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, to whom Donald Trump had asked “a favor” (trying to find compromising information on Joe Biden, which…
After two years of absence, do you miss the Braderie de Lille?
Normally Lille is a big party every first weekend in September. The largest garage sale in Europe, the Braderie de Lille attracts nearly two million people to the capital of…
Seven African Americans executed for rape of white woman, pardoned 70 years later
Exactly 70 years after their execution, seven African-American men were granted posthumous pardons. Those who had been nicknamed “the Seven of Martinsville” were sentenced to death in 1951 for the…
Employee absenteeism has jumped 22% in five years
I am sick. Since 2016, Gras Savoye has been scrutinizing the absenteeism of private sector employees using data from Health Insurance. In general, the trend is upwards at the national…
After 20 years of endless war, US troops have left the country
The last US soldiers have left Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced on Monday, leaving the country in the hands of the Taliban, their 20-year-old enemies, after the longest war in US…
“Persistent, arguable and convincing”: 50 years of Greenpeace | NDR.de – news
Status: 08/30/2021 9:17 p.m. The environmental organization Greenpeace celebrated its 50th anniversary in Stralsund. The spectacular actions of the environmentalists cause a stir again and again. Chancellor Merkel also came…
After 15 years of living together, can the show still surprise us?
The shivering back of the neck, the hands sweaty with emotion, the pasty mouth… You had missed the strong emotions that accompany each new season of Love is in the…
Munich: 25 years of city partnership with Harare – Munich
A marriage that, despite many difficulties, has existed for a quarter of a century is almost always worth celebrating. But although Munich and Harare signed a city partnership 25 years…
Summer weather 2021: As wet as it has not been for ten years – knowledge
from Benjamin von Brackel Many feel cheated of the summer after all the rain, especially since its too wet and cold end seems to transition directly into autumn and does…
“It is one of the most powerful hurricanes since 1850” … Sixteen years after Katrina, Ida sweeps over Louisiana
Sixteen years to the day after the devastating hurricane Katrina, Louisiana (south-eastern United States) is preparing this Sunday to undergo the assaults of Hurricane Ida, one of the most powerful…