Republicans win Senate, Democrats win on abortion… Other U.S. election polls
The President’s party needed to win only two seats to secure a majority in the Senate, and this year it benefited from a favorable turnover. In this totally unpredictable election, there was just about one certainty. The Democrats were likely to lose their 51-vote majority in the Senate. The Republicans had only two seats to […]
ex-football star Diego Forlan believes he “has nothing to prove” before playing his first professional match
SCAN SPORT – With his first professional doubles tennis match coming up in a few days’ time, former Uruguayan player Diego Forlan looks serene. Just a few days away from his first tennis match on the professional circuit, “a privilege”the former Uruguayan soccer star Diego Forlan judged that he had “nothing to prove”. “I enjoy […]
How did the gay hit Y.M.C.A. become Donald Trump’s anthem?
The new President of the United States, a great opponent of the LGBT+ movement, used the Village People song at his presidential campaign rallies. A surprising choice, but one carefully considered by the billionaire. Hijacking, old-fashioned nostalgia, personal taste, misguided ideological conservatism… How Y.M.C.A.could the Village People’s 1978 hit have become the anthem of Donald […]
Trump’s return makes waves on the Paris Bourse, Crédit Agricole falls on results
The Paris Bourse ended its session in the red after a long spell above equilibrium on Wednesday. CHARLENE YVES The CAC 40 had caught fire at the opening with Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election. After assessing all the indicators coming out of the United States, the Paris Bourse ended up taking the […]
Donald Trump’s victory plunges Marine Le Pen and the RN back into the “American dream”
The analysis of the vote across the Atlantic with the election of the Republican billionaire could hold lessons in Hexagone. A few sentences of confounding sobriety. Marine Le Pen took her time on Wednesday to react to the Donald Trump’s announced return to the White House. There’s no lyricism or national-populist victory cry, just a […]
Keenan, Hansen and Aki return… Ireland rely on experience to challenge the Blacks
Ireland coach Andy Farrell welcomes back three key players for the rematch of last year’s World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand. Ireland rugby team coach Andy Farrell has opted to start three returnees, wingers Hugo Keenan and Mack Hansen and center Bundee Akiin the test match against New Zealand in Dublin on Friday (9.10pm). All […]
What President Donald Trump’s red tie says
DECRYPTAGE – Elected President of the United States on Wednesday, the Republican candidate wore his traditional scarlet tie throughout the campaign. A choice that is by no means insignificant, and helps to reinforce his image. Faded yellow hair, orange face, black overcoat, navy suit… When people talk about Donald Trump, who has just been elected […]
Prix Médicis crowns Julia Deck for Ann d’Angleterre
The jurors singled out a book that tells the darkly humorous story of a woman’s struggle to see her elderly mother die with dignity. This year, the Prix Médicis has the happy idea of rewarding a French novelist, Julia Deckwho handles black humor and irony to perfection – no doubt thanks to her British maternal […]
hub of digital creativity
From the special effects of Oscar-winning blockbusters to mega-hit video games and animated films, Montreal has established itself as a hub of digital creativity… the culture of the future. Studios abound, as do mega-budgets. Stranger Things, 1917, Assassin’s Creed… you only have to name one flagship production of the last 10 years to find a […]
three hooded men armed with Kalashnikovs are arrested before a gangland incident
Seen hooded, gloved and armed, three men were arrested at the end of October in Lyon by two BAC crews when they appeared, in all likelihood, to be taking part in a settling of accounts. Le Figaro Lyon A settling of scores on October 31 in Lyon? That evening, three masked, gloved and armed men […]