Tag: history
Aya Nakamura, doping, secret history… – L’Express
“We are all very impatient,” quivered Tony Estanguet on France Inter airwaves This Friday, July 26, on the morning of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. It…
Afghan boxer Jawid Aman Mukhamad, missing from the ring
He was one of only two Afghan athletes at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, USA. Boxer Jawid Aman Mukhamad didn’t even make it to the qualifying rounds for his category.…
On Monday, the highest average temperature in history was measured again – the previous record was broken in a day | Foreign countries
According to climate scientists, the most significant factors influencing global warming are fossil fuels and agriculture. Monday was the warmest day ever recorded by man globally. At that time, the…
the great history of the CEA – L’Express
Headquarters, factories, stores, these places constitute the starting points of some of the greatest French industrial and commercial sagas. In this summer seriesL’Express opens the doors to emblematic sites that…
Andras Toro, the Hungarian kayaker who dreamed of America
Eight years after the great Hungarian defection at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, athlete Andras Toro defected at the 1964 Tokyo Games. A canoe specialist, he sought asylum in the United…
The two revolutions of the Paris metro, from 1900 to today
The dream of a metro for Paris dates back to the very beginning of the Third Republic. Three decades later, line 1 was inaugurated for the 1900 World’s Fair. Twelve…
Last Sunday was the hottest day in the world’s measurement history | News in brief
The temperatures of the previous 13 months have been significantly higher than before. Last Sunday was the warmest day ever recorded by humans globally, the European environmental information service Copernicus…
East German luge specialist Ute Gähler
Ute Gähler is one of the only Olympic deserters to have disappeared during the Winter Olympics! It was in Innsbrück in 1964 that this East German luge specialist disappeared, before…
Crowdstrike’s mistake last week may have been the worst software failure in history: more than 5,000 flights have been canceled, health care in Britain still in trouble | Foreign countries
The update bug only affected 1% of all Windows users in the world, but the mess may take weeks to clean up. The mess of Crowdstrike, which messed up millions…
Biden withdrew, eyes turned to Kamala Harris! If elected, it will be a first in US history
US President Joe Biden has announced that he will not be a candidate in the November elections. Biden has indicated that Vice President Kamala Harris will be the candidate to…