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Mont-Saint-Michel, 1,000 years of history
Navigate by keyboard Previous Following Clinging to its rocky islet overlooking one of the most beautiful bays in the world, the Mont Saint Michelclassified as a UNESCO world heritage site,…
Jaromir Jagr breaks the mighty record – the 52-year-old continues to write hockey history and refuses to quit
PHOTO: Bildbyrån Czech legend Jaromir Jagr has turned 52 – but is not finished with his hockey career. He became the oldest player in the history of professional hockey for…
Now begins the biggest election in world history
share-arrowShare unsaveSave chevron-leftprevchevron-rightnext Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event to launch his party’s, BJP’s, election manifesto in Delhi earlier in April. 1 / 4Photo: Manish Swarup/AP/TT One tenth…
Bomb, flood, anti-Semitism… Delving into the secret history of the National Assembly – L’Express
It is difficult to imagine, when we doze off today in front of the debates broadcast on The Parliamentary Channel, that the walls of the National Assembly sheltered such adventures.…
Emmanuel Macron in the Vercors to commemorate the resistance fighters of the Second World War
Ten days after the Glières plateau, the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, continues this Tuesday, April 16, the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the landing in Drôme, in…
Notre-Dame de Paris: “A combination of factors made it possible to meet the five-year renovation deadline”
Notre-Dame is reborn from its ashes, five years after a terrible fire at the world-famous French cathedral. Some 250 companies and hundreds of craftsmen, architects and professionals worked on the…
Thriller masterpiece with one of the best twists in the history of cinema
At the Sundance Film Festival, screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie pitched his idea for the gangster mystery The Usual Suspects to director Bryan Singer (X-Men, Operation Valkyrie). They got it with difficulty…
crowned champion for the first time in its history, Leverkusen ends Bayern Munich’s reign
Bayer Leverkusen was crowned German champion for the first time in its history after its demonstration against Werder Bremen (5-0), during the 29th day of the Bundesliga this Sunday, April…
Holloway in history, McGregor back… UFC 300 kept all its promises in Las Vegas
UFC 300, the MMA event of the year, left its mark on spirits and history on the night of April 13 to 14 in Las Vegas. The spectacular fights followed…
Leicester’s Jutta Rantala scored a great goal in the semi-final of the FA Cup – Tottenham still made history in the final | Sport
Finnish striker Jutta Rantala topped the women’s FA Cup goalscoring list. The Finns also saw Tottenham’s Eveliina Summanen and Olga Ahtinen in the semi-final. Eveliina Summanen and Olga Ahtinen represented…