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After two years of pandemic, world cinema is struggling in 2022
The end of December is a good time to look in the rear view mirror. In the cultural sector, the highlight of 2022 remains the drop in cinema attendance, as…
The not always consensual history of national holidays around the world
National holidays are celebrated throughout the world, in very small islands as well as large nations, except for one… The celebrations, which became widespread in the 20th century, are sometimes…
MEP Eva Kaili’s lawyer, the new laughing stock of the internet in Greece
In Greece, it is the humorous delicacy that Internet users delight in for the end-of-year celebrations. At the end of the week, in Brussels, facing the microphones of the international…
Why do we party?
In most cases, the party is an exception and a paroxysm, it punctuates life by following the calendar of the seasons or history. It puts us in contact with the…
a shy Father Christmas who brings together the children of Baghdad
Rafed Ryad Ben Zami is rather discreet. He devotes his days to the cathedral of Saint-Joseph and Saint-Thérèse in the Karada district of Baghdad. Throughout the year, he organizes the…
“The James-Webb telescope revolutionizes all areas of astrophysics”
A year after it was put into orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket on December 25, 2021, the James-Webb space telescope has already delivered many photos that have gone around…
“The Iranian banking system is bankrupt”
For more than three months, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been the scene of an unprecedented wave of protest. The political and societal crisis adds to the economic crisis…
“Show the world that Russia is not isolated”
Russia must begin this Wednesday, and for eight days, military maneuvers with the Chinese navy. The place: the East China Sea, east of Shanghai, in a very strategic space: Taiwan…
Internet users organize to repatriate stolen idols and works of art
Last week, the famous international auction house Christie’s in France canceled the sale of the statue of Nataraj, Hindu god Shiva after a mobilization of Indian Internet users. From our…
In Reunion, the Fet’ Kaf to commemorate the abolition of slavery and celebrate the culture of the island
Every year, on December 20, Réunion commemorates the abolition of slavery in 1848. This symbolic day has been a public holiday since 1983. A way of not forgetting the island’s…