Month: February 2020

Le philosophe Alain Finkielkraut a été élu à l’Académie Française le 10 avril. Une élection « dans un fauteuil » pour un homme engagé. À 64 ans, le philosophe, écrivain et essayiste français Alain Finkielkraut a été élu à l’Académie française par 16 voix sur 28 au fauteuil de Félicien Marceau, décédé le 7 mars…

Si bien des fans ont été déçus d’apprendre que Ryan Gosling filait le parfait amour avec Eva Mendes, au point d’être bientôt papa, il y a une actrice qui n’a vraiment pas apprécié la nouvelle : Rachel McAdams. D’après le magazine américain Life & Style, l’ex de Ryan Gosling serait dévastée par l’idée que l’acteur…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich said the show had multiple conversations with Ariana Grande about possibly performing Sunday but the singer “felt it was too late for her to pull something together,” but Grande accused Ehrlich of lying. Grande fired back on Twitter on Thursday, saying “i’ve kept my mouth shut but…

Sausages, ham and other processed meats | Philippe Huguen/AFP via Getty Images Politics trumped experts in battle over French food labels Documents show Brussels was warned a big gesture to French farmers could undermine the single market but proceeded anyway. By Emmet Livingstone 9/19/17, 11:00 AM CET Updated 9/28/17, 8:42 AM CET French exceptionalism is…

In 1966, left-wing activist Mark Lane published a book arguing that the assassination of the 35th president, three years earlier, could not possibly have been carried out by Lee Harvey Oswald.  Lane’s book, titled Rush to Judgement, concluded that there must have been a larger conspiracy at work, involving multiple gunmen, probably operating from the legendary grassy…

Click:Courier bag making machine EU Commissioner of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici | John Thys/AFP via Getty Images Midday brief, in brief Today at Commission, eurozone and ‘No Planet B’ Commission expresses regret at Trump’s stance on climate change. By Quentin Ariès 5/31/17, 5:15 PM CET Updated 5/31/17, 6:07 PM CET…

Other than a handful of technical nominations, the flag-less First Man earned only shade from Oscar this year. Despite an untold number of critics declaring the movie a masterpiece, the box office flop failed to earn a single prestigious nomination, A number of factors worked against director Damien Chazelle’s biopic about Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling),…

People gather and symbolically topple a giant bottle of glyphosate in front of European Commission in Brussels, Belgium | Stephanie Lecocq/EPA Diplomats: EU reapproves glyphosate for five years The decision was possible thanks to a last-minute change of position by Germany. By Simon Marks, Florian Eder and Giulia Paravicini 11/27/17, 3:35 PM CET Updated 1/16/18, 4:12…

The Reds skipper claims Jurgen Klopp’s side have had to deal with adversity, amid record-breaking exploits, with determination getting them through Jordan Henderson claims that Liverpool have suffered plenty of setbacks this season despite it looking from the outside as though the Reds are enjoying a relentless march towards more major silverware. Jurgen Klopp’s side…

Proposed new digital commissioner Mariya Gabriel | EPP Group Mariya Gabriel to be given Commission’s digital portfolio Bulgarian says post is ‘primarily a political job, not a technical one.’ By Joanna Plucinska and Maïa de La Baume 5/16/17, 12:35 PM CET Updated 1/28/18, 10:58 PM CET STRASBOURG, France — Mariya Gabriel, Bulgaria’s pick to join the European Commission,…