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Iranian free speech activist Hossein Ronaghi has sewn his lips together in protest following the reported suicide of fellow activist Kianoosh Sanjari, according to posts on his social media account. Source link
It’s been just over a year since Argentina elected Javier Milei as president. The political outsider had brandished a chainsaw as a symbol of his plans to cut government spending. So is Milei’s “shock therapy” working? FRANCE 24’s Kate Moody speaks to Juan Ignacio Carranza of Aurora Macro Strategies in Buenos Aires. Source link
Investors do not like chaos and confusing scenarios. Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and other volatile assets have price drops. When bitcoin (BTC) seemed about to reach $100,000 for the first time in its history, news about the war between Russia and Ukraine began to set off alarm bells worldwide. During the current day, Ukraine reported having been … Read more
The multi-faceted performer Dorothée Munyaneza has adapted Kae Tempest’s play “Hopelessly Devoted” for the stage, in a French-language production at the Bouffes du Nord theater. She tells us why she wanted to explore many different forms of love in her version “Inconditionelles”, and how the emotion can be a powerful liberating force, whether it exists … Read more
Ursula Haverbeck, a notorious Holocaust denier whom even a two-year prison spell failed to deter from making fallacious claims about the mass murders and other atrocities committed by the German Nazi regime, has died at the age of 96. Her lawyer, Wolfram Nahrath, told a Hamburg court, where she was appealing a conviction for inciting … Read more
A teenager disappeared with a loot of 30 thousand dollars harvested after the launch of his own project, the GenZ Quant (QUANT). This initiative caught the attention of a community, which even reached a frenzy, when they observed, during a live broadcast, a boy of about 12 years of age, whom they saw as a … Read more
For wine lovers, it’s time to sip and celebrate: this Thursday marks Beaujolais Nouveau day in France and worldwide. In this Entre Nous, we find out how, for some, the third Thursday of November became synonymous with drinking. We also break down some of the other rules about this famous French wine. Finally, we discuss … Read more
The French have the reputation of being romantic. It’s even the cliché that they are sexually liberated and good lovers. But what are their sex lives really like? The answer is quite surprising. According to a new study by France’s National Institute of Health, the French are having sex less frequently and starting later in … Read more
The Bavarian Trade Association (HBE) forecasts sales in Bavarian retail of 15.3 billion euros for the 2024 Christmas business. That would correspond to a nominal sales increase of 1.3%. After months of depressed consumer sentiment, there are now signs that it is improving slightly again, says HBE President Ernst Läuger: “Consumer sentiment will rise slightly … Read more
Angela Merkel was the longest-serving chancellor of a post-war, united Germany, earning a reputation for calm and pragmatic leadership. On Thursday, The time published passages from her highly anticipated book Freedom. Memories 1954-2021. Here are some of the key takeaways. On growing up in East Germany Born in Hamburg in what was then West Germany … Read more