Alistair Brownlee has come second, behind tennis world number one and 2016 Wimbledon winner Andy Murray, at BBC Sports Personality of the Year. In third place was showjumper Nick Skelton who, like the other two, also won gold in Rio. Advertisement The awards were held at a glittering ceremony at the Genting Arena in Birmingham…
Have you built your blanket fort yet? Have you emerged from your blanket fort yet? Mother Nature is not playing around, it’s beyond frigid outside. The only thing warming our souls this winter might be watching Harry Potter movies all day, every day. Netflix we are forever grateful for keeping us from crying until summer…
Dans un très beau documentaire qui lui est consacré, Françoise Hardy, la discrète, diffusé sur Arte, (le 23 septembre, à 22h25), la chanteuse revient sur l’écriture d’une de ses plus belles chansons : Tant de jolies choses. Malade, elle a écrit ces mots pour consoler son fils Thomas. « C’est une chanson vraiment très importante…
EU Commissioner of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici | Aris Oikonomou/AFP via Getty Images Moscovici: EU to add 10 countries to its blacklist of tax havens The list will be amended at a meeting of EU economy and finance ministers on Tuesday. By Florian Eder and Bjarke Smith-Meyer 3/11/19, 4:04 PM…
A robot submarine able to hunt and kill the predatory crown-of-thorns starfish devastating the Great Barrier Reef was unveiled by Australian researchers on Friday. Scientists at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) said the robot, named the RangerBot and developed with a grant from Google, would serve as a "robo reef protector" for the vast World…
L’hebdomadaire Télérama, qui a assisté au tournage de “Jimmy Picard” d’Arnaud Desplechin avec Benicio del Toro et Mathieu Amalric, a publié deux premières photos. Annoncé depuis plusieurs mois, le tournage du nouveau long métrage d’Arnaud Desplechin, Jimmy Picard, a enfin eu lieu cet été, entre le Montana et le Michigan. Inspiré d’un ouvrage de Georges…
An Indian journalist has released a short video purportedly showing part of a dogfight between Indian and Pakistani jet fighters over the skies of Kashmir. India earlier claimed it downed a Pakistani F-16 during the encounter. Ajay Jandyal shared an “exclusive” 30-second clip of the aftermath of a February 27 skirmish between Pakistani and Indian…
Donald Trump has said he is “not happy” with a Congress deal addressing his border wall demands but insisted he did not want another government shutdown, raising hopes he will not veto the agreement. The US president said he was still working through details of the compromise, which was struck by Republican and Democrat…
Aerosmith, c’est 50 ans d’existence et un catalogue foisonnant que se partageait, jusqu’à aujourd’hui, Sony Music/Colombia et Geffen Records. Mais tout va changer en 2022. En effet, alors que la formation menée par Steven Tyler est sur le point de récupérer les droits de ses premiers albums, Aerosmith (1973), Get Your Wings (1974), Toys in the…
With Solskjaer likely to rotate his squad, Al Hain-Cole is backing the Eredivisie visitors to avoid defeat on their Europa League trip to Old Trafford Manchester United will be aiming to wrap up top spot when AZ Alkmaar visit Old Trafford in Thursday’s Europa League clash. The Red Devils are a point clear of their…