Emmanuel Macron, earlier in his trip to the Indian Ocean. – Jacques Witt / SIPA A general strike to welcome the president: after Mayotte and a hook by the Scattered Islands, Emmanuel Macron arrives Wednesday on an island of Reunion still in acute social crisis, one year after the movement of "yellow vests". The Head … Read more
Most recently, the scandal surrounding Nike's controversial training center called the Oregon Project, whose boss Alberto Salazar was banned for violating anti-doping rules, was added. According to emails and files cited by US media, athletics trainer Salazar Parker allegedly informed several times about testosterone experiments. The affair also brought criticism to the Nike boss who … Read more
Lillördag means ‘little Saturday’ and comes from the words lille (little) and lördag (Saturday). Today, it’s an alternative word for… Wednesday. But why? In times gone by, maids and servants might have to work on Saturdays, and were given one weekday off work instead, usually midweek. So Wednesday (usually onsdag in Swedish, getting its name … Read more
At some point in life, it affects almost everyone: back pain. Sometimes the complaints are in the neck area, sometimes in the loins. Very often nothing is hidden behind it, but the result of a lack of exercise. Dr. Matthias Soyka is a specialist in orthopedics and trauma surgery as well as special pain therapy. … Read more
Dhe building a home costs time and above all money. The state supports families with the so-called Baukindergeld in the first purchase of self-used residential real estate. For eligibility, some conditions must be met, such as the annual taxable household income may not exceed 90 000 € in a child, plus 15 000 € per … Read more
Around the world, large cities have high ambitions in terms of climate, but difficult today to evaluate the effectiveness of their actions. A pilot project in Paris will soon be able to measure continuously the impact of climate plans on CO2 emissions. The world's major cities and their inhabitants account for about 70% of global … Read more