Nantes. The Tissé Métisse festival returns in December

Nantes.  The Tissé Métisse festival returns in December

Tissé Métisse organized an intercultural and solidarity day of celebration, Saturday, September 18, in the square of Maquis-de-Saffré, in Nantes, with events, meetings and concerts. Among the associations present, happy to meet: the Lemurs, Asprobir (Solidarity Association for the Promotion of Books and Reading), the Délices de Tunisie, Côté Afrique, the House of Africa, the … Read more

Maine-et-Loire. Two young men and the driver were injured in a school bus accident

Maine-et-Loire.  Two young men and the driver were injured in a school bus accident

At around 8 a.m. this Thursday, September 9, 2021, an accident between a school bus and a car killed three people. Slightly injured, the 11-year-old girl, the 14-year-old boy and the 41-year-old driver were transported to the Ancenis hospital in Loire-Atlantique by the firefighters. The accident took place on the D253 between Saint-Sauveur-de-Landemont and Drain, … Read more

United States. Hurricane Henri rushes towards New York and the Northeast coasts

United States.  Hurricane Henri rushes towards New York and the Northeast coasts

Henri, storm turned category 1 hurricane, heads straight north-east of the United States, a region usually relatively untouched by hurricanes, with flooding and heavy rains in prospect perhaps as early as Sunday morning. With winds now up to 120 km / h, Henri must reach the American coast on Sunday at Long Island, near New … Read more

Bouguenais. New blood drive, Thursday, at the Piano’cktail

Bouguenais.  New blood drive, Thursday, at the Piano’cktail

The blood donors were at the meeting point for the blood drive on Saturday morning, at the René-Gautier room, in Bouaye. 105 donors, including twenty new ones, came for a blood sample. Stocks of blood products are particularly sensitive during the summer period to meet all the needs during transfusions, surgery or to treat blood … Read more

Flight Nantes – Malaga: “We were treated like pigs”, denounces a passenger – LINFO.re

Flight Nantes – Malaga: “We were treated like pigs”, denounces a passenger – LINFO.re

Passengers on Volotea V7 2214 were scheduled to board Saturday morning, but did not leave until early afternoon the next day. More than 30 hours late The 180 passengers of the I volotea V7 2214 to Malaga, in Spain, recounted their journey. They were to board the aircraft at 5:30 a.m. (metropolitan time) Saturday July … Read more

Nantes. Arrests during the demonstration against the health pass

Nantes.  Arrests during the demonstration against the health pass

A demonstration against the health pass was held this Saturday, July 31, in Nantes, as in several other cities in France. At the height of the mobilization, we counted nearly 5,000 demonstrators. Outrage and refusal to comply On the sidelines of a generally very calm procession, a few clashes erupted at the end of the … Read more

Diplomacy: Beijing sends a “wolf” to the United States

Diplomacy: Beijing sends a “wolf” to the United States

The wolf has arrived in the fold. On Wednesday July 28, 2021, Qin Gang, China’s new ambassador to the United States, landed in Washington. He will decide with his predecessor Cui Tiankai, in the friendly and polite tone of the “classic” diplomat. The future 55-year-old ambassador will be a bit more aggressive. Not surprisingly, Qin … Read more

Brazil. Thousands of demonstrators in the streets to demand the impeachment of Bolsonaro

Brazil.  Thousands of demonstrators in the streets to demand the impeachment of Bolsonaro

Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets on Saturday, demanding the impeachment of the president Jair Bolsonaro for its management of the health crisis when the toll of the epidemic exceeds half a million dead, noted journalists from theAFP. Protesters marched for the fourth weekend in a row at the call of left-wing … Read more

Thirty 14,400-year-old viruses discovered in Himalayan glaciers

Thirty 14,400-year-old viruses discovered in Himalayan glaciers

“Let’s just hope none of them infect someone”, writes the site Futurism who relays the discovery. According to the study published on July 20 in the scientific journal Microbiome, the researchers found no less than 33 viruses by analyzing ice taken in 2015 at the top of the Guliyan ice cap, on the plateau tibetan, … Read more