André-Pierre Gignac started the closing Mexican league in spectacular fashion on Sunday night, during a victorious away match (3-0) with his club Tigres UANL at Santos Laguna. The French striker scored his side’s second goal and gave team-mate Luis Enrique Quinones the third in a game in which the club’s other Frenchman, Florian Thauvin, was … Read more
The United States won the inaugural United Cup, a mixed team event jointly organized by the ATP and the WTA. Team USA beat Italy in Sunday’s final in Sydney. The Americans forced the decision in three games, without conceding a single set. It was Taylor Fritz (ATP 9) who took the title point by beating … Read more
A winner in Sacramento on Wednesday, Atlanta fell short of chaining a second straight hit in California on Friday in the NBA. Still without Clint Capela, the Hawks lost 130-114 on the floor of the Los Angeles Lakers. Superstar LeBron James had 25 points and 10 assists in that game, the Lakers fourth straight. ‘King … Read more
Driven by the global cost-of-living crisis, New York is, for the first time, at the top of the ranking of the most expensive cities in the world, tied with Singapore, according to the weekly The Economist. First last year, Tel Aviv moved into third place. “Prices rose 8.1 percent on average year-on-year (in local currency) … Read more
More than 6,000 kilometers and an ocean separate Cornol from New York and yet almost 500 inhabitants of the village of Ajoulot emigrated to America between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Approximately 98% of these Jurassians settled in the United States between 1830 and 1930, with a good … Read more
Atlanta suffered its third straight NBA loss on Friday. Clint Capela’s Hawks lost 120-116 to the Brooklyn Nets, who have won six of their last seven games. Clint Capela has little to be ashamed of at the end of this match. The Genevan pivot closed this meeting with 15 points and 11 rebounds by signing … Read more
Brazil, who have recovered Neymar, will face Luka Modric’s Croatia in Doha on Friday (16:00) for a place in the semifinals in the first match of the quarterfinals of the World Cup. The classic between Argentina and Bays-Bas will follow (20:00). Authoritarian winners from South Korea who have left only the crumbs (4-1), the five-time … Read more
The United States was the world’s top destination in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2021, overtaking China, which was relegated to third place, according to a note released Wednesday by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In one year, foreign FDI increased by 11.3% (+$506 billion) compared to 2020, to reach a total of … Read more
For more than a year now, authors, composers and friends Ben Mazué and Grand Corps Malade have been forced to write to each other every week to tell each other and discuss their visions of their professions and life in general. Maintenance. We learn from your exchanges that Fabien Marsaud ( Great Sick Body ) … Read more
It was at the end of the 4th millennium, between the Tigris and the Euphrates, on the tablets. It was on clay and on everything malleable, on everything that could receive an inscription – this is how writing began, dug out, engraved with cuneiform characters. Then from shape it became drawing, from drawing it became … Read more