New Commemorative Plaque Installed in Lyon Honoring Resistance Hero Jean Moulin

New Commemorative Plaque Installed in Lyon Honoring Resistance Hero Jean Moulin

“Jean Moulin lived here in the summer of 1942. » The brand new commemorative plaque has just been installed at the entrance to the building at 72 rue de la Charité (Lyon 2nd). It catches the eye of the passer-by and marks in stone the presence in this place of the hero of the Resistance … Read more

Flaco the Owl: From Zoo Escape to City Icon – Tragic Ending Sparks Calls for Bird Protection

Flaco the Owl: From Zoo Escape to City Icon – Tragic Ending Sparks Calls for Bird Protection

It’s the story of an owl who became a star. Known to all New Yorkers, this nocturnal bird of prey, named Flaco, was followed by many residents of the city since he escaped from his enclosure at the New York Zoo in 2023. Someone had opened his cage and the police are still looking for … Read more

Helicopter lifts stranded plane in Nanteuil-lès-Meaux – extraordinary rescue operation

Helicopter lifts stranded plane in Nanteuil-lès-Meaux – extraordinary rescue operation

Par Audrey Gruaz Published on Feb 29, 24 at 7:04 p.m. See my news Follow La Marne This is an exceptional operation which took place on Thursday February 29, 2024, in a field in Nanteuil-lès-Meaux. At the very beginning of the afternoon, a helicopter landed near the plane which had had to make an emergency … Read more

Ruth Gottesman’s $1 Billion Donation Makes Medical School Accessible to All

Ruth Gottesman’s  Billion Donation Makes Medical School Accessible to All

Ruth Gottesman donated $1 billion to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, a very generous donation that makes this school now accessible to all. Ruth Gottesman donated $1 billion to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, a very generous donation that makes this school now accessible to all. INTERNATIONAL – The entire room shouted with … Read more

McSorley’s Old Ale House: New York’s Oldest Saloon Survives Wars, Pandemics, and History

McSorley’s Old Ale House: New York’s Oldest Saloon Survives Wars, Pandemics, and History

By Le Figaro with AFP Published 2 hours ago, Updated 39 minutes ago McSorley’s Old Ale House is the oldest saloon in New York. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP Nestled since 1854 in Manhattan, McSorley’s Old Ale House has valiantly weathered wars, September 11 and the Covid-19 pandemic. It experienced the Civil War, two world conflicts, … Read more

Le Havre Skyline Exhibition at City Hall: A Comparison to Manhattan Silhouette and Light

Le Havre Skyline Exhibition at City Hall: A Comparison to Manhattan Silhouette and Light

Par Romain HUYNH Published on 18 Feb 24 at 7:44 See my news Follow 76actu In Le Havre, it is everywhere: on posters, mugs, as decorations to hang on the walls… the Le Havre “skyline”, this very characteristic silhouette which stands out above the horizon, is the subject of a exhibition at City Hall until … Read more

New Yorker Hotel squatter charged with filing fake property records and claiming ownership of landmark Manhattan building

New Yorker Hotel squatter charged with filing fake property records and claiming ownership of landmark Manhattan building

What you should know For five years, a New York City man managed to live rent-free in a landmark Manhattan hotel by taking advantage of an obscure local housing law. But prosecutors said this week that Mickey Barreto went too far when he filed documents claiming ownership of the entire New Yorker Hotel building and … Read more

Man At Center of New Yorker Hotel Rent-Free Living Scandal Arrested and Charged

New Yorker Hotel squatter charged with filing fake property records and claiming ownership of landmark Manhattan building

What you should know For five years, a New York City man managed to live rent-free in a landmark Manhattan hotel by taking advantage of an obscure local housing law. But prosecutors said this week that Mickey Barreto went too far when he filed documents claiming ownership of the entire New Yorker Hotel building and … Read more

Calgary Friends Win $50 Million Lotto 6/49 Jackpot After 17 Years of Playing Together

Calgary Friends Win  Million Lotto 6/49 Jackpot After 17 Years of Playing Together

Their perseverance was rewarded. In Canada, three friends who have been playing the lottery together for seventeen years have finally hit the jackpot! They won a whopping $50 million in Lotto 6/49, one of three national lottery games. “I’m happy that the three of us can share this (…). I don’t know what I would … Read more

South Korea’s Historic Demographic Challenge: Population Threatened to be Halved within 80 Years

South Korea’s Historic Demographic Challenge: Population Threatened to be Halved within 80 Years

South Korea faces a historic demographic challenge. Last year, the country recorded the worst fertility rate in its history: 0.72. If the latter is maintained, South Korea’s population threatens to be halved within 80 years. This is why the state has already spent more than 280,000 billion won, or 196 million euros. Some local companies … Read more