/newsAprès la Renaissance et les Vikings, place à la découverte de Bagdad au IXe siècle pour les fans d'«Assassin's Creed», grâce au nouveau jeu de la franchise à succès qui sort jeudi et sur lequel compte l'éditeur français Ubisoft pour se relancer.Créée en 2007, la saga «Assassin's Creed» est une des franchises de jeux vidéo les plus populaires de ces quinze dernières années, avec plus de 200 millions d'exemplaires vendus dans le monde. Le dernier opus était «Valhalla» en 2020, qui avait dépassé le cap du «milliard d'euros de revenus», selon le patron d'Ubisoft Yves Guillemot.Trois ans...…/newsAprès la Renaissance et les Vikings, place à la découverte de Bagdad au IXe siècle pour les fans d'«Assassin's Creed», grâce au nouveau jeu de la franchise à succès qui sort jeudi et sur lequel compte l'éditeur français Ubisoft pour se relancer.Créée en 2007, la saga «Assassin's Creed» est une des franchises de jeux vidéo les plus populaires de ces quinze dernières années, avec plus de 200 millions d'exemplaires vendus dans le monde. Le dernier opus était «Valhalla» en 2020, qui avait dépassé le cap du «milliard d'euros de revenus», selon le patron d'Ubisoft Yves Guillemot.Trois ans...WW…

MondeMondeLe ministre de la Sécurité intérieure, Alejandro Mayorkas, a déclaré qu’une nouvelle portion serait érigée dans la vallée du Rio Grande, secteur qui connaît un « grand nombre d’entrées illégales » à la frontière entre les deux pays.« Il existe actuellement un besoin aigu et immédiat de construire des barrières physiques et des routes à proximité de la frontière des États-Unis afin d’empêcher les entrées illégales », a déclaré M. Mayorkas dans un avis officiel publié par le registre fédéral des Etats-Unis.L’information a abondamment été commentée et qualifiée de...…MondeMondeLe ministre de la Sécurité intérieure, Alejandro Mayorkas, a déclaré qu’une nouvelle portion serait érigée dans la vallée du Rio Grande, secteur qui connaît un « grand nombre d’entrées illégales » à la frontière entre les deux pays.« Il existe actuellement un besoin aigu et immédiat de construire des barrières physiques et des routes à proximité de la frontière des États-Unis afin d’empêcher les entrées illégales », a déclaré M. Mayorkas dans un avis officiel publié par le registre fédéral des Etats-Unis.L’information a abondamment été commentée et qualifiée de...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldG4 strain has already infected 10% of industry’s workers in China but no evidence yet that it can be passed from human to human Last modified on Tue 30 Jun 2020 08.43 EDTResearchers in have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study in the US science journal PNAS, although experts said there is no imminent threat.Named G4, it is genetically descended from the H1N1 strain that caused a pandemic in 2009.It possesses “all the essential hallmarks of being highly...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldG4 strain has already infected 10% of industry’s workers in China but no evidence yet that it can be passed from human to human Last modified on Tue 30 Jun 2020 08.43 EDTResearchers in have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study in the US science journal PNAS, although experts said there is no imminent threat.Named G4, it is genetically descended from the H1N1 strain that caused a pandemic in 2009.It possesses “all the essential hallmarks of being highly...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldGelsenkirchen bucks global trends with new monument as other cities confront relics of colonial pastLast modified on Sat 20 Jun 2020 06.56 EDTWhile a global row rages over the controversial pasts of historical figures immortalised as statues, on Saturday a divisive new monument to the former Soviet leader will be unveiled in Germany.More than 30 years after the communist experiment on German soil that followed the second world war ended, the tiny Marxist-Leninist party of (MLPD) will install Lenin’s likeness in the...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldGelsenkirchen bucks global trends with new monument as other cities confront relics of colonial pastLast modified on Sat 20 Jun 2020 06.56 EDTWhile a global row rages over the controversial pasts of historical figures immortalised as statues, on Saturday a divisive new monument to the former Soviet leader will be unveiled in Germany.More than 30 years after the communist experiment on German soil that followed the second world war ended, the tiny Marxist-Leninist party of (MLPD) will install Lenin’s likeness in the...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldMon 15 Jun 2020 19.46 EDTTeenage French climbing prodigy Luce Douady was killed on Sunday when she fell on a footpath in a climbing area in the French Alps, the French Mountain Climbing Federation (FFME) and its club in Chambery said.The 16-year-old reigning world junior champion fell 150m as she and a group of friends were crossing a tricky path equipped with a handrail between two climbing areas.“Luce was a young athlete on the French climbing team, very promising,” the FFME said on its website. “Brilliant in...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldMon 15 Jun 2020 19.46 EDTTeenage French climbing prodigy Luce Douady was killed on Sunday when she fell on a footpath in a climbing area in the French Alps, the French Mountain Climbing Federation (FFME) and its club in Chambery said.The 16-year-old reigning world junior champion fell 150m as she and a group of friends were crossing a tricky path equipped with a handrail between two climbing areas.“Luce was a young athlete on the French climbing team, very promising,” the FFME said on its website. “Brilliant in...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldBihar state records one of the highest daily tolls from lightning in recent years as monsoon beginsThu 25 Jun 2020 21.03 EDTAt least 107 people have died from lightning strikes in northern and eastern , officials said, during the early stages of the annual monsoon season.Some 83 people were killed in the impoverished eastern state of Bihar after being struck by lightning, and another 24 died in northern Uttar Pradesh state. Dozens more were injured, officials said.Lightning strikes during the June-September annual...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldBihar state records one of the highest daily tolls from lightning in recent years as monsoon beginsThu 25 Jun 2020 21.03 EDTAt least 107 people have died from lightning strikes in northern and eastern , officials said, during the early stages of the annual monsoon season.Some 83 people were killed in the impoverished eastern state of Bihar after being struck by lightning, and another 24 died in northern Uttar Pradesh state. Dozens more were injured, officials said.Lightning strikes during the June-September annual...WW…

Akhtar Imam says animals saved his life from ‘gun-carrying criminals’ last year Last modified on Fri 29 Oct 2021 07.38 EDTAn Indian man has opted to bequeath most of his land to two elephants that he says saved his life from intruders, a decision which has upset his wife and children.Akhtar Imam, from a village in the eastern state of Bihar, said he changed his will to bequeath 2.5 hectares (6.2 acres) to gentle giants Moti (Pearl) and Rani (Queen).“I simply don’t want hardship for my Moti and Rani, who are no less my family,” Imam, 50, told AFP as his bathed the pachyderms.“I don’t...…Akhtar Imam says animals saved his life from ‘gun-carrying criminals’ last year Last modified on Fri 29 Oct 2021 07.38 EDTAn Indian man has opted to bequeath most of his land to two elephants that he says saved his life from intruders, a decision which has upset his wife and children.Akhtar Imam, from a village in the eastern state of Bihar, said he changed his will to bequeath 2.5 hectares (6.2 acres) to gentle giants Moti (Pearl) and Rani (Queen).“I simply don’t want hardship for my Moti and Rani, who are no less my family,” Imam, 50, told AFP as his bathed the pachyderms.“I don’t...WW…

Every summer, the Presena glacier in northern Italy is protected from the sun with huge reflective tarpsLast modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 09.46 EDTA vast tarpaulin unravels, gathering speed as it bounces down the glacier over glinting snow. Summer is here and the alpine ice is being protected from global warming.In northern , the Presena glacier has lost more than one third of its volume since 1993.Once the ski season is over and cable cars are berthed, conservationists race to try and stop it melting by using white tarps that block the sun’s rays.“This area is continuously shrinking, so we...…Every summer, the Presena glacier in northern Italy is protected from the sun with huge reflective tarpsLast modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 09.46 EDTA vast tarpaulin unravels, gathering speed as it bounces down the glacier over glinting snow. Summer is here and the alpine ice is being protected from global warming.In northern , the Presena glacier has lost more than one third of its volume since 1993.Once the ski season is over and cable cars are berthed, conservationists race to try and stop it melting by using white tarps that block the sun’s rays.“This area is continuously shrinking, so we...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldOfficials in Lopburi plan to sterilise the animals that have turned nasty after tourists’ bananas were replaced with junk foodLast modified on Fri 29 Oct 2021 07.38 EDTResidents in Lopburi, , are hiding behind barricaded indoors as rival monkey gang fights create no-go zones for humans. The ancient Thai city has been overrun by a growing population of monkeys super-charged on junk food – as locals try to placate the macaques with snacks. The monkeys usually enjoy a steady supply of bananas from tourists, who have...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldOfficials in Lopburi plan to sterilise the animals that have turned nasty after tourists’ bananas were replaced with junk foodLast modified on Fri 29 Oct 2021 07.38 EDTResidents in Lopburi, , are hiding behind barricaded indoors as rival monkey gang fights create no-go zones for humans. The ancient Thai city has been overrun by a growing population of monkeys super-charged on junk food – as locals try to placate the macaques with snacks. The monkeys usually enjoy a steady supply of bananas from tourists, who have...WW…

/newsLes cyberattaques dans le monde sont moins destructrices et plus axées sur des opérations d'espionnage, dans la foulée de la guerre en Ukraine et du durcissement de la géopolitique mondiale, affirme un rapport de Microsoft publié jeudi.Selon le Microsoft digital defense report (MDDR) du groupe américain, les activités cyber des États et acteurs privés qui leur sont affiliés «ont délaissé les attaques destructrices — destinées à nuire directement à la cible, NDLR — volumineuses depuis un an au profit de campagnes d'espionnage», bien plus difficilement perceptibles.Les activistes...…/newsLes cyberattaques dans le monde sont moins destructrices et plus axées sur des opérations d'espionnage, dans la foulée de la guerre en Ukraine et du durcissement de la géopolitique mondiale, affirme un rapport de Microsoft publié jeudi.Selon le Microsoft digital defense report (MDDR) du groupe américain, les activités cyber des États et acteurs privés qui leur sont affiliés «ont délaissé les attaques destructrices — destinées à nuire directement à la cible, NDLR — volumineuses depuis un an au profit de campagnes d'espionnage», bien plus difficilement perceptibles.Les activistes...WW…