Côté africain, la proposition de sanctuaire est soutenue par l’Afrique du Sud et le Gabon. Depuis 2001, la création de la zone préservée est systématiquement proposée et… rejetée à chaque réunion de la Commission baleinière internationale. En 2012, 2014 et enfin 2016, le camp dit “des pays chasseurs” mené par le Japon a obtenu gain de […]
A l’occasion de la Semaine mondiale de l’allaitement maternel qui se déroule du 13 au 19 octobre, la marque de puériculture Philips Avent a réalisé un sondage qui montre que les femmes sont nombreuses à vouloir que leur partenaire leur apporte plus d’aide et de soutien lorsqu’elles allaitent. Sommaire Plus d’aide pendant les tétées de […]
Les 19èmes Trophées du Film Français se sont tenus hier soir. Les champions du box-office et de l’audience de l’année 2011 ont ainsi été récompensés. Voici le palmarès ! C’est hier soir, au Palais Brongniart, que s’est tenue la 19ème cérémonie des Trophées du Film français. L’occasion de récompenser les grand succès au box-office de […]
ATHENS — Riot police and the Greek army on Saturday deployed tear gas along the country’s land border with Turkey to try to stop migrants from entering the country. A government spokesman said thousands of asylum seekers were attempting to cross along the heavily militarized border along the Evros river in northeastern Greece, after Turkey said it would no […]
ALDE MEP Guy Verhofstadt | Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images Parliament picks Verhofstadt for new president role Deal gives all political parties and EU institutions a role in conference on Europe’s future. By Maïa de La Baume 1/16/20, 8:58 PM CET Liberal MEP Guy Verhofstadt will become president of the “Conference on the Future of […]
TORONTO — Ontario put out a wartime-like plea Tuesday to press anyone in the province with health-care experience into service, as the first Ontario-made personal protective equipment rolled off the lines following a similar call to action to businesses. Premier Doug Ford announced the opening of an online portal through which people with medical training can […]
TORONTO — Ontario’s overly cautious approach to COVID-19 testing is endangering lives and hindering efforts to rein in soaring infections that are ravaging long-term care facilities, filling ICU beds and lurking silently in communities, say critics alarmed by the province’s admission that labs can handle nearly four times the number of tests they receive. Dr. […]
TORONTO — Ontario will allow cannabis delivery and curbside pick up from authorized retail stores during the COVID-19 pandemic after they were taken off the essential businesses list. A news release from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario says this temporary measure is the result of an emergency order introduced Tuesday and will […]
Premier Doug Ford lost his composure Wednesday over Ontario’s lack of widespread testing for COVID-19. “What is unacceptable, absolutely unacceptable, is the number of testing we’re doing,” Ford said at his now-daily press conference in Toronto. “I may not understand health, but … what I understand are numbers. And we also understand countries that have […]
GILROY, CA — Frozen treat vendor Doug Mahrer may never be the same after witnessing a cold, hard world that unfolded steps away from him during Sunday’s mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. The Truckee man’s heart was broken knowing the losses of life and limb were great in the usual special celebration in […]