Niché au sommet du Cerro Pachon, à 2 682 mètres d’altitude, sous le ciel immaculé du désert d’Atacama (Chili), un télescope américain d’un genre nouveau s’apprête à commencer sa mission. Si l’observatoire Vera-C.-Rubin, du nom de l’astronome américaine à qui l’on doit la découverte de l’existence de la matière noire, n’est pas le premier conçu pour réaliser […]
Face à l’explosion du nombre de satellites, ArianeGroup, Safran et plusieurs start-up misent sur l’essor des services de connaissance spatiale, très dépendante pour l’heure des Etats-Unis. Source link
La FAO vient de publier un document de travail intitulé “Gene editing and agrifood systems” (L’édition de gènes et les systèmes agroalimentaires). Développé par un collectif d’auteurs sous la supervision du Bureau du Scientifique en chef, ce document de 86 pages est organisé en six chapitres: introduction; progrès de la […] Source link
En plus de 90 ans d’existence, la fête de l’Huma s’est tenue tous les ans, excepté pendant la guerre et l’Occupation. C’est ce qui explique que la 10e fête de l’Huma organisée à Vincennes en 1945 soit symboliquement très importante… Elle l’est de plus « dans les faits » puisque cette fête a attiré plus […]
The logo of fast fashion e-commerce company Shein displayed on a smartphone with the company’s website page in the background, December 6, 2024. MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP French authorities announced on Thursday, July 3, a record €40 million fine against e-commerce giant Shein over “deceptive commercial practices” after a competition inquiry, saying it misled customers […]
From left to right, far-right leaders from the Identity and Democracy European parliamentary group: Tomio Okamura from the Czech Republic, Harald Vilimsky from Austria, Matteo Salvini from Italy, Tino Chrupalla from Germany, and Kostadin Kostadinov from Bulgaria, at the close of a convention in Florence, on December 3, 2023. ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP The decade-long case of […]
A woman walks past posters with the portraits of Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris on the day of support rallies to mark their three-year detention and to demand their release, in front of the National Assembly in Paris, France, May 7, 2025. ABDUL SABOOR / REUTERS France said on Thursday, July 3, it would decide […]
A departures information board is seen at Charles-de-Gaulle airport, outside Paris, on July 3, 2025. THIBAUD MORITZ / AFP French air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike on Thursday, July 3, to demand better working conditions, disrupting travel for tens of thousands of people at the start of the summer holiday season. The DGAC civil […]
Liverpool’s Diogo Jota during the warm up before the match against Toulouse, Anfield, Liverpool, October 26, 2023. MOLLY DARLINGTON / REUTERS Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his brother died in a car crash in northwestern Spain on Thursday, July 3, police said, days after the star got married. The Civil Guard said a […]
Ukrainian Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over a Patriot air and missile defense system in Ukraine, August 4, 2024. EFREM LUKATSKY/AP The skies over Ukraine darkened considerably on Wednesday, July 2, with the announcement of a “pause” in the delivery of crucial US air defense systems needed to counter the daily volleys of missiles […]