International News Reviews

French cyclist Florian Sénéchal was crowned French champion for the first time, winning ahead of Anthony Turgis in a small sprint on Sunday in Cholet.  In a small group sprint, French cyclist Florian Sénéchal was crowned French champion for the first time by winning ahead of Anthony Turgis on Sunday June 26 in Cholet. The jersey remains in the Quick-Step team, since the 28-year-old Northerner succeeds Rémi Cavagna. Third member of the Belgian formation,  Julian Alaphilippe,  for his return to racing, completed the 240 km in the peloton. The return of Alaphilippe five days from the Tour de France Two months after his fall with a severe toll (hemopneumothorax and multiple rib and scapula fractures) in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the double world champion even helped Sénéchal plug a hole 10 kilometers from the finish in the only slight difficulty of the circuit, the Séguinière coast, where Cofidis launched the decisive movement with Benjamin Thomas. Isolated in the lead with the r...

These two departures seem to have been precipitated by the publication of a new investigation pointing out the flaws of Pornhub in the moderation of videos of sexual violence and child pornography. Clouds are gathering on the porn giant's horizon. Two of the main leaders of MindGeek, one of the most powerful groups in the pornographic industry which notably owns the world leader Pornhub, have resigned from their functions, the company said in  a press release sent to American media on Wednesday June 22. . The two managers, Feras Antoon, CEO of MindGekk, and David Tassillo, Chief Operating Officer, had been at the helm of the group for almost a decade.  Their departures, which surprised observers, were not justified by the company. They seem to have been motivated by  the publication of a new investigation in The New Yorker magazine  reporting on the group's difficulties in moderating non-consensual videos, including rape or scenes involving minors, on its platform. T...

While the war rages in Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian players, excluded from Wimbledon, are on the other hand authorized to participate in the US Open 2022, but only under a neutral flag. Russian tennis champion Daniil Medvedev will be able to defend his title at the US Open . The New York Grand Slam, unlike Wimbledon which excluded them, decided to authorize, on Tuesday June 14, Russians and Belarusians to participate in the event, only under a neutral flag, in the context of the invasion. from Ukraine. “The US Tennis Federation will allow players from Russia and Belarus to participate in the US Open 2022, but only under a neutral flag. USTA has already condemned and continues to condemn Russia's unwarranted invasion of Ukraine," said a statement from the body. "The USTA, alongside these tennis bodies, supported the banning of the Russian and Belarusian tennis federations and therefore from all international team competitions, as well as the directive imposing on player...

The law proposed by Republican Governor Mike DeWine reduced the hours of weapons training for teachers and school staff. In Ohio, Republican Governor Mike DeWine on Monday June 13 simplified the conditions allowing teachers and staff to be armed in schools . He specifies that it is the school districts that will have the last word. Unions of teachers and activists for gun control in the United States are up in arms. The legislation, first introduced in February, was passed three weeks after the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde , Texas. An 18-year-old boy had killed 19 children and two teachers before being shot dead by police. The shooting had rekindled the gun control debate. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine says much of the 700 hours of weapons training, which until now has been required for teachers, "isn't really relevant to school safety," CNN reports . It targets in particular the hours spent patrolling with the police or operating a radar. This is why since Mo...

Inflation linked to the international context and the war in Ukraine is now affecting technological products, and in particular IT. This week, the bad news came from Apple during the presentation of its new consumer portable Mac. It was a cold shower that participants at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference felt on Monday, June 6, 2022. Hundreds of them gathered at Apple Park, the futuristic ring-shaped headquarters in Cupertino (United States). United) to attend the presentation of new software and hardware from the Apple brand. Among them, the new generation of the MacBook Air, its most accessible laptop. New design, faster, thinner and lighter, this model equipped with the new M2 processor has everything to please except… its price. 1,499 euros in France, knowing that the model that preceded it, was sold, since its release, 1,129 euros. 370 euros extra. +32.7%, i.e. a third more expensive. The previous model remains in the catalog, but with a price revised upwards, from 1,129 t...

Described as "historic" by Joe Biden at the end of the "Summit of the Americas" on Friday, the "Los Angeles Declaration" should make it possible to harmonize the fight against illegal immigration in the twenty signatory countries. The major diplomatic meeting, supposed to open a new chapter in relations between the United States and its southern neighbors, ends with mixed results.  Twenty countries launched a partnership on immigration in Latin America on Friday, June 10, under the leadership of the United States and at the conclusion of a "Summit of the Americas" marked by more friction than concrete or spectacular announcements. “No country should be left” alone in the face of growing population movements that see thousands of people trying to cross the border between Mexico and the United States, fleeing misery and insecurity, said US President Joe Biden Friday.  Standing with the other signatories of the 'Los Angeles Declaration', all...

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet pleaded in Washington on Tuesday for Europe to " start now " to build its own manned flight program, an idea that is gradually gaining ground . For Thomas Pesquet, it is vital that the European Space Agency (ESA) receives the necessary funding to be able to launch its astronauts itself in the future, something that only the United States, Russia and China are currently doing. " This subject is gaining momentum right now ," he said from NASA headquarters in Washington, where a press conference was being held with his former ISS mission mates. " During the late 80s, early 90s, we had this goal of becoming more independent in terms of access to space for humans, but it didn't work as expected, Germany had to reunite, the budgets have been redirected ," he recalled. Today, the members of Europe find a certain unity in the face of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. And ESA members should capitalize on their influence, accordi...