Dans les allées des Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse, temple de la gastronomie lyonnaise, quelques clients préparent déjà, samedi 29 décembre, leur réveillon du 31. Huîtres, volailles, foie gras… On goûte, on hésite, on se lance. Derrière les étales et surtout, au comptoir des bistrots, il règne déjà comme une ambiance de Saint-Sylvestre. Les commerçants…
Read moreMontreal officially confirms Canadian GP postponement
As expected, organisers for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal have confirmed the postponement of the June 12-14 event. Montreal is the ninth round of the 2020 F1 world championship to fall victim to the global coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the sport’s calendar. The race’s cancellation was widely expected and now tentatively puts…
Read moreThe coronavirus fake news pandemic sweeping WhatsApp
The voice of the woman, introducing herself as “Elisabeth … you know, Poldi’s mom,” sounded genuinely concerned. A friend of hers, who was a doctor at the university hospital of Vienna, had called her with a warning, she said in German. The clinic had noticed that most patients with severe symptoms of COVID-19, the disease…
Read moreEU Confidential coronavirus edition #1: Shutdowns & lockdowns — Europe’s response — What airlines want
EU Confidential coronavirus edition #1: Shutdowns & lockdowns — Europe’s response — What airlines want By Cristina Gonzalez 3/17/20, 5:20 AM CET Click Here: Rugby league Jerseys Listen to the podcast on Spotify | Apple | Google | Soundcloud | Stitcher POLITICO brings you a special edition of the EU Confidential podcast focusing on the coronavirus crisis. This is the first in a series…
Read moreThe EU transition that wasn’t
Just when the European Union was supposed to forge ahead as a more united bloc, its three big institutions are weakened and at war with each other. This was meant to be the year the EU drew a line under the triple crises of the eurozone, migration and Britain’s vote to leave the union. Following…
Read moreAnti-Semitic carnival polarizes Belgian politics
AALST, Belgium — A Belgian carnival’s response to accusations of anti-Semitism has been to depict Jews as money-grubbing vermin in this year’s parade. Revelers in the city of Aalst, responding stubbornly to a backlash over crude anti-Semitic caricatures in last year’s carnival that led to the event’s removal from a UNESCO cultural heritage list, say they…
Read moreBig trouble in little Malta
VALLETTA — The EU’s smallest country could become its biggest problem. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has promised to step down in the new year after the investigation into the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia revealed close connections between suspects in the case and his top team. That’s nowhere near enough, according to a group of…
Read moreTrump To Visit El Paso, Dayton To Promote Unity, Some Skeptical
WASHINGTON, DC— President Donald Trump is bringing a message aimed at national unity and healing to the sites of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. But the words he offers for a divided America will be complicated by his own incendiary, anti-immigrant rhetoric that mirrors language linked to one of the shooters. It…
Read moreStrip Club Entices 'Fully Nude Stay-At-Home Moms'; Kids Quizzical
Click:pet wedding cake topper OMAHA, NE — “Mom, why would moms go naked? Why do they want naked moms?” a young Omaha, Nebraska, boy reportedly asked his mother when he saw a sign at a strip club that offered “extra cash” to stay-at-home moms who are willing to peel off all their clothing. Here’s the…
Read more'The Notebook' Author Nicholas Sparks Faces Defamation Lawsuit
NEW BERN, NC — This week, Nicholas Sparks — one of North Carolina’s most famous writers — is in court, facing accusations of defamation made by a former headmaster of the private Christian school founded by “The Notebook,” and “A Walk To Remember” author. In the lawsuit, Saul Hillel Benjamin accuses Sparks of defaming him…
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