Tuesday, August 03, 2021
Pour Ferrari, tout va bien, merci
LE POINT : Les reprises des bolides transalpins sont connues, mais celle qui fait suite à la crise du Covid permet d’effacer la dépression et même d’établir un record.
Le constructeur le plus célèbre au monde, mais également le plus spécialisé puisqu’il ne produit que des voitures de sport à très hautes performances, se relève du trou d’air dû à la crise du Covid. Alors que certains analystes ne donnaient pas cher de ses chances – aucun SUV ou berline ne figure, pour le moment, dans sa gamme –, c’est tout le contraire qui se produit. Au deuxième trimestre, il a doublé ses livraisons et par conséquent ses bénéfices, qui ont dépassé les niveaux d’avant la pandémie de coronavirus.
Prenant de court les pronostics les plus optimistes, Ferrari a effacé le trou provoqué par l’arrêt de l’activité durant la crise sanitaire, mais il a aussi légèrement progressé avec la seule valeur qui vaille la peine d’être comparée, celle de 2019, qui fait figure de référence. En livrant 2 685 voitures dans le monde entre avril et juin, il établit une hausse de 93 % en comparaison avec la même période de 2020, mais surtout de 0,5 % par rapport à 2019. » | Par Jacques Chevalier | mardi 3 août 2021
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La vie au quotidien du Prince Albert de Monaco
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Soldaten überwachen den Lockdown in Sydney
FRANFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Trotz strenger Corona-Maßnahmen sind die Infektionszahlen in Sydney auf einem für australische Verhältnisse hohen Niveau geblieben. Nun sollen die Ordnungskräfte dafür sorgen, dass sich die Menschen besser an die Regeln halten.
In Australiens größter Stadt Sydney gehen seit Montag Männer in Tarnkleidung auf Patrouille, um die Einhaltung der Corona-Regeln sicherzustellen. Die rund 300 Soldaten der Australian Defence Force verstärken die Polizei in den besonders stark betroffenen Stadtvierteln auf der Straße und bei Hausbesuchen, bei denen geprüft wird, ob sich die Anwohner, die positiv auf das Coronavirus getestet wurden, an die Selbstisolation halten. Außerdem sollen sie bei der Verteilung von Nahrungsmitteln und dem Aufbau von Impfzentren helfen.
Dabei gehe es bei dem Einsatz, der auf Bitten des Bundesstaates New South Wales zustande gekommen war, nicht darum, „Angst zu verbreiten“, versicherte Mick Fuller, der Polizeichef von New South Wales. Damit reagierte er auch auf die Kritik, dass die Soldaten vor allem im Westen Sydneys zum Einsatz kämen, wo besonders viele Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund lebten. » | Till Fähnders, Politischer Korrespondent für Südostasien in Singapur | Montag, 2. August 2021
Hind Al-Eryani, porte-voix de la communauté LGBTQ+ au Yémen
LE MONDE : La journaliste et militante de 42 ans a aidé plusieurs membres les plus vulnérables de cette communauté à quitter le Yémen pour trouver refuge à l’étranger.
Plus jeune, Hind Al-Eryani était de celles qui cherchaient sans cesse l’approbation des autres. Pendant des années, elle a marché la tête baissée, cachant sa féminité et se comportant comme on l’attend d’une femme dans une société patriarcale comme le Yémen. Aujourd’hui, cette journaliste et militante de 42 ans est l’un des principaux porte-voix des LGBTQ+ de son pays. Ses textes contribuent à la prise de conscience sur cette communauté. Avec son aide, plusieurs de ses membres les plus vulnérables ont pu quitter le Yémen pour trouver refuge à l’étranger.
« Beaucoup de gens de la communauté LGBTQ+ me contactent et me font part de leurs problèmes, expose cette femme aux longs cheveux châtains lâchés, rencontrée en marge du festival Arabofolies organisé à l’Institut du monde arabe à Paris, dimanche 13 juin. Avec l’aide des organisations internationales comme Amnesty International et Human Rights Watch, nous avons déjà réussi à faire sortir trois personnes transgenres et un homosexuel du Yémen. Elles sont aujourd’hui à Paris et en Suède, et lui, en Arabie saoudite, en attendant le visa d’un autre pays. » « Un mariage malheureux » » | Par Ghazal Golshiri | lundi 14 juin 2021
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Florida May Face Its Worst Wave Ever as Delta Variant Spreads.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The state is about a month away from its peak, according to an epidemiologist who tracks the virus there.
As the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus rips through the unvaccinated population in the United States, Florida is heading toward its worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic. The state is still about one month away from its peak, according to an epidemiologist who has been tracking the virus’s reach there. “Short term and long term, the cases are going to explode,” Edwin Michael, a professor of epidemiology at the University of South Florida, in Tampa, said in an interview on Monday. “We are predicting that the cases will be peaking the first week of September.” » | Adeel Hassan | Monday, August 2, 2021
Germany Will Offer Vaccine Booster Shots Starting in September »
The Guardian View on Hunger in the South: Poverty Hits Home
THE GUARDIAN: Figures showing one in seven people going hungry in an otherwise rich area should shock ministers to act
Steve Baker, Conservative MP for Wycombe and a well-known Brexiter, said he was not surprised by new research showing that his constituency has the highest levels of food insecurity of anywhere in the country. Around 14% of residents reported going hungry in January and February this year, while a third said getting enough food was a struggle. Mr Baker has the benefit of local knowledge. It is less than a year since another report showed Buckinghamshire to have one of the worst records on social mobility in the UK. But for ministers, these new figures should be a wake-up call. Hunger is disturbing in and of itself. But there are particular reasons to worry about pockets of deep poverty in otherwise wealthy areas. » | Editorial | Monday, August 2, 2021
Monday, August 02, 2021
Phil Collins - True Colors | Official Music Video
Spain on a Fork: ¨Better Than Fried¨– Oven-Baked Crispy French Fries
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Inde, de la jeune fille à la femme | Rituels du monde | ARTE
Jul 4, 2021 • En Inde, la majorité des mariages sont arrangés. L'anthropologue Anne-Sylvie Malbrancke se rend à Jaipur, au Rajasthan, pour assister à l’union de Meenal et Vineet, tous deux issus de la caste supérieure des brahmanes. La jeune femme a étudié, travaille et gagne sa vie. Pourtant, elle a demandé à sa mère de lui trouver l’époux idéal...
Le rituel du mariage est rythmé par de nombreuses étapes. La veille, les femmes se réunissent pour le henné. Le jour J, le futur marié rejoint le lieu de la cérémonie à cheval. Après l’échange traditionnel des colliers de fleurs et des sept promesses (pour autant de vies partagées), le jeune homme dépose une poudre orange sur le front de Meenal : elle est désormais sa femme.
Série documentaire (France, 2019, 26mn)
Disponible jusqu'au 14/08/2021
‘Views’ sur YouTube: 466,852
Le rituel du mariage est rythmé par de nombreuses étapes. La veille, les femmes se réunissent pour le henné. Le jour J, le futur marié rejoint le lieu de la cérémonie à cheval. Après l’échange traditionnel des colliers de fleurs et des sept promesses (pour autant de vies partagées), le jeune homme dépose une poudre orange sur le front de Meenal : elle est désormais sa femme.
Série documentaire (France, 2019, 26mn)
Disponible jusqu'au 14/08/2021
‘Views’ sur YouTube: 466,852
More Than One Million Dead in Latin America as Variants Spread | Covid-19 Special
Aug 2, 2021 • Experts say Latin America is fast becoming the new epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than one million people there have died.
The only exception is Chile, where 80 percent of the population are fully vaccinated. Otherwise, health systems are struggling to cope. COVID-19 has claimed the lives of nearly 200,000 people in Peru, where the vaccination campaign is only slowly getting underway. Just 16 percent of the population are completely inoculated. The country is battling several coronavirus variants.
Colombia is experiencing one of the longest peaks of infection since the coronavirus arrived in the country. This third spike has put the national medical system to the test. Quarantine measures have been struggling to strengthen an already strained system. ICUs in the country's second largest city Medellín are over 95 percent occupied. Doctors insist the national model of pandemic care has failed.
The only exception is Chile, where 80 percent of the population are fully vaccinated. Otherwise, health systems are struggling to cope. COVID-19 has claimed the lives of nearly 200,000 people in Peru, where the vaccination campaign is only slowly getting underway. Just 16 percent of the population are completely inoculated. The country is battling several coronavirus variants.
Colombia is experiencing one of the longest peaks of infection since the coronavirus arrived in the country. This third spike has put the national medical system to the test. Quarantine measures have been struggling to strengthen an already strained system. ICUs in the country's second largest city Medellín are over 95 percent occupied. Doctors insist the national model of pandemic care has failed.
Doku & Reportage - Prinzessin Dianas gefährliches Erbe
Le président afghan explique l’avancée des talibans par « la brusque décision américaine » de retirer les troupes du pays
LE MONDE : Le retrait des forces étrangères doit être achevé d’ici le 31 août. Depuis trois mois, les insurgés islamistes contrôlent de plus en plus de territoires et menacent, désormais, des capitales provinciales.
Pour Ashraf Ghani, président d’un Afghanistan qui est en train de perdre pied militairement face aux talibans, le coupable est tout trouvé. « La situation actuelle est due à la brusque décision américaine » de retirer définitivement les troupes du pays.
Devant les parlementaires afghans à Kaboul, M. Ghani a aussi accusé Washington d’avoir poussé à « la destruction de la République » et à la « légitimation » des talibans en négociant directement avec eux. Ces pourparlers ont abouti, en 2020, à un accord prévoyant le départ des troupes étrangères d’Afghanistan. » | Le Monde avec AFP et Reuters \ lundi 2 août 2021
Pour Ashraf Ghani, président d’un Afghanistan qui est en train de perdre pied militairement face aux talibans, le coupable est tout trouvé. « La situation actuelle est due à la brusque décision américaine » de retirer définitivement les troupes du pays.
Devant les parlementaires afghans à Kaboul, M. Ghani a aussi accusé Washington d’avoir poussé à « la destruction de la République » et à la « légitimation » des talibans en négociant directement avec eux. Ces pourparlers ont abouti, en 2020, à un accord prévoyant le départ des troupes étrangères d’Afghanistan. » | Le Monde avec AFP et Reuters \ lundi 2 août 2021
Quand on se sent passionné...
Sunday, August 01, 2021
Julio Iglesias Duet with Dolly Parton - When You Tell Me That You Love Me
A French Dinner for the Queen - in the Kitchens of the Élysée Palace
Aug 9, 2019 • On the occasion of D-Day commemoration ceremonies, the Queen of England is paying an official state visit in France and attends a banquet as the guest of honor at the official residence of the President of the Republic of France, the Elysée Palace.
This documentary describes the event from the kitchens of power, the true vitrine of French gastronomy which has been on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since 2010.
We follow the work of the teams of the famous chef Guillaume Gomez, from the conception of the menus to the selection of products with the best French producers as well as the installation of the reception hall. A true challenge for a prestigious guest. | Views on YouTube: 1,735,889
This documentary describes the event from the kitchens of power, the true vitrine of French gastronomy which has been on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since 2010.
We follow the work of the teams of the famous chef Guillaume Gomez, from the conception of the menus to the selection of products with the best French producers as well as the installation of the reception hall. A true challenge for a prestigious guest. | Views on YouTube: 1,735,889
Princess Margaret: Rebel without a Crown - British Royal Documentary
I have only just watched the end of this rather interesting documentary. It's bizarre! Had I known it had such a ridiculous ending, I wouldn't have posted it. My apologoes to you all. It's a bit late to take it down now: some people are watching it. I find those ads so disrespectful and out of place, I must say. Off the wall! Again, my apologies. – Mark
Frauenhandel in Europa: Die nigerianische Mafia in Italien | DW Reporter
Could Hong Kong's New Immigration Law Ban Residents from Leaving? | DW News
Aug 1, 2021 • A new amendment to Hong Kong's immigration law takes effect today. Critics say the change could give the government power to ban residents from leaving the city.
Hong Kong’s administrators say the law, part of China's crackdown in Hong Kong, targets "illegal refugees." But it has prompted a growing exodus.
The United Kingdom, Canada and Australia are offering extended work and residency permits to those who have left Hong Kong, and the US Congress is debating a bill to give special visas and refugee status to Hong Kong citizens fleeing political persecution.
Hong Kong’s administrators say the law, part of China's crackdown in Hong Kong, targets "illegal refugees." But it has prompted a growing exodus.
The United Kingdom, Canada and Australia are offering extended work and residency permits to those who have left Hong Kong, and the US Congress is debating a bill to give special visas and refugee status to Hong Kong citizens fleeing political persecution.
The Long Kiss Goodbye: Will Covid End the French Bise Forever?
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Social distancing made the cheek kiss a much rarer greeting, and polling suggests it may stay that way. Some say good riddance, but others miss the warmth of times past.
Twice a year, Louise Al-Hakkak would sit on her front porch in Burgundy, waiting for her sister Flora and dreading the moment of “la bise.” In this Franco-Iraqi family, only Flora enjoyed France’s traditional two-kiss greeting on the cheeks. For Ms. Al-Hakkak and her father, “It was more a chore than anything else.”
But times have changed.
“Covid made us stop doing the bise,” said Ms. Al-Hakkak, 23. “It’s a lot easier now. I don’t need to ask myself tons of questions about whether I should do it or not.”
In France, the bise is a longstanding tradition for greeting loved ones, or even strangers, that was upended by the coronavirus. Throughout the pandemic, French authorities have urged people to avoid physical contact to prevent the virus from spreading.
But now, with more than half of the French population at least partly vaccinated and most lockdown restrictions lifted, many are split over whether to go back to the way greetings used to be and questioning whether the bise was all that great to begin with. » | Gaëlle Fournier | Saturday, July 31, 2021
Quelle horreur ! Ce serait comme du fromage sans le vin ! – Mark
Turkey Is Next as Wildfires Afflict Mediterranean Countries
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Turkish authorities said they were investigating the causes of fires that killed at least six people and threatened popular tourist destinations.
Firefighters in Turkey struggled to contain dozens of wildfires raging for a fourth day on Saturday, as fast-spreading blazes forced popular holiday resorts and dozens of rural areas along the Mediterranean coast to be evacuated.
The fires, which authorities say may have been sparked by arson or human negligence, have killed at least six people, officials said Saturday, and injured roughly 200 others.
As tourists were forced to flee hotels, some on boats as flames licked closer, local residents in rural areas watched the fires burn their homes, kill their livestock and destroy their businesses.
“Our lungs are burning, our future is burning,” Muhittin Bocek, the mayor of Antalya, a resort city, said in a telephone interview from the ravaged town of Manavgat, about 50 miles east along the coast.
The blazes are part of a broader pattern of wildfires afflicting the Mediterranean this summer, with areas in Lebanon, Syria, Greece, Italy and Cyprus also battling fast-moving fires. » | Elian Peltier and Asmaa al-Omar | Published: Friday, July 30, 2021; Updated: Saturday, July 31, 2021
Eine Dating-App wühlt Amerikas Katholiken auf
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Ein Internetportal behauptet, der Generalsekretär der amerikanischen Bischofskonferenz verkehre in Schwulenbars – und beruft sich auf gekaufte Mobilfunkdaten. Für die einen ist das eine „Hexenjagd“, für andere legitime Recherche.
Die katholische Kirche in den Vereinigten Staaten wird von einer Big-Data-Affäre erschüttert. Der Skandal hat schon ein prominentes Opfer gefordert: Jeffrey Burrill, Generalsekretär der katholischen Bischofskonferenz der Vereinigten Staaten, hat nach nur acht Monaten Dienstzeit seinen Rücktritt erklärt. Ob es auch in der ebenfalls von dem Skandal betroffenen Erzdiözese Newark im Bundesstaat New Jersey und vielleicht sogar im Vatikan personelle Konsequenzen gibt, steht dahin.
Der Vorsitzende der amerikanischen Bischofskonferenz, Erzbischof José Gómez, äußerte sein Bedauern über die Demission Burrills. Die Bischofskonferenz habe am Tag vor dem Rücktritt ihres Generalsekretärs Kenntnis erhalten von „bevorstehenden Medienberichten über das möglicherweise unangemessene Verhalten von Monsignore Burrill“. Man habe dessen Rücktritt akzeptiert, um eine Belastung für die Arbeit der Bischofskonferenz abzuwenden. Gomez, der seit 2011 die Erzdiözese Los Angeles führt und 2019 als erster Latino an die Spitze der amerikanischen Bischofskonferenz gewählt wurde, hob hervor, es würden gegen Burrill aber „keine Vorwürfe wegen Fehlverhaltens gegenüber Minderjährigen“ erhoben. » | Matthias Rüb, Politischer Korrespondent für Italien, den Vatikan, Albanien und Malta mit Sitz in Rom. | Freitag, 30. Juli 2021
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Une vague de chaleur accélère la fonte des glaces au Groenland
LE MONDE : Sur le petit aéroport de Nerlerit Inaat, dans le nord-est du Groenland, le mercure a atteint 23,4 degrés jeudi, le plus haut niveau mesuré depuis le début des relevés de la station météo.
Une vague de chaleur au Groenland, avec des températures plus de dix degrés supérieures aux normales saisonnières, a provoqué cette semaine un épisode de fonte « massive » de la calotte glaciaire groenlandaise, ont averti des glaciologues.
Depuis mercredi, la calotte glaciaire qui recouvre le vaste territoire arctique a fondu d’environ 8 milliards de tonnes chaque jour, soit le double du rythme moyen lors de la période estivale, selon les données récentes du Polar Portal, un outil de modélisation géré par des instituts de recherche danois. » | Le Monde avec AFP | samedi 31 juillet 2021
Anger as Poland Plans Law That Will Stop Jews Reclaiming Wartime Homes
THE OBSERVER: Daughter of Holocaust survivor pledges to continue her fight for family property seized by Nazi occupiers
A few years ago, Shoshana Greenberg stood outside a building in Lodz, Poland, once owned by her family, with an old photograph in her hands and tears running down her face.
Greenberg, now 74 and living in Tel Aviv, was on a quest to reclaim property lost during the Holocaust. Her father was head of a prominent, wealthy Jewish family in Lodz that owned industrial buildings, residential homes and holiday properties.
When the Nazis came, the property was confiscated along with the family jewellery. They were forced into the Lodz ghetto. Later, Greenberg’s father and his siblings were sent to Auschwitz, and only her father survived. After the war, the new communist government in Poland nationalised property that had been confiscated while destitute Holocaust survivors rebuilt their lives from scratch elsewhere.
Since the fall of communist Europe in 1989, most countries in the former Soviet bloc have taken steps to provide restitution and compensation to their pre-war Jewish citizens. Poland is the only major country that has not implemented such a programme – and now it is on the verge of making recompense even harder. » | Harriet Sherwood | Sunday, August 1, 2021
Boris and Carrie Johnson Expecting Their Second Child
THE OBSERVER: In a message on Instagram, prime minister’s wife also reveals she had miscarriage at start of the year
Boris Johnson and his wife, Carrie, are expecting their second child, as the prime minister’s wife revealed she had a miscarriage at the start of this year.
The couple, who married in secret at Westminster Cathedral in May, had their son, Wilfred, in April 2020.
Carrie Johnson announced that she is expecting their second child on her Instagram page, saying a miscarriage had left her “heartbroken”.
“I feel incredibly blessed to be pregnant again but I’ve also felt like a bag of nerves. Fertility issues can be really hard for many people, particularly when on platforms like Instagram it can look like everything is only ever going well. » | Harry Taylor | Sunday, August 1, 2021
Two Handsome Men; One Loving Kiss.
Saturday, July 31, 2021
A Gay Farmer on Love, Isolation, and Disrupting the Meat Industry in Australia | The New Yorker
NB: I have posted this documentary before, but it such a great documentary and so well made that I feel it is well worth posting it again. There will probably be many new visitors and followers who might well have not watched it before. In my opinion, this truly remarkable and well-made documentary breaks down many of the stereotypes so many people have of ‘gay’ men. This man is gay; yet he is all man! There is nothing quintessentially ‘gay’ about this man! And it is high time that gay stereotypes be smashed, broken down, once and for all time! – Mark
Diana: The Night She Died | Conspiracy Documentary | Real Stories
Jun 23, 2018 • After the death of Diana Princess of Wales, conspiracy theories filled the headlines. As so many of the conspiracy theories are absurd, many simple questions about the fatal night of August 31st [1997] have never been asked. By the end not only Princess Diana but also Dodi Al-Fayed and the driver Henri Paul were dead.
First, police blamed the paparazzi for causing the accident. They had been "buzzing round the car like flies." Then 48 hours later they blamed the driver of the Mercedes, Henri Paul. He was said to be three times over the drink limit.
This compelling program seeks to answer the many questions overlooked by the enquiry and to uncover what really happened the night Diana died. | Views on YouTube: 2,135,925
First, police blamed the paparazzi for causing the accident. They had been "buzzing round the car like flies." Then 48 hours later they blamed the driver of the Mercedes, Henri Paul. He was said to be three times over the drink limit.
This compelling program seeks to answer the many questions overlooked by the enquiry and to uncover what really happened the night Diana died. | Views on YouTube: 2,135,925
Gelangen Trumps verheimlichte Steuererklärungen bald an die Öffentlichkeit?
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