Month: April 2020

With the novel coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc across the globe, some countries have chosen to become more insular, while others have continued to try to maintain strong partnerships. Canadians on social media took the time on Saturday to remind the U.S. about what kind of country Canada has always been when their neighbours needed them,…

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford moved swiftly to shutter a larger swath of Ontario’s economy on Friday in the wake of bleak projections about the death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. Shortly after the release of numbers showing 1,600 people could die by month’s end without more aggressive physical distancing measures, Ford announced a significantly…

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — Forget the hipster invasion — another group of strange, new visitors made their way into Williamsburg over the weekend. An unknown prankster set up four LinkNYC kiosks with giant Teletubby costumes, one for each of the colorful TV show creatures. The fabric slips, complete with a 3D Teletubby head on top, showed…

BALTIMORE, MD — Funeral arrangements have been set for U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, the celebrated statesman who died Thursday in Baltimore at age 68 from long-standing health complications. Cummings, who was chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, will lie in state in the National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday,…

Flou, imprécis et vague… Ce sont les mots utilisés par la presse brésilienne (et internationale) pour qualifier le programme de Jair Bolsonaro, élu président du Brésil fin octobre avec environ 56% des voix, et officiellement investi chef d’Etat mardi 1er janvier. Hyperconservateur, qualifié de “Trump tropical”, cet ancien capitaine de l’armée, ouvertement nostalgique de la dictature militaire (1964-1985) – une époque qu’il qualifie…

Dans le cadre de la spectaculaire réconciliation entre l’Ethiopie et l’Erythrée, matérialisée par un accord à l’été 2018, le président érythréen Issaias Afeworki et le Premier ministre éthiopien Abiy Ahmed ont décidé de rouvrir en ce début 2019 un troisième point de passage transfrontalier.En septembre dernier, deux postes-frontières avaient déjà rouvert après être restés fermés pendant…

Edgar Ramirez tiendra le rôle titre du prochain film de Richard Kelly, “Corpus Christi”. Produit par Robert Rodriguez et Eli Roth, ceThriller mettrait en scène un vétéran de la guerre d’Irak atteint d’un sévère syndrôme post-traumatique faisant équipe avec un industriel Texan peu recommandable. Depuis sa brillante performance dans le Carlos d’Olivier Assayas, Edgar Ramírez…

EU to ban chemical in baby bottles Bisphenol A ban to take effect from mid-2011, but campaigners say more needs to be done. European Voice By Jennifer Rankin 11/26/10, 3:39 AM CET Updated 4/12/14, 8:24 PM CET The widely-used chemical bisphenol A will be banned from baby bottles from the middle of next year, European…

A new challenge From European Voice's Entre-Nous column 12/15/10, 9:01 PM CET Updated 4/23/14, 9:07 PM CET Click Here: cheap INTERNATIONAL jersey Poul Skytte Christoffersen gets a new job. Poul Skytte Christoffersen played a big part in establishing the European External Action Service (EEAS), but he has not found a job in it. Although he…

EU-India trade deal could be finalised in early 2011 Barroso says deal would be key to global economic recovery European Voice By Simon Taylor 12/10/10, 8:01 AM CET Updated 4/12/14, 8:29 PM CET José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, said today that he hoped to agree a trade and investment deal with India in…