Between 300 and 400 opponents of the A69 Toulouse-Castres A69 motorway, whose site was canceled by administrative justice on Thursday, gathered in the pink city to celebrate victory “Historical” of “David against Goliath”noted an AFP journalist. “It’s major, there will really be a before and after A69”told AFP Gilles Garric, opposing the disputed highway project. … Read more
Despite the storm and freezing rain in New York, dozens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of revelers embraced each other at midnight sharp Tuesday evening in the iconic Times Square, happy to celebrate “once in a lifetime” New Year’s Eve in the legendary American multicultural megalopolis. The transition to the new year in the “Big Apple” … Read more
Thousands of people attended the sunrise at the British archaeological site Stonehenge on Saturday to celebrate the pagan festival of the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. Some 4,500 druids in folk costumes, shamans and other curious people applauded the arrival of day on the Neolithic complex in the … Read more
Sometimes hated, sometimes praised, the CRS, republican security companies, which celebrated their 80th anniversary on Friday, are inseparable in the French imagination from demonstrations, cries and fury, Bruno Retailleau seeing in them a “vital rampart” for the Republic. “You are a vital bulwark, a moral benchmark”exclaimed the resigning Minister of the Interior during a ceremony … Read more
Thousands of Syrians took to the streets across the country on Friday, responding to the call of the leader of the armed coalition that took power in Damascus, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to celebrate the “victory of the revolution” after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Sunday. “I want to congratulate the Syrian people on … Read more
Yom Kippur is, along with Rosh Hashana, one of the main holidays in Judaism. Both are centered on forgiveness and repentance. Celebrated in September or October, according to the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, also called the Great Atonement, commemorates the day when God forgave the Jews for turning away from Him to worship the statue … Read more