Quand la voiture fait bip-bip la veille de Noël
Pay Plages de vieJ’adore faire des listes. J’en rédige bien sûr pour les commissions et parfois je les oublie sur la table de la cuisine. Mais ces pense-bêtes me rassurent. J’énumère aussi sur des post-it mes tâches professionnelles à accomplir, comptabilisant les arti...
Source:La Liberte
December 26, 2025 23:08 UTC
Mara Kapsopoulos, violoniste et boxeuse. «Les femmes qui boxent ont souvent l’impression qu’elles doivent mériter leur place»
Mara Kapsopoulos, violoniste et boxeuse. «Les femmes qui boxent ont souvent l’impression qu’elles doivent mériter leur place»Musicienne accomplie, la Fribourgeoise est tombée amoureuse de la boxe. Une passion qu’elle enseigne à ceux – et surtout celles – qui n’auraient jamais imaginé monter sur un ring.
Source:La Liberte
December 26, 2025 23:06 UTC
Blood test could predict who is most at risk from common inherited heart condition
Scientists are developing a simple blood test to predict who is most at risk from the world’s most common inherited heart condition. But others can suffer complications, such as heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms, which can lead to a cardiac arrest. The blood test could identify those patients most in danger of complications, enabling them to be monitored more closely or receive life-saving treatment. A blood test measuring NT-Pro-BNP could transform the care of millions of people with the world’s most common inherited heart condition. This study shows that measuring various proteins circulating in the blood could help predict how the heart is functioning and future risk of complications from heart disease.
Source:The Guardian
December 26, 2025 22:07 UTC
Zelenskyy to travel to US for Trump meeting amid push for Ukraine deal
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to travel to the US for a planned meeting with Donald Trump on Sunday, as Washington continues to push for a possible peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow. Zelenskyy later told journalists the high-stakes meeting with Trump was planned for Sunday and would focus on some of the most sensitive parts of the peace talks, including Ukrainian security guarantees and reconstruction. “This meeting is specifically intended to refine things as much as we possibly can,” Zelenskyy said. “Russia constantly looks for reasons not to agree” to the peace proposals, Zelenskyy told reporters. In an interview with Politico on Friday, Trump said he anticipated a “good” meeting with the Ukrainian leader, though he offered no endorsement of Zelenskyy’s plan.
Source:The Guardian
December 26, 2025 21:51 UTC
FILM: L’INCONNU DE LA GRANDE ARCHE ***
As this week has been too busy, these will be short reviews, with some remaining films not to miss…L’INCONNU DE LA GRANDE ARCHE *** (vo French)If you’re interested in architecture, this film based on the construction of the Cube or La Grande Arche in the La Defénse district of Paris will fascinate you. THE HOUSEMAID (La femme de ménage) *This piece of Hollywood schlock is the sort of film which makes you feel grimy after you’ve sat through it. Films worth seeing before they’re gone (all reviewed previously) :LA VOIX DE HIND RAJABL’ÉTRANGERFRANKENSTEINALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOUUN SIMPLE ACCIDENTREBUILDINGBUGONIARELAYDOSSIER 137(You can find all film schedules on cineman.ch – Geneve.) Superb **** Very Good *** Good ** Mediocre * Miserable – no starsBy NeptuneNeptune Ravar Ingwersen reviews film extensively for publications in Switzerland. She views 4 to 8 films a week and her aim is to sort the wheat from the chaff for readers.
Source:Le News
December 26, 2025 21:24 UTC
The Titanic, Sinclair C5 and Brexit: the Museum of Failure is coming to the UK
Next spring, we will finally get a museum to celebrate the results: the Museum of Failure is coming to the UK. “The Brits totally get it.”The Museum of Failure, a travelling exhibition, is dedicated entirely to missteps, flops and aborted ambitions. UK-born exhibits include the Titanic, the Sinclair C5, the NHS’s national IT programme, Dyson’s Zone, Amstrad and The Body Shop. View image in fullscreen Brexit is among the UK-born exhibits in the Museum of Failure. “In the US, failure is framed in the narrative of success, and so visitors there found the museum funny,” said West.
Source:The Guardian
December 26, 2025 21:23 UTC
Switzerland’s last commuter paper prints its final edition
20 Minutes, Switzerland’s free commuter newspaper, appeared in print for the last time on Tuesday, ending a 26-year run, reported the newspaper. The closure also consigns to history the blue distribution boxes that once stood at railway stations and tram stops across the country. Pietro Supino, the boss of TX media @ 20 MinutesThe paper marked the occasion with a special farewell edition, distributed in German-, French- and Italian-speaking Switzerland. Launched in December 1999, 20 Minutes helped to reshape Switzerland’s media landscape. Early on, 20 Minutes also built a strong online presence, which eases the transition.
Source:Le News
December 26, 2025 21:07 UTC
A child is born: Italians celebrate village’s first baby in 30 years
In Pagliara dei Marsi, an ancient rural village on the slopes of Mount Girifalco in Italy’s Abruzzo region, cats vastly outnumber people. Lara Bussi Trabucco is the first baby to have been born in Pagliara dei Marsi in almost 30 years, bringing the village’s population to roughly 20. View image in fullscreen Pagliara dei Marsi, a village in the vertiginous west of Abruzzo, is undergoing drastic depopulation. The last time Pagliara dei Marsi had a teacher – whose home doubled-up as the school – was decades ago. Photograph: Roberto Salomone/The GuardianOrnella La Civita, a city councillor with the centre-left Democratic party, said financial incentives to encourage births were welcome.
Source:The Guardian
December 26, 2025 20:51 UTC
US voters linking climate crisis to rising bills despite Trump’s ‘green scam’ claims
Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, said that despite focus on the climate crisis drifting away among many politicians and activists, many Americans are grasping the connection between rising temperatures and rising bills. “If your kid has asthma, you should care about climate change. If you want to make money, you should care about climate change. If you like chocolate, you should care about climate change,” he said. “Looking at the long-term trajectory, there’s been a huge increase in the proportion of Americans who think climate change should be a priority for the president and Congress,” said Leiserowitz.
Source:The Guardian
December 26, 2025 19:00 UTC
Le Nigeria évoque d’autres frappes lors d’opérations avec les USA
Le Nigeria évoque d’autres frappes lors d’opérations avec les USALe Nigeria annonce d’éventuelles nouvelles frappes contre des jihadistes après des attaques américaines de Noël, menées avec son accord. Abuja assure coopérer étroitement avec Washington.
Source:Le Nouvelliste
December 26, 2025 18:11 UTC
Friday briefing: The answers to our quiz are in – how much of 2025 did you remember?
2) Who has appeared in the main image of First Edition the most times in 2025? Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters13) What day does Martin Belam publish his weekly Guardian news quiz that this First Edition quiz of the year is loosely based on? a) Tuesdayb) WednesdayC) Thursday ✅d) FridayWillow (pictured, below), the very naughty miniature dachshund, is the official dog of the Thursday quiz. a) North West Sussexb) North West NorfolkC) North West Essex ✅d) North West BedfordshireShe was elected as an MP in 2017, when the seat was known as Saffron Walden. A) Your Party ✅b) Our Partyc) Their Partyd) Party McPartyfaceStick with what you know, eh?
Source:The Guardian
December 26, 2025 17:16 UTC
Report on Israeli settlements plan is all too brief
It must be a long time since such a brazen flouting of international law was announced simply in an “In brief” paragraph in the print edition of the Guardian (Israel green-lights 19 new Jewish settlements, 22 December). Already Palestinian Christians describe living there as like being in a small prison inside a larger one. When will the international community wake up to the fact that Israel will continue to flagrantly face down international law until serious sanctions are brought to bear? Rev David HaslamEvesham, WorcestershireThank you, Jacqueline Noble, for reminding us that “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” (Letters, 17 December). Listen to others and give them your time to do whatever it is they wish to do.
Source:The Guardian
December 26, 2025 17:08 UTC