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French expat: Guglielmi, a sibling living in 4 different time zones

This month, French expats speak for the children of expats. who are they? What do they (or not) have to do with France? How does the expatriate affect their daily life? How do they plan for the future?

After getting the following testimony forward (in Quebec), by Erin and Mila (In Arkansas), we’re meeting today with the Guglielmi brothers and sisters, French-Americans on two continents and four time zones. So we’re giving you not one but two episodes.

Their names are Mathilde, Amelia, Sybill...

The future of Umtiti will be predetermined! – winter news

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Since the 2018 World Cup Samuel Umtiti continues to fetter his physical worries and cannot find his level, which he had before the World Cup. Complications that now make him an undesirable element on the side of Barcelona, ​​who have been trying to part with him for several transfer windows.

Umtiti dreams of World Cup 2022!

And this year should be the right one for the Catalans, Sport even talking about “guaranteed exit”. ...

Covid: Did Florida have a better policy than other states? Studies show that… – Le Courrier des Amériques

In the United States, health policy depends on the States and not on the federal power. This explains why the two presidents (Trump and Biden) of this “Covid era” had trouble making themselves heard, especially in states that were not of their political color. It’s a little sad… but that’s the way it is. It explains the differences in policies against Covid… and allows you to compare them.

All states reacted more or less in the same way at the beginning of Covid, with more or less strict l...

Legislation 2022 Nordic: Online voting begins May 27

Legislation 2022 Nordic: Online voting begins May 27

For the first time, French people living abroad will be able to vote online for legislative elections. This voting method was approved last year for the election of consular advisers. Voters registered on the consular list must update their contact details online by May 10.

In the UK, 11 candidates are running in the first round of these legislative elections:

1. Assamahou Lamarre (substitute Vénus Félicia Kifoula), miscellaneous
2. Law...

Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has been arrested in Brazil for illegal possession of a firearm.

Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone was arrested Wednesday night in Brazil for possession of a firearm without a license, according to local police. The 91-year-old man was finally able to catch a flight to Switzerland.

He might be 91 Bernie Ecclestone lives a life away from a long quiet river. The former Formula 1 boss was arrested Wednesday night at an airport near Sao Paulo for possession of a firearm without a license, the news agency has learned. Reuters with reference to the s...

Legislative North America: New York’s Memorial Day political rallies – Frenchly Morning US

To get off to a good start the long weekend of Memorial Day, French Morning and Maudits Français invite you to attend, in person or via streaming, the debate of the candidates in the 1st round of the legislative elections in North America, the only organized in our constituency. It’s tonight, Thursday, May 26, at 6 pm EST at the Alliance Française French Institute (FIAF) in New York. It will be broadcast live, via Facebook and YouTube live.

Several candidates have scheduled meetings this w...

Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity

Founded in 1847, Cartier rose to its iconic status around 20th century, under the grandchildren of its founder. Always looking for new inspiration, the company has discovered a rich source of Islamic art on display and sold in the French capital. The geometric patterns and color combinations of its Art Deco designs show this influence. cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity illustrates this East-meets-West dynamic through more than 400 pieces of jewelry, luxury items, works of art...

William Faulkner: The Contemporary American Writer of the 20th Century – Le Courrier des Amériques

This elegant, dressed to the nines, pipe-smoking, taciturn and inveterate, whiskey drinker, is none other than William Faulkner. One could have said of him that he was a Mississippi farmer, born in this State on September 25, 1897 in New Albany to be exact, and died on July 6, 1962 in Byhalia at the age of 64: a short life. literary in reality but intense and fruitful, which allowed him to obtain the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949 when he was barely known; a first place in the American ...

Rencontre des Auteurs Francophones will publish a collection of books in homage to the Little Prince – Le Courrier des Amériques

Calling authors! Did you know that Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s masterpiece was written in New York, in the countryside of Long Island? It was first published in the United States, and in English, in 1943, while the original manuscript has been preserved in the Morgan Library in Manhattan since the late 1960s…

This philosophical tale is the most translated book in the world and will be held on November 22 in New York, during the Festival of Francophone Authors in America, at the National...

Firearms: between France and the United States, is the situation so different? – French Morning USA

After the Uvalde tragedy in Texas, as often happens after shootings in the United States, part of the American press linked the large number of weapons in circulation in the country with the scandalous American exception of mass shootings repeat. However, the comparison of French and American statistics shows it: if there seems to be a link, the situation is more complex than it seems at first glance.

An American is 30 times more likely to be shot than a Frenchman.

First difficulty on the w...