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Francis Brier TV and Digital Editor Tuesday May 24, 2022 6:00 PM – For six weeks, this part of the world has experienced frequent sandstorms. Horrific landscapes. brutal storm Another sandstorm shook Iraq. For a month and a half, this area experienced at least one storm a week. According to the Iraqi Meteorological Service, this situation is unprecedented. Authorities have reported a tally of more than 1,200 people with respiratory problems. Local media have reported more than 10,000 hospitalizations since the unusual series began. Strong dust storm in Baghdad, Iraq 🇮🇶 pic.twitter.com/qDJUsfwj1UStrong dust storm in Baghdad, Iraq 🇮🇶 Avery Martin…

(London) Pictures of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sharing a drink in Downing Street in 2020, in full confinement, have revived accusations of lies against him, ahead of the publication of a long-awaited report on Party Gate. Posted at 9:47 am These photos, published by ITV News, were taken on Monday evening, during a farewell party for Communications Chief Lee Kane on November 13, 2020, a few days after the announcement of the second confinement in England. We see Boris Johnson raising his glass and talking to several people around a table with several bottles of wine and food. This…

The revival of shipbuilding in the region continues with the arrival in Quebec of a global leader who will soon establish his first subsidiary in Canada. Groupe ALMACO, which specializes in complete shipbuilding solutions, has chosen Quebec City to expand its activities. As a supplier, ALMACO builds and upgrades all interior spaces of ships such as cabins, superstructures, public spaces or galleys, for both passengers and sailors. In particular, the company provides comprehensive support to shipyards. At the moment, the work is mainly concentrated in Europe, but the situation may change slightly with the recent investments of the Canadian government.…

End of an era: New York City fired its last coin-operated phone booth on Monday, the popular “public phone booth,” which for a few years has been replaced by free Wi-Fi terminals. But let Superman fans rest assured: Manhattan will keep four shuttered phone booths, the one where journalist Clark Kent transforms into a superhero. New York, Monday morning, put an end to a myth perpetuated in popular culture for decades by comics, photography, film and television. In front of the press, the last “booth” with two disassembled phones was dismantled and placed on a truck, which was erected in…

The presenters of major Afghan TV news channels, forced by the Taliban to cover their faces on air, vowed on Sunday to continue fighting for their rights. • Read also: Washington calls on the Taliban to respect women’s rights • Read also: ‘Good news’ about girls’ education in Afghanistan • Read also: Women protesting in Kabul against the full veil Since their return to power last year, the Taliban have imposed a series of restrictions on civil society, many of them aimed at subjugating women to their fundamentalist conception of Islam. Earlier this month, the Taliban’s supreme leader issued an…

(New York) Texas Representative Henry Cuellar is an exception within the House Democratic group: he opposes the right to abortion. Posted at 5:00 am Richard Hito special cooperation As such, the 66-year-old elected official should not necessarily expect to win the support of his party leaders in the Democratic primaries opposing Jessica Cisneros, a young 28-year-old lawyer who has been a fierce advocate of this right recognized since 1973 in the states United States of America. After all, Joe Biden himself has called on citizens to elect pro-choice candidates in the wake of a leaked Supreme Court document announcing the…

Our columnist Mathieu Bock Côte is currently based in France, where he follows French news from a Quebec perspective. Every summer, it comes back in an episode, and each time with more massiveness: I’m talking about the burkini fight. In recent days, it has returned to the fore from the city of Grenoble. The mayor, Eric Beul, has decided to allow this in municipal swimming pools. It appears that a burkini ban would be discriminatory. What’s more: that licensing would be a social advance, and it seemed that public authorities would never have to interfere with the behavior of those…

Our columnist Mathieu Bock Côte is currently based in France, where he follows French news from a Quebec perspective. Every summer, it comes back in an episode, and each time with more massiveness: I’m talking about the burkini fight. In recent days, it has returned to the fore from the city of Grenoble. The mayor, Eric Beul, has decided to allow this in municipal swimming pools. It appears that a burkini ban would be discriminatory. What’s more: that licensing would be a social advance, and it seemed that public authorities would never have to interfere with the behavior of those…

The cat adoption process took place at the Society for the Protection of Animals of Quebec (SPA) for the first time in two years. Since the beginning of the epidemic, the attraction for pets has always been strong due to the isolation in particular, but the SPA de Québec is experiencing a new reality as demand has run out. Currently, all cages are occupied and the organization is actively looking for families willing to welcome an animal. Fortunately, the number of animal abandonment cases is not higher than usual. We didn’t expect that. We have 26 cat cages. There is…

The cat adoption process took place at the Society for the Protection of Animals of Quebec (SPA) for the first time in two years. Since the beginning of the epidemic, the attraction for pets has always been strong due to the isolation in particular, but the SPA de Québec is experiencing a new reality as demand has run out. Currently, all cages are occupied and the organization is actively looking for families willing to welcome an animal. Fortunately, the number of animal abandonment cases is not higher than usual. We didn’t expect that. We have 26 cat cages. There is…