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Erling Haaland, a first season for the history books

By Jacques de Miscault

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After his transfer from Dortmund to Manchester City last summer for £51m. The Norwegian striker has exceed all the expectations. His first season could be historical.

Haaland has been on fire since the start of the season. The star player of Manchester city scored 25 goals in 19 games in premier league. He is actually breaking all the records of precocity concerning goal scoring.

Fastest player to score 20 goals in premier league, first to score 25, best scorer ever at the half of the season. If he continues he will be easily the golden boot of premier league, and could even break the record of the most goals scored in a season.

Another day at the office

Football experts who have followed Haaland since the beginning of his career won’t be surprised by hearing those crazy statistics. In fact since the first match of his young career he scored 183 goals in just 227 appearances. A net shaking machine who lets nobody indifferent. In fact, a legend from the rival club of Manchester United, Roy Keane, said this about Haaland, “People were doubting he would adapt fast in the premier league. But he’s got huge qualities, he’s fast, and shoots a lot. People talk about 20 and some goals but I think he will hit 30 or maybe 40”.

Even if the enemy has this amount of respect for the youngster, nothing can stop him to make history in the biggest championship in the world.

Riad Sattouf wins the Grand Prix at the Angoulême Festival

By Lucas Andrey

At 44, the creator of "The Arab of the Future" is the winner of the 50ᵉ edition of the International Comics Festival, which opens on Thursday. He succeeds Julie Doucet from Quebec.

Riad Sattouf The author of the successful series “L'Arabe du Futur”, “Les Cahiers d'Esther”, “Pascal Brutal” and “La vie secrète des jeunes”, was named Grand Prix d'Angoulême on Wednesday 25 January, on the occasion of the opening night of the 50th edition of the International Comics Festival. A vote organised online among professionals in the sector (cartoonists, scriptwriters, colourists, etc.) saw him beat Catherine Meurisse and the American Alison Bechdel, who came out on top alongside him at the end of the first round of voting. Riad Sattouf succeeds Quebec's Julie Doucet in winning this award, which is given to a comic book author for lifetime achievement.

A worldwide success

Although he is one of the youngest winners at 44, the director (Les Beaux Gosses, 2009) has built up a humorous body of work brimming with acuity, with thirty-five books. Until then, Riad Sattouf was one of the few authors to have won the Fauve d'or for the best album at Angoulême twice: in 2010 for volume III of his Pascal Brutal series (Fluide Glacial) and in 2015 for the first volume of L'Arabe du futur, an autobiographical saga of undeniable critical and public success, translated into more than twenty languages, of which the sixth and final chapter has just been published. Riad Sattouf recently added another string to his bow by creating his own publishing house, Les Livres du futur. His consecration is the crowning achievement of a work whose main characteristic is to address the largest number of people, in particular a readership that is far from comics at the beginning.

In 2016, Riad Sattouf was on a list of thirty or so authors, all male, shortlisted for the Grand Prix by the FIBD's artistic direction - a heated debate ensued. He then asked for his name to be removed from the list and replaced by those of adulated female authors, such as Japan's Rumiko Takahashi and Quebec's Julie Doucet. Both have since been elected to the Angoulême prize list, following a reform of the Grand Prix designation system.

England: a dog attacks a 4-year-old girl who dies instantly

By Tom Courel

Several British media such as "The Sun" and "The Daily Mirror" reported on 31 January 2023 the death of a 4-year-old child in England following an attack by a dog. The police shot the dog for safety reasons.

Police officers were called to the scene at around 5pm local time in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, in the south-east of the country. They were informed that a dog had attacked a child in the garden of a property. The young girl died shortly afterwards in the backyard of a house.

The dog, which is man's best friend and whose breed was not disclosed, was shot by police officers for public safety reasons. No other casualties have been reported and the family of the dead child is being counselled. No arrests have yet been made by the police.

Terrible grief

One neighbor told The Sun newspaper: "We heard desperate cries last night. I heard she is dead! She's dead! They were piercing screams.

The interviewee, who has a child in the same school as the dead girl, added: "The screams will stay with me forever. It was a nightmare. I am heartbroken. It will haunt me," he said.

Violence by these animals is increasingly common in Europe. But this is mainly due to a lack of socialization. A dog will only behave this way against people with whom it has not been socialized during the first months of its life. A dog, raised with sheep, will never be a sheep predator. A dog that has been exposed to small children during the first 6 months of its life will never behave predatorily towards a baby for example.

UNITED KINGDOM: HE CHANGES HIS USUAL PLAYING HOURS AND WINS 570,000 EUROS IN THE LOTTERY

by Tom Courel

The sixty-year-old, a technician in the automotive industry, had to change his working hours to be able to go to a medical appointment for his knee. He therefore played the lottery at a particularly unusual time in his 28 years of participation and won for the first time.

The 65-year-old British man can hardly believe that his win of £500,000 (almost €570,000) was pure chance. It was one of the few times on January 11 that this technician changed the time of day he had been playing the lottery for 28 years. The reason: a medical appointment for a knee prosthesis which led him to change his working hours.

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"It's fate, if I hadn't switched shifts for that hospital appointment, I wouldn't have bought my lottery ticket at that particular time and some other lucky person might be celebrating instead," he muses.

Nearing retirement, Jeff Etherington decided not to quit his job. "When I walked into the shop the next day, the news had spread and everyone was clapping, it was a surreal moment," he shares, saying his boss was "relieved" to learn he wouldn't have to find a new employee.

A vacation and a wedding

What to do after winning such a large sum? The 60-year-old and his partner Kim Read, 60, to whom he is engaged in 2021, stuck to limited spending. They had just changed cars, redecorated their home, and redid their kitchen. They simply booked a weekend at a luxury hotel in Leicestershire and are now planning their wedding. Now, if you have a date next time, consider playing the lottery first. Luck will surely smile on you.

Germany and the United States are sending their heavy tanks to Ukraine

By Mathis Alloul

It took Germany several weeks to make its decision. It will send its heavy tanks to Ukraine. The United States immediately followed suit and will also deliver its war vehicles.

Kiev finally won the case. This was one of Mr Zelensky's main demands to the Western powers. Western tanks arrive in Ukraine. The Ukrainian army was sorely lacking in equipment to repel the Russians. Berlin is sending 14 German-made Leopards 2 tanks, while Washington is delivering 31 Uncle Sam-made Abrams tanks. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, wants to go beyond the delivery of tanks: "We will provide training, logistics, ammunition and maintenance for these vehicles. Also, we allow partner countries to deliver their tanks.

Great help for the Ukrainian army

Western countries are X factors in this war. If they decide to become fully involved, there is a good chance that victory will be on the Ukrainian side. These countries, led by the United States, France and Germany have already sent many reinforcements to Ukraine. Among other things, light tanks, ammunition stocks and several billion dollars.

But why did the West take so long to give Ukraine tanks?

Giving such equipment is akin to going to war. Countries are taking the risk of being attacked by Russian forces.

The stalemate in the conflict and the intensification of Russian bombing of Ukrainian civilians have pushed NATO countries to help the Ukrainian army.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked his Western allies on Wednesday 25 January for long-range missiles and combat aircraft. The delivery of Western tanks is a turning point in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

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Free speech in the United Kingdom

By Jacques de Miscault and Iris Fourgeaud

The right of free expression has been recognised as a human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international Human Rights law by the United Nations.

The many liberties and restrictions of the free speech

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Under Article 10 of the Human Rights Act 1998, “everyone has the right to freedom of expression” in the UK. The law goes on to say that this freedom “may be subject to formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society."

The free speech in united kingdom has been contexted through the years. Censorship has taken many forms throughout the history of the country, with either various rigorous and lax laws in place at different times, especially concerning British cinema, entertainment venues, literature, the monarchy and the press.

Time, place, and manner. These are the three restrictions for the free speech. Limitations based on time, place, and manner apply to all speech, regardless of the view expressed. They are generally restrictions that are intended to balance other rights or a legitimate government interest

Expressions of hatred toward someone on account of that person's colour, race, sex, disability, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origin, religion, gender reassignment, or sexual orientation is forbidden.

Speaker’s corner, the alternative solution to express yourself

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In the north-east part of Hyde Park (London), there is a place reserved especially for expressing your opinion without any restrictions. It is called the “speaker’s corner”. You can choose to place yourself in front of the present crowd and speak about what you want. Londoners had to wait until 1872 to have access to this meeting. The time for the British government to realize the need that his population had to express themselves. After that, other places and meetings were organized all over the country. There is also case in other countries: USA, Australia, Netherlands, Canada, Singapore and Trinidad and Tobago. Places, of course, related closely to England, ancient colonies or Common Wealth members.

There is an exception in this list, USA. In fact, there is no proper “speaker’s corner” in the country, but they installed “Free speech zones” in the country who works approximatively the same way.

In the Netherlands, the system is a bit different that allows the mayor and the government to have an impact on the free speech of the population. Their “Spreeksteen” as they call it, is always filmed and they are currently working to retransmit it on internet in the future.

There has been a controversy about this in 2006. As Mr. Smith, a far-right politician, made an apparition on the speaker’s corner. All the opposant were shouting so he couldn’t be heard. And some people were menacing the association if Smith was allowed to talk again on the corner. Which he did in the end of 2006.

The Dangerous relationship between illegal vapes and children

By Shaima Assadi

In the last couple years, in Europe but as everywhere else. Electronic vaporizers have surfaced, with several flavors, low nicotine levels (0.9%), and had young people become addicted.

Designed primarily to stop independence to tobacco, electronic cigarettes have become a new fashion among young people. In each country, the report is the same: these cigarettes are easy to access, their promotions on social networks do not really help these governments fight against this scourge.

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Salesmen in shops or resellers on social networks make a lot of sales thanks to young minors. By not asking for identification, they are breaking the law in the UK. Sold at very affordable prices, young people are snapping them up. This is a matter of great concern to the local authorities.

What are UK rules on vaping?

only those aged 18 and over can buy vapes or e-cigarettes

certain ingredients, such a caffeine and taurine, are banned

nicotine ingredient warnings must appear on packaging

packaging should be childproof

All e-cigarette and e-liquids containing nicotine must be certified by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) before they can be sold in the UK. Search for brands on the MHRA website

any product that is not listed should be returned to the shop where it was bought, or to your local Trading Standards office

anyone's experience of suspected side effects from using vapes can be sent to the MHRA via the Yellow Card scheme

nicotine-free e-cigarettes do not have to be certified by the MHRA - they are subject to product safety regulations by Trading Standards

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The story of the guardian

By Nassim Belhadj

In this article, we will talk about one of the most famous British newspapers, from its creation at the beginning of the 19th century, to the present day and its success today.

Credits: The Guardian

The first beginnings

The newspaper was born following the Peterloo massacre. During this massacre, the police very violently repressed a peaceful workers' demonstration. John Edward Taylor, shocked by the massacre and the way the conservative press tells the event decides to create a newspaper. The goal is to offer another source and another point of view in the face of the conservative press. Thus, on May 5, 1871, the day of Napoleon's death, the first issue of the newspaper appeared, which at the time was called Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited. The 1st issue was precisely about the death of the Corsican soldier.

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One of England's most widely read newspapers

After recovering from a crisis in the 2010s, decades during which the distribution of paper fell by 60%. The Guardian is now read by more than 150,000 people. It also has a successful website, accumulating more than 150 million visitors per year. This one ranks in 2012, third most visited site in the world behind the Daily Mail and the New York Time. The same year the magazine was rewarded with the Pullitzer Prize, for its article on the revelations of Edward Snowden.

Credits: The Guardian

In conclusion, despite ups and downs. The newspaper has always been able to meet this. And it is now one of the most widely read daily newspapers in the world, not to mention its site, which is also thriving.

By Jacques de Miscault

The great history of British newspaper

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The history of written press in the United-Kingdom is closely related to the story of the country and played a major part in the development of new technics and ideas. Because of a dynamism and freedom revendicated very soon, it became a pioneer for the press all around the world.

The first periodic published in England was published in 1622, it was called the “Weekly News from Italy”. It was edited by Nicholas Bourne and Thomas Archer, following only by 2 years the first English publications talking about news.

The British press is characterized by two aspects, on one part the importance of a national press, and the second, the big influence of this press in the life of the nation.

The first paper that still exists today is the Oxford Gazette who was created in 1665. It will be renamed the London Gazette in 1666. Today it is an official paper in England but it is wildly unknown by the citizens.

The evolution up to today

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Among the biggest titles on today’s press, « the Times » is the most ancient. It was founded in 1785, and is still considered as a reference in Great-Britain’s press. Other big titles of the national press were founded during the 19th century, “the Guardian” (ex-Manchester Guardian) in 1821, the Daily Telegraph in 1855, the Daily Mail in 1896 and the Daily Express in 1900.

All those media are still very important in today’s British press. Although some changes were made for some of them. “The Guardian” is more specialized in sport and particularly football for example.

The importance of the term “tabloid”

The word “tabloid” has two significations today. Historically, it is the format of the daily popular press and they became synonyms. But more recently, some of the papers known as “quality press” moved to the tabloid format or almost. By sheer number, the tabloids today are way more ridden than the quality press. The Daily Mail and the Sun have a number of readers of more than 1 million. A prowess that none of the “quality press” can match.

Today’s British press is characterized by both quality and tabloid press. Even if the link between them is close, the distinction is important and defines the organization of press nowadays.

The impact of the British Newspaper

By Tom Courrel

Although the importance of the British press has declined recently, mostly because of the rise of new ways to inform and the expand of television news channels, the major British dailies continue to play a significant role in shaping public opinion in Britain.

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During the Thatcher years, the daily circulation of The Sun was close to, and at times exceeded, four million copies. About 50% more than the sales of 2012.

It's great rival for popular readership : The Daily Mirror, at it's peak in the mid-1960s, sold over 5 millions copies per day. In the 2000's, The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Express still sell over one million copies. With such figures, the power of influence of the major dailies and Sunday papers was huge.

In 1992, The Sun boasted on it's front page that it had prevented a Labour Party victory in the general election. Five years later, the same paper called for a Labour vote, and facilitated (but certainly did not make possible) Tony Blair's victory. The reversal of the rather conservative paper was probably linked to it's populist line, and it's desire to maintain influence on the British government at a time when Blair was at the highest of his popularity. A successful gamble if Tony Blair's words to the Leveson Inquiry are anything to go by.

Brexit and eurosceptism

The British Conservative press is largely in the hands of foreign or non-UK domiciled owners or Eurosceptic groups, who have made Europe a scapegoat for all problems over the years. Given this constant bad press, the British have for long been unenthusiastic about the European Union. Since 2011, the Euro crisis has allowed much of the populist press to justify their positions by pointing to the "wastefulness" of Brussels, the economic incompetence of some countries, and the good sense of the British who chose to stay out of the Eurozone. On the other hand, the successes and achievements of European integration have often been overlooked.

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Since the Brexit, to which it largely contributed, the right-wing populist press, in particular The Mail and The Express, has been raging against everyone. Parliamentarians, elected representatives, associations, other newspapers, parties, economists, and ordinary citizens who point out that the Brexit is not irreversible and who highlight it's harmful consequences for Britain.

Compared to the audiovisual media, the written press often provides more detailed information, and because of it's written form it allows the reader to remain active in his or her search for information and therefore to have a certain critical distance from event.

The Sun : “Page 3 girl”, a controversial story

By Lucas Andrey

“Page 3” made The Sun famous. Featuring topless models, it was removed from the British tabloid in January 2015. A look back at 45 years of one of the most controversial traditions in British newspaper journalism.

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First appeared in the 17 November 1970 edition of The Sun after it is takeover by Rupert Murdoch, “Page 3 girl” featured naked women for entertainment purposes. The page quickly gained popularity and so did The Sun. Many British newspapers also began to publish topless models, including The Daily Mirror, The Sunday People, and The Daily Star.

Within a year, the sales of the media has doubled. It became the United Kingdom's biggest selling newspaper in 1978. The Sun's female journalists even had to review the images on “Page 3” before publication to make sure women would not consider them 'dirty' and avoid the sleazy images of the pornography titles.

In the 1980s, “Page 3” launched the careers of many models, including Samantha Fox, who posed topless for the British tabloid when she was just 16 years old. But this tradition, considered sexist and old-fashioned, also gave rise to many controversies from the 2000s.

“No More Page 3” campaign

From 2012 to 2015, a campaign in the United Kingdom aimed at convincing the owners and publishers of The Sun to stop publishing images of topless glamour models on “Page 3”. Launched by writer and actress like Lucy-Anne Holmes in August 2012, the campaign argued that “Page 3” perpetuated sexism, portrayed women as sexual objects, negatively affected the body image of girls and women, and contributed to a culture of sexual violence. The campaign gathered over 240,000 signatures on an online petition and gained the support of over 140 Members of Parliament, several trade unions, over 30 universities and numerous charities and advocacy groups. The Sun stopped publishing topless “Page 3” images in it's Irish edition in 2013, in its British editions in 2015 and on its Page3.com website in 2017. The Daily Star also stopped publishing images of topless glamour models in 2019.

The tabloids : a press so British !

By Mathis Alloul

The tabloids are probably the most talked-about press on a daily basis. Always looking for clout, these media are doing everything to get scoops. Let's take a look at the history and current trends of this type of media.

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Tabloid journalism is one popular style of largely sensationalist journalism (usually drama, sometimes unverifiable or even blatantly false). Which took it's name from the tabloid newspaper format: a small-sized newspaper. The size became associated with sensationalism. The front page of a tabloid always has big photographs and headlines, it is even called superficial journalism. The oldest British tabloid is The People, founded in 1881 and still one of the most popular today.

As in the United States, some weekly magazines have become increasingly popular since the 2000s. However, their sales began to decline in the late 2000s, partly because of the emergence of the digital press, but mostly because of the scandal involving Nouveau du Monde.

Create and share scandals.

Harry and Megan : the famous couple. The tabloids have clearly decided to take Meghan and Harry as their target. Since their royal wedding in May 2018, the front pages have been following one another. Meghan Markle has always been in their shot, her friends (abandoned), her loves (past), her troubles (family) as been used against her. Why so much hate? Being American is the source of all the issues the tabloids have said. Because she wasn't necessarily cooperative during her pregnancy, the media grumbled. Because Meghan-bashing sells a lot, quite simply.

Princess Diana famously made a lot of headlines in the national tabloids. "If we didn't have anything to sell, all we had to do was take a picture of Diana, enlarge it as much as possible and put it on the front page," confirms former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie, considered "the genius of the tabloids”. Some loose headlines: "My life is torture", "I had an affair with Hewitt", "I never liked Dodi", all without any real quote from the main character. The princess was always followed by paparazzi wherever she went. The paparazzi have been widely blamed for the accident that led to Diana's death in 1997 in Paris.

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The most widely read and purchased British tabloids are : Metro, The Guardian, The Times, The Mail on Sunday and The Daily Mail (in order).

SPECIAL WEEK !!!

This week : focus on the British newspaper !

All the articles will be dedicated to it. We will try to make a good overview of this topic. The newspaper has been and is, still very powerful in the United-Kingdom. How it all start and how has it become so crucial ?

Stay tune for our review of the British papers.

Ernest Hemingway's childhood

By Mathis Alloul

In 1960, Ernest Hemingway's first posthumous autobiographical account, "The Dangerous Summer", was published. This story looks back on the life and career of a great 20th century journalist. We will focus on his childhood.

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A childhood that forges its future Ernest Hemingway was an American journalist, writer and war reporter born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. He was the son of Clarence Hemingway, a physician, and Grace Hall, a musician whose father was a wealthy cutlery wholesaler. He was therefore born into a wealthy family. He was the second of six children: Marceline born in 1898, himself (Ernest), Ursula born in 1902, Madeleine in 1904, Carol in 1911 and finally Leicester Clarence in 1915. The siblings grew up in a fairly conservative environment. It is fair to assume that Ernest had a major influence on his younger brother, Leicester Clarence. Indeed, he also became a successful writer.

Ernest Hemingway was named after his maternal grandfather, a man who helped the family greatly when the parents married, in 1896. Hemingway said he disliked his first name, which he associated with the naive, even mad, hero of Oscar Wilde's play : “The Importance Of Being Earnest” written in 1895. Hemingway, as an adult, claimed to hate his mother. His mother, a musician, insisted on teaching him to play cello, which became a source of conflict, but he later admitted that the music lessons were useful for his writing.

The family had a summer home on the shores of Walloon Lake, near Detroit, Michigan. This area is inhabited by the Ojibwe Indians.

It was here that Hemingway learned to hunt, fishing and camp in the woods with his father. In 1909, his father gave him his first shotgun for his tenth birthday. His early experiences in the wilderness gave him a passion for outdoor adventure and life in remote areas. It was this passion for adventure that led him to become a war reporter.

Studies cut short

From 1913, Ernest studied at Oak Park High School. There, he discovered Shakespeare, Dickens and Stevenson, and took an active part in the school's sporting and cultural life. In 1916, his first stories and poems appeared in the school's literary magazines. After graduating in 1917, Hemingway gave up higher education to become a journalist for the Kansas City Star, under the benevolent influence of his paternal uncle, Alfred Tyler Hemingway. 1917 marked the entry of the United States into the war in which Hemingway became fully involved.

A Worrying Last Match

BY MATHIS ALLOUL

The French team lost 1-0 to Tunisia in their last game of the World Cup group stage. A match marked by a huge refereeing error but which does not change anything for "Les Bleus".

A goal from Wahbi Khazri in the 58th minute was enough for the Carthage Eagles to win against the defending french champions. This Tunisian team absolutely had to win to have a chance to qualify. France is already qualified for the next round of the competition and are quite certain to finish top of their group. French coach,Didier Deschamps, decided to make a lot of changes in the team by making play the substitutes. Now we can understand better why the substitutes are substitutes, because the team was not good.

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An evening full of twists and turns

Tunisia played a good game and rose to the occasion. A goal was disallowed to the African team at the very beginning of the match even though, they would have deserved to score. France also had a goal disallowed, this time in a more questionable manner.

Griezmann was flagged offside after scoring, which was questionable as the French striker was not onside. The referee used VAR to disallow Antoine Griezmann's goal even though he had blown his whistle at the end of the match, which is not allowed under the rules.

In the other match in this group.. Australia surprisingly defeated favourites Denmark to reach "the last 16" for the second time in their history. The Danes are logically eliminated after a disappointing tournament. This Australian's victory seals the fate of the Tunisians who are also eliminated.

What does the future hold for the french team ?

France will face Poland in the next round. The Polish team has been quite disappointing in it's first three games, the French team is logically favourite. On the other hand, Australia will face one of the favourites of the competition : Argentina.

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VoloCity: the future is 2024

By Marie COPPO

Flying cars, robots, and artificial intelligence, no, you are not dreaming. What if future is tomorrow?

In 2024, the Olympics settled in Paris. The government is preparing the city to this colossal event. A railway network that will connect all the Olympic places: Grand Paris Express. The first line will be delivered in 2024.

According to the city 93% of the infrastructures required are already built and just need renovations. In Seine Saint Denis, an eco-village Olympic and an aquatic center are fully constructed. Their cost is evaluated at 1.5 billion and 123 million euros respectively. The whole budget is therefore estimated at 6.6 billion of euros to the country. Rio2016 Olympics had cost 16.5 billion euros, for comparison. Another big announcement: a big technologic innovation is on the way. Flying taxis are coming in the city of lover’s sky.

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A German production

These air taxis called VoloCity are made to transport visitors from the airport Charles de Gaulle to Paris. There are two seats including the pilot. Looking like little helicopters, they can execute flights at 200 and 350m of altitude and 110 km/h at their fastest speed.

In summer 2021, the first flying tests has been executed in Val d’Oise and a demonstration flight in Bourget Airport. The machine is emission-free according to their creator: Volocopter.

It was created by STEPHAN WOLF and ALEXANDER ZOSEL, two entrepreneurs who knew each other from childhood. They both studying civil engineering and Network technology, started working in the largest engineering company in Europe: Siemens. In 2011, they developed together their own company: Volocopter. The current CEO is Dirk Hoke. He led digitalization projects in the aviation, automotive, and technology industries. The alumnus of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader Program started his career in Paris at Renault and worked 20 years at Siemens. He has been CEO of Airbus Defence and Space. Volocopter is now officially in collaboration with the French group Aéroports de Paris and the RATP the Parisian public transport group.

In the future, it could be used in various areas such as delivery services, but also medical or emergency transport. The price of a race has not yet been fixed.

Jeffrey Dahmer, a Netflix TV series

By Nassim Belhadj

After Ted Bundy, Charles Manson or even John Wayne Gacy, Netflix is now adaptating the life of the serial killer : Jeffrey Dahmer. The series entitled Dahmer: Monster, was released last September on the platform. The opportunity for us to look back on his life.

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A difficult first part of life, the beginning of strange and disturbing behavior:

Jeffrey's early life was very complicated, his mother had complications when she got pregnant with him. In addition, his father is not very present in his life, the rare moments he spent with him are devoted to dissecting dead animals. Between the ages of 10 and 15, he has very few socials relationships. During his puberty, he discovers his homosexuality which he will hide all his life to his parents. When he was 17, they divorced. During his adolescence he became an alcoholic. As a university student, he was expelled because of his addiction. He arrives in the army; however his demons catches up with him again and again. Then follows a period where Jeffrey will not be able to stabilize, because of his drink deases. He will also be arrested several times in a state of intoxication on the public highway and hospitalized.

First murder at 18

Jeff kills someone for the first time at 18, in June 1978. He is alone at his grandmother's and he takes Steven Hicks and offers him to drink a few beers at his place. When the hitchhiker decides to leave the house, Dahmer hits him on the head with a 5kg dumbbell, then strangles him with it. He buried the body in the garden. Nine years later he commits his second crime, he will later confess that he has no memory of having committed this murder, he will murder two more people. In the summer of 1989, his grandmother sent him home because of his bizarre behavior, the fact that she found a 357 magnum under his bed, not to mention the pestilential odors emanating from the basement. In 1989, he moved into his apartment in Milwaukee. He will kill four people that year. 1991 is the year of his arrest. On July 22, 1991, he made the rounds of homosexual bars in the area and offers Tracy Edward to pose at his place for photos for 50 dollars, he accepts. When Edward decides to leave, Dahmer shows himself to be violently handcuffed and takes him to his room to show him the movie : "The Exorcist 3". Tracy manages to get out of the apartment, call a police car. In the apartment the investigators will discover human heads and parts in his refrigerator, a heart in his freezer, skeletons in his closet, no less than 3 human torsos in a barrel of hydrochloric acid and skulls in the drawers of his kitchen.

Following this, Jeffrey Dahmer will be judged and he will receive 16 life sentences. He will be killed on November 28, 1994, by a fellow prisoner at the age of 34.

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