Month: April 2020

Des chercheurs américains se sont penchés sur sept études afin d’examiner un lien potentiel entre l’usage du cannabis médical pour soulager les douleurs chroniques et la réduction de consommation d’opiacés. Cinq études ont montré que le cannabis médical entraînait une réduction de 44% à 64% de la consommation d'opioïdes chez les patients souffrant de douleurRead moreRead more

An EU chart appears to misrepresent the U.K.'s scale when it comes to trade | Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images Sliding flaws: EU publishes misleading Brexit chart Chart appears to exaggerate the size of UK trade with the EU compared to Japan’s. By Jakob Hanke Vela 2/19/20, 7:21 PM CET Updated 2/19/20, 9:15 PM CETRead moreRead more

The three Baltic countries lobbied hard to get the €6 billion Rail Baltica project included in the draft EU budget. But Brussels is threatening to cut off future financing unless Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania drastically change the way one of the bloc’s biggest infrastructure projects is managed, according to a letter from a senior European Commission official.Read moreRead more

Former EU Competition Commissioner Mario Monti says protectionist EU member countries have failed to embrace moves to make a more effective single market | Pool photo by Jochen Zick/Getty Images Don’t blame Brussels: Mario Monti weighs into clash over EU champions Italian veteran says EU countries are to be blamed for resisting single market integration.Read moreRead more

The defender has described his experience of working alongside the mercurial striker, who was never afraid to “put his foot down” at Old Trafford Zlatan Ibrahimovic “got the best out of everyone” during his time at Manchester United, according to Luke Shaw, who says the Swede would never tolerate anyone slacking off in training. JoseRead moreRead more

PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CA — What works faster than a weed wacker for clearing brush? About 400 Fire Grazer goats, who will spend the next few weeks clearing mustard, acacia and other hazardous brush from 20 acres of Palos Verdes Estates parkland. The City is using goats to get rid of weeds in Lunada CanyonRead moreRead more

DALLAS (AP) — Jim Leavelle, the longtime Dallas lawman who was captured in one of history’s most iconic photographs as he escorted President John F. Kennedy’s assassin moments before he was fatally shot, has died. He was 99. Leavelle, distinctive in his light-colored suit and white Stetson, is seen in the photograph with his handRead moreRead more

On ira lire, swinguer et chanter sur la tombe de Boris Vian. La géniale comète morte à 39 ans, laisse dans son sillage une oeuvre immense et en inspire toujours autant de nouvelles. Pour le 50e anniversaire de sa mort, le 23 juin, les éditeurs et les artistes ne lui rendent pas hommage, car BorisRead moreRead more

Une victoire contestée. La Première ministre du Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina a largement remporté les législatives de dimanche, selon les résultats officiels données lundi 31 décembre. La coalition de Sheikh Hasina a ainsi obtenu 288 des 300 sièges du Parlement monocaméral contre six seulement au principal parti d’opposition.A 71 ans, Sheikh Hasina décroche ainsi son troisième mandatRead moreRead more

One Malaysian club official has suggested that the Malaysian league follow the example of two other AFC members’ domestic leagues. This opinion piece is written by Izhar Moslim, a corporate individual and a former Vice President of FA Selangor. As the world is facing the Covid-19 pandemic, various industries are scrambling to survive. Thousands ofRead moreRead more