The offices are empty. American business districts are losing their dynamism. Shops close for lack of customers during the lunch break. As the video at the top of this article shows, office rental signs are now popping up everywhere and hanging there for months. What to do with all these available spaces? Washington City Hall … Read more
Here, even in the city center, the neighboring office buildings have been unoccupied since the Covid. “Right across the street, over there, the office building next door, no tenants. is not about to reverse so we have to do something”says the site manager. In Washington, as in other American cities, if there are now too … Read more
The ox, named Lester, seen by witnesses, had escaped from a local pasture six weeks ago. He was actively sought by the authorities. The end of the run of the bovine obviously made the front page of the local American media. The cowboy behind the capture is called Ricky Littlejohn and as you can see … Read more
To deal with these risks, and in a context where Congress is slow to give the “the”, many schools, colleges and high schools are taking measures to protect themselves, even if it means becoming fortresses. For the past two months, students at a high school in the Akron, Ohio, school district have been required to … Read more
For several months, artificial intelligence tools have been widely talked about, whether written discussion simulators like ChatGPT or fake photo generators. But now there are also voice cloning systems: just get an audio recording of the person you want to imitate, a task far from difficult these days. “Many people have an online existence and … Read more
Dog walkers are the new kings of New York. They are now more visible than Wall Street traders or yellow cabs. Violette has an appointment this morning with one of her best clients. Several times a week, she comes to pick up Théo, the dog of a wealthy New York family. She takes him for … Read more
Before the conflict, the factory town of Kaluga, 200 kilometers from the capital, attracted foreign investment and became very vulnerable to sanctions. Youri welcomes us into the family business. These machines are Chinese, there is no import problem. But to manufacture this medical analysis equipment, this entrepreneur used European spare parts. “That’s the Italian engine … Read more
Fuel allowance, wood cheque, fuel cheque… all of this aid must be requested on the Internet, which is a hindrance for many of our compatriots. More surprisingly, even aid received directly at home is sometimes not cashed. The energy check is, for example, automatically sent by post. However, two out of ten households concerned leave … Read more
Confinements, but also competition from VTCs are in question, with prices which have not increased for ten years. The drivers therefore multiply the demonstrations, as explained by Bhairavi Desai, president of the Union of New York taxis. At its headquarters, moreover, the waiting room is still full: since the pandemic, there have been 35% additional … Read more
Passing the door of the shop, suddenly, we have the strange feeling of having gone back in time. To tell the truth, it is quite logical, since we are in the old chocolate factory of Paris and one of the oldest in France. Its opening was celebrated in 1761. According to Steve Dolfi, co-owner of … Read more