DECRYPTION – Kepler’s successor, launched into orbit in April 2018, has uncovered an exoplanet that could harbor liquid water. –The first “habitable Earth” found, administratively named TOI-700d. HANDOUT / AFP This is what you could call the syndrome of the second. Since its launch into orbit in April 2018, the American satellite Tess, dedicated to … Read more
Zurich (awp) – The chairman of the Sunrise board of directors Peter Kurer, who announced last week that he would not stand for re-election at the next general meeting, will retire. He believes he is too old to play an important role in a large group yet again, he told SonntagsBlick. Mr. Kurer gave three … Read more
THE SCAN SPORT – Less than a month after his rescue in the Arctic, the South African will set off for the Saudi desert on Sunday alongside Cyril Despres, five times winner of the race. “I was stuck in the ice for a month and now I’m headed for Jeddah.” Rescued on December 8 with … Read more
Imagination Technologies, a British R & D specialist in the field of semiconductors, announces that it has replaced a license agreement with Apple, dating from 2014, with a new multi-year agreement. Under the terms of the new agreement, Apple will have access to a wider range of Imaginative intellectual property, in exchange for license fees. … Read more
Ufo, the organization behind this social movement that spanned from Monday to Wednesday, will look at the terms of the settlement of the wage dispute between him and the management of the airline on Sunday. Only 20 flights out of the 220 planned have been able to operate in the past three days, but management … Read more
Happy New Year and good health ! At midnight on December 31, we will say goodbye to 2019 to enter 2020. The transition to the new year also marks the time for good resolutions that we take … without always keeping them. Happy New Year and good health, it is precisely health that remains one … Read more
BEIJING, December 31 (Reuters) – Activity in the sector manufacturing in China advanced in December for a second consecutive month, driven by an acceleration of production and an increase in export orders, in a context ahead in trade negotiations between Pkin and Washington. The official manufacturing PMI index stood at 50.2 in December, identical at … Read more
PARIS (Agefi-Dow Jones) – The concession and public works group Eiffage announced Monday that it has finalized the acquisition of 49.9% of the capital of the company Aroport Toulouse-Blagnac (ATB) for nearly 500 million d euros. PRINCIPAL POINTS OF THE COMMUNIQUE: -ATB is the concession company until 2046 of the fifth French airport with a … Read more
adds Lufthansa reaction BERLIN (awp / afp) – The German cabin crew union UFO on Friday called for a three-day strike starting Monday at Germanwings, a subsidiary of the airline Lufthansa, in the context of a continuing social dispute. The strike movement, which will not affect the parent company, must begin Monday at 00:00 local … Read more
Married to actress and singer of Greek origin Rita Wilson, the American actor spends all his summers on his property on the island of Antiparos. Through Le Figaro with AFP –American actor Tom Hanks is married to Rita Wilson, actress, singer and producer of Greek origin. CHRIS DELMAS / AFP Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos signed … Read more