More than 16,000 deaths worldwide, several countries including France confined, and a disrupted global economy. Every day, thousands of you logically follow all the news around the Covid-19 epidemic. But other information, unrelated to the coronavirus, may have escaped you. We have selected the five most significant of the day. Virus-free guarantees.
Asterix is an orphan
He was the designer of the most famous Gaul in the world. Albert Uderzo, whose pencil had given life to Asterix, died at the age of 92, his family announced on Tuesday. In 1959, he and René Goscinny - who died in 1977 - gave life to the mustachioed man and his faithful friend, Obélix, in the pages of Pilote magazine.
The comic has met with phenomenal success; more than 380 million albums sold in 111 languages and dialects, films, an amusement park and replicas such as "the sky fell on our heads" or "they are crazy, these Romans" used in everyday language. With the death of Albert Uderzo, who retired in 2013, a major figure in world popular culture disappears.
Soprano, favorite personality of the youngest
The darling of children and tweens is him. According to an Ipsos poll released in the Mickey Journal to be published on Friday, singer Soprano is the favorite personality of 7-14 year olds. The Coeurdonnier interpreter is ahead of other rappers, the duo Bigflo and Oli, and PSG striker Kylian Mbappé, who was crowned last year in the wake of his World Cup won with the Blues.
The Marseille artist, at the top of this same ranking in 2017, said he was “very proud. It gives me energy. ” Note the shocking appearance of the singer Angèle, absent from the list of fifty personalities highlighted by the magazine, and fourth this year.
Jihadist attack in Nigeria
The Nigerian army deplores "very heavy losses". At least 70 soldiers were killed in the attack on their convoy in the northeast of the country, a region plagued by violence by the Islamic State group in West Africa (ISWAP), military sources said on Tuesday.
"The terrorists specifically targeted a truck loaded with RPG rocket launchers and grenades before setting the vehicle on fire," said another military source. 70 bodies were found "but the balance could be much greater and the counting operation is still in progress," added this source.
Netflix makes the sauce rise around the Casa de Papel
Ten days before the new episodes of one of its flagship programs, Netflix makes fans drool. The video on demand platform released a new teaser for the fourth season of the "Casa de Papel", a series in which Spanish robbers are followed, on Tuesday.
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La Casa de Papel part 4: D-10. pic.twitter.com/mlq8I1H8RX
We left the sympathetic thugs, launched to attack the gold of the Bank of Spain, in a chaotic situation at the end of season 3: the Professor thought his partner, Lisbon, killed by the police while Tokyo , Denver or Rio were trying to overcome the special forces assault on the building.
The battle of McDonald's on the island of Oléron continues
The battle for McDonald's on the island of Oléron is not over. The dispute between a municipality on the island of Charente-Maritime, Dolus, and the fast-food brand, which opened a restaurant there despite opposition from its environmental mayor, must return to the administrative court of appeal of Bordeaux for a judgment on the merits, decided the State Council, we learned Tuesday.
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In a judgment dated Monday, the highest administrative court followed the conclusions of the public rapporteur. It held that this court had committed an "irregularity" based, in particular, in rendering its decision on the merits in 2018, on a document produced by the defense containing new elements of law, and which had not been brought to knowledge of the town. The restaurant has been open since December.
