70 years of human rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 is celebrating its 70th birthday today. On December 10, 1948, the 58 Member States that then…
Category: Miscellaneous
World Tourism: New Record in 2017
Tourism continues its momentum in 2017. For 8 years, the growth of the sector is uninterrupted. In 2017, it was +7%, with 1.323 billion…
Mandela Day
Today we are celebrating the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela. The “Mandela Day”. Mandela will always embody the struggle against oppression, resistance,…
Koreas: historic meeting between the two leaders of north and south
The two leaders of North Korea and South Korea met Friday, April 27. Kim Jong-un, for the north, and Moon Jae-in, for the south,…
Swaziland changes its name
Swaziland has just decided to change its name on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of its independence. It will henceforth be called eSwatini,…
Martin Luther King was murdered 50 years ago
Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King was murdered in Memphis. He fought for human rights, including the civil rights of African Americans, but…
One billion people in the Americas
The American continent, which extends from Canada‘s Great North to the southernmost tip of Chile, now has more than one billion inhabitants. The Americas…
1.32 billion tourists worldwide in 2017
According to the annual Barometer of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), international tourist arrivals jumped 7% in 2017, reaching 1.322 billion. This momentum is…
Eruption of Mount Agung in Bali, Indonesia
The eruption of Mount Agung in Bali, Indonesia forced the emergency evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. An evacuation complicated by the fact…
Map of the Tour de France 2018
The map of the Tour de France 2018 has just been released in Paris today by its owner Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO). It will…