No one knows if the French team will win the World Cup. But what is a given is national pride in its results so far and the admiration it arouses in the press around the world. It goes far beyond the performances of a few stars or the cohesion of the team. It is the quality of the entire organization that is saluted. Its leader is not only a coach but the leader of a group that brings together the players and all those around them and who contribute to their technical performance and provide them with the environment essential ...

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The Rencontres d'Aix is a great success every year, as evidenced by the growing number of participants to the point that it is beginning to be described as a "little summer Davos". This success stems from several factors. First of all, there is a perfect organization. Each session starts and ends on time and the speakers have a good handle on the speaking time assigned to them. Then there is the diversity of the speakers who come from the five continents and who have or have had various responsibilities, in politics, in business or in the academic world. Finally ...

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The heat wave that is hitting Europe and France in particular is a manifestation of the climate change that is affecting the planet. It is becoming more and more difficult, even if other violent events have occurred in the past, such as in France during the summer of 2003, to contest the role of the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. But the reactions to the current crisis show the great confusion that exists between what needs to be done to curb this accumulation and the measures to be taken to mitigate its consequences in a country.

The accumulation ...

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