Since yesterday we were digesting, here is, on January 2, 2020, our first Unmissables of the decade. We start in small strides, ten years is a long time ...
1. Soap of the day: news from Carlos Ghosn
It is not in his habits but Carlos Ghosn made his statement. While he had announced that he would not speak before January 8, the ex-boss of Renault-Nissan sent, via his press relations agency, a note to the editors in which he puts his wife and his family. Earlier today, Interpol had issued one of its famous red notices against it.
2. The soap of the month: a 29th day of record strike
It was the 1986 strike that railroad workers just wiped off the shelves today, entering their 29th day of mobilization. While the strike still affects the circulation of trains and public transport in Paris, we return here to the main bottlenecks within the transport company for thirty-three years.
3. Today's catastrophic news: Australia is still burning
Over 500 million animals die in flames. An unprecedented emergency evacuation. And a heat peak expected on Saturday… The situation in Australia is particularly worrying this Thursday. We asked a few questions to an expert from the country.
4. The article of the day: the age of consent at the heart of the controversy
Should a minimum age be established, as in the United Kingdom or Belgium, below which any sexual relationship between a minor and an adult cannot be freely consented to and is automatically subject to sexual assault or rape? The question is very complex from the point of view of the law, explains our specialist.
5. Test of the day: a vacuum cleaner that counts calories
Our product of the day sucks up the dust (it lights up even before sucking it up, to be precise) but it's anecdotal. The H-Free 500 is certainly a vacuum cleaner but it is a connected vacuum cleaner. And what is the use of a connected vacuum cleaner? The answer is to be found on the screen of the smartphone of our chief tester, Christophe Séfrin…
Well, that's all for today. And as in 2020, we promised you that we would not only be interested in trains arriving late, we also report that Neymar made his return at the right time and at the right time when training resumed of PSG today. It deserved a gift, here it is: our last episode of OMF to also discover by scanning this snapcode:
- Gabriel Matzneff
- Neymar
- Test
- Carlos Ghosn
- Strike
- SNCF
- Society