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In Iraqi Kurdistan, a region that has not yet been explored, a formidable archaeological adventure is taking place where scientific knowledge is the answer to oblivion.

Never before has India been so powerful on the international scene. Never before has "the world's largest democracy," according to an ever-present cliché, implemented a policy as openly nationalistic, pro-religion (in this case Hinduism) and authoritarian as that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the BJP, the Indian People's Party. Triumphantly re-elected in May 2019, after succeeding the sixty-year rule of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty in 2014, he has methodically built up a power that he is constantly strengthening, with a double revenge to take on history: to restore what he presents as the original purity of India before the Mughal and British invasions, and to give it a central place in the international order. According to him, "the 21st century will be the century of India".

The destiny of Sergio Leone from his poor childhood in a neighborhood under fascism in Rome until his last film in America. This guided the filmmaker's personal life and career to create his epic antiheroes and spaghetti westerns.

Invaded by China in 1950, Tibet has since been wiped off the map. But the Tibetans have not disappeared. From their exile in India, the Dalai Lama and his government continue to keep alive the hope of a return and regained independence, a dream supported by the diaspora and the many refugees scattered around the world. But Chinese President Xi Jinping has no intention of restoring freedom to this population of 6.5 million. As a faithful follower of Mao's expansionist work and his dreams of rediscovered greatness, he knows only too well what China stood to gain from this brutal annexation: control over mineral deposits and the continent's largest freshwater reserves, as well as a new balance of power with its neighbor India.

Although a real awareness of the populations is underway - the multiplication of natural disasters and heat records helping - the human activities responsible for global warming remain unchanged, as if the threat was unreal. This collective immobility could have its origin in the brain. A number of cognitive biases impede judgment.

Lipstick is often a symbol of power and rebellion. Across the centuries, people of every class have called upon its ability to flatter and enhance. Today, this ancient beautification trick is more popular than ever.

In our daily lives, living secretively amongst us there are heroes, heroes who were born with extraordinary powers. They are not your ordinary super-heroes. They are everywhere, doing a dangerous and sometimes hazardous job. Super-Carrot, Jean-Louis the Pea, Agent Broc and their associates will stop at nothing to fight the evil forces eating away the planet. Each one of them has been sent on mission by me, I.U. - Identity Unknown. I am also a superhero. But for the security and defence of mankind it is of paramount importance that I remain unidentified.

Two thousand years ago, it was a flourishing city in the middle of what is now a Syrian desert. At the crossroads of trade routes, Palmyra attracted caravanners from Mesopotamia, India and China. In what remains of its ruins, rediscovered by Europeans in the 17th century, its numerous necropolises bear witness to a prosperous past. Carved in limestone in the first centuries of our era, the faces of the representatives - men, women and children - of its greatest families adorn the walls of its tombs. Since 2012, Danish archaeologist Rubina Raja has been leading a long-term project to find, document and retrace the family trees and daily life of these Palmyrenians.