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Ce mercredi 23 avril est la journée mondiale du livre et des droits d’auteur. Quelle est la place du livre dans les foyers ? Comment amener les jeunes à lire ? Rendre accessible les livres et rappeler que le livre, c'est du plaisir... Christian Robert, président de l'association des éditeurs de Tahiti et des Îles, était l'invité Café de notre antenne radio ce matin.

C’est une subvention essentielle pour desservir les lignes déficitaires par avion : la Délégation de Service Publique. Depuis 2021, Air Tahiti bénéficie de cette subvention octroyée par le pays, afin de desservir 34 îles pas rentables pour la compagnie. Elle sera renégocié en 2026, avec un nouveau paramètre, l'arrivée de Air Moana.

Face à l'utilisation massive des puffs, les cigarettes électroniques jetables, par les mineurs, le gouvernements souhaitent instaurer des règles plus contraignantes limitant l'accès au vapotage pour les plus jeunes. Un projet de loi pour interdire la vente de puffs au fenua va même être étudié.

Pour la journée mondiale du livre et du droit d'auteur, la Circonscription pédagogique organise le salon du livre à Mahina jusqu'à samedi. 2.500 élèves des écoles élémentaires et des collèges sont attendus. L’idée, c'est de faire la promotion de la lecture, mais avec des ateliers ludiques et surprenants.

Le maire de Paea, Antony Géros, a annulé une soirée de MMA qui devait avoir lieu dans la salle Manu Iti à Paea ce samedi 26 avril. Il a justifié ce choix en qualifiant ce sport de trop brutal en l'opposant à la boxe anglaise, plus noble selon lui. Pourtant, depuis 2019 et sa légalisation, le MMA est un sport déjà très structuré avec des événements encadrés et suivis par de nombreux polynésiens. Nous avons fait le tour des clubs de MMA pour voir si ce sport est vraiment un sport de brut comme l'affirment certaines personnes.

[allAfrica] Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana scrapped the planned 0.5% Value Added Tax (VAT) increase, which was set to take effect on May 1, keeping the VAT rate at 15%.

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As a result, the station’s average orbit altitude was raised to 419 kilometers above Earth surface

In paticular, 45 UAVs were intercepted over the Republic of Crimea

[UN News] The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to have devastating consequences, particularly for women and children, who face an increased risk of conflict-related sexual violence.

According to the sources, more than 100 people were injured and the number of casualties continues to grow after nighttime raids

A FPV fiberoptic combat drone operator delivered a precise strike on a 45-ton self-propelled system of the 155mm caliber

According to Sergey Shoigu, issues of security in post-Soviet space, the development of cooperation with neighboring countries both on the bilateral basis and within multilateral organizations

Russian soldiers detected Ukrainian militants’ cluster and delivered a combined strike

Apart from that, the battlegroup’s quadcopter dropped munition on Ukrainian positions near the village of Otradnoye

Manpower Minister Tan See Leng has penned a heartfelt Facebook post thanking Marine Parade residents for their support for the past five years.  Dr Tan said he's leaving Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC with a «full heart» after a surprise move in the eleventh hour which saw him moved to lead the People's Action Party (PAP) team in Chua Chu Kang GRC. «It is difficult to leave Marine Parade,» said Dr Tan, while reassuring residents that they have been left in good care with the new PAP team comprising Associate Professor Faishal Ibrahim, Seah Kian Peng, Tin Pei Ling and new faces Diana Pang and Goh Pei Ming. The five-member PAP team for Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC was returned unopposed after no other candidates filed nomination papers for the constituency. «Over the past five years, I have been deeply blessed by your warmth, support, and friendship. Marine Parade is special, and I will cherish the memories we have together,» said Dr Tan in his Facebook post posted yesterday afternoon, addressing residents. He then thanked them for allowing him into their lives.

From Tan Chuan-Jin's viral running photo to Jamus Lim's iconic «cockles of my heart» catchphrase, memes and jokes are what make something as serious as the General Election more lighthearted.  And for the 2025 General Election, Progress Singapore Party (PSP) has unintentionally got the ball rolling.  In a viral video, founder and chairman Tan Cheng Bock, secretary-general Leong Mun Wai and a PSP supporter were seen narrowly avoiding being hit by a carpark barrier on Nomination Day (April 23).  The trio had alighted from their car outside a coffeeshop near Nan Hua High School and after the vehicle drove off, the barrier dropped.  Leong was quick to catch it before it hit anyone and as he did so, a man donning the PSP shirt ran to assist them.  While thankfully no one was harmed, tickled netizens got creative. 

Moscow will respond to the expansion of NATO military infrastructure as it “deems necessary,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Tech billionaire Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clashed over who should control the Internal Revenue Service Read Full Article at RT.com

Liberal Leader Mark Carney says if he wins the election on Monday, he will push for an immediate meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.

An email from the anonymous whistleblower is on the agenda for Thursday's meeting of the board along with a corresponding letter from the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner asking the board to take action.

The family of Abisay Cruz, a 29-year-old Montreal man who died after a police intervention turned violent, is speaking out and demanding a public coroner's inquiry.

The main issue in the trial for five former junior hockey players charged with sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room in 2018 is whether or not she consented, a Crown prosecutor said during opening statements Wednesday.

Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.

Serbian President said earlier that an attempt to carry out a color revolution had been made in Serbia during the March protests

According to Sergey Shoigu, the situation in the special military operation zone is now the key factor influencing both international affairs and the situation inside Russia

According to the Tatiana Moskalkova, fifty Kursk Region residents are still remaining in Sumy

Russian Security Council Secretary noted that Ukraine's mobilization potential is weakened

The White House announced on Tuesday that Trump will travel to the Middle East from May 13 through 16

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Kharkov mayor and Jewish community have urged police to find and punish those who desecrated the Drobitsky Yar Holocaust memorial Read Full Article at RT.com

Donald Trump s'en est pris violemment au président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky mercredi 23 avril, en l'accusant de tenir des propos «incendiaires» sur la Crimée annexée au moment où un accord avec la Russie serait «très proche», selon lui.