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United States Finally, it’s Trump versus Clinton!
AFP
After months of debating and party voting, the two candidates who will battle it out
to become the next American president are Republican Donald Trump and Democrat
Hillary Clinton. The election to replace Barack Obama will take place on November 8.
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United States
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Scotland
AP
7,620 metres
was the record-breaking height
a parachute, near Los Angeles
last weekend. Luke Aikins, 42,
AFP/A. Buchanan
“I wake up every
morning in a house
built by slaves.”
that a skydiver jumped without
Michelle Obama, on July 25th.
The US First Lady was
fell from a plane to safely land
c
speaking at the Democratic
in a net of 30 metres by
A
P
Convention in Philadelphia..
30 metres. Luke had already
7,000 pro-Scottish independence supporters marched in Glasgow on Saturday.
made over 18,000 jumps.
They want the country to separate from the United Kingdom. Many at the rally
wore Guy Fawkes masks that were decorated with the Saltire, the blue and white
national flag of Scotland.
England
SCOTLAND
England
United Kingdom
Glasgow
ow
Dartmoor Zoo
EIRE
(REPUBLIC
OF IRELAND)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a play based on the famous
ENGLAND
wizard, officially opened in London on Saturday. This new story
is set 19 years after the last book in the series, Harry Potter and
WALES
the Deathly Hallows. It once more features Harry, who is now
grown-up and has his own children. Just like the books, it was
London
Sparkwell
written by British author J.K. Rowling. The play is in two separate
parts, with the whole production lasting more than 5 hours!
UNITED KINGDOM = ENGLAND + SCOTLAND + WALES
ES + NORTHERN
NO
IRELAND
United States
The British Olympic team has set
escaped from a zoo over three weeks ago,
itself a record target of 48 medals
was finally caught on Saturday. It has been
for the games in Rio (Brazil), that
returned to the Dartmoor Zoo in Sparkwell. The
begin tomorrow. The previous medal
animal, which is the size of a large cat, was
record for Team GB at an overseas
trapped in woods a quarter of a mile away.
Olympics was 47 in Beijing in 2008.
South Asia
More than 100 people have died following
NORTH
AMERICA
The sixth season of the series was broadcast
heavy flooding in South Asia. The raised
EUR
EUROPE
United
States
Atlantic
Ocean
this spring, the seventh will be on television
AP/HBO
next year and the final in 2018. It is based
Pacific
Ocean
AFRIC
AFRICA
ASIA
Nepal
Pakistan
Bangladesh
India
Indian
Ocean
SOUTH
AMERICA
Pacific
Ocean
water levels are due to torrential rains
that come during the monsoon season.
Countries affected include Nepal, India,
Australia
OCEANIA
tic Ocean
Antarctic
Uniquement par abonnement
Pakistan and Bangladesh.
AFP
is set to finish with its eighth season.
Thursday, August 4th, 2016
A Carpathian lynx called Flaviu, which had
rctic
Arctic
cean
Ocean
Fantasy TV drama Game of Thrones
on the novels by George R. R. Martin.
AFP/D. Magno
AP/J. Ryan
NORTHERN
IRELAND
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Thursday, August 4th, 2016
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
AP/London Fire Brigade
England
Firefighters rescued people stuck on a fairground ride in London on Sunday. When the machine
malfunctioned, it was 20 metres in the air. The rescuers spent three hours retrieving 19 adults and children.
Did you know?
Republican : «Républicain». Membre
du Parti républicain.
Democrat : «Démocrate». Membre
du Parti démocrate.
Democratic Convention : «convention
démocrate», grande réunion au cours
de laquelle les Démocrates désignent
leur candidat à l’élection présidentielle.J.
J. K. Rowling : auteure britannique âgée
de 51 ans. Grâce à la saga Harry Potter,
vendue à 450 millions d’exemplaires, elle
est l’écrivaine la mieux payée du monde.
George R. R. Martin : écrivain américain
âgé de 67 ans. Il est l’auteur de la série
de romans Le Trône de Fer.
Guy Fawkes mask : «masque de Guy
Fawkes». Masque représentant un visage
avec un large sourire, des joues roses et
une moustache, devenu un symbole de
protestation dans le monde.
Saltire : nom de l’emblème de l’Écosse,
la croix de Saint-André.
Carpathian lynx : «lynx des Carpates».
Félin à la queue courte, que l’on
trouve dans les Carpates, une région
montagneuse du centre de l’Europe.
Mile : unité de mesure de longueur.
1 mile = 1,609 km.
Beijing : nom chinois de la ville de Pékin.
Monsoon : «mousson». Vent d’Asie
soufflant vers le continent en été
(provoquant de fortes pluies)
et vers la mer en hiver.
CHARLIE BROWN
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