This video explores the fascinating history of the Sumerians, humanity’s first known civilization, whose innovations shaped the modern world. It covers their remarkable achievements, including writing, the wheel, and urban planning, as well as their mastery over nature through irrigation and agriculture. Despite their brilliance, environmental challenges and resource depletion led to their decline. The Sumerians’ legacy, preserved in myth and history, highlights the fragility and enduring impact of ancient civilizations.

The series of rapid tests have these Legionnaires in training too stressed to sleep

Marina Travesso, a singer/songwriter and surfer based in Isla de Noronha. Her exotic original song, is featured in the OST for the upcoming documentary film "THE SAND EATING SHARK" and this music clip also showcases additional footage from the documentary.

In the heart of Kurdistan, northern Iraq, Erbil is home to a resilient Christian community that has survived centuries of persecution.
This documentary follows the journey of Rafedh and Arin, a young couple celebrating their wedding in Ain-Kawa, a Christian enclave in a predominantly Muslim region. Through their love, traditions, and unwavering faith, the film explores the struggles of Eastern Christians, from fleeing ISIS to preserving their heritage.
As ancient churches are desecrated and believers forced into exile, those who remain fight to rebuild their shattered communities, ensuring Christianity’s survival in the Middle East against all odds.

Director : Clément Dudouet

Behind the scenes of the 2013 Phillippe Parenno "Anywhere, Anywhere Out of the World" exhibition at Palais de Tokyo.

Series : La Grande Expo- Behind the Artist

. L’héroïne, diamorphine ou diacétylmorphine, est une drogue (substance psychotrope) utilisée pour ses puissants effets antidouleur et euphorisants. Découverte par Bayer, c'est un opiacé semi-synthétique obtenu par acétylation de la morphine, le principal alcaloïde issu du pavot à opium. Elle est utilisée à des fins médicales comme antalgique, mais surtout de manière illégale dans des cadres d'utilisations récréatives. La tolérance à l'héroïne est importante, et son usage chronique est susceptible d'entraîner une très forte dépendance physique, bien que les patients consommateurs habituels y succombent rarement. Dans ce reportage vous trouverez le témoignage de deux accros à la dame blanche.

Frantic pace of work, total dedication to the company, maximum academic pressure: the South Koreans impose a hellish pace on themselves. For all, one goal: to be efficient and competitive. And what do the sacrifices that it requires ... Thanks to this mentality and to excessive efforts, South Korea has become one of the most powerful economies in the world, while the country was one of the poorest less than 50 years ago.

A thousand days of presidency as well as a tragic end made John Fitzgerald Kennedy a true legend and fueled the myth around the family clan. Jackie Kennedy said of her husband that he had "a life closer to legend and fantasy than to political science."
These words could apply to the entire Kennedy family.
This documentary, through the testimonies of loved ones, is a revelation of the secrets of this legendary family whose charisma and charm have made us forget the multiple gray areas: “The Kennedys are like nuclear waste, they never die”

As Hitler and his army turned their attention towards Russia, a momentous event occurred in the Pacific as the Japanese air force launched a surprise attack on the American Naval Fleet, stationed at Pearl Harbor on December 7th. This event led to the USA's direct involvement in the war. Meanwhile, in Europe, Hitler found himself faced with more than just the threat of Russia.

⁣Pour les États-Unis, la Liberté d’Expression représente le premier rempart contre la Tyrannie.
Si ce rempart venait à disparaître, le second recours est le droit de porter des armes, spécifiquement des armes de guerre, comme le stipule le Deuxième Amendement.
Dans cette conférence publique, organisée à l’invitation de Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, ancien député-maire et Président de Debout La France, l’accent est mis sur le Premier Amendement. En effet, nous vivons dans une époque où 1984 de George Orwell semble être devenu un manuel d’oppression pratique.
Pourquoi John Kerry qualifierait-il le Premier Amendement d’« obstacle » ? Pourquoi Hillary Clinton dirait-elle que, sans un contrôle des réseaux sociaux, elle et ses alliés risquent de « perdre le contrôle » ? Et pourquoi Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appellerait-elle à « restreindre la liberté des médias » ?
Cette conférence met en lumière les héros méconnus et malmenés de la liberté d’expression, tels que Julian Assange, Edward Snowden et l'infatigable Seymour Hersh, et montre que, loin des fantasmes de figures comme Jacinda Ardern, qui considère la liberté d’expression comme une « arme de guerre » (!!!), elle est en réalité un facteur clé pour sauver des vies par millions.

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⁣Le blanchiment d'argent est un processus illégal visant à dissimuler l'origine criminelle de fonds en les intégrant dans l'économie légale. Cet article explore les différentes méthodes utilisées, les risques encourus et les moyens mis en place pour lutter contre cette pratique.

The giant cities that dominate the global economy have their roots in the glorious and turbulent histories of Amsterdam, London and New York. They each embodied a new urban concept that gave rise to radical and ambitious new city designs and technologies. This series recaps 400 years of ruthless competition that created myriad great minds and the amazing vibe that these great cities embody today.

0:00 Episode 1 - A Golden Century (1585-1656)
Starting in 1585 as the small city of Amsterdam, gradually became the first world city in human history. Watch the story of Amsterdam's ascension and growing dominance on world trade, and the spectacular innovations that made it possible. Across the Channel, London wasn't the challenger that it will soon become - but the City is growing and finds its destiny: commerce and finance.

53:03 Episode 2 - Clashes (1650-1800)
As Amsterdam is at its peak and becomes the third largest city in Europe, London gradually takes the lead, and a third player enters world history: New Amsterdam, once a Dutch city, is eventually conquered by England and becomes New York.

1:45:03 Episode 3 - Metropolis (1800-1880)
Watch how New York, just two decades after the war of independence, makes its way through and becomes the great challenger of London. During the 19th century, both cities will experience industrial revolution, modernity and the enormous challenge of migrations and mass poverty.

2:37:26 Episode 4 - Global Cities (1880-2017)
London and New York turn to gigantism and open the way to the city of tomorrow. New York invents the skyscraper and the skyline, new concepts that will revolutionize urbanism and shape the cities around the world. London, the heart of the British Empire and the wealthiest city on earth, faces pollution, with its deadly consequences, and cannot overcome its huge poverty problem.

They're bankers, traders, investment funds executives. They forgot all about morality to make money. The entire world had to suffer the consequences of their actions. They impoverished countries, drove millions of workers into unemployment, and contributed to the rise in extremism. So who are they? And, after the 2008 crisis, were the real culprits condemned? Could there be another?

Director: Benoît Bringer

The Aztecs, or Mexicas (from their capital city’s name, Mexico-Tenochtitlan) settled around the beginning of the 14th century.

Built between the 1st and 7th centuries, Teotihuacan is characterized by the massive dimensions of its monuments, the most famous of which are the temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon.

The name of the site, which means “place inhabited by the gods,” was given by the Aztecs, who considered this city a sacred place, even if it had been abandoned for several centuries when their civilization began to develop it.

Teotihuacan, one of the most powerful centers of Meso-American culture, imposed their cultural and artistic elan over the entire region, and even beyond its borders.

In the 16th century, the Aztec Empire had a flourishing economy, represented by the wealth of its capital city, Tenochtitlan, the current Mexico-city.

Human sacrifice was a common and essential ritual. It held multiple political and religious functions. Human sacrifice was considered necessary to the well-being and balance of the cosmos.

On the 18th of February 1519, the conquistador Hernan Cortez lands on the Yucatan coasts. At first considered a superhuman by the Aztecs, he is given priceless gifts.

Historians speak of solid gold bracelets, a crocodile’s head made of solid gold, and bird sculptures made of feathers and precious stones.

After this first peaceful meeting, the Spanish triggers hostilities. Grouping rival tribes, he planned out the invasion. The death of their sovereign in June 1520 and massacres fired up Aztec upheaval.

In spite of one defeat during the “noche triste”, the invaders definitively crushed this civilisation on the 13th of August 1521, leaving their capital city in ruins.

Director: Jacques Vichet