Jean-Noël Barrot, ministre des affaires étrangères : « En Afrique, comme ailleurs dans le monde, la Russie a été très largement mise en échec »
Au terme du sommet Africa Forward, qui s’est tenu à Nairobi, le chef de la diplomatie française a salué, dans un entretien au « Monde », le dynamisme des échanges commerciaux et des investissements entre la France et l’Afrique, largement supérieurs à ceux de Moscou sur le contine
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The most sacred day in the Buddhist calendar, marking the birth, enlightenment, and death of Gautama Buddha. Observed across Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, and wherever Buddhist communities gather.
National Limerick Day
May 12th is Edward Lear's birthday — the Victorian poet who popularised the limerick form in his 1846 Book of Nonsense. The limerick's AABBA rhyme scheme is believed to date to 14th-century French poetry, but Lear made it immortal. A man from Nantucket famously misunderstood the assignment.
Saint Andrew the First-Called Day
Saint Andrew the First-Called Day is observed in Georgia (წმინდა მოციქულის ანდრია პირველწოდებულის საქართველოში შემოსვლის დღე). Recognized nationally.
International Nurses Day
Marks Florence Nightingale's birthday and the work of everyone who's ever held a hand through a 3 AM crisis. Buy a nurse a coffee.