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Start in Perth: 10.20am local/1.20pm AEDT/2.20am GMT Ashes top 100 | Our predictions | The omens | Mail Martin Good morning, Australia. Good evening, England. Hello to everyone checking in from other parts of the globe. Because, finally, it is time to end the jibes and banter and contentious countdowns. To put the squad analysis and injury news and tasty press conference nuggets to one side. To give the rewritten histories space to evolve and fresh origin stories room to grow. To put the pre-series speculation out of sight and the bold predictions out of mind. For the phoney war has been declared a nil-all draw. The build up is all but done. And after 844 days without the oldest rivals in the game flinging a red sphere at each other across 22 yards, we have reached day one of the first Test of the 2025-26 Ashes. Seven weeks of storylines that are yet to be written. Countless controversies that are yet to be dissected and debated. New heroes and villains that are yet to be created, celebrated and, quite possibly, farewelled. It will begin, where it hasn’t already, when the first ball is bowled at 10.20am in Perth / 1.20pm AEDT / 2.20am GMT. Continue reading...

Lundi 17 novembre en Martinique, un tribunal a prononcé la relaxe des neuf militants qui avaient déboulonné en mai 2020 les statues du colon d’Esnambuc et de Joséphine de Beauharnais, tandis que ceux poursuivis pour la statue de Victor Schoelcher ont été reconnus coupables, mais sans condamnation (voir notre article). Pour les militants, ces actions […]

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