If you only followed the news reports about Ukraine, you might think that the war has become a long, exhausting and somewhat boring task. You would be wrong. Things are really turning more dangerous every day. For starters, the longer this war goes on, the more chance there is for catastrophic miscalculations, and the raw … Read more
Texas is being emulated: six months after the entry into force of a law limiting abortion and allowing Texans to denounce people who have practiced, or even only facilitated, abortion beyond the six weeks now authorized, Idaho follows suit. This western American state, dominated by the Republican Party, adopted a text inspired by the Texan … Read more
The military operation in Ukraine so far harms the scientific and educational relations of Russian universities with foreign universities less than the foreign economic relations of domestic companies, but the process of destroying academic contacts has begun. As Kommersant found out, a number of European educational institutions – mainly from Germany, Poland and the Czech … Read more
The idea had been discussed for several days at the White House. U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday (March 8) ordered an embargo on U.S. imports of oil, gas, and all energy sources from Russia, in response to the U.S. invasion of Ukraine. eternal rival of the East. This ban was decided “in close coordination” … Read more
The state of Mississippi has asked the US Supreme Court to repeal the federal right to abortion in the United States, in a court document filed Thursday, July 22. The Supreme Court had agreed in May to review a Mississippi law banning most abortions from the 15e week of pregnancy, even in the event of … Read more
Supporters and loved ones of George Floyd marched in Minneapolis on Sunday (May 23) as the one-year anniversary of his death under the knee of a white city police officer approached, a case that has sparked outrage around the world and provoked an anti-racist outburst in the United States. Derek Chauvin found guilty: in Minneapolis, … Read more
« It was terrifying. We were overwhelmed and we are still digesting what happened. On the American channel CBS, Monday morning January 17, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker speaks in a slow and measured voice when recounting the hostage-taking of which he was the victim in his synagogue in Colleyville (Texas), in the night from Saturday to … Read more
The indicator on which all governments have their eyes fixed at the start of the year is inflation. Consumer prices in France rose by 2.8% over the whole of 2021, according to the final index published on Friday 14 January by INSEE. For the euro zone as a whole, the figure is 5%, well above … Read more