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[l] at 12/5/24 4:00pm
The left emerged from the snap elections called by President Macron as the biggest bloc in parliament, but couldn't form a government – blame the campaign to brand it as irremediably antisemitic. - 2024/10 / article
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[l] at 11/29/24 5:28am
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[l] at 11/29/24 5:27am
The damage plastics do to the environment is no secret. For years producers have encouraged the belief that recycling is the answer but failed to address the difficulty of making that happen. - 2024/12 / article
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[l] at 11/29/24 5:27am
History is key to explaining the origins of conflicts, but instead it's widely used to justify them. Pushing back against distorted narratives, especially official ones, is a constant battle, but a vital one. - 2024/12 / article
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[l] at 11/29/24 5:27am
The Antarctic's polar location and extreme conditions make it an ideal laboratory for studying the world's climate and atmosphere. But it's far from immune to geopolitical tensions. - 2024/12 / box, 2024/12 antarctic
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[l] at 11/29/24 5:27am
French scientists have made major contributions to polar research, but funding cuts are jeopardising their ability to add to our understanding of this remote region and its part in our changing climate. - 2024/12 / article, 2024/12 antarctic
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[l] at 11/29/24 5:27am
A drought in spring 2016 ruined 160,000 hectares of Vietnam's crops, much of it rice. The state issued an urgent request for China to open the Jinghong dam so it could irrigate. The request was granted and water flowed for three weeks – proof that China, rather than Vietnam, the Mekong river's last stop on its journey to the sea, controls the water supply. The river rises in the Himalayas, 5,000m above sea level, passing through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia before finally (...) - 2024/12 / article
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A fivefold increase in the Mekong delta's production in under 40 years was an agricultural triumph – until the effects of climate change started to be felt. - 2024/12 / article
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[l] at 11/29/24 5:27am
Jordana Cutler ‘represents Facebook to Israel, and Israel to Facebook', giving Israel unmatched influence over Meta. - 2024/12 / article
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[l] at 11/29/24 5:27am
David Grossman foresaw that the occupation would create an ‘iron fist of revenge'. But for Israel's left, blaming Netanyahu has been easier than confronting the full implications of the occupation. - 2024/12 / article
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[l] at 11/29/24 5:27am
Claudia Sheinbaum's presidency comes after decades of grassroots activism fighting on issues that affect the lives of ordinary Mexicans, as well as her predecessor's popularity. - 2024/12 / article
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[l] at 11/29/24 5:27am
Under President López Obrador wages rose, poverty fell and Mexico became more democratic. But there were disappointments too and his successor, Claudia Sheinbaum, has some challenges ahead. - 2024/12 / article
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[l] at 11/29/24 5:27am
Imagine puffing out your chest and belly dancing at the same time. Artistically, it's not really advisable: the stiffness of the upper body restricts the fluidity of the hips and it ends up in ungainly moves that make you look ridiculous. Diplomatically, the result is just as painful to watch. It won't be long before European leaders, who have greeted Donald Trump's election with a mix of bravado and oaths of fealty, realise this. His victory has sent shockwaves through European governments, (...) - 2024/12 / editorial
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[l] at 11/29/24 5:27am
Trump's victory is a challenge to those who believed that condemning racism, police violence and the far right are key to energising non-voters. It didn't work. There's no shortage of theories as to why. - 2024/12 / article
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[l] at 11/29/24 5:27am
It's become a commonplace to describe US politics as polarised, but what are the factors driving that polarisation? And why did Donald Trump make such inroads among so many different demographics? - 2024/12 / article
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[l] at 11/29/24 5:27am
Most of Moldova's electricity is produced across the Dniester in its breakaway region of Transnistria, using Russian gas. With Ukraine set to ban the transit of Russian hydrocarbons across its territory, an energy crisis is looming. - 2024/12 / article, 2024/12 moldova
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[l] at 11/29/24 5:27am
Despite the war in nearby Ukraine, geopolitics wasn't the only thing on voters' minds in Georgia and Moldova. - 2024/12 / article, 2024/12 moldova
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[l] at 11/23/24 5:35am
1954 In the 1950s, diplomacy was intensifying due to the cold war, wars of independence, new states and the deployment of international institutions. The editor of the daily Le Monde, Hubert Beuve-Méry, decided to create a monthly entirely devoted to foreign affairs with François Honti, a journalist and former Hungarian consul in Geneva, serving as its editor-in-chief. Subtitled ‘A newspaper for diplomatic circles and large international organisations' (‘Journal des cercles diplomatiques et des (...) - Outside in / Comment, Timeline
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[l] at 11/11/24 9:31am
The month's archives. - 2024/11 / perspective
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[l] at 11/8/24 5:24am
In 1989, East German youth tore down the Berlin Wall, dreaming of freedom and prosperity. However, the reform programme that was soon imposed on them had devastating effects, comparable to those of war. In English, ‘to gaslight' is a transitive verb. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as the ‘psychological manipulation of a person usually over an extended period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories'. If you (...) - 2024/11 / article, Exclusive
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[l] at 11/5/24 8:13am
The incumbent vice president Kamala Harris wants to ‘turn the page on the last decade'. This seems to concede that the period between 2014-2024 was more marked by her rival, the Republican Donald Trump, than by the achievements of her own administration or that of Barack Obama. The sentiment is a little unfair to Joe Biden — and, incidentally, to Harris herself — who has a decent track record on economic issues. It is more justified in the case of the US's first African American president. (...) - Outside in / Comment

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