Babel

Then-Vice President Joe Biden at the NCAA men’s Final Four semifinal between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Syracuse Orange on April 2, 2016, in Houston. Streeter Lecka/Getty Images

Even presidents need a touch of madness − in March

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Why would a president faced with lingering inflation at home and wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, among other problems, take time out to participa...

08 Abril 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Daniel Palazzolo

Des migrants d'origine africaine tentant de fuir vers l'Europe débarquent à Sfax d'un navire appartenant aux garde-côtes tunisiens, après avoir été interceptés par ces derniers en mer, le 10 août 2023. Fethi Belaid/AFP

Dissuader les candidats à la migration : pourquoi les campagnes de l’UE sont un échec

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

En septembre 2023, en réponse à l’arrivée de près de 10 000 migrants sur l’île de Lampedusa, la présidente de la Commission européenne, Ursula von der...

17 Junio 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Antoine Pécoud y Mélodie Beaujeu

Why Fani Willis was allowed to stay on as prosecutor of criminal case against Trump in Georgia – and what happens next

(Tiempo de lectura: 2 - 4 minutos)

In an unexpected decision, a Georgia judge ruled that the conspiracy to commit election intereference case against Donald Trump and several associates...

19 Marzo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por La redacción

Mike Tyson is getting back in the ring at 58 – what could go wrong?

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

If at 58, I were to agree to a boxing match with a person half my age, much alarm would be caused. My daughters would burst into tears, my partner wou...

04 Mayo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Stephen Hughes

Russian elections: despite fixing the opposition, Vladimir Putin wants lots of people to vote for him

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

Russians head to the polls this week in a presidential election that will almost certainly result in Vladimir Putin decisively winning yet another six...

14 Marzo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Natasha Lindstaedt

Chinese migrants wait for a boat after having walked across the Darien Gap from Colombia to Panama. AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko

Chinese migration to US is nothing new – but the reasons for recent surge at Southern border are

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

The brief closure of the Darien Gap – a perilous 66-mile jungle journey linking South American and Central America – in February 2024 temporarily halt...

12 Marzo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Meredith Oyen

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during a meeting in the Oval Office on May 13, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

I watched Hungary’s democracy dissolve into authoritarianism as a member of parliament − and I see troubling parallels in Trumpism and its appeal to workers

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Hungarian leader and strongman Viktor Orbán, who presided over the radical decline of democracy in his country, is scheduled to meet with former Presi...

08 Marzo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Gábor Scheiring

Certains panneaux de cette manifestation pour les droits des femmes (Paris, 2020) n'auront pas besoin d'être brandis en 2024 : les femmes persécutées du fait de leur genre pourront désormais, sous condition, bénéficier du droit d'asile en Europe. Jeanne Menjoulet / Flickr

Être une femme devient un motif d’obtention du statut de réfugié

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Alors que le Congrès réunit à Versailles vient de voter l’inscription de l’interruption volontaire de grossesse (IVG) dans la Constitution, une autre ...

30 Marzo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Thibaut Fleury Graff

Taylor Swift, flanked by security guards and Donna Kelce, mother of her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, appears at the Super Bowl in February 2024. Julio Cortez/AP

Publishing Taylor Swift’s flight information: Is it stalking or protected free speech?

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

Jack Sweeney, a junior at the University of Central Florida, says the First Amendment gives him the right to publish publicly available information ab...

06 Marzo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Lynn Greenky

Giorgia Meloni (debout) s'adresse aux participants du sommet Italie-Afrique à Rome le 29 janvier 2024. Site officiel de Giorgia Meloni

Italie: le « Plan Mattei », nouvelle politique africaine du gouvernement Meloni?

(Tiempo de lectura: 5 - 9 minutos)

Le 29 janvier 2024, dans le cadre de la présidence italienne du G7, le gouvernement italien a organisé à Rome une conférence Italie-Afrique. Ce sommet...

23 Marzo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Jean-Pierre Darnis

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Not all smooth sailing for the Russian economy, but far from choppy waters. Alexei Danichev/AFP via Getty Images

How Russia has managed to shake off the impact of sanctions – with a little help from its friends

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

Almost two years after the West responded to the Russian invasion in Ukraine with a blistering array of sanctions, a fresh round of financial measures...

01 Marzo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Keith A. Preble and Charmaine N. Willis

Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, attends the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 16, 2024, the day it was announced Navalny was dead. Kai Pfaffenbach/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, steps forward to lead the Russian opposition – 3 points to understand

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Alexei Navalny, one of Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s biggest critics and the country’s de facto opposition leader, died under suspicious circumstanc...

28 Febrero 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Farida Jalalzai

A person signs a bus wrapped with an image of former President Donald Trump during the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 22, 2024. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

I went to CPAC as an anthropologist to understand Trump’s base − they believe, more than ever, he is a savior

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

What is happening in the hearts of former President Donald Trump’s supporters?

06 Julio 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Alexander Hinton

Beyoncé and her husband, Jay-Z, at the 66th Grammy Awards on Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

With Beyoncé’s foray into country music, the genre may finally break free from the stereotypes that have long dogged it

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

On Super Bowl Sunday, Beyoncé released two country songs – “16 Carriages” and “Texas Hold ‘Em” – that elicited a mix of admiration and indignation.

07 Abril 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por William Nash

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Even presidents need a touch of madness − in March

Dissuader les candidats à la migration : pourquoi les campagnes de l’UE sont un échec

Why Fani Willis was allowed to stay on as prosecutor of criminal case against Trump in Georgia – and what happens next

Mike Tyson is getting back in the ring at 58 – what could go wrong?

Russian elections: despite fixing the opposition, Vladimir Putin wants lots of people to vote for him

Chinese migration to US is nothing new – but the reasons for recent surge at Southern border are

I watched Hungary’s democracy dissolve into authoritarianism as a member of parliament − and I see troubling parallels in Trumpism and its appeal to workers

Être une femme devient un motif d’obtention du statut de réfugié

Publishing Taylor Swift’s flight information: Is it stalking or protected free speech?

Italie: le « Plan Mattei », nouvelle politique africaine du gouvernement Meloni?

Más..

How Russia has managed to shake off the impact of sanctions – with a little help from its friends

Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, steps forward to lead the Russian opposition – 3 points to understand

I went to CPAC as an anthropologist to understand Trump’s base − they believe, more than ever, he is a savior

With Beyoncé’s foray into country music, the genre may finally break free from the stereotypes that have long dogged it

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Necesitamos tu apoyo económico para hacer un periodismo fiable y con valores sociales

Necesitamos tu apoyo económico para hacer
un periodismo fiable y con valores sociales