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South Korean soldiers try to get into the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 3, 2024. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

What is a self-coup? South Korea president’s attempt ended in failure − a notable exception in a growing global trend

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

Something unexpected – but hardly unprecedented – happened in South Korea on Dec. 3, 2024. With little warning, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emerg...

06 Diciembre 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por John Joseph Chin and Joe Wright

Censure du gouvernement: «si Macron choisit encore le premier ministre, les mêmes causes produiront les mêmes effets»

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Quel bilan tirer de la séquence qui va des législatives anticipées de juin à la chute du gouvernement Barnier ? Pour le politiste Thomas Ehrhard, la c...

05 Diciembre 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Thomas Ehrhard

The view of the gargoyles on the roof of the Notre-Dame cathedral. Claudio Mota/Unsplash

What the Notre Dame restoration says about France’s past – and its future

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Visitors rediscovering Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral when it reopens this weekend will be stepping into a highly charged conversation about France’s pa...

04 Diciembre 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Bradley Stephens

Le RN, symptôme et accélérateur de la crise démocratique : sa progression est-elle inéluctable?

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Le RN est en position de force pour dicter son agenda au gouvernement Barnier. Il a réalisé des scores sans précédent (plus de 30 %) aux dernières lég...

28 Diciembre 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Nonna Mayer

A man is grabbed by his clothes by three men dressed in jeans, T-shirts and jackets Plainclothes Kenyan police officers arrest an activist in Nairobi during protests in September 2024. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

State surveillance: Kenyans have a right to privacy – does the government respect it?

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

The Kenyan government is using technology to improve governance, service delivery and national security. The progress, while welcome, has brought with...

30 Diciembre 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Mugambi Laibuta

Le premier ministre britannique Keir Starmer et Emmanuel Macron lors de la commémoration de l’armistice de la Première Guerre mondiale, le 11 novembre 2024 à Paris. Ludovic Marin/AFP

Un parapluie nucléaire franco-britannique pour l’Europe est-il envisageable?

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

Le retour imminent de Donald Trump à la Maison Blanche pourrait être synonyme, à terme, d’un désengagement américain de la protection du Vieux Contine...

29 Noviembre 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Laurent Vilaine

Donald Trump speaking at the 2024 Bitcoin conference. AP/Alex Brandon/Alamy

Bitcoin’s price has surged since Trump’s election – here’s why

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

Bitcoin has soared to an all-time price high, but will it continue? Advocates of the world’s largest cryptocurrency hope its value will continue to so...

14 Diciembre 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Thomas Gift

Holding posters of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, demonstrators chant slogans in an annual rally in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran on Nov. 3, 2024. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

Amid lull in tit-for-tat missile exchange, Iran and Israel seek to control the online narrative

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Is Iran poised for a succession in leadership? Well, that depends on what you read.

27 Noviembre 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Shirvin Zeinalzadeh

Gisele Pelicot at her ex-husband’s trial in Avignon. Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA-EFE

Gisèle Pelicot is a non-stereotypical rape survivor – her case could make a real difference to others

(Tiempo de lectura: 2 - 4 minutos)

The mass rape trial that shook France is entering its final phase after ten weeks. But its implications for how we think about sexual violence and who...

26 Noviembre 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Tadgh Tobin

Publicité en faveur de la libération de Paul Watson devant l'ambassade du Danemark aux Etats-Unis. Lec Radin/shutterstock

Paul Watson face au Japon: perturber la logistique de la chasse à la baleine

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

La pratique de la chasse à la baleine au Japon est revenue en pleine lumière avec l’arrestation de Paul Watson. Mais s’agit-il d’une tradition culture...

20 Diciembre 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Gilles Paché

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Lenora Qereqeretabua, the deputy speaker of Fiji’s Parliament, at the COP29 climate summit. IISD/ENB/Mike Muzurakis, CC BY-SA

COP29: ‘climate finance’ for the Pacific is mostly loans, saddling small island nations with more debt

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

As this year’s UN climate summit reaches its final stage of negotiations, Pacific scholars are calling on world leaders to improve the dispersal syste...

24 Noviembre 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Steven Ratuva

Polices municipales: vers des pouvoirs accrus?

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Amorcé par le précédent gouvernement, le Beauvau des polices municipales reprend le 21 novembre et devrait rendre ses conclusions en mars prochain. L’...

12 Julio 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Adrien Mével

Trump may have a majority in Congress, but that doesn’t mean he can move ahead with his entire agenda. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Trump’s agenda will face hurdles in Congress, despite the Republican ‘trifecta’ of winning the House, Senate and White House

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

Beginning in January 2025, Republicans in Washington will achieve what’s commonly known as a governing “trifecta”: control over the executive branch v...

20 Noviembre 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Charlie Hunt

Former President Donald Trump exits the courthouse after being found guilty of 34 felonies in May 2024. Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images

Trump’s criminal conviction won’t stop him from getting security clearance as president

(Tiempo de lectura: 5 - 9 minutos)

Former President Donald Trump is the president-elect. He is also a convicted felon, thanks to a jury verdict after a trial in New York state court for...

19 Noviembre 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Dakota Rudesill

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What is a self-coup? South Korea president’s attempt ended in failure − a notable exception in a growing global trend

Censure du gouvernement: «si Macron choisit encore le premier ministre, les mêmes causes produiront les mêmes effets»

What the Notre Dame restoration says about France’s past – and its future

Le RN, symptôme et accélérateur de la crise démocratique : sa progression est-elle inéluctable?

State surveillance: Kenyans have a right to privacy – does the government respect it?

Un parapluie nucléaire franco-britannique pour l’Europe est-il envisageable?

Bitcoin’s price has surged since Trump’s election – here’s why

Amid lull in tit-for-tat missile exchange, Iran and Israel seek to control the online narrative

Gisèle Pelicot is a non-stereotypical rape survivor – her case could make a real difference to others

Paul Watson face au Japon: perturber la logistique de la chasse à la baleine

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COP29: ‘climate finance’ for the Pacific is mostly loans, saddling small island nations with more debt

Polices municipales: vers des pouvoirs accrus?

Trump’s agenda will face hurdles in Congress, despite the Republican ‘trifecta’ of winning the House, Senate and White House

Trump’s criminal conviction won’t stop him from getting security clearance as president

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