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An election official uses the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System to take a picture of a voter during Nigeria’s presidential election. Patrick Meinhardt/Getty Images

Nigeria’s election was nearly derailed by technology - but biometric devices weren’t the problem

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Technology nearly derailed the conclusion of the 2023 presidential elections in Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission could not fulfi...

04 Marzo 2023
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Abiodun Fatai

Ce sont essentiellement les sympathisants communistes qui brandissent volontiers les portraits de Staline en Russie, mais les autorités officielles diffusent un discours de plus en plus positif sur sa personne. Alexey Borodin/Shutterstock

70 ans après la mort de Staline, son spectre hante toujours la Russie

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Il y a 70 ans, dans la soirée du 5 mars 1953, disparaissait Joseph Vissarionovitch Djougachvili, mieux connu sous le nom de guerre de Staline, « l’hom...

03 Marzo 2023
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Andreï Kozovoï

The estimated cost of President Biden’s student loan cancellation program is $430 billion. Douglas Rissing via Getty Images

Student debt cancellation program in jeopardy as Supreme Court justices hear arguments

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Feb. 28, 2023, regarding a multistate lawsuit to block the Biden administration’s student loan debt can...

02 Marzo 2023
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por John Patrick Hunt y Celeste K. Carruthers

Kim Jong-un purges: why North Korea is such a dangerous place to be successful in politics

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North Korea celebrated the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People’s Army in February. As it showed off 12 of its massive intercontine...

01 Marzo 2023
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Christoph Bluth

Image fixe du film “Chevalier”, réalisé par Stephen Williams. FilmAffinity

Le Chevalier de Saint-George, un musicien noir virtuose à la cour de Marie-Antoinette

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Avez-vous remarqué, dans le film de Sofia Coppola Marie Antoinette (2006), ce mystérieux musicien métis qui enseigne la musique à la reine ? Vous êtes...

07 Abril 2023
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Cristina Roldán Fidalgo

Pretty Yende, a South African opera star with a voice that shatters glass ceilings

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It’s been announced that South African opera star Pretty Yende will sing at King Charles III’s coronation on 6 May in Westminster Abbey, London. The 3...

08 Marzo 2023
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por La redacción

Will justices seek to hold social media firms to account for the postings of terrorists? AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

Supreme Court unlikely to ‘break the internet’ over Google, Twitter cases – rather, it is approaching with caution

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“These are not, like, the nine greatest experts on the internet,” noted Justice Elena Kagan – a reference to herself and fellow colleagues on the Supr...

24 Febrero 2023
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Michael W. Carroll

Pointes découvertes montées pour former des flèches. Fourni par l'auteur

Nouvelle découverte dans la vallée du Rhône : les Homo sapiens d’Europe tiraient déjà à l’arc il y a 54 000 ans

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

Il y a un an, en février 2022, notre équipe scientifique de la Grotte Mandrin, dans la Drôme, faisait paraître une étude dans Science Advances qui rep...

23 Febrero 2023
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Laure Metz y dos más

Russian President Putin thought he would overrun Ukraine in a few days. These military volunteers and fellow Ukrainians ‘had other ideas,’ writes the author. Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

I am a Ukrainian American political scientist, and this is what the past year of war has taught me about Ukraine, Russia and defiance

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Over 8 million Ukrainians have fled their homeland during this past year of war since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. To me, these are not ju...

22 Febrero 2023
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Lena Surzhko Harned

A statue of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, sits in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Historians consistently have given Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, their highest rating because of his leadership during the Civil War. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Presidential greatness is rarely fixed in stone – changing attitudes on racial injustice and leadership qualities lead to dramatic shifts

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Every American president has landed in the history books. And historians’ assessments of their performance have been generally consistent over time. B...

23 Mayo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por George R. Goethals

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Women holding placards during a protest Women protesting the failure of the gender equality bills on International Women’s Day in 2022. Adekunle Ajayi/NurPhoto via Getty

Gender equality in Nigeria: Three reasons why women aren’t represented in politics

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In March 2022, Nigerian women suffered backlash in their pursuit of gender equity. Five gender bills presented to the National Assembly were thrown ou...

20 Febrero 2023
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Sharon Adetutu Omotoso

Russian soldiers have sometimes had to provide their own medical kits. Stephen Foote /Alamy

Ukraine war: what the last 12 months has meant for the ordinary Russian soldier

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If Vladimir Putin launches a new offensive in Ukraine this spring as expected, the key to its success or failure will be the ordinary Russian soldier....

17 Febrero 2023
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Jennifer Mathers

Several cars that contained hazardous chemicals burned after the Feb. 3, 2023, derailment. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

How dangerous was the Ohio chemical train derailment? An environmental engineer assesses the long-term risks

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Headaches and lingering chemical smells from a fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, have left residents worried about their air and water –...

16 Febrero 2023
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Andrew J. Whelton

Debris from the spy balloon has been recovered from the ocean by the US military. EPA

Spy balloons: modern technology has given these old-fashioned eyes in the sky a new lease of life

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The US military has now shot down four high-altitude objects that had entered American and Canadian airspace, raising questions about their purpose an...

15 Febrero 2023
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por David Stupples

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Nigeria’s election was nearly derailed by technology - but biometric devices weren’t the problem

70 ans après la mort de Staline, son spectre hante toujours la Russie

Student debt cancellation program in jeopardy as Supreme Court justices hear arguments

Kim Jong-un purges: why North Korea is such a dangerous place to be successful in politics

Le Chevalier de Saint-George, un musicien noir virtuose à la cour de Marie-Antoinette

Pretty Yende, a South African opera star with a voice that shatters glass ceilings

Supreme Court unlikely to ‘break the internet’ over Google, Twitter cases – rather, it is approaching with caution

Nouvelle découverte dans la vallée du Rhône : les Homo sapiens d’Europe tiraient déjà à l’arc il y a 54 000 ans

I am a Ukrainian American political scientist, and this is what the past year of war has taught me about Ukraine, Russia and defiance

Presidential greatness is rarely fixed in stone – changing attitudes on racial injustice and leadership qualities lead to dramatic shifts

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Gender equality in Nigeria: Three reasons why women aren’t represented in politics

Ukraine war: what the last 12 months has meant for the ordinary Russian soldier

How dangerous was the Ohio chemical train derailment? An environmental engineer assesses the long-term risks

Spy balloons: modern technology has given these old-fashioned eyes in the sky a new lease of life

¿Cómo hemos llegado a esta situación con los incendios forestales en España? Echamos la vista atrás para buscar las causas

España refuerza su compromiso con la economía azul con una nueva contribución de 125.440 euros a la Iniciativa Puertos Azules de la FAO

¿Por qué es nulo el despido de una embarazada de baja médica que publicaba contenido promocional en redes?

José Ignacio Latorre, experto mundial en IA y cuántica: “Me da rabia morirme”

Caminos Naturales y Paradores de Turismo amplían su colaboración para descubrir y disfrutar la España rural

CCOO exige revisar de inmediato el SMI tras el repunte del IPC al 3,6% en julio

¿Golpe de calor o ictus? La confusión del verano que puede costar una vida

Una interrupción en un vuelo puede costar 514 € adicionales a cada pasajero afectado

España registra una media de 2.068 ciberataques semanales en julio

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