Babel

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

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

Comment la loi immigration souligne de graves dysfonctionnements démocratiques

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

Le 19 décembre, la majorité s’est déchirée lors du vote du projet de loi immigration. Le texte, est désormais examiné par le Conseil Constitutionnel. ...

03 Marzo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Dorothée Reignier

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

‘Cause she’s a mastermind… Ed Zurga/Associated Press

Taylor Swift-NFL conspiracy theories are the result of two sets of hardcore fans colliding

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

At Super Bowl LVIII, Taylor Swift will appear on the field at Allegiant Stadium after her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s team, the Kansas City Chiefs, wins ...

29 Febrero 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Melissa Avdeeff

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

La ministre de la Culture, Rachida Dati lors du discours général du premier Ministre Gabriel Attal le 31 janvier 2024. Miguel Medina/AFP

Comment l’ombre de Sarkozy divise Les Républicains

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

L’adoption de la loi sur l’immigration du 19 décembre 2023 était apparue comme une victoire pour Les Républicains (LR). Elle semblait valider la strat...

25 Febrero 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Olivier Guyottot

Argentina’s anti-government protests offer a lesson for the international struggle against the rise of the far right

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

In the first 24 hours of his reign, the new president of Argentina, Javier Milei, halved the number of previously existing government ministries in a ...

21 Febrero 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Phoebe V Moore y Luciana Zorzoli

Died in prison: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. EPA-EFE/Maxim Shipenkov

Alexei Navalny: reported death of Putin’s most prominent opponent spells the end of politics in Russia

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Reports of the death of Russia’s most famous opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, in an Arctic prison camp are shocking, but not entirely unexpected. It...

19 Febrero 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Alexander Titov

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People take part in a protest in support of Palestine in Montreal, Friday, October 13, 2023. La Presse canadienne/Graham Hughes

Le conflit israélo-palestinien met à l’épreuve le multiculturalisme canadien

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Dans l’imaginaire collectif et la représentation sociale que l’on se fait du Canada, le pays est généralement perçu comme ouvert et accueillant envers...

18 Febrero 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Christian J. Y. Bergeron

Hundreds protested peacefully in Immokalee, Fla., against a state law enacted in 2023 that imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

Immigrants do work that might not otherwise get done – bolstering the US economy

(Tiempo de lectura: 2 - 4 minutos)

Although Congress is failing to pass laws to restrict the number of migrants arriving in the U.S., a majority of Americans – about 6 in 10 – believe t...

14 Febrero 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Ramya Vijaya

New Fortnite-style recruitment video shows how UK armed forces are getting serious about prospects of Nato war with Russia

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

Anyone with teenagers in the house might have heard sounds from bedrooms that give the impression that a raid or heist is being orchestrated by a gang...

10 Febrero 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Mark Lacy

Police place a fence at the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 8, 2024, before justices heard arguments over whether Donald Trump is ineligible for the 2024 ballot. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

Supreme Court skeptical that Colorado − or any state − should decide for whole nation whether Trump is eligible for presidency

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Both liberal and conservative justices weighed in during oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 8, 2024, asking questions concerning whe...

09 Febrero 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Derek T. Muller

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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

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

Comment la loi immigration souligne de graves dysfonctionnements démocratiques

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

Taylor Swift-NFL conspiracy theories are the result of two sets of hardcore fans colliding

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

Comment l’ombre de Sarkozy divise Les Républicains

Argentina’s anti-government protests offer a lesson for the international struggle against the rise of the far right

Alexei Navalny: reported death of Putin’s most prominent opponent spells the end of politics in Russia

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Le conflit israélo-palestinien met à l’épreuve le multiculturalisme canadien

Immigrants do work that might not otherwise get done – bolstering the US economy

New Fortnite-style recruitment video shows how UK armed forces are getting serious about prospects of Nato war with Russia

Supreme Court skeptical that Colorado − or any state − should decide for whole nation whether Trump is eligible for presidency

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