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The White House’s Spanish-language page no longer works. Screenshot

Making English the official US language can’t erase the fact that the US has millions of Spanish speakers and a long multilingual history

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English should be the official language of the United States, says a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump on March 1, 2025. The move f...

05 Abril 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Daniel J. Olson

Elon Musk poses with a chainsaw at the CPAC conference. Will Oliver/Pool/EPA

Elon Musk is firing thousands of workers – why this could be the biggest jobs cut in US history

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Elon Musk is wielding a chainsaw against US government departments, potentially culling tens of thousands of jobs, as part of a huge plan to shrink th...

02 Marzo 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Thomas Gift

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow on Feb. 23, 2025. Sergei Bobylyov/AFP via Getty Images

As the Kremlin eyes a thaw with the White House, Russia’s pro-war hawks aren’t too happy

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At face value, the Kremlin has plenty to celebrate after U.S. and Russian officials held high-level bilateral talks on the war in Ukraine for the firs...

29 Mayo 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Adam Lenton

Could Friedrich Merz be the man to speak for Europe? Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Is a united European voice possible in the age of Trump, Putin and far-right politics? Germany’s new leader intends to find out

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“Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?” The question was famously attributed to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and refers to th...

28 Febrero 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager

Pour nombre de policiers, ce métier est plus qu’un choix de profession, c’est un engagement fondé sur les principes de service public. HJBC/Shutterstock

La police française face à la honte: entre crise identitaire et renouveau éthique

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La dénonciation des violences systémiques de la police peut affecter certains policiers pétris de convictions républicaines. Des solutions existent po...

21 Marzo 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Mathieu Molines y Anthony Perrier

Pope Francis during the Palm Sunday Mass at St. Peter’s Square on April 2, 2023, in Vatican City. Antonio Masiello/Getty Images

Francis − a pope who has cared deeply for the poor and opened up the Catholic Church

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Pope Francis, who remains in critical condition and hospitalized as he battles pneumonia in both lungs, was elected pope on March 13, 2013, after the ...

26 Febrero 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Mathew Schmalz

Attendees take selfies at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 20, 2025. Andrew Harnick/Getty Images

I went to CPAC as an anthropologist to see how Trump supporters are feeling − for them, a ‘golden age’ has begun

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At the start of his inaugural address on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump declared, “The golden age of America begins right now!”

25 Febrero 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Alex Hinton

Des manifestants « sans-papiers » lors d’un rassemblement contre la loi française sur l’immigration, à Paris, le 5 janvier 2024. Emmanuel Dunand / AFP

Pourquoi les politiques anti-immigration pourraient être abandonnées

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Les politiques d’immigration promues par Donald Trump aux États-Unis comme celles des pays européens se durcissent. Mais avec le vieillissement de leu...

25 Julio 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Alan Hirsch

The US has a long history of meddling in Latin America. What’s different about Donald Trump’s approach?

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Jimmy Carter, who was president from 1977 to 1981, considered the treaties signed in 1977 to cede control of the Panama Canal to Panama, ending over a...

21 Febrero 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Natasha Lindstaedt

Maria Lvova-Belova, commissaire aux droits de l'enfant auprès de Vladimir Poutine, visée comme ce dernier par un mandat d'arrêt de la CPI pour son rôle dans la déportation de milliers d'enfants ukrainiens vers la Russie, en compagnie de plusieurs de ces enfants à Moscou, le 19 février 2024. AlexanderNemenov/AFP

Enfants ukrainiens déportés en Russie : faut-il créer une base de données ADN pour qu'ils retrouvent leurs familles ?

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Une chercheuse propose, dans la revue Nature, de créer une base de données génétiques pour permettre, un jour, de réunir les enfants ukrainiens emmené...

27 Marzo 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Guillaume Levrier

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After the fires, what comes next for residents? Zoe Meyers/AFP via Getty Images

How California can rebuild safer, more resilient cities after wildfires without pricing out workers

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The dramatic images of wealthy neighborhoods burning during the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires captured global attention, but the damage was much ...

19 Febrero 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Nichole Wissman

Europe left scrambling in face of wavering US security guarantees

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European leaders are scrambling to respond to what looks like the end of reliable US protection of the continent. It is unclear what the “main Europea...

18 Febrero 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Stefan Wolff

Inflation is building again; but the housing industry may find it harder to do so as a result of Trump tariffs. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Inflation is heating up again, putting pressure on Trump to cool it on tariffs

(Tiempo de lectura: 2 - 4 minutos)

Inflation figures released on Feb. 12, 2025, will come as a disappointment to Americans who hoped President Donald Trump would be true to his word on ...

04 Abril 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Jason Reed

Les Big Tech tirent leur puissance moins de leur valorisation exceptionnelle que du caractère incontournable de certaines de leurs infrastructures, technologies et services. NovikovAleksey/Shutterstock

«Les États européens se sont laissé vassaliser par les géants nord-américains de la Tech»

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Les Big Tech façonnent toujours plus notre quotidien, bien au-delà de leur valorisation financière exceptionnelle. Dans ce contexte, l’économiste Juli...

13 Febrero 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Julien Pillot

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Making English the official US language can’t erase the fact that the US has millions of Spanish speakers and a long multilingual history

Elon Musk is firing thousands of workers – why this could be the biggest jobs cut in US history

As the Kremlin eyes a thaw with the White House, Russia’s pro-war hawks aren’t too happy

Is a united European voice possible in the age of Trump, Putin and far-right politics? Germany’s new leader intends to find out

La police française face à la honte: entre crise identitaire et renouveau éthique

Francis − a pope who has cared deeply for the poor and opened up the Catholic Church

I went to CPAC as an anthropologist to see how Trump supporters are feeling − for them, a ‘golden age’ has begun

Pourquoi les politiques anti-immigration pourraient être abandonnées

The US has a long history of meddling in Latin America. What’s different about Donald Trump’s approach?

Enfants ukrainiens déportés en Russie : faut-il créer une base de données ADN pour qu'ils retrouvent leurs familles ?

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How California can rebuild safer, more resilient cities after wildfires without pricing out workers

Europe left scrambling in face of wavering US security guarantees

Inflation is heating up again, putting pressure on Trump to cool it on tariffs

«Les États européens se sont laissé vassaliser par les géants nord-américains de la Tech»

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