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Hanukkah creates opportunities for families to celebrate their heritage – especially in the kitchen. zilber42/iStock via Getty Images

‘Untraditional’ Hanukkah celebrations are often full of traditions for Jews of color

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Hanukkah, the Jewish “festival of lights,” commemorates a story of a miracle, when oil meant to last for one day lasted for eight. Today, Jews light t...

20 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Samira Mehta

A reconstruction of the Harpole burial. MOLA / Hugh Gatt

Spectacular Anglo-Saxon burial uncovered – here’s what it tells us about women in seventh-century England

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

A village with the Old English name “Filthy Pool” wasn’t an auspicious location to discover one of the most spectacular burials of the Anglo Saxon per...

01 Enero 2023
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Toby Martin

African National Congress leader Oliver Tambo during his exile in Botswana. William Campbell/Sygma via Getty Images

Dear Comrade President: book highlights ANC leader Oliver Tambo’s role in preparing South Africa for democracy

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

More than three decades have passed since the apartheid government in South Africa unbanned the African National Congress (ANC), the country’s leading...

16 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Gavin Evans

Salah Abdeslam et Sofien Ayari font partie des mis en cause dans les attentats de l'aéroport de Bruxelles le 22 mars 2016. Le procès s'est ouvert le 6 décembre en Belgique. Jonathan de Cesare/AFP

Parole des accusés : de son importance dans un procès d’assises

(Tiempo de lectura: 5 - 10 minutos)

Alors que le procès des attentats du 22 mars 2016 débute à Bruxelles, la cour belge attend que Salah Abdeslam, mis en cause pour sa participation dans...

15 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Claire Littaye

Ukrainian soldiers prepare to launch a drone. EPA-EFE/Hannibal Hansche

Ukraine war: drones are transforming the conflict, bringing Russia on to the frontline

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg spoke recently of his fear that the war in Ukraine could spin out of control into a full-blown confrontation b...

14 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Stefan Wolff y David Hastings Dunn

Youssef En-Nesyri of Morocco celebrates his winning goal. Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

Morocco at the World Cup: 6 driving forces behind a history-making win

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

History was made by Morocco, the first African and first Arab team to advance to a semi-final at the men’s football World Cup. The Atlas Lions, endow...

13 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu

Arrestation d’Heinrich XIII à Francfort-sur-le-Main, le 7 décembre 2022. Plus de 3 000 agents, dont des unités d’élite antiterroristes, ont pris part à une série de descentes matinales dans tout le pays et ont fouillé plus de 130 propriétés. Boris Roessler/DPA/AFP

Qu’est-ce que le mouvement Reichsbürger, accusé de vouloir renverser le gouvernement allemand ?

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

25 personnes accusées de vouloir renverser le gouvernement allemand ont été arrêtées le 7 décembre lors d’une série de raids effectués par la police d...

12 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Claire Burchett

Clashes on the streets of Peru. Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images)

Amid coup, countercoup claims – what really went down in Peru and why?

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

Peru has a new president following the ouster of former leader Pedro Castillo at the hands of the country’s Congress. His removal followed an attempt...

09 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Eduardo Gamarra

When it came down to it, some Republicans couldn’t vote for Herschel Walker. AP Photo/Brynn Anderson

Georgia runoff: Candidate quality meant fewer Republicans turned out for Walker

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

Runoff elections tend to be races of attrition. Turnout will most likely be lower, as voters are less accustomed to turning out for off-cycle election...

08 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Andra Gillespie

All adult citizens who have not been convicted of a crime have the right to vote in federal and state elections. Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

‘Independent state legislature doctrine,’ now before Supreme Court, could reverse 200 years of progress in giving more say over elections to the people

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

In a case to be heard on Dec. 7, 2022, Moore v. Harper, the U.S. Supreme Court could decide that state legislatures have control over congressional el...

07 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Henry L. Chambers Jr.

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Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to save communism, but he buried it instead

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, under whose leadership the communist bloc was brought to an end, was met in the w...

06 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Richard Shorten

Protesters march along a street in Beijing on Nov. 28, 2022. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images

Protests in China are not rare – but the current unrest is significant

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Street protests across China have evoked memories of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations that were brutally quashed in 1989. Indeed, foreign media hav...

02 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Teresa Wright

Members of the Oath Keepers stand in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

Oath Keepers convictions shed light on the limits of free speech – and the threat posed by militias

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

The verdicts in a high-profile, monthslong trial of Oath Keepers militia members were, as one defense lawyer acknowledged, “a mixed bag.” Leader Stewa...

01 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Amy Cooter

Le nouveau patron de Twitter dit vouloir s’appuyer sur la « vox populi » dans ses décisions. Frederic J. Brown/AFP

Twitter 2.0 : le populisme assumé d’Elon Musk

(Tiempo de lectura: 5 - 9 minutos)

Dès l’annonce de son intention de devenir le seul propriétaire de Twitter, il y a six mois, Elon Musk avait laissé entrevoir que sa gestion future de ...

30 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Barthélémy Michalon

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‘Untraditional’ Hanukkah celebrations are often full of traditions for Jews of color

Spectacular Anglo-Saxon burial uncovered – here’s what it tells us about women in seventh-century England

Dear Comrade President: book highlights ANC leader Oliver Tambo’s role in preparing South Africa for democracy

Parole des accusés : de son importance dans un procès d’assises

Ukraine war: drones are transforming the conflict, bringing Russia on to the frontline

Morocco at the World Cup: 6 driving forces behind a history-making win

Qu’est-ce que le mouvement Reichsbürger, accusé de vouloir renverser le gouvernement allemand ?

Amid coup, countercoup claims – what really went down in Peru and why?

Georgia runoff: Candidate quality meant fewer Republicans turned out for Walker

‘Independent state legislature doctrine,’ now before Supreme Court, could reverse 200 years of progress in giving more say over elections to the people

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Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to save communism, but he buried it instead

Protests in China are not rare – but the current unrest is significant

Oath Keepers convictions shed light on the limits of free speech – and the threat posed by militias

Twitter 2.0 : le populisme assumé d’Elon Musk

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