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India’s minister of commerce Piyush Goyal and WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala celebrate the end of the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool/Keystone via AP

World Trade Organization steps back from the brink of irrelevance – but it’s not fixed yet

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After decades of conflict that has neutered its work, the World Trade Organization looks to be back in business. Its highest decision-making body – a...

23 Junio 2022
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Escrito por Markus Wagner and Weihuan Zhou

Northern Ireland protocol row could damage good faith needed for post-Brexit trade deals

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

The European Union is taking legal action against the UK once again, after the government announced a bill altering the post-Brexit agreement that dea...

22 Junio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por David Comerford

La Première ministre Elisabeth Borne juste avant son discours au soir du résultat du second tour des élections législatives 2022, qui a vu un véritable revers pour le camp macroniste. Ludovic Marin/AFP

Séisme aux élections législatives : les leçons à tirer

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Le second tour des élections législatives du 19 juin a mis un terme au long cycle électoral faisant se succéder deux tours de présidentielle et deux t...

21 Junio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Pierre Bréchon

A for sale sign outside a home indicates that it has sold for over the asking price, in Ottawa, in March 2021. House prices and rents have become increasingly more unaffordable in Ontario over the past few years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Ontario must commit to affordable housing for all, not attainable housing

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During his provincial election victory speech on June 2, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he aimed to build more housing to make the housing market more...

20 Junio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Murat Ucoglu and Ute Lehrer

UK government orders the extradition of Julian Assange to the US, but that is not the end of the matter

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

On June 17 2022, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel issued a statement confirming she had approved the US government’s request to extradite Julian Assange....

19 Junio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Holly Cullen and Amy Maguire

Two political conservatives, Greg Jacob, former counsel to Vice President Mike Pence, and Michael Luttig, a retired judge who was an adviser to Pence, testified to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack . AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Jan. 6 committee hearings show what went right, not just what went wrong

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As the Jan. 6 committee’s hearings pass their halfway point, they have brought new details to light that explain the events of the attack on the Capit...

18 Junio 2022
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Escrito por La redacción

Emmanuel Macron est-il vraiment un centriste ? Image prise lors de sa visite au salon Eurosatory à Villepinte dans le nord de Paris le 13 juin 2022 à l'entre-deux tours des élections législatives. Ludovic marin/AFP

Le centre attrape-tout d’Emmanuel Macron

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Lors d’une interview sur France Culture (18 avril 2022), Emmanuel Macron qualifia son projet politique d’« extrême centre », par opposition aux deux a...

17 Junio 2022
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Escrito por La redacción

A sign reading ‘Putin, murderer’ is shown during a protest in Krakow, Poland, on May 8, 2022. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images

International courts prosecuting leaders like Putin for war crimes have a mixed record – but offer clues on how to get a conviction

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There have been mounting calls from Ukrainian and other activists and political leaders to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes i...

16 Junio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por La redacción

Northern Ireland protocol explainer: why the UK government’s plan to change it violates international law

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The UK government has unveiled a plan to do away with key aspects of the Northern Ireland protocol. This is the legal instrument that governs trade in...

15 Junio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Billy Melo Araujo

Demonstrators stand outside the Supreme Court in 2014. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

There is no one ‘religious view’ on abortion: A scholar of religion, gender and sexuality explains

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

The Catholic Church’s official line on abortion, and even on any artificial birth control, is well known: Don’t do it. Surveys of how American Cathol...

14 Junio 2022
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Escrito por Samira Mehta

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1er tour des législatives : entre désintérêt électoral et recomposition politique

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Au soir du premier tour des élections législatives, la majorité présidentielle (Ensemble) recueille la majorité des suffrages (25,75 %), au coude à co...

13 Junio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Julien Robin

Qui seront les prochains députés à déambuler dans la Salle des Quatre Colonnes ? La possibilité d'une majorité présidentielle n'est pas complètement acquise au 9 juin 2022. Stéphane de Sakutin / AFP

Législatives : trois stratégies très inégales pour un résultat incertain

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Alors que les incertitudes sur l’issue du scrutin législatif des 12 et 19 juin n’ont jamais été aussi nombreuses et que l’obtention d’une majorité de ...

11 Junio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Olivier Guyottot

Regardless of seditious conspiracy charges’ outcome, right-wing groups like Proud Boys seek to build a white nation

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As the House Select Committee prepares to begin public hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, far-right groups including the Proud Boys and the O...

10 Junio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Matthew Valasik and Shannon Reid

Conservative Party: who are the rebels and why do they want Boris Johnson gone?

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Boris Johnson rose to power as the Conservative Party’s “Heineken” leader: deemed able to reach parts of the electorate that other Conservatives could...

09 Junio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Martin Farr

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World Trade Organization steps back from the brink of irrelevance – but it’s not fixed yet

Northern Ireland protocol row could damage good faith needed for post-Brexit trade deals

Séisme aux élections législatives : les leçons à tirer

Ontario must commit to affordable housing for all, not attainable housing

UK government orders the extradition of Julian Assange to the US, but that is not the end of the matter

Jan. 6 committee hearings show what went right, not just what went wrong

Le centre attrape-tout d’Emmanuel Macron

International courts prosecuting leaders like Putin for war crimes have a mixed record – but offer clues on how to get a conviction

Northern Ireland protocol explainer: why the UK government’s plan to change it violates international law

There is no one ‘religious view’ on abortion: A scholar of religion, gender and sexuality explains

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1er tour des législatives : entre désintérêt électoral et recomposition politique

Législatives : trois stratégies très inégales pour un résultat incertain

Regardless of seditious conspiracy charges’ outcome, right-wing groups like Proud Boys seek to build a white nation

Conservative Party: who are the rebels and why do they want Boris Johnson gone?

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