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In 2014, protesters chant “Our name is Strelkov,” in solidarity with the military veteran, Igor Girkin. Also known by the alias Igor Strelkov (“shooter”), he played a key role in the annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbas. Vasily Maximov/AFP

Has Vladimir Putin been outflanked by the Russian far right?

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 this year, the Kremlin has sought by every means to minimise the reality of war. The description of t...

20 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Jules Sergei Fediunin

Graffiti sur un trottoir parisien, le 14 septembre 2022, contre la coupe du monde au Qatar. Joel Saget/AFP

Coupe du monde au Qatar, Shell, Danone ou Nike : les questions que soulèvent les boycotts

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

Depuis quelques mois, l’idée d’un boycott de la coupe du monde au Qatar fait son chemin. En France, plusieurs maires ont récemment annoncé que leur vi...

19 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Hélène Ducourant

Former President Barack Obama raises hands with Stacey Abrams and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock at a Oct. 28, 2022, campaign event in Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

A brief history of Georgia’s runoff voting – and how this year’s contest between two Black men is a sign of progress

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

In the U.S., all elections are administered by the states. But not all states use the same rules. Georgia uses a version of runoff voting, which enta...

18 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Joshua Holzer

Giorgia Meloni (à gauche) accueillie par la présidente du Parlement européen, la Maltaise Roberta Metsola (Parti populaire européen, PPE), à Bruxelles, le 3 novembre 2022. Valeria Mongelli/AFP

L’extrême droite au Parlement européen, ou le renard dans le poulailler

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

Plusieurs pays de l’Union européenne sont actuellement gouvernés par des partis politiques d’extrême droite.

16 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Christin Tonne

Elon Musk: how being autistic may make him think differently

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

The business magnate and new owner of Twitter Elon Musk revealed a while ago that he is autistic. Musk, the wealthiest person in the world, is autisti...

15 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Punit Shah y dos más

Displaced Somalis at a camp waiting for plot allocation. AP Photo/Jerome Delay

Famine should not exist in 2022, yet Somalia faces its worst yet. Wealthy countries, pay your dues

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

More than a quarter of a million people died of hunger in Somalia in 2011 – half of them children younger than five. The situation in Somalia in the c...

12 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Joshua Hallwright

Mark Zuckerberg can sack 11,000 workers but shareholders can’t dump him: it’s called ‘management entrenchment’

(Tiempo de lectura: 2 - 3 minutos)

“I want to take accountability for these decisions and for how we got here,” tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg told the 11,000 staff he sacked this wee...

11 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Mark Humphery-Jenner

US midterms: five reasons why the election results matter

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

As the US midterm election results roll in, it’s evident that the Republican “red wave” that many experts anticipated hasn’t materialised. Early numbe...

10 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Thomas Gift y Julie M Norman

Donald Trump is one of many political leaders through history who has claimed he embodies the voice of ‘the people’ – but which people he means matters quite a lot. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Why some people think fascism is the greatest expression of democracy ever invented

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Warnings that leaders like Donald Trump hold a dagger at the throat of democracy have evoked a sense of befuddlement among moderates. How can so many ...

08 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Mark R Reiff

‘Saya tak akan pernah dianggap manusia’: trauma menyakitkan yang dialami komunitas LGBTQ+ di lingkungan religius

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Saat pemerintah Australia membahas undang-undang diskriminasi agama (religious discrimination bill) yang kontroversial pada awal tahun ini, berbagai p...

07 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Joel Hollier

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Soutiens politiques du Rassemblement National lors de la visite de Marine Le Pen à Mayotte le 18 décembre 2021. Les tensions avec les Comores et l'insécurité ont alimenté le vote RN dans ce département. Ali Al-Daher /AFP

Mayotte : pourquoi ce département français est-il revendiqué par les Comores ?

(Tiempo de lectura: 5 - 9 minutos)

Le 22 septembre 2022, Assoumani Azali, le président de l’Union des Comores a rappelé lors de 77e Session ordinaire de l’Assemblée générale des Nations...

06 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Victoire Cottereau

A member of the National Guard patrols the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2021. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Political violence in America isn’t going away anytime soon

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

A warning about the threat of political violence heading into the 2022 midterm elections was issued to state and local law enforcement officials by t...

04 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Richard Forno

Kari Lake, the GOP candidate for Arizona governor, campaigns at a rally on Oct. 9, 2022. Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images

A new wave of celebrity politicians breaks the rules on acceptable behavior, inspired by Trump

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

After two former girlfriends accused Herschel Walker, the Georgia Republican Senate nominee and former football star, of pressuring them to get aborti...

03 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Donna M Goldstein, Kristen Drybread

Elon Musk is the world’s wealthiest person. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Why inequality is growing in the US and around the world

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

U.S. income inequality grew in 2021 for the first time in a decade, according to data the Census Bureau released in September 2022.

02 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Fatema Z. Sumar

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Has Vladimir Putin been outflanked by the Russian far right?

Coupe du monde au Qatar, Shell, Danone ou Nike : les questions que soulèvent les boycotts

A brief history of Georgia’s runoff voting – and how this year’s contest between two Black men is a sign of progress

L’extrême droite au Parlement européen, ou le renard dans le poulailler

Elon Musk: how being autistic may make him think differently

Famine should not exist in 2022, yet Somalia faces its worst yet. Wealthy countries, pay your dues

Mark Zuckerberg can sack 11,000 workers but shareholders can’t dump him: it’s called ‘management entrenchment’

US midterms: five reasons why the election results matter

Why some people think fascism is the greatest expression of democracy ever invented

‘Saya tak akan pernah dianggap manusia’: trauma menyakitkan yang dialami komunitas LGBTQ+ di lingkungan religius

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Mayotte : pourquoi ce département français est-il revendiqué par les Comores ?

Political violence in America isn’t going away anytime soon

A new wave of celebrity politicians breaks the rules on acceptable behavior, inspired by Trump

Why inequality is growing in the US and around the world

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

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