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Brian Tamaki with Destiny Church members and supporters leading the anti-government march to parliament on August 23. Getty Images

Refusing to rule out working with Brian Tamaki, Luxon gives NZ’s populist right a ‘sniff of credibility’

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The final act in this week’s protest on the lawns of parliament was the announcement by Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki of a new political party. P...

26 Agosto 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Richard Shaw

Vladimir Putin en una caricatura de DonkeyHotey vía flickr.

L’inquiétante rhétorique bestialisante de Vladimir Poutine

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« Tout peuple, et en particulier le peuple russe, est capable de distinguer les vrais patriotes de la racaille et des traîtres, et de recracher ces ...

25 Agosto 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Laurent Bègue-Shankland

Mar-a-Lago is shown on Aug. 16, 2022, a week after the FBI’s raid. Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago lawsuit spotlights how difficult search warrants are to challenge – by a criminal suspect or an ex-president – until charges are brought

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Some observers say that the lawsuit filed by former President Donald Trump on Aug. 22, 2022, challenging the FBI’s recent search of his Mar-a-Lago est...

24 Agosto 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Clark D. Cunningham

Williams has won 23 grand slams in her career. photoyh/ Shutterstock

Serena Williams: why many female athletes feel pressure to retire after becoming mothers

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Serena Williams has announced she’s retiring from tennis. During her career, the 40-year-old has often been hailed as the best female tennis player, w...

23 Agosto 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Candice Lingam-Willgoss

Filmmaker Biyi Bandele (left) directing the TV series Shuga in 2015. He was also a theatre maker and novelist. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Biyi Bandele, a serial storyteller who elevated Nigerian culture

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

The writer, film-maker and theatre creator Biyi Bandele has passed away at the age of 54, news that has stunned the West African arts community where ...

22 Agosto 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Ezinne Ezepue

Trans rights and political backlash: five key moments in history

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In recent decades, trans people have achieved limited rights. At the same time, anti-trans views and political backlashes have become more visible and...

21 Agosto 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Jay Prosser

Former President Donald Trump, at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Aug. 6, 2022, in Dallas. Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images

You don’t have to be a spy to violate the Espionage Act – and other crucial facts about the law Trump may have broken

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The federal court-authorized search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate has brought renewed attention to the obscure but infamous law kn...

16 Agosto 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Joseph Ferguson and Thomas A. Durkin

Sam Uffindell was lucky to avoid NZ’s criminal justice system as a schoolboy – but it was the right outcome

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However you look at it, the National Party has selected someone who once committed an act of criminal violence to represent the Tauranga electorate in...

15 Agosto 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por James Mehigan

Author Salman Rushdie pictured in London in 2017. Grant Pollard/AP

Why Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ remains so controversial decades after its publication

(Tiempo de lectura: 2 - 4 minutos)

One of the most controversial books in recent literary history, Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses,” was published three decades ago this month and ...

14 Agosto 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Myriam Renaud

U.S. banana growers heavily influenced several Central American governments in the early 20th century. George Rinhart/Getty Images

What’s a banana republic? A political scientist explains

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When someone mentions a “banana republic,” they’re referring to a small, poor, politically unstable country that is weak because of an excessive relia...

13 Agosto 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Matthew Wilson

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Dans ses plus récents albums, Beyoncé s'engage fortement auprès de la culture africaine, et devient une véritable plateforme pour sa diffusion au grand public. Flickr

Comment Beyoncé a contribué à la diffusion des cultures africaines

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Beyoncé vient de sortir son septième album studio solo, intitulé Renaissance (2022). L’album, qui crée l’événement dans la culture populaire mondiale,...

12 Agosto 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por James Chikomborero Paradza

En France, les pneus usagés représentant plus centaines de milliers de tonnes de déchets par an — alors qu’ils ne sont qu’une partie des déchets en caoutchouc que nous produisons. Imthaz Ahamed, Unsplash, CC BY

Vieux caoutchouc cherche nouvel emploi

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Sans même parfois le savoir, nous sommes entourés de caoutchouc ! Naturel et synthétique, nous le trouvons dans nos maisons, nos voitures, dans les bâ...

10 Agosto 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Marie-Pierre Deffarges et deux plus

There’s new evidence that, if confirmed, shows how former President Donald Trump flushed public documents down the toilet. Photo by Frank Rumpenhorst/picture alliance via Getty Images

New photos suggest how Trump, flush with power, may have sent official documents down the toilet

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

Into the sewer. That appears to be the intended destination of what look like torn-up presidential documents in photographs released by reporter Magg...

09 Agosto 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Shannon Bow O'Brien

Martha Karua addresses a rally. She is Raila Odinga’s running mate in Kenya’s August 2022 elections. Suleiman Mbatiah/ AFP via Getty Images

Martha Karua is taking centre stage in Kenya’s elections: what it means for women in politics

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

For the first time in Kenya’s history, a female candidate joins the centre stage in one of the main political coalitions in the country’s August 2022 ...

08 Agosto 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Emma Elfversson y Kristine Höglund

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Refusing to rule out working with Brian Tamaki, Luxon gives NZ’s populist right a ‘sniff of credibility’

L’inquiétante rhétorique bestialisante de Vladimir Poutine

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago lawsuit spotlights how difficult search warrants are to challenge – by a criminal suspect or an ex-president – until charges are brought

Serena Williams: why many female athletes feel pressure to retire after becoming mothers

Biyi Bandele, a serial storyteller who elevated Nigerian culture

Trans rights and political backlash: five key moments in history

You don’t have to be a spy to violate the Espionage Act – and other crucial facts about the law Trump may have broken

Sam Uffindell was lucky to avoid NZ’s criminal justice system as a schoolboy – but it was the right outcome

Why Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ remains so controversial decades after its publication

What’s a banana republic? A political scientist explains

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Comment Beyoncé a contribué à la diffusion des cultures africaines

Vieux caoutchouc cherche nouvel emploi

New photos suggest how Trump, flush with power, may have sent official documents down the toilet

Martha Karua is taking centre stage in Kenya’s elections: what it means for women in politics

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