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5 days ago
Germany news

We are dealing with fundamentalist rightwingers': Berlin statues are latest battleground in Germany's culture wars

The installation of statues at Berlin's palace sparks controversy regarding nationalist leanings and cultural symbolism.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Germany news

Germany spurns renewed Polish call for war reparations

Germany has rebuffed the latest push by Poland's nationalist government for vast reparations over the second world war, saying in response to a diplomatic note that the issue was closed, according to the foreign ministry in Warsaw.Poland estimates its losses in the second world war caused by Germany at 6.2tn zotys (1.2tn) and has demanded reparations, but Berlin has repeatedly said all financial claims related to the war have been settled.
The Berlin Spectator
1 year ago
Germany news

Germany to Observe Unity Day in Erfurt

Berlin, October 2nd, 2022 (The Berlin Spectator) - To Germans who already lived when the Berlin Wall fell and Germany was finally reunited, it feels like it happened yesterday.
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www.theguardian.com
1 week ago
Music

Beyonce's Act II album cover is a clapback to being told she doesn't belong in country music'

Beyonce announces upcoming album Act II after five years in the making.
The album cover of Act II incorporates country music iconography to spark discussion about nationalism and authenticity.
Europe news
www.nytimes.com
1 week ago
Europe news

Putin Hails Conquests in Ukraine in Red Square Spectacle

The display of nationalistic fervor during Putin's victory declaration, emphasizing unity in adding territory to Russia.
The artificial nature of elections in Russia highlighted through Putin's election victory and the show of puppet competitors.
www.theguardian.com
1 month ago
Europe news

Some buy the propaganda. Many have changed their minds': life in Russia after the invasion

Putin's control over Russia's politics is total, as he positions himself against the West.
Navalny's death highlighted Putin's dual fronts: attacking Ukrainian citizens abroad and suppressing domestic opposition.
www.nytimes.com
3 months ago
Europe news

In a Baltic Nation, Fear and Suspicion Stalk Russian Speakers

A widow in Latvia has been told she must leave the country despite having lived there her entire life.
Latvia's nationalist politicians are using the Ukraine war to target and scapegoat Russian speakers in the country.
www.dw.com
4 months ago
Europe news

Hungary, Czech Republic grapple for influence over Slovakia DW 11/21/2023

The Czech Republic and Slovakia were once one united state called Czechoslovakia.
Slovakia was excluded from NATO and the EU due to its nationalist authoritarian regime.
The recent election in Slovakia raises questions about its relationship with the Czech Republic and its alignment with Hungary.
www.theguardian.com
4 months ago
Europe news

France and Germany's relationship is at the heart of the EU. Why has it gone sour? | Shahin Vallee

Tensions and disagreements have piled up between France and Germany despite their close relationship on paper.
France and Germany are far apart on critical areas of European cooperation, posing a risk to Europe.
Both countries are becoming more nationalistic, hindering progress on defense cooperation projects.
www.theguardian.com
4 months ago
Europe news

France and Germany's relationship is at the heart of the EU. Why has it gone sour? | Shahin Vallee

Tensions and disagreements have piled up between France and Germany despite their close relationship on paper.
France and Germany are far apart on critical areas of European cooperation, posing a risk to Europe.
Both countries are becoming more nationalistic, hindering progress on defense cooperation projects.
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northern-ireland
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1 month ago
UK politics

I will be a first minister for all': Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill marks historic moment for once unionist state

Michelle O'Neill becomes Northern Ireland's first nationalist first minister, marking a historic moment for Irish nationalism.
O'Neill focused on reconciliation and bread-and-butter issues in her inaugural address, avoiding explicit mention of constitutional change.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Sinn Fein turning nationalist vote into republican vote' Donaldson

Sinn Fein's council election success was a case of the party turning a nationalist vote into a republican vote, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said.Sir Jeffrey was speaking as he rejected the suggestion that the results of the local government elections showed any movement towards a united Ireland.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Call for greater co-operation' to maximise unionist vote in elections

Unionist leaders need to show greater co-operation to maximise success in future elections, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has suggested.Faced with the prospect of Sinn Fein becoming the largest party in councils as well as the Assembly, unionist leaders have also raised concerns about lower numbers of people in unionist areas coming out to vote.
BBC News
10 months ago
UK politics

Northern Ireland election 2023: Belfast City who will come out on top?

The absence of a Northern Ireland Assembly means the election to Belfast City Council will have an extra political edge.With 60 seats, it is the largest elected body in Northern Ireland which is currently functioning.The Belfast city chamber has mirrored Stormont in recent years.At the last council election in 2019, Sinn Féin held the most seats, and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) came in second.
BBC News
1 year ago
UK politics

David Trimble: Bill Clinton hails him a 'leader of courage'

Lord Trimble, who died on Monday aged 77, led the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) between 1995 and 2005.
The Independent
1 year ago
UK news

Protocol legislation 'not very respectful' to British people - Varadkar

Ireland's deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar has said the British Government's intention to publish legislation that would disapply parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol is "not very respectful" to the British people.
morenorthern-ireland
France politics
www.nytimes.com
2 months ago
France politics

Barricaded Highways and a Deadly Incident as French Farmers Rise Up

Protesting French farmers set up barricades and a car plowed into one, killing one woman and injuring her husband and daughter.
Rural discontent and a sense of marginalization among farmers has contributed to a surge in support for far-right and nationalist movements in France and other Western European countries.
France 24
2 years ago
France politics

French government floats Corsican 'autonomy' as unrest jolts election campaign

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France 24
2 years ago
France politics

Prison attack on Corsican nationalist reopens old wounds on restive French island

A prison assault last week that left prominent Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna in a coma has triggered days of angry protests and whipped up resentment against the French state on an island with a history of separatist violence.
www.aljazeera.com
2 years ago
France politics

Marine Le Pen's niece defects to rival French far-right campaign

Marion Marechal Le Pen officially backs Eric Zemmour in the April 2022 presidential elections.
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The New Yorker
9 months ago
Culture

Nicola Sturgeon's Calamitous Arrest

At 12:31 P.M. on Saturday, Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland from 2014 to 2023 and an independence campaigner since her late teens, tweeted a picture of paperwork showing that she had passed the first stage of her driving test, at the age of fifty-two.When announcing her resignation, to widespread surprise, in February, Sturgeon said that she was in danger of burning out.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Lorna Slater: Scottish Government to assess if it can make deposit scheme work

Lorna Slater has called on the UK Government to change course on the deposit return scheme (DRS), as she said Scottish ministers will have to assess if they can make it work.Scottish Secretary Alister Jack wrote to the Scottish Government on Friday, granting the exemption to the Internal Market Act needed for the scheme to operate, but said the inclusion of glass could risk a permanent divergence between the UK and Scotland.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

The National Conservatism Conference's strangest moments

Accusations of downplaying the Holocaust, rants about Black Lives Matter, and strange ruminations on total biomedical self-mastery - the National Conservatism Conference has produced some startling moments.Pitched by the organisers as a venue which could stake out a new direction in British politics the conference attracted Tory party heavyweights.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Douglas Murray accused of downplaying Holocaust after saying Germany mucked up'

Prominent public intellectual Douglas Murray is facing criticism over comments he made at the National Conservatism Conference which critics say downplayed the Holocaust and Nazism.Speaking at the conference Murray said: There was nothing wrong with nationalism in Britain.It's just that there was something wrong with nationalism in Germany.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Peter Mandelson pressed Alliance Party to redesignate as unionists

Peter Mandelson urged Northern Ireland's cross-community Alliance Party to redesignate as unionists at Stormont in 1999 to facilitate the formation of a powersharing government, declassified papers have revealed.But the party rejected the then secretary of state's suggestion, with one MLA demanding to know if he would ask Sinn Fein to switch from nationalist to unionist.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Democrat Letta: Fear plays role in Italy's Brexit-like vote

The leader of Italy's center-left campaign alliance on Tuesday cited the gains of a Swedish populist party with neo-Nazi roots as further proof that fear is propelling the far-right's growth in Europe, and he warned that the outcome of his own country's approaching election could determine Italy's future role in Europe.
The Independent
1 year ago
UK news

Gordon Brown claims government lurching from 'crisis to crisis'

Gordon Brown has predicted Boris Johnson will abandon a planned hike in corporation tax in the autumn, as he hit out at a government lurching from "crisis to crisis".
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Europe news

A Kurdish Turkish Writer on the Tensions Between Politics and Art

The momentous Turkish presidential election, whose second round will take place on Sunday, has more than just geopolitical consequences; it is a watershed for culture as well.Since 2016, after a failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the government here has cracked down on artists, writers, filmmakers and academics, who have experienced censorship, job losses and a climate of fear.
www.france24.com
11 months ago
Europe news

Pope warns of rising nationalism, calls for accepting migrants on Hungary visit

03:30 Pope Francis and Hungary President Katalin Novajk walk past Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, in the square of Sandor Palace in Budapest on Friday, April 28, 2023.Andrew Medichini, AP Pope Francis, starting a trip to Hungary, on Friday pointedly warned of the dangers of rising nationalism in Europe and told the Budapest government that accepting migrants along with the rest of the continent would be a true sign of Christianity.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
Writing

Meena Kandasamy: Breaking class and caste divides DW 11/14/2022

Meena Kandasamy said she was in shock when she learned in September that she had won PEN Germany's 2022 Hermann Kesten Prize.DW contacted her ahead of the prize ceremony, held on November 15, to discuss her journey as a writer.But the motivations behind her work can't be summarized easily, she says: "I don't know where to start."
The Independent
1 year ago
France news

Cannes: Transylvania-set 'R.M.N.' probes a ubiquitous crisis

Cristian Mungiu's Cannes Film Festival entry "R.M.N." is set in an unnamed mountainous Transylvanian village in Romania, but the conflicts of ethnocentricity, racism and nationalism that permeate the multi-ethnic town could take place almost anywhere.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Images From Bucha Remind Us That War Photography Can Be Resistance

The images coming out of Bucha, Ukraine, are harrowing, almost surreal.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

No Joke: China Fines a Comedy Firm $2 Million for Insulting' the Military

Beijing fined a Chinese comedy studio around $2 million on Wednesday for a joke that compared China's military to stray dogs, a reminder of the ever-narrowing confines of expression under the country's leader, Xi Jinping.The Beijing Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau accused a popular comedian, Li Haoshi, who is employed by the studio, of severely insulting the People's Liberation Army, China's military, during two live performances in Beijing on Saturday.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
Berlin

German Oscar film All Quiet' confronts horrors of wartime

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails All Quiet on the Western Front, Germany's entry at the Academy Awards, shows the horrors of World War I from the unique perspective of the nation that triggered and lost two world wars.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Live Updates: Italy Votes in Pivotal Election for Europe

ROME - Italy appeared poised on Sunday to turn a page of European history by electing a hard-right coalition led by a daughter of post-Fascism whose long track record of bashing the European Union, international bankers, vaccine mandates and migrants has sown concern about the European Union sticking together as it struggles to keep pressure on President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia for his war in Ukraine.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

75 Years Later, the Fading Ghosts of India's Bloody Partition

With the passing decades, nationalist fervor and mutual suspicion have largely replaced memories of mass death and displacement during the chaotic cleaving of Pakistan from India.
The Nation
10 months ago
Social justice

Turkish Election Aftershock: Despite Unity on the Left, the Opposition Falls Short

-Sunday started sunny and cheerful in Turkey's most populous city.Scores of families headed to secondary schools to cast their ballots and have their say in Turkish politics.That the country's longtime president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would lose in this first round of presidential elections seemed a historical inevitability to the smiling, hopeful people lining the streets in my upper-middle-class neighborhood.
The Nation
1 year ago
Social justice

Salman Rushdie Joins Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence

As India celebrated the 75th anniversary of its independence from British colonial rule this Monday, August 15, PEN America-one of the nation's most well-known organizations advocating for global freedom of speech and creative expression-launched , an anthology of reflections on Independence and Indian democracy from some of the country's most prominent literary voices.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Arts

This Romanian film about immigration and vanishing jobs hits close to home

R.M.N. is based on an actual 2020 event in Ditrau, Romania, where 1,800 villagers voted to expel three Sri Lankans who worked at their local bakery.TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR.In the new Romanian film "R.M.N.," a village in Transylvania is thrown into turmoil when the local bakery hires workers from Sri Lanka.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Turkish president lifts veto on Finland's Nato application

Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lifted his veto on Finland's application to join Nato, a move that will strengthen the west's ability to withstand any future Russian threat across the Baltic Sea but leaves Sweden's parallel bid for Nato membership unresolved.After a choreographed meeting with the Finnish president, Sauli Niinisto, in Ankara, Erdogan said he would recommend to the Turkish parliament that it vote to back Finland's application to join.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Europe politics

I loved being a Workaway host but now Brexit has ended it in the UK'

When I first heard about Workaway it sounded too good to be true, and perhaps in some ways it was: a website on which travellers could exchange their skills for free accommodation sounded like something that only happened in dreams.Perhaps that's what appealed to me about it the triumph of community over cash.
San Francisco Bay Times
1 year ago
SF LGBT

Pasolini 100: Homage to Pier Paolo Pasolini Will Be Presented at Castro Theatre on September 10 - San Francisco Bay Times

An entire day of works paying homage to filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) on the 100th anniversary of his birth will be shown at the Castro Theatre on Saturday, September 10, 2022.
San Francisco Bay Times
1 year ago
SF LGBT

Slow Reveal - San Francisco Bay Times

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the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Vladimir Putin insists Russia will achieve its 'noble' goals in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin has insisted that his bloody campaign in Ukraine will continue until its "noble" goals have been achieved, arguing that the invasion was proceeding as planned, despite fierce Ukrainian resistance and heavy losses among Russian forces.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Europe news

In A Small Light,' an Ordinary Woman Resists the Nazis

Two days after the Gestapo's 1944 raid on the annex where Anne Frank and others were hiding, Miep Gies, a seemingly ordinary secretary, and her colleague walked into the hiding place and encountered a chaotic scene left behind by the Nazis.Years later, Gies described what she saw that day as a mess of books, newspapers and other everyday items.
www.dw.com
11 months ago
Europe news

Pope Francis calls for more open Europe during Hungary visit DW 04/28/2023

The pope reiterated his calls for welcoming migrants after a meeting with nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban.He will also lead an open-air mass outside parliament on Sunday.Pope Francis condemned what he described as rising nationalism and "adolescent belligerence" in Europe, in a speech delivered during his 3-day trip to Hungary.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Viktor Orban's Soccer Scarf Threatens the Peace

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, as self-aware Freudians like to quip.And sometimes a scarf is just a scarf, especially when it's donned to support your country at a soccer match.But when the wearer happens to be Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban - and the said scarf depicts a map of "Greater Hungary" that implies territorial claims on neighboring countries - we have a problem.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | How Eurovision's Silly Songfest Got Caught Up in the War in Ukraine

Only a handful of things truly bind Europe's disparate nations together.The Eurovision Song Contest is one of them.With a global audience bigger than the Oscars, the annual face-off of power ballads and over-the-top dance routines is seen as a rare - and ridiculous - unifying force for the Continent.
The Berlin Spectator
1 year ago
Germany news

Germany's Roma Community Commemorates Holocaust Victims

In Berlin, Romani Rose of the Central Council of German Roma and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier joined a commemoration for members of this minority who were murdered by the Nazis.Steinmeier apologized to the Romani people.Berlin, October 24th, 2022 (The Berlin Spectator) - Roma, who used to be called Gypsies, a term that can be discriminatory, use the word Porajmos for the murder of up to half a million of their brothers and sisters in Nazi Germany and its concentration camps in Eastern Europe.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Germany news

Poland demands nearly $1.3 trillion in WWII damages from Germany

The formal demand comes despite Germany saying all financial claims linked to the war had been settled.
www.dw.com
10 months ago
Europe news

Pope Francis urges unity in final Mass in Hungary DW 04/30/2023

23 minutes ago23 minutes ago The 86-year-old pontiff capped his trip to Hungary with a final Mass in Budapest on a sunny spring morning, with thousands having gathered for the blessing.He told people to fight the "closed doors" of nationalism.Tens of thousands of Hungarians gathered on the bank of the Danube in downtown Budapest for visiting Pope Francis' final Mass on Sunday.
english.elpais.com
11 months ago
Europe news

Pope Francis in Hungary urges Europe to unite to end war

Pope Francis on Friday blasted the adolescent belligerence that brought war back to Europe and said the continent must recover its founding spirit of peaceful unity to confront Russia's war in Ukraine.Francis outlined his vision for the future of Europe as he began a three-day visit to Hungary.In a carefully calibrated speech, he demanded that the European Union approve safe and legal ways for migrants to enter and for the Hungarian government not to hold Europe hostage to populist demands.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

The Guardian view on Iraq, 20 years on: the costs of war | Editorial

It did not take long for anyone to realise that the Iraq war was the disaster that many had predicted; not much longer than it took to confirm that it was launched on a lie and that there were no weapons of mass destruction.Whatever relief or joy was felt by Iraqis at the fall of Saddam Hussein's violent and oppressive regime, it was soon subsumed by the horror of what followed.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

The Guardian view on Brexit and the economy: time to face facts | Editorial

There must come a time when the cost of Brexit is recognised by a British government, but that day is not imminent.Even when the economy and migration are two of the most prominent topics of debate, a realistic account of the European dimension to those issues is taboo for Conservatives who still wear their epic policy folly as a badge of honour.
the Guardian
1 year ago
UK politics

Not a hint of a heckle for the least Labour thing you'll see at a Labour conference | John Crace

tick to what you're good at.It's in the nature of things - especially during a party conference - that opposition leaders find themselves put under the microscope for character flaws.
the Guardian
1 year ago
UK politics

Northern Ireland: what could historic election win for Sinn Fein mean?

The Northern Ireland elections for the Stormont assembly could see a historic shift in the balance of power locally.
the Guardian
2 years ago
UK politics

Britain's economic war against Putin is a mess - and it may be pointless | Simon Jenkins

oris Johnson is getting serious about Ukraine.He may not admit many Ukrainian refugees lest they endanger the Conservatives' claim to being the party of low migration.
South Side Sox
1 year ago
Chicago White Sox

Notes on nationalism: The WBC, fandom, and The Joy of Sects

I'm a sucker for U.S. World Cup cheering montages; I love seeing that tense anticipation in a crowd of thousands turn into spasms of shared joy, flags waving and water flying through the air and the crowd chanting "U-S-A!U-S-A!" whenever the women's or men's team does something amazing.It feels extremely patriotic and extremely unifying, a rare occasion in these grim and seismic times.
Mets360
1 year ago
New York Mets

Wednesday catch-all thread (3/15/23)

I'm probably in the minority but my baseball viewing time is being spent on Mets Spring Training games, rather than the WBC.As a kid, it was my thought that the Olympics were great - whether that was Olga Korbut in '72, the U.S. Boxing Team in '76 or the U.S. hockey team in '80.But I can't recall the last time I specifically carved out time to watch the Olympics.
time.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Why Some Ukrainians Aren't Happy With Navalny's Oscar Win

When Alexei Navalny's namesake documentary won an Oscar on Sunday, its victory was hailed by many in the U.S. as a rebuke of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Indeed, speaking through director Daniel Roher, the Russian opposition leader cited the unjust war of aggression in Ukraine as the reason he is currently in solitary confinement in a Russian prison.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Spain news

Catalonia confronts past racism after slave trade documentary

The government of Catalonia has said the wealthy Spanish region must confront the past racism of its slave-trading history, after a documentary revealed how Catalan industrialists and seafarers profited from the transatlantic slave trade when the British abolished the practice in 1807.It has long been acknowledged that many Catalan fortunes including that of Antonio Gaudi's patron Eusebi Guell were made on the back of slave labour in the tobacco, sugar and cotton plantations of Cuba and, to a lesser extent, Puerto Rico.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis coming to speak to Chicago FOP Monday in Elmhurst

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, exploring a bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is scheduled to speak at an invite-only event Monday in Elmhurst to members of Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police and potentially deliver some rhetorical political payback to Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker.The Presidents Day visit to a so-far undisclosed location in the Chicago area would represent an escalation of the feud between DeSantis and Pritzker, who has been the focus of some speculation as a potential 2024 Democratic presidential candidate if President Joe Biden does not seek to be nominated for a second term.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Jed Esty: Liz Truss' stormy reign has lessons for the US on how not to be an aging superpower

The rapid meltdown of former British Prime Minster Liz Truss, who resigned after only 44 days in office and is being succeeded by former Boris Johnson Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, should alarm Americans.She is the supply-side ghost of Christmas future, a long-distance warning from an ex-empire to an aging superpower.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Faith

More than half of Republicans support Christian nationalism, according to a new survey

Voters mark their ballots for the midterm election Nov. 8, 2022, at Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church in Tucker, Ga.Ben Gray/AP Long seen as a fringe viewpoint, Christian nationalism now has a foothold in American politics, particularly in the Republican Party according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Nicola Sturgeon Is Scotland's Longest-Serving First Minister

Nicola Sturgeon, who stood at the helm of Scotland's government for nearly a decade, rose through her party's ranks to become the most prominent figure in Scottish politics.Ms. Sturgeon, 52, was born in 1970 in the Scottish town of Irvine and went on to study law at the University of Glasgow.She worked as a lawyer in Glasgow before entering the Scottish Parliament as a regional representative in 1999.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Who Is Gautam Adani and What Is Hindenburg Research?

Allegations of stock manipulation and accounting fraud from New York-based investor Hindenburg Research against Adani Group are piling pressure on the Indian conglomerate and its 60-year-old founder.Gautam Adani became Asia's richest man last year and was second only to Elon Musk in the world at one point.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Shinzo Abe Forged a New Asia

No single term is as ubiquitous in the strategy documents of the free world today as "Indo-Pacific."And yet the phrase never appeared in defense white papers or summit readouts two decades ago.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | 'President Le Pen' Would Be a Disaster for France

In their previous contest five years ago, French President Emmanuel Macron squashed his populist opponent Marine Le Pen by 66% to 34%.
https://www.rogerebert.com/
1 year ago
Film

Sundance 2023: Fantastic Machine, Milithusando, The Eternal Memory | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert

"I have to be very careful about remembering my memories," says Milisuthando Bongela, the introspective director behind the searing, highly personal documentary, "Milisuthando."In Bongela's poignant recollections resides complexity and confusion, layers of trauma connected to accepted doubts and truths about her childhood, country, and home.
Futurism
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

New AI Tells Children That Santa Isn't Real

Kringled
OpenAI's powerful new chatbot is so deft at tone that it was able to pretend to be Santa Claus while explaining to someone's kid that Santa isn't, in fact, real.Heartwrenching!As she kicked the tires on the new ChatGPT's capabilities, Shopify exec Cynthia Savard posted the generated text that she said made her "slightly emotional."
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US Elections

Opinion | Donald Trump Is Finally Finished

Whether or not Donald Trump's hat is in the ring, he's finished as a serious contender for high office.That's not a line to write lightly.First, because he has been written off so often in the past  after mocking John McCain's military record; after the Access Hollywood tape; after Jan. 6; after the Jan. 6 committee hearings  that it seems foolhardy to do it again.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Turkey deports hundreds of Syrian refugees, Human Rights Watch says

A Syrian migrant man and daughter stand in front of their shelter in Ulus district, the old part of Turkish capital Ankara, Turkey, Sunday.(Burhan Ozbilici/AP)ISTANBUL - Turkey has arrested and deported hundreds of Syrian refugee men and boys this year, detaining them arbitrarily and forcing them to return to northern Syria, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said in report released Monday.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

Happy Birthday to the Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa and Took It to Italy

In 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia stole da Vinci's masterpiece from Paris and later brought it to Florence.But the theft's success as a repatriation effort was very short-lived.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Embracing Nationalism, a Canadian Provincial Leader Wins Re-election

Mr. Legault started his political career in the separatist, social democratic Parti Québécois, which, for decades, led the province's independence movement.The two parties that had enjoyed a lock on the province since the 1970s - the federalist, pro-business Liberal Party and the separatist, social democratic Parti Québécois - came in a distant second and fourth respectively.Credit... Christinne Muschi/Reuters MONTREAL - Voters in Quebec overwhelmingly re-elected Premier François Legault to a second term on Monday, embracing his appeals to French Québécois identity in a campaign marked by heated debates over the inflow of immigrants to Canada's French-speaking province.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

How a Globetrotting Family Learned to Love Soccer and the 'Grey Wiggle'

SYDNEY, Australia - I woke up early Tuesday morning, figuring that the World Cup qualifier in Qatar between Australia and Peru would already be over - but no.It was still scoreless after extra time.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

A Russian gymnast was given a one-year ban for wearing the pro-war 'Z' symbol at a competition.

May 19, 2022, 5:27 p.m. ET
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Ukraine's Eurovision entry goes on tour to help fund the war effort.

Ukraine's contender for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, the wildly popular, over-the-top annual European event that is a swirl of flamboyance and nationalism, is set to give its first international performance Thursday evening in the lead-up to the main event in May.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Ukraine's Eurovision entry goes on tour to help fund the war effort.

Ukraine's contender for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, the wildly popular, over-the-top annual European event that is a swirl of flamboyance and nationalism, is set to give its first international performance Thursday evening in the lead-up to the main event in May.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Europe news

Italy elections: exit polls point to victory for coalition led by far-right Giorgia Meloni

A coalition led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy is set to form Italy's most radical rightwing government since the end of the second world war after exit polls gave it a clear majority.With full results due on Monday, Meloni is set to become Italy's first female prime minister - and a model for nationalist parties across Europe in one of the European Union's six original member states.The poll, for Italian broadcaster Rai, gave the rightwing coalition 41%-45% against 25.5%-29.5% for the leftwing bloc.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Europe news

Europe holds its breath as Italy prepares to vote in far-right leader

Italians are voting in an election that is forecast to deliver the country's most radical rightwing government since the end of the second world war, and a prime minister ready to become a model for nationalist parties across Europe.
The Nation
1 year ago
Europe news

How American Exceptionalism Fueled Global Authoritarian Nationalism

EDITOR'S NOTE:&nbspThis article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com.To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Europe news

Ukraine depends on morale and Russia on mercenaries. It could decide the war

The Ukrainian video begins with the Dunkirk beach scene from the film Atonement, the soldiers' stirring rendition of Dear Lord and Father of Mankind.
the Guardian
1 year ago
London

Killer heels and dancehall queens: Brent biennial brings queer cheer to a brutal city

ocal museums can only dream of the audience appeal achieved by artist Linett Kamala's exhibition Disya Dancehall.
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
London

London's French fear Le Pen election victory

F rench expatriates in London on Friday expressed their fears that a victory for nationalist Marine Le Pen in Sunday's election could trigger the loosening of the country's ties with Europe.
The New Yorker
1 year ago
Humor

How Shinzo Abe Sought to Rewrite Japanese History

Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister wanted a more assertive place for his country on the international stage-at the expense of atonement and historical accountability.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

Opinion | Five Blunt Truths About the War in Ukraine

Five sentences sum up the war in Ukraine as it stands now.
The Russians are running out of precision-guided weapons.The Ukrainians are running out of Soviet-era munitions.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

Hungary's oil embargo exemption is the latest sign of its leader's affinity for Russia.

The European Union's long-delayed deal to embargo Russian oil, finalized late Monday, effectively exempts Hungary from the costly step the rest of the bloc is taking to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia-Ukraine war: What would a victory look like now to Putin?

Having failed to take over Ukraine, what are President Putin's military prospects now?
Three defence experts weigh in.
Russia's Victory Day parade is an annual extravagance in Red Square.
The Independent
1 year ago
UK news

Schools' impartiality guidance has 'chilling effect' on discussions of extremism

The Government's political impartiality guidance for schools is already having a "chilling effect" on discussions of controversial topics in schools, a union leader has said.
the Guardian
1 year ago
France news

Marine Le Pen proposes closer Nato-Russia ties after Ukraine war

The French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has said that once the Russia-Ukraine war is over, she would propose closer links between Nato and Russia and pull France out of the military command of the US-led alliance.
the Guardian
1 year ago
France news

Orban, Le Pen... voters are sending a chill message to Europe's beleaguered centre | Will Hutton

oday's Brexit Conservatives will hate the comparison, but there are inconvenient parallels between their domestic agenda and Hungary's newly elected, self-confessed apostle of democratic illiberalism, Viktor Orbán, French uber-nationalist and anti-immigrant Marine Le Pen and Poland's murky Law and Justice party.
the Guardian
1 year ago
France news

The Guardian view on Marine Le Pen's surge: alarm bells ring | Editorial

n her prizewinning memoir The Years, the author Annie Ernaux recalled the collective panic on the French left in 2002, when Jean-Marie Le Pen unexpectedly made it to the runoff in that year's presidential election.
the Guardian
1 year ago
France news

The Observer view on the French election and rightwing populism | Observer editorial

Despite his unpopularity - 54% of French voters disapprove of his performance in office - Emmanuel Macron is widely expected to win a second five-year term in France's presidential election, whose first round will be held next Sunday.
East Bay Times
1 year ago
Europe news

Live Updates | Russia says it has hit Ukrainian arsenals

By The Associated Press
MOSCOW - The Russian military says it has hit Ukrainian arsenals with long-range cruise missiles.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Right-wing politics

Opinion | Can Liberalism Thrive Without a Wolf at the Door?

The idea that Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine would be a restorative tonic for Western liberalism, touted hopefully in the first few weeks of war, has taken sharp blows in recent days.
The Independent
2 years ago
UK news

Sinn Fein will 'defend, but not renegotiate' Good Friday Agreement: O'Neill

Sinn Fein will defend but not renegotiate the Good Friday Agreement, the party's vice president Michelle O'Neill has said.
the Guardian
2 years ago
World news

Darjeeling unlimited: new party vows to end region's strife

India's romantic hill station Darjeeling has evoked images of beautiful tea-growing gardens but also, for those who follow its politics, of industrial strikes and violent insurgencies.
The Nation
2 years ago
Europe news

Geopolitics Is a Ruthless Business

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Nytimes
2 years ago
Europe news

'Falling Into Emptiness': Ukrainian Families Feel the Pain of Separation

With most Ukrainian men legally prohibited from leaving Ukraine, the international border gates serve as a painful filter, splitting families apart as women and children move on.
time.com
2 years ago
Europe news

Putin's War on Ukraine Shows the Dreadful Power of History

History is a teacher.
But it can be a very bad one.
It is Ukraine's tragedy that the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, is a textbook example of how to draw the wrong lessons from the past.
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