أرشيف الوسم : Opinion

As the Sex Pistols said back in 1977, the year of the silver jubilee, never mind the bollocks. It really doesn’t matter what it’s for – just seize the moment: an extra bank holiday for this miserable country, which has the fewest national holidays in Europe and the second fewest in the world. England and Wales have just eight, Northern Ireland 10, Scotland 11; by contrast Europe averages 12.8, and Japan has 17.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey is halting talks with Greece, partly over a dispute with the Greek prime minister and what Ankara calls airspace violations, marking the latest reversal in the neighbours’ long-testy relationship.

Il est un péril existentiel qui domine tous les autres : l’aggravation du changement climatique et de la destruction de la biodiversité. Le changement climatique procède d’une incertitude radicale, tant pour prévenir les risques financiers que pour maîtriser les risques de transition, car les phénomènes climatiques sont à la fois non linéaires et irréversibles lorsque des limites planétaires sont franchies.

Despite many setbacks and disappointments, Russia appears to be making significant progress with regards to the officially declared goals of its war on Ukraine.

STRATÉGIE. Opérations militaires conjointes ainsi que réflexions et initiatives favorisant la résilience et l’inclusion des populations se multiplient. Illustration.

In the course of the next few days, Priti Patel will make the most important ruling on free speech made by any home secretary in recent memory. She must resolve whether to comply with a US request to extradite Julian Assange on espionage charges.

The Palestinian territories are overcome with grief following the death of 51-year-old Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead in the West Bank city of Jenin on the morning of May 11.

Security forces are deployed across Sri Lanka with orders to shoot looters on sight amid continuing protests at the government’s handling of a devastating economic crisis. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has vowed to restore order, in his first national speech since protests began last month. Ignoring calls to resign, he offered …

Alger, qui ne digère pas le revirement de Madrid en faveur de la position marocaine sur le Sahara occidental, a menacé mercredi de rompre le contrat de fourniture de gaz à l'Espagne, si cette dernière venait à l'acheminer "vers une destination tierce". Le gouvernement espagnol avait annoncé en février qu'il allait aider Rabat à "garantir sa sécurité énergétique".

Announcing his £35bn ($44bn) acquisition of Twitter this week, Elon Musk made a typically sweeping claim: “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated.”