À part l’Antarctique, pas un seul continent n’est épargné. Des « points chauds » inexpliqués sont récemment apparus sur la carte du monde. Les populations qui vivent dans ces régions sont menacées.
À part l’Antarctique, pas un seul continent n’est épargné. Des « points chauds » inexpliqués sont récemment apparus sur la carte du monde. Les populations qui vivent dans ces régions sont menacées.
People torn between craving for peace as conditions worsen and desire to hold strong against Russian military and diplomatic tactics
The ammunition boxes stacked on the stage opened up to reveal figurines of angels and an infant Jesus lying in his manger. Six actors sang plaintive carols, accompanied by readings of the brooding poetry of Kharkiv writer Serhiy Zhadan. The audience sat, transfixed by the almost unbearable intensity of the spectacle.
The nativity play, performed on a recent evening at Kharkiv’s puppet theatre, was a reminder that conflict has seeped into the fabric of almost everything in Ukrainian life over the past four years. “We can’t just put on comedies and escape from reality,” said Oksana Dmitrieva, the nativity play’s 48-year-old director. “The stage is a mirror, and we have to live through our emotions again, but this time from outside ourselves, together with others,” she said.
Les autorités estoniennes sont sur le qui-vive et étudient la réponse à apporter à l’incident qui s’est produit à sa frontière avec la Russie. Mercredi 17 décembre, trois gardes-frontières russes sont entrés à bord d’aéroglisseurs en territoire estonien sur la rivière Narva, que se partagent les deux pays. Ils y sont restés une vingtaine de minutes avant de repartir côté russe. Face aux incidents qui se multiplient, les autorités estoniennes n’excluent pas, à l’avenir, de fermer tout ou partie de la frontière avec la Russie.
Les autorités estoniennes sont sur le qui-vive et étudient la réponse à apporter à l’incident qui s’est produit à sa frontière avec la Russie. Mercredi 17 décembre, trois gardes-frontières russes sont entrés à bord d’aéroglisseurs en territoire estonien sur la rivière Narva, que se partagent les deux pays. Ils y sont restés une vingtaine de minutes avant de repartir côté russe. Face aux incidents qui se multiplient, les autorités estoniennes n’excluent pas, à l’avenir, de fermer tout ou partie de la frontière avec la Russie.
Aiden Aslin, a British volunteer who joined Ukraine’s marines, was captured and tortured by Putin’s forces in 2022 and is now back fighting the Kremlin. He tells his story to the ‘World of Trouble’ podcast with world affairs editor Sam Kiley in eastern Ukraine
Funding to tackle misinformation and cyber-attacks, and boost democracy, cut from £40m to £24m
Keir Starmer’s raid on overseas aid has led to a 40% cut in funds for countering Russian aggression and misinformation in a region of Europe described by the prime minister as vital to the UK’s national security.
British funding committed to bolstering the western Balkans, where Russia has been accused of sowing division and creating destabilisation, has been cut from £40m last year to £24m for 2025-26.
Cyclist and road safety groups argue proposed alternative route away from traffic-free Le Piétonnier is unsafe
On an unseasonably mild winter’s day, people are gathering at Le Piétonnier, the pedestrian zone in the heart of Brussels. Tourists buy mulled wine and churros at the Christmas market outside the Bourse, the old stock exchange, now repurposed as a beer museum. A few people drink coffee on cafe terraces. Up and down the length of the 650-metre-long space, people come and go, bikes and scooters weaving in and out of the crowds.
Next year, this scene will look somewhat different: bikes and scooters will be banned from this 18,000-sq-metre pedestrian zone for most of the day. People on two wheels will be allowed to ride only between 4am and 11am. At all other times, they must dismount and push their vehicle up the street, or face a fine.
European legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wings
Most of what you eat is sausages. I mean, if we’re going to get literal about it. Sausage derives from the Latin salsicus, which means “seasoned with salt”. You might think of a sausage as a simple thing, but on this reading it is everything and nothing, a Borgesian meta-concept that retreats as you approach it.
From another perspective, a sausage is an offal-filled intestine, or the macerated parts of an electrocuted or asphyxiated pig or other animal – generally parts that you wouldn’t knowingly eat – mixed with other ingredients that, in isolation, you might consider inedible. For some reason, it is seldom marketed as such.
Beatriz Bernal’s pioneering novel features brave, chivalrous women who ride dragons and her adapter wants his illustrated version to reach young readers
Sixty years before a gaunt and deluded nobleman from La Mancha was overdosing on tales of derring-do, visiting his madness on those around him – and single-handedly rewriting the rules of fiction – the deeds of another heroic knight had already made literary history.
Though completely eclipsed by Don Quixote, Cristalián de España, which was first published in 1545, has a unique claim to fame. Its 800 pages, bristling with swords, sorcerers, dragons and damsels, make up the earliest known work by a female Spanish novelist.
Hungarian communications provider 4iG has agreed to invest $100 million in U.S.-based space station developer Axiom Space, broadening its footprint in the space industry amid a broader push toward vertically integrated capabilities in the industry.
The companies were the latest to agree to sell drugs to Medicaid and directly to consumers at discounted prices. President Trump said he would soon begin similar negotiations with health insurers.
This recent addition to the growing hotel scene on the city’s Riviera from the hip hotel chain is ideal for digital nomads and arty types, says Rich Booth
To prevent ramming attacks at Christmas markets, German officials have installed concrete blocks, chain barriers and, in one case, metal bollards removed by a hand-cranked crane.
The Bondi beach terror attack, the Brown University shooting, ICE in Chicago and a fallen Statue of Liberty: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
Cette semaine, nous recevons Elli Tsiforou, secrétaire générale du Copa-Cogeca, organisation syndicale et professionnelle agricole au niveau européen. Elle réitère son opposition au traité du Mercosur et demande une simplification des normes imposées aux agriculteurs.
Cette semaine, nous recevons Elli Tsiforou, secrétaire générale du Copa-Cogeca, organisation syndicale et professionnelle agricole au niveau européen. Elle réitère son opposition au traité du Mercosur et demande une simplification des normes imposées aux agriculteurs.
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