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Published on Sunday, 17 March 2024 13:43
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, who secured the required delegates this week to earn the Democratic party's nomination for president, has continued with the business of bridging the deep political, social, and economic divisions United States and throughout the world.
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Published on Sunday, 10 March 2024 12:17
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, after a commanding vote of confidence during Super Tuesday primaries, delivered the annual State of the Union and presented his plan to help all Americans and finish the job entrusted to him four years ago.
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Published on Monday, 04 March 2024 10:33
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Written by Olivier Longhi
As the 2024 presidential election looms, two contenders are emerging to occupy the White House. But are they the best representatives of their parties and do either have all the abilities to sit in the Oval Office?
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Published on Sunday, 03 March 2024 09:36
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Written by Janet Walker
As a 2024 presidential election rematch between President Biden and former President Trump appears to be inevitable, issues, outside of the obvious are surfacing, including the Israeli-Gaza war, which Palestine Americans believe, wrongly, can be controlled.
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Published on Monday, 26 February 2024 09:21
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Written by Olivier Longhi
As the European elections loom, which are expected to be perilous for the presidential majority, Emmanuel Macron, President of the Republic, and Jordan Bardella, President of the Nationalist Party, have competed in demagoguery and populism.
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Published on Sunday, 25 February 2024 11:34
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Written by Janet Walker
As the Ukraine war moves into the third year, President Biden has continued to push Congress to act on a new military aid package and stand up against the tyranny of Russian President Vladmir Putin.
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Published on Tuesday, 20 February 2024 11:14
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Written by Olivier Longhi
While the death of Alexei Navalny has galvanized the West, it is not enough to motivate determined opposition to Vladimir Putin. Taking advantage of Western cynicism, Russia no longer hides that it has become a contemporary dictatorship.
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Published on Sunday, 18 February 2024 11:54
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, along with French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minster Rishi Sunak have denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin over the murder of Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
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Published on Monday, 12 February 2024 14:07
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Written by Olivier Longhi
By announcing that he is reforming the law of the soil in Mayotte by constitutional means, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, is playing on the founding text of the Republic for political rather than legal purposes.
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Published on Sunday, 11 February 2024 11:25
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden has historically been seen as soft on immigration, he embodies the words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," that attitude, however, is changing.
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Published on Tuesday, 06 February 2024 09:57
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The absence of a credible discourse within the French left partly explains the disaffection of a political movement confined to the rank of parliamentary auxiliary and locked into a systematic sterile opposition to the President of the Republic.
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Published on Sunday, 04 February 2024 11:46
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, gearing up for his 2024 reelection campaign, swept the winner take all South Carolina Democratic primary gaining 55 delegates as he marches toward securing the democratic party's presidential nomination as he seeks a second term.
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Published on Monday, 29 January 2024 11:00
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron's new Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, confronts the current agricultural power struggle, which puts the tenant of Matignon in the spotlight, and the necessary response represents the first key test for the new PM.
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Published on Sunday, 28 January 2024 12:14
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Written by Janet Walker
As the pressure intensifies on President Biden to leverage the power of U.S. weapons in further talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, media reports of a squeeze play have been denied by the White House and greatly exaggerated.
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Published on Wednesday, 24 January 2024 17:56
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The Board of Trustees of Asia Society announced the appointment of Dr. Kyung-wha Kang, an accomplished diplomat and former UN leader, as the organization's 9th President and Chief Executive Officer. Her appointment is effective in April.
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Published on Sunday, 21 January 2024 12:59
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Written by Olivier Longhi
While the fighting in the Gaza Strip is still raging, some are wondering how long the conflict will last. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, aware of his strengths and support, also knows a long confrontation remains to his advantage.
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Published on Sunday, 21 January 2024 12:10
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden spoke with Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu this week explaining the critical significance to stop indiscriminate bombing of the Gaza Strip, even as it maintains pressure on the Gaza military, and the need to permit greater humanitarian access.
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Published on Tuesday, 16 January 2024 11:03
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The election of the President of the United States next November will be the epicenter of future international relations in the context of the conflicts in Ukraine and against Hamas and U.S. allies will need contingency plans.
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Published on Sunday, 14 January 2024 12:24
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden ordered a series of strategic airstrikes, as part of a multi-national effort, on Houthi targets in Yemen that facilitated attacks in the Red Sea region, to stop the possibility of an escalating Middle East conflict.
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Published on Tuesday, 09 January 2024 13:41
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Gabriel Attal, 34, as the nation's newest Prime Minster, replacing Elizabeth Borne, who resigned after 20 months. Attal, the first openly gay prime minster is also the youngest ever to hold the position.
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Published on Sunday, 07 January 2024 12:27
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden used a campaign stop in Pennsylvania to remind voters of the horrific images broadcast from January 6, 2021, just three years ago, as democracy was nearly overthrown by Trump rioters, while the president did nothing.
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Published on Sunday, 17 December 2023 15:42
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden welcomed Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House this week, he continues to seek help from the United States in his determined and globally united effort to stop Putin's advances into eastern Europe.
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Published on Saturday, 16 December 2023 15:43
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Written by Olivier Longhi
President Joe Biden delivered strong words to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his warning of the risk of losing international support in his fight against Hamas, which essentially provided an opening for an honorable exit for Israel.
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Published on Sunday, 10 December 2023 11:20
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden began his whistlestop fundraising campaign in Las Vegas, Nevada where he announced the $8.2 billion high-speed rail project that will reduce travel between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, two tourist destination cities, to two hours.
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Published on Monday, 04 December 2023 15:07
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The growing influence of non-stop news channels raises questions about the role of the press in societies and media literacy, which has become essential but is nevertheless failing as the sensational tantalizes and feeds the instant appetite.
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Published on Sunday, 03 December 2023 12:22
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Written by Janet Walker
As the world recently experienced the short-lived pause in the Israeli/Hamas conflict, President Biden, and Vice President Harris, as well as international partners, has ramped up their conversations as what parameters should guide an expected post-conflict phase.
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Published on Wednesday, 29 November 2023 14:26
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Torn by social tensions of various origins, France is going through a deep crisis of confidence in its founding model at the risk of seeing the social contract that underlies the notion of living together broken.
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Published on Sunday, 26 November 2023 09:03
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden on this Thanksgiving weekend closely monitored the Israeli-Palestinian prisoner/hostage exchange and remained in contact to Qatari officials to ensure both sides honored the terms of the cease fire agreement in hopes of an extension.
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Published on Monday, 20 November 2023 17:55
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Javier Milei's election as Argentine president confirms the rise of populism as a political alternative. In a downgraded country, the Argentines have chosen the populist experiment, while many attempts in America and Europe have ended in bitter failures.
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Published on Sunday, 19 November 2023 12:17
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden has begun the Thanksgiving week early hosting a "Friendsgiving" meal for military personal, while keeping watch on the unfolding events in the Middle east as efforts shift to secure the release of U.S. hostages.
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Published on Sunday, 12 November 2023 15:16
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Present at the demonstration against anti-Semitism, the National Rally continues its quest for legitimacy in a political landscape that has been totally turned upside down and disoriented. At the risk of seeing the far-right party impose itself even more.
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Published on Sunday, 12 November 2023 12:04
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden remembered the nations veterans, on this Veteran's Day, as he also honored the five servicemen killed in military operations in the Mediterranean Sea saying, "we once more affirm the sacred obligation," of service to our nation.
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Published on Monday, 06 November 2023 20:19
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Written by Contributing Editor
A year out from Election Day, PBS announced a broad schedule of news, public affairs, and documentary coverage of the 2024 presidential election with PBS NEWSHOUR Co-anchors Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz to lead breaking and Special News coverage.
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Published on Sunday, 05 November 2023 12:31
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden delivered remarks at a memorial for the survivors and families of the Lewiston, Maine massacre which killed 18 and wounded 13, invoking an unfortunate truth in America, as gun violence is a pandemic that is uncontrollable.
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Published on Tuesday, 31 October 2023 16:00
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Written by Olivier Longhi
By seeking to annihilate Hamas in the name of security, Israel is also nurturing the hatred and resentment of future generations of Palestinians through its massive military action, which could swell the ranks of future anti-Israeli armed groups.
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Published on Tuesday, 24 October 2023 11:55
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Written by Olivier Longhi
As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict drags on in a never-ending confrontation, the question arises of the legitimacy of two peoples with similar rights, that of living in peace in their own independent states free from threats of violence.
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Published on Sunday, 22 October 2023 12:09
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden announced that through the efforts of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Al-Sisi humanitarian aid trucks have crossed the borders of Gaza and reached the Palestinian people desperately in need of supplies.
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Published on Tuesday, 17 October 2023 11:18
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Written by Dr. Jane M. Orient, M.D.,
Do you stand with Israel, or Ukraine, or both? Or for peace? The most powerful nation in the history of the world. Can we take care of both and still maintain our overall international defense?
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Published on Monday, 16 October 2023 10:58
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The tragedy that occurred at the Lycée Gambetta, in Arras, where Dominique Bernard, a teacher was killed by a radicalized individual, has revived the debate on the protection of teachers in the exercise of their duties.
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Published on Sunday, 15 October 2023 11:39
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestine Authority Leader Mahmoud Abbas condemning the terrorist organization Hamas, pledging support to the people of Palestine, and ensuring humanitarian supplies reach the citizens of Gaza.
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Published on Sunday, 08 October 2023 11:31
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Hamas' offensive against Israel is a continuation of previous aggression on the southern Lebanon border and confirms the permanent state of war in the Jewish state since 1948 and augurs a twenty-first century as tense as the last.
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Published on Sunday, 08 October 2023 09:45
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Written by Janet Walker
President Joseph Biden addressed the terror attacks on Israel stating emphatically there is no justification for terrorism, and Israel has every right to defend themselves, and as always, the United States stands with our ally, Israel.
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Published on Monday, 25 September 2023 16:49
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The difficulties encountered by schools in managing disruptive students refer to the notion of compulsory schooling, which is obviously misunderstood by some and potentially has become a burden for many middle and high schools.
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Published on Sunday, 24 September 2023 09:56
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden was forced this week to deal with the bloated immigration problem at the southern border which has threatened to overwhelm authorities attempting to stay the escalating influx of illegals attempting to enter the United States.
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Published on Monday, 18 September 2023 11:59
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Confronted with the dramatic consequences of a new case of harassment, the National Education officials can no longer postpone their update to the realities of its time and to those that interrupt the daily life of school.
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Published on Sunday, 17 September 2023 10:32
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden confronted another week of distressing political saber rattling news as the 2024 Presidential election inches closer with the improbable and shocking polls numbers that suggest a 2020 presidential rematch remains a real possibility.
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Published on Monday, 11 September 2023 12:38
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The announced rapprochement between North Korea and Russia tends to present itself as the creation of an Asian bloc capable of competing with the Western sphere. But the excessively divergent interests of the two countries demonstrate limits.
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Published on Sunday, 10 September 2023 14:21
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden after attending the G20 Summit along with leaders of the world's top 20 economies, announced the commitment to India-Middle East Europe Corridor, which will focus on transportation and economic development between these nations.
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Published on Sunday, 03 September 2023 13:52
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The multiple coups d'état in West Africa demonstrates how the region has managed to get rid of the tacit authority of the former colonial power that was France to the benefit of Russia, which is very active in the area.
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Published on Sunday, 03 September 2023 13:28
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden and First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, traveled to Florida this week, to inspect the damage created by Hurricane Idalia, a category three storm, that created catastrophic damage to the panhandle region where it made landfall.
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Published on Sunday, 27 August 2023 13:06
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden addressed the catastrophic and overwhelming destruction of the Maui Wildfires after touring the devastation and meeting those tragically injured and announced his "administration will be there as long as it takes to complete response efforts."
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Published on Sunday, 20 August 2023 11:46
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The Biden Administration has announced a comprehensive FEMA package to assist residents of Maui in recovery after the devastating fires killed 114, damaged or destroyed 5,000 structures and burned 80% of the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii.
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Published on Sunday, 13 August 2023 13:41
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden as responded immediately with federal aid to address the catastrophic devastation brought on by the Maui wildfires, citing efforts to rebuild, after the wildfire that has killed 95, is estimated to be in the billions.
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Published on Sunday, 06 August 2023 12:37
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Written by Janet Walker
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off their reelection campaign with a speech by the Vice-President in Wisconsin and celebrating the economic gains with a total of 13.4 million jobs created since they took office.
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Published on Tuesday, 01 August 2023 12:16
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The evacuation of French nationals from Niger indirectly illustrates the growing and already well-established influence of Russia and China on a continent destined to become a new space of economic competition and diplomatic opposition.
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Published on Sunday, 30 July 2023 11:44
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden signed an Executive Order this week amending the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the first since its inception in 1950, to significantly change how the officials handle sexual assaults, domestic violence, murder, and other serious offenses.
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Published on Tuesday, 25 July 2023 13:03
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Written by Olivier Longhi
President Macron's desire to restore order in French society responds to a punctual popular injunction that offers the advantage of freeing himself from the settlement of underlying but nevertheless imperative questions. Explanations.
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Published on Sunday, 23 July 2023 13:27
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden announced this week his Artificial Intelligence initiative, has secured collaboration arrangements with seven of the leading technology firms, to voluntarily and immediately commit to the safe, secure, and trustworthy use of AI software.
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Published on Sunday, 09 July 2023 12:04
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, who will be attending the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, reiterated the U.S. backing of Sweden's membership into the intergovernmental military alliance, which has confronted challenges from Turkey who believe that Sweden harbors terror organizations.
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Published on Tuesday, 04 July 2023 09:31
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The murder of Nahel M. combined with the urban riots plunged France into a crisis of regime and, unprecedentedly, into a crisis of legitimacy where the Republic is shaken in its foundations, its symbols, and its institutions.
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Published on Monday, 26 June 2023 13:49
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Written by Olivier Longhi
If Vladimir Putin's power trembled without collapsing under the blow of the Wagners, the abortive attempt at overthrow nevertheless opens the perspective of the post-Putin era that has become inevitable. But for which regime to come?
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Published on Sunday, 25 June 2023 08:32
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden met this week with the Prime Minster Modi of India to discuss cooperation and guardrails between the two nations on the advancement of technology that effects every sector from agriculture to biotech and controlling climate change.
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Published on Tuesday, 20 June 2023 14:22
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The announcement that the European Union will host the training of Ukrainian soldiers on its soil, the 27-block coalition is taking a further step in its assistance to Kiev, and with that strategy risks repeating history.
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Published on Sunday, 18 June 2023 11:43
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, in an attempt to normalize relations with Beijing, sent Secretary of State Antony Blinken to China to meet his counterpart in an effort to return the two nations back to a more predictable relationship.
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Published on Tuesday, 13 June 2023 07:03
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Written by Anastasia Pirri
Abortion wasn't always a religious issue as White evangelicals initially had a range of positions on abortion until right-wing evangelical leaders dominated the political scene in the 1970's. The leaders sought to steer evangelicals toward supporting the pro-life movement.
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Published on Sunday, 11 June 2023 14:49
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Confronted with an underestimated and despised Ukrainian resistance, Vladimir Putin is reduced to destroying civilian facilities to dash Kiev's hopes. More than psychological warfare, these acts demonstrate the failure of an unfounded military operation without vision.
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Published on Sunday, 11 June 2023 11:20
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Written by Janet Walker
Former President Donald J. Trump was criminal indicted this week, over the retention of classified documents relating to the security of the United States and conspired to keep them in his possession by hiding them from officials.
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Published on Monday, 05 June 2023 13:30
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French politics is facing a crisis of political decorum as the recent succession of verbal or physical attacks, by several elected officials, testifies to the increasing loss of the natural authority and political dignity inspired by the Republic.
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Published on Sunday, 04 June 2023 13:51
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, after weeks of tense and acrimonious meetings, signed into law the historical budget package barely adverting a U.S. government default in the initial budget negotiation with the Republican led House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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Published on Sunday, 28 May 2023 16:36
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The re-election of Recep Tayyip Erdogan as President of the Turkish Republic extinguishes Western ambitions to witness a change of political orientation, particularly in view of the geopolitical issues crystallized around Crimea, the Black Sea and Ukraine.
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Published on Sunday, 28 May 2023 13:54
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden and the House Majority Leader Republican Kevin McCarthy barely avoided a government default as each side has announced a deal had been made "in principle" which will prevent the shutdown of the United States government.
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Published on Monday, 22 May 2023 15:07
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The diplomatic action led by Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the G7 highlights a vision of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and its aftermath that aims to give Ukraine a role other than the one it occupied before the invasion.
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Published on Sunday, 21 May 2023 11:06
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, who has hesitated since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine to commit to sending fighter jets, has relented after the Ukraine president made a surprise appearance at the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan.
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Published on Sunday, 14 May 2023 13:58
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Written by Janet Walker
The break announced by Marine Le Pen with the GUD, in addition to highlighting an attempt to revive the National Rally’s credibility, confirms the transformation undertaken by the far-right party in the perspective of 2027 presidential election.
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Published on Sunday, 14 May 2023 09:22
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden is expected to attend the G7 Summit, in Hiroshima, Japan, where the leaders of the seven largest economies are expected to discuss a wide range of issues including the nuclear weapons and Russia continued aggression.
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Published on Monday, 08 May 2023 13:54
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Macron stumbled through the Pension Reform crisis and has yet to regain his footing as he walks through the minefield of French Party politics leaving him only one option: placate the populous to reform society.
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Published on Sunday, 07 May 2023 13:07
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden joined a meeting this week, hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris on the future of AI in American business and to ensure that the software does not infringe on the rights of workers to earn a living.
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Published on Monday, 01 May 2023 12:21
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Few French presidents have been so unpopular after a year in office. But Emmanuel Macron, willingly presented as the slayer of the old world, has become the scapegoat of a nation frightened by the irreversible mutations surrounding it.
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Published on Sunday, 30 April 2023 14:08
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Written by Janet Walker
President Joseph Biden ended speculation on his reelection plans by announcing his intention to seek a second term as President, if he wins it will make him the oldest candidate to be elected to a second term.
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Published on Tuesday, 25 April 2023 06:55
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron, one year into his five-year second term, has marched through his social agenda effectively, and now is trying to appease a fractured country while trying to revive a struggling presidency.
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Published on Monday, 17 April 2023 08:57
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron controversial pension reforms have continued to reverberate as Franco's maintain protests and conclude the Republic has been plunged into a deepening political crisis of epic proportion which will take years to recover.
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Published on Sunday, 16 April 2023 15:00
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden traveled to Ireland this week to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Peace Agreement, which ended sectarian violence and to mark the first trip to his ancestral roots as President of the United States.
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Published on Monday, 10 April 2023 14:48
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Chinese President Xi-Jinping has positioned himself as the middle man every foreign leader will meet with to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s maniacal march to decimate Ukraine and calm the tyrannical winds of war from spreading. Explanations.
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Published on Sunday, 09 April 2023 14:22
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President Biden celebrated twelve consecutive months of continued job growth as the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its March 2023 report which showed a gain of 236,000 jobs for the past month dropping unemployment to historic levels.
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Published on Monday, 03 April 2023 08:43
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Written by Olivier Longhi
France's Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, has accused the political party The New Ecological and Social People's Union, (Le Nupes) of wanting to instigate a political and societal revolution comparable to that of the 1970s.
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Published on Sunday, 02 April 2023 12:55
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden refused to be baited into commenting on the unprecedented, sealed indictment of former president Donald J. Trump, as the criminal charges are a pending legal matter for the jurisdiction where the charges are lobbied.
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Published on Sunday, 26 March 2023 18:32
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The recent unrest in France over French President Emmanuel Macron’s determination to push through his Pension Reform, forced cancellation of King Charles, first official state visit, and spawned even more protests over water management in the southern region.
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Published on Sunday, 26 March 2023 11:58
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President Biden spoke clearly and directly to the Islamic Republic of Iran leader Ali Khamenei emphasizing while he did not "seek conflict" with the nation he was fully prepared to protect American citizens and U.S. Military in the region.
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Category: World News - Europe
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Published on Sunday, 19 March 2023 13:07
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron's use of Article 49.3 to adopt the pension reform highlights the constitutional limits of a Republic that is now ill-adapted to citizens' expectations. From a political crisis, France has moved to a regime crisis.
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Published on Sunday, 19 March 2023 12:11
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden addressed the worst banking failure since the 2008 financial collapse stating that his administration had taken decisive action to stabilize the industry calling on congress to enact tougher penalties for senior banking executives.
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Category: World News - Europe
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Published on Monday, 06 March 2023 07:56
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron is facing another pushback to his social reform as workers throughout the Republic are mobilizing against his proposed pension reforms as the reforms could, ultimately, redefine the relationship with the value of work.
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Published on Sunday, 05 March 2023 10:56
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden delivered on his State of the Union pledge to cap the cost of Insulin gaining support from big pharma manufacture Eli Lilly who agreed to slash the drug's out of pocket costs by 70% percent.
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Published on Monday, 27 February 2023 08:07
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Written by Olivier Longhi
As the Russian-Ukrainian conflict drags on, China always anxious to anticipate its future,
poses as a mediator to seduce Westerners vital to its economy but also to prepare a post-war geopolitical redistribution in which its economy benefits. Explanations.
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Published on Sunday, 26 February 2023 10:52
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden traveled to Kyiv this week to meet with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and reaffirm the support of the United States in aiding Ukraine as it maintains its fight for an independent and free nation.
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Category: World News - Europe
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Published on Tuesday, 21 February 2023 09:42
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron's desire not to humiliate Russia in the aftermath of the Russian-Ukraine conflict depicts the executive's ambition to anticipate peaceful diplomatic relations with Moscow while walking a tightrope with Ukraine's new global position.
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Published on Sunday, 19 February 2023 11:49
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, in response to the continual interception of high-altitude objects entering U.S. airspace, has directed an alert enhancement of the North American Aerospace Defense Command system to be on the ready to capture slow moving objects.
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Category: World News - Europe
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Published on Tuesday, 14 February 2023 11:51
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which is constantly being questioned over its outcome, is gradually settling into the global geopolitical landscape to the point of presenting all aspects of a conflict of global scope but with a strictly regional dimension.
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Published on Sunday, 12 February 2023 12:29
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden's annual State of Union address, which presented his accomplishments, was interrupted repeatedly by attention seeking members of the GOP, who believe that the vocal and televised shaming of the president does something for their cause.
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Published on Tuesday, 07 February 2023 18:00
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Written by Janet Walker
The death toll in Turkey's devastating earthquake continues to rise and is expected to reach upwards of 10,000 in the aftermath of a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that was followed by several significant aftershocks and felt across the region.
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Published on Monday, 06 February 2023 10:12
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The renewed tensions between Beijing and Washington, linked to the spy balloon affair, also reveal Beijing's desire to re-enter the global diplomatic game after the fiasco of the management of the umpteenth wave of Covid and the resistance.
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Published on Sunday, 05 February 2023 10:15
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden sent a harsh rebuke to Chinese President Xi-Jinping as the surveillance balloon fallout that entered American airspace and initially detected over Montana on February 1, has been shot down as it approached the Atlantic coastline.
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Published on Sunday, 29 January 2023 07:50
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French citizens take to the street as a new day of demonstrations against the Government's pension reform project looms, an analysis of social and economic realities is needed in a logic of long-term anticipation. Explanations.
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Published on Saturday, 28 January 2023 22:33
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden addressed Americans and the family of Tyre Nichols as the horrifying videos capturing the brutality of the five officers beating the unarmed and subdued Nichols, in a scene comparable to the 1991 Rodney King case.
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Published on Monday, 23 January 2023 16:20
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The social tensions linked to the pension reform and the risks of paralysis of the country are once again raising the idea that the possibility of a solution may be found through negotiation rather than demonstration.
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Published on Tuesday, 17 January 2023 09:58
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron, empowered during his second term is moving forward with his social agenda and confronting another divisive issue, the concept of pension reform, which will surely cause Parisians to flood the streets in protest.
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Published on Sunday, 15 January 2023 18:43
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden became the subject of a federal investigation this week as classified documents were found in his former office at the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as a professor after his tenure as Vice-President.
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Published on Monday, 09 January 2023 08:32
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The procrastination, wrangling and deal making, that presided over the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United States highlights the growing influence of radical movements in established but ultimately fragile democracies.
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Published on Sunday, 08 January 2023 05:43
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, who is scheduled to visit the southern border for the first time since he took office, is faced with harsh realities of the immigration crisis and plans to expand the Trump Era policies expulsion policies.
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Published on Monday, 02 January 2023 07:54
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Written by Olivier Longhi
While the war in Ukraine will still condition the content of international relations in 2023, the upheavals it is causing could still generate and revive Sino-American and European relations. At the expense of an increasingly lonely Russia.
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Published on Sunday, 01 January 2023 12:00
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, over the last two weeks, has reminded Americans of the great distance we have traveled since the onset of the pandemic, the loved ones lost, heartache and the unconquerable spirit of hope woven into our DNA.
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Published on Sunday, 18 December 2022 12:56
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act, this week, requiring all states to recognize same-sex and interracial couples unions across all U.S. states and territories, and repels any previous laws that deny any couple these rights.
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Published on Monday, 12 December 2022 18:34
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The corruption scandal shaking the European Parliament, the EU's law makers elected to five-year terms, not only tarnishes the reputation of an institution based on ethical and humanistic principles but also casts shame on a political sphere.
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Published on Sunday, 11 December 2022 11:03
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden announced this week the release of U.S. basketball star Brittany Griner, who had been convicted of drug charges in Russia, in exchange for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, who built a global network arming mercenaries worldwide.
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Published on Sunday, 04 December 2022 12:43
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Written by Olivier Longhi
While Iran has been shaken for several months by demonstrations calling for a liberalization of the regime, the Republic of the mullahs has announced the abolition of the morality police so feared by Iranian women.
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Published on Sunday, 04 December 2022 10:39
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden joined the UK's Prince William and Princess Catherine in Boston to award the second annual Earthshot prizes, an organization founded by the prince, to support those actively working to find solutions for global environmental concerns.
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Published on Sunday, 27 November 2022 13:10
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, spent the week visiting local first responders, serving traditional thanksgiving meals to active-duty troops, and participating in the annual White House turkey pardon before joining his family in Nantucket.
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Published on Sunday, 27 November 2022 07:13
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Deconstructed by the gradual or programmed disappearance of historic political parties, the French electorate now oscillates between extremist temptation and apology of individualism returning the general interest to the rank of obsolete concern.
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Published on Sunday, 20 November 2022 12:21
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden announced successes from the climate summit aligning nations to the 1.5 Celsius goal and from the G20 promoting universal human rights, and standing for the international order, and working in lockstep with our allies and partners.
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