French Minster for Higher Education Frédérique Vidal ignited a debate on Islamo-leftism, which alleges a political alliance between leftist and Islamists at the University, exposing President Emmanuel Macron to a controversy carrying high political risks. Explanations.
While the entire planet is struggling in a frantic race to obtain life-saving vaccines as soon as possible, Burma is facing the military junta which seized power through a coup d'état fomented for several months.
The strategy of mass vaccination undertaken by the European Union exposes Brussels to consequences which are as glorious as they are catastrophic as the European Commission knows that any failure could call into question the principle of common governance.
Supporters of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s opposition leader and Putin nemesis, who was immediately jailed after returning to Moscow after recuperating from poisoning, have taken to the streets in record number protesting the treatment and demanding his release.
If new unearthed archival documents eventually confirm the role of France in the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda throughout 1994, the revelations will confirm the decline of France’s diplomatic influence on an international scale.
The invasion of the Capitol, temple of American democracy, reveals the divide that divides American society but also the fringe of the population distraught by fantasized threats that President Trump has organized out of conviction with cynicism and out of personal ambition.
The cascading health crisis throughout Europe has pushed French President Emmanuel Macron to opt for drastic measures contested by many local elected officials at the risk of cutting itself off from the territories is today very real.
If Brexit has long occupied the minds of Europeans, it has also obscured the difficulties and misunderstandings between Brussels and certain Eastern European countries unwilling to respect the fundamental principles of the Union.
States and Governments, having become increasingly vulnerable and dependent, are investing in pharmaceutical laboratories who are empowered with a saving role that feeds their global omnipotence, to the point of drawing a geostrategy and health geopolitics.
The health imperatives presented as necessary by the Government have pushed the latter to prolong the closure of cultural spaces. And the decision to question the future of a fragile sector and its public funding.
To end the saga of Brexit, British Prime Minster Boris Johnson, by accepting the European Union's conditions on the settlement of the Northern Irish question, paved the way for a relaxation of the hard-lined post-Brexit negotiations.
The recent demonstrations organized in Paris were once again punctuated by police violence which illustrate the excesses of an institution overtaken by the evolutions of a society where freedom of expression and social unrest come together. Explanations
The second wave of the coronavirus has captured France, with confinements, weariness, anger, and the testing of everyone's capacity for resilience, as each day the awareness of new society norms inclusive of the unwelcomed guest become clearer.
If Joe Biden's victory seals Donald Trump's departure from the White House, it does not necessarily extinguish populist fever. As Americas remains divided, the resurgence of the populist movement, or the red fever, continues to grow.
The 2020 Election has become the center of the world’s media with all eyes focused on the outcome one thing is certain: the power of the United States, to dictate world trade is at stake.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced, in a televised address to the nation, on October 30, they would return to a second shutdown as the expected second wave of the coronavirus had spiked across the country.
Diplomatic relations between France and Turkey have, over the past week, deteriorated as civil and religious power which guide governments and peoples, intertwine each intensifying attempts to press their secular and often inciting agenda into the mainstream.
While many questions arise after the assassination of Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher, by a fanaticized adolescent, the question of the intellectual permeability of certain individuals in a global context of ignorance and psychological manipulation also emerges.
After a small respite France, like other nations affected by COVID-19, confinements may once again become the norm as health security and economic imperatives, are faced with a difficult dilemma that remains unanswered. Explanations.
The death toll from "Storm Alex," the apocalyptic rains which hit the south-east region of France triggering raging torrents, massive mudslides and caused entire sections of the towns along the Vesubie River to disappear, is still unknown.
President Trump has proven to be faithful to his voters by nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett, an accomplished jurist, legal scholar, and author, as the new Supreme Court justice, replacing the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The arrival of a second wave becomes more certain each day, it will contribute to increasing an already violent observation in which the weaknesses of health systems and the slowness of integration of realities coexist. environmental and omnipotence guilty of globalized flows.
The protest that has raged for months in Belarus highlights the bankruptcy of an obsolete political system but also all the diplomatic power and influence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the last supporter of 'Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarusian leader.
French President Emmanuel Macron, facing the identical economic and social consequences prompted by the coronavirus pandemic which every developed nation is currently experiencing, has proposed a $118 billion stimulus plan to relaunch the French economy.
President Trump's Senior Adviser Eric Kushner and Interim US Special Representative for Iran, Elliott Abrams, were in Israel Sunday and are flying together to the UAE on an Israel ELAL flight, which will fly over Saudi Arabia.
At the crossroads of the Middle East, plagued by corruption and carelessness, Lebanon now appears on the brink of civil war. If solutions exist to recover the country, they can only be realized through the international community.
Alexei Navalny, leader of Russia of the Future Party and Vladimir Putin critic, arrived in Berlin for intensive medical treatment after the Russian government who had initially refused to allow him to leave yielded to pressure from world leaders.
The economic recovery plan intended to revitalize the European Union destabilized by the Covid-19 crisis has revealed the strong influence of the Franco-German merger as the two leading economies in the Euro Zone, prepare to lead the future.
France and Germany, with the United Kingdom's EU resignation, have risen in influence, which assisted in paving the way toward the approval of the economic recovery plan marking a fundamental step in the process of European construction.
The risks of the Covid-19 epidemic returning suggested by the scientific community reveal the inability of a population to show common sense while concealing the presence of a virus which has become a constituent element of everyday life.
The resignation of Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and the appointment of Jean Castex tacitly opens the electoral campaign for President Emmanuel Macron which effectively ends of the old world, general interest and ushers in personal ambition.
The low turnout in the second round of municipal elections confirms the disaffection of the electorate for political ballots but reveals a crisis of confidence surfacing throughout the democracy of a country still attached to its libertarian history.
In an interview released by Israel Hayom Wednesday, June 24, 2020, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said that the application of Israeli sovereignty is expected soon and will be approved by the Trump administration.
As escalating police violence, brutality and bullying raise serious questions regarding their mission, the possibility of reforming the National Police, which is sweeping the globe, presents a real danger of suppression and submission under the republican universalism.
Demonstrations aimed at denouncing police violence and the gangrene of racism have reached a legitimate saturation of the populations in the face of these acts. Addressing the physical violence without tackling the root allows the evil to regrow.
The gradual end of containment is causing the world's populations to question the relevance of the means deployed to fight the virus. Legitimate or not, the question invites world leaders to explain themselves. Not without risk.
The Coronavirus has spawned many psychological phenomenon’s, respected pundits venturing into territories unknown reading the tea leaves of the times, based on seasons of yesteryear, new leaders, soothsayers and gurus presenting miracles and peace to a frightened population.
Between resumption of economic activity and reopening of borders, the world seems to have resumed the mode of operation that prevailed pre-pandemic, pondering only the relevance of growth and submission of man to economic laws.
Among the first observations linked to the health crisis of COVID-19, the acceleration of political time. While in France the presidential election will not take place until May 2022, the electoral campaign could suddenly gain unexpected speed. Explanations.
The French government has announced the restrictions, which locked down 67 million people, are nearing the end of confinement, it also raises questions about what the French expect in the aftermath of the health crisis.
The handling of the COVID-19 crisis by President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron and the regional governments arouses both controversy and criticism each raising questions regarding the human drama that has reached a boiling point.
For hiding the appearance and the danger of the coronavirus in the first hours of its spread, the Chinese regime confirmed that it was indeed a dictatorship whose modern appearances masked the bases of the regime: authority, mistrust and worship of secrecy.
Faced with the need to limit individual and collective freedoms to combat the COVID-19, contemporary democracies are torn between defending libertarian achievements and castrating health imperatives. Which one will eventually take over the other?
As the current health crisis saturate French hospitals, it highlights the many shortcomings of a health system too long subservient to the doxa, or popular opinion, of economic austerity and the world healthcare system is exposed as grossly inadequate.
Now a global phenomenon, the coronavirus epidemic could turn into a trap for White House contenders. Viewed from Europe, and from France in particular, because anything said, or judgment will affect the world economy. Whatever...
The poverty of French political discourse raises questions about the capacity of our society to renew itself and to emerge from a facility that borders on passivity and institutionalized mediocrity and evolve into a thriving multicultural mecca.
The appearance and spread of the coronavirus worldwide has also raised questions about the origins of the virus and in particular the role of global warming and globalization as China now denies the responsibility for the outbreak.
The sexual revelations that prompted Benjamin Griveaux to withdraw his candidacy for municipal elections in Paris next March also offers the President of the Republic the opportunity to dismiss a man convinced of his destiny at no cost. Explanations.
President Trump boldly announced his groundbreaking peace proposal at a White House press conference together with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at which he spoke of a division of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (the so-called West Bank).
The final departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union does not seem to have upset the other member countries, all aware of the strengths and advantages of the Union despite its shortcomings.
France’s imposed pension reform, which has become a pivotal election issue that will determine the candidate’s chances of political success, has the political structure slowly understanding imposed change will backfire with the people happy to change leadership.
The increase in police violence raises questions about the original missions of law enforcement officials supposed to protect populations and ensure republican order. But the latter would not have become an excuse for all the drifts therefore legitimized. Explanations.
The feared Iranian response to the targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani, the powerful head of Iran's Quds Force, has passed with hardly a whimper. Dozens of missiles were fired at an America base in Iraq with no casualties.
By assassinating one of the pillars of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Donald Trump takes the risk of an uncontrollable military and diplomatic escalation. Yet the presidential plan may be different. Let's take a closer look.
After the revelation of his professional situation, the High Commissioner for Pensions, Jean Paul Delevoye had to admit the reality hither to hidden. But let us ensure that the surveillance of the elites is not fueled by social jealousy.
Is anti-Semitism rearing its ugly head again? It seems that way, as it has now been discovered that the recent Jersey City shooting suspect had published anti-Semitic posts prior to the shooting.
Presented by President Emmanuel Macron as an emergency exit to a country paralyzed by the gangue of an obsolete political and social environment, the new world is struggling to see the light of day.
The election of Ursula von der Leyen as head of the European Commission marks a rare advance in mentality in a political body long dominated by men. But this appointment will not hide the violence that still affects women.
The debt incurred by all French hospitals will be partly taken over by the State. But if the financing of the institution is not questioned, the reasons for the deficits remain intact and without viable answers. Explanations.
The results of the September 17, 2019 elections in Israel were a statistical tie, throwing the decision of who would be the new Prime Minister to Israel President Reuven Rivlin who gave first dibs to Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon be tried for corruption charges including bribery, what is next for an Israel that has a gridlocked political system and may soon be facing the third round of elections in less than a year?
The death of the Caliph Abu Bakr El-Baghdadi marks the end of the Islamic State in its territorial version identified. But this disappearance does not announce the appearance of a new state defeated by geographical ties in favor of a sprawling spread?
Israel, who has long used the strategy of targeted killings to keep the enemy on the run, is praising President Trump for his "bold, decisive action of targeting and killing of Abū Bakr al-Baghdadi," said Israeli Mayor David Rubin.
With his 28-day mandate about to expire, Prime Minister Netanyahu has given up his mandate to form Israel's next coalition government. The mandate is now in the hands of his left-of-center opponent Benny Gantz.
Together politically successful, the European Union remains unable to act collectively in the face of the Turkish crisis. This inability reveals internal tensions within the Union but also its marginal role at the international level.
The recent Doha World Athletics Championships, held in the Persian Gulf, revealed an impossible climate to organize sports competitions and also the moral weakness of participating countries aware of multiple terror attacks sponsored by the host country on Qatar.
The results of the September 17 elections in Israel are a statistical tie. Both Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz are tied within the margin of error constituting a tie. Each leader is now looking to make a deal with minority vote-getting Avigdor Liberman to form a coalition government with the needed 61-Knesset seat minimum.
A country spoiled by hopes born of the Arab Spring of 2011, Tunisia is attracting the interest of European capitals in more than one way. As destabilized, one of the ramparts against radical Islamism would break. Let me explain.
Confronted with poorly understood political realities, the populist discourses championed by Boris Johnson and Matteo Salvini face the complexity of the national and European institutional systems they are fighting. Let me explain.
The duel announced between Cédric Villani and Benjamin Griveaux both candidates for mayor of Paris and from LREM poses a dilemma to President Macron. Unless the executive lets the two suitors intentionally tear apart.
President Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President François Hollande of France have remained committed to offering sound suggestions to assist Greece reached a conclusion that allows the beleaguered nation to remain in the Eurozone and manage its debt.
Widows, from 20th Century Fox, presents a fast moving political action thriller, set in contemporary Chicago, laced with corruption, intrigue, suspense, built around three avenging women left penniless after a heist gone bad leaves them widowed.
The Coronavirus has spawned many psychological phenomenon’s, respected pundits venturing into territories unknown reading the tea leaves of the times, based on seasons of yesteryear, new leaders, soothsayers and gurus presenting miracles and peace to a frightened population.
In the absence of a credible political opposition, Macronism, always indefinite, stands out as the dominant ideology because it is the only one in the running. And if this domination is not political substance, it is enough.
French President François Hollande, in the aftermath of the Night of Terror, has vowed “pitiless” retaliation against those who facilitated, funded and coordinated the attacks in central Paris that killed 166 and injured hundreds more.
Ah, summer…a time to brighten up our wardrobe, shamelessly take a barrage of selfie and ussie photos, enjoy music into the warm summer nights and benefit from lengthy restful slumbers amid vacation downtime.
The manhunt for murder suspect James Lee DiMaggio has extended to the entire west coast and the Canadian and Mexican borders, as the child kidnapper has eluded police and capture for three days.
Next time you are in L.A. and hit West Hollywood to mix, mingle and munch with movers and shakers, then Delphine Eatery & Bar is a must. Housed at the ultra-chic W Hollywood Hotel directly across the street from the Pantages Theatre, this remarkable restaurant dishes up Mediterranean cuisine in a warm, inviting and electric brasserie setting.
Hurricane Danny, the first named storm of the Atlantic Hurricane 2015 Season, quickly escalated to a Category 3 storm gaining strength over the warm waters of the Atlantic pushing forward threatening the Virgin Islands, Leeward and Puerto Rico.
Pop Vegas, the brand-new, trailblazing exhibition space will open at The LINQ Promenade, the open-air entertainment, dining and retail district located at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. Opening date and first exhibition to be announced shortly.
Squawk on the Street’s Brian Sullivan escaped the extreme cold and headed to Boco Raton, Florida, to speak with Miller Value Partners CIO and Chairman Bill Miller on Facebook growth, a healthy market and the next ten-bagger.
Patti Cake$, from Fox Searchlight Pictures, presents the story of stardom, the unlikely one in a million shot, where the obstacles are genuinely insurmountable, the hope is dwindling, the cash spent, and the bill collectors at the door.
The four major U.S. Indices, Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ, S&P 500 and Russell 2000 rallied over the past week as investors slowly, with trepidation, began to rally behind the markets leading the slight recovery from the massive recent global melt down.
"Brave Miss World," from Rocket Girl Productions and Reif Entertainment, presents the harrowing survival story of Linor Abargil, a beauty queen, who was raped and abducted six weeks before being crowned Miss World 1998.
James "Whitey" Bulger, 89, convicted Mob boss who spent 15 years living quietly in Santa Monica, California while hiding from federal authorities, was killed the day after he arrived at West Virginia's Hazelton Maximum Security prison.
