Pope Francis’ recent encyclical on the climate had a major blind spot: cattle farming and meat consumption. Nowhere is the damage more evident than his native Latin America.
Author: Aurore Barlier
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Extra! New Earth-Like Planet Found
“The Earth has a cousin!” writes Canadian daily newspaper La Presse on the front-page headline of its Friday edition after NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-425b, one of the most Earth-like exoplanets identified so far. The planet was named after Kepler, the space telescope whose data enabled the discovery. Described as “Earth’s bigger, older cousin” […]
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Extra! Mexico Beats Panama In Soccer Chaos
“Sorry, Panama” reads Mexican newspaper Récord on the front page of its Thursday edition, after the chaotic and controversial 2-1 victory of Mexico over Panama in the semifinals of the Gold Cup soccer competition. Mexico’s plea for forgiveness comes after it was awarded what clearly seem to be two undeserved penalty kicks late in the […]
There are plenty of good reasons Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa shouldn’t be flaunting his affair with a Madrid socialite. But if it’s really love, none of that really matters.
A key component of the growing “Chinese-style” international capitalism.
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Being Gay And Muslim In France
MARSEILLE — Saïd* carries the dishes to the living room table as guests arrive in dribs and drabs with more food in their arms. The atmosphere is cheerful as greetings, kisses and the latest family news are shared with smiles. Earlier in this just-concluded holy month of Ramadan, the members of the Homosexual Muslims of […]
Woefully under-regulated and sometimes abjectly illegal, waste incineration plants across China are raising resident hackles and, worse, releasing unknown levels of toxins into the air.
The language of the Nazis will now be offered as an official course in public high schools.
BEIJING — How many certificates or other public documents does a Chinese citizen need through a typical lifetime? A senior official of China’s Communist party recently reckoned the answer is 103. A newborn baby changing residence needs a proof of non-criminality. A Chinese grown man who lists his mother as the emergency contact person on […]
La Razón, July 1, 2015 Right-leaning Spanish daily La Razón declared Wednesday that “the Greek contagion is Podemos.” According to the Madrid-based newspaper, allowing the Spanish left-wing populist party Podemos to come into power could undermine Spain’s economy just as it has begun to recover from a deep recession. Podemos was one of several anti-establishment […]
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Smoking Bans Get Tougher Around The World
As the largest consumer of tobacco in the world, China stunned everybody when it started imposing a tough smoking ban in Beijing this month. This comes as new smoking bans are being inaugurated in several other countries, particularly in Europe. Some 90 countries around the world now have anti-smoking legislation that just a few years […]
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Extra! U.S. Spied On Three French Presidents
Libération, June 24, 2015 French newspaper Libération and investigative website Mediapart released documents obtained by Wikileaks showing that the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) has spied on French presidents Nicolas Sarkozy, Jacques Chirac and François Hollande. According to the documents first published by WikiLeaks late on Tuesday, and shared with the two French news […]
A chronicle of one organization’s determination to point Syrian refugees toward a better future through innovative education.
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Extra! Colombia Beats Brazil 1-0
El Tiempo, June 18, 2015 “Victory and revenge,” reads the front page of today’s El Tiempo, after Colombia enjoyed a dramatic victory over Brazil at the Copa America Wednesday night. It was Brazil’s first loss to Colombia since 1991, leaving the two teams tied at the top of Group C with three points, along with […]
Reflections on the influx of (mostly) wealthy Chinese students enrolling at New York’s Columbia University.
Libération, June 17, 2015 “Thou Shall Not Pollute” is written in stone on the front page of Libération, as the world awaits tomorrow’s release of the final version of Pope Francis’ much-anticipated environmental encyclical. The Pope will call for changes in energy consumption, according to a draft version of the encyclical which leaked four days […]
-OpEd- BEIJING — After studying China’s lottery operations, the country’s National Audit Office recently identified “violations of discipline, misuse of funds, system deficiencies, poor management, and a lack of supervision in certain cities and provinces.” The disclosures around this murky institution are startling, but sadly, Chinese citizens are hardly surprised. The China Welfare Lottery Management […]
Once the world’s murder capital, the Mexican city that borders with El Paso, Texas, has seen crime plummet. But deeper problems still persist.