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An Israeli soldier took an infant girl from Gaza after her family was killed during bombings, and brought her to an undisclosed location in Israel. When the news emerged, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry, based in the West Bank city of Ramallah, called it a “heinous crime” and demanded the return of the child to Palestine.
Redemption, homeland, people, and above all nation: Giorgia Meloni uses these terms to express the idea of a power projected into the future, part of a precise political strategy.
-OpEd- PARIS — Some say that television shows are to our time what serials were to 19th century literature, an inexhaustible source of entertainment and conversations. During “urbane dinners,” it has become obligatory to demonstrate knowledge of this new cultural front. “Tell me which shows you watch and I’ll tell you who you are.” Besides […]
Friday, December 12, 2014 HOUSE PASSES U.S. SPENDING BILLThe U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund most government operations until September 2015, The New York Times reports. But the newspaper notes that the liberal base of the Democrat party formed an “unlikely alliance” with the Tea Party in opposition […]
New York 2001. Bali 2002. Djerba 2002. Istanbul 2003. Madrid 2004. London 2005. Mumbai 2006. Boston 2013. “Terror Is Back,” trumpeted newspaper headlines in the U.S. – as if it had ever left. Only minutes after the latest terror attack, German Wikipedia had updated its List of Bomb Attacks. The list begins on Dec. 13, […]
Worldcrunch LOS ANGELES – The 70th Golden Globes ceremony took place Sunday night in Los Angeles, bringing together Television and Cinema… surprise and predictability. Here’s what happened: 1. After being snubbed at the Oscar nominations, Ben Affleck’s drama “Argo” about the hostage crisis in Iran, won Best Picture, Drama, (and Director) beating tough competition from […]
CHICAGO TRIBUNE, LA DAILY NEWS, LA TIMES, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER (USA), LE MONDE (France), TWITTER Worldcrunch LOS ANGELES – Quality television “is the only American product the Chinese haven’t figured out how to make,” joked host Jimmy Kimmel, presiding over the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday. The list of nominees may have been impressive, writes […]