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An astonishing global shift is under way: 127 countries have now stated that by mid-century their overall emissions of carbon dioxide will be zero. That includes the EU, US, and UK by 2050 – and China by 2060. Companies are enthusiastically signing up to similar “net zero” goals.

Qui faut-il croire : le président qui admet que l’histoire coloniale de la France a ses parts d’ombre ? Ou celui qui laisse la ministre de l’enseignement supérieur, Frédérique Vidal, accuser sans nuance ceux qui les étudient ?

The global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out is creating a “vaccine apartheid”. As of February 24, approximately 216 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 globally. Only 8.4 percent of these are in low and lower-middle-income countries, which are home to nearly half of the world’s population.

The conviction of an intelligence official in Germany marks the end of impunity – but will more senior figures be held accountable?

Le Maroc est la deuxième démocratie d’Afrique du Nord derrière la Tunisie et devant l’Algérie. C’est ce que révèle le classement établi par l’Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

Only the formation of a single decolonised state encompassing the entire territory of historical Palestine can put an end to Israel’s colonial ambitions.

ANALYSE. Depuis deux mois, des manifestations de colère sociale se succèdent dans le pays. Mais, dans le fond, que disent les protestations ? Éléments de réponse.

In 2011, I, like most Egyptians at the time, had little hope that Hosni Mubarak’s regime would ever end. His 30 years in power had been set apart by systematic human rights violations. His pathological concern with his own security had given rise to a vast autocratic and bureaucratic state, with little civil or political freedom.

Et voilà, après quelques mois de sommeil, ils sont repartis à l’attaque, ces «hors-la-loi», comme ils se surnomment, qui réclament à cor et à cri l’abrogation de l’article 490 du code pénal, qui criminalise les relations sexuelles hors mariage.

On August 4, 2020, nearly 2,750 tonnes of improperly stored ammonium nitrate exploded in the seaport in Beirut, killing more than 200 people, injuring more than 6,000, and displacing thousands from their homes.