2023-11-16 05:30:07 Lhe globalization regularly gives rise to concept words in the language of commerce, English, which are as illuminating on its state as on that of its observers. For some time now, many have been talking about « de-risking »which could be translated as “risk mitigation”. While alerts linked to geopolitics and climate are increasing on … Read more
2023-11-13 03:00:02 UA slogan does not take stock. Joe Biden is learning this the hard way. For several months, the President of the United States has been traveling the country to praise “Bidenomics”, a generic name that he has appropriated to designate the economic policy pursued for almost three years. But, while he plans to … Read more
2023-11-12 08:15:10 FFaced with one of the greatest threats to the health of humanity, the imperative objective of urgently implementing measures to combat climate change remains unrealized. Climate change is real and happening, and its effects are being felt around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one in four deaths – a … Read more
2023-11-12 10:00:05 Dacutely discussing the right to assisted suicide requires having in mind “the side effects” that this change will bring about in our society’s relationship to life, to others and to intimacy. In law, two clear limits exist: it is prohibited to kill others, including at their request, and suicide is not prohibited. If … Read more
2023-11-11 10:30:13 Chinese President Xi Jinping greets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during his visit to Russia from March 20 to 22, 2023. THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN VIA AP IMAGES VDimir Putin and Xi Jinping like to describe relations between their two countries as “comprehensive strategic partnership for a new era, not prohibiting any area of … Read more
2023-11-09 06:00:09 Ct was the expression used to describe the painful 1980s and 1990s in sub-Saharan Africa: the “lost decades”. Way of summarizing the procession of financial and social crises experienced at the time by countries suffering the repercussions of the fall in raw material prices and the rise in interest rates in the United … Read more
2023-11-09 05:30:09 This constituted the greatest disruption to the educational sphere that the modern world has known, underlines UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The Covid-19 pandemic led to the sudden closure of schools across the world in 2020. Nearly 1.6 billion learners have been affected. In France, a large number of pupils and students have had … Read more
2023-11-09 07:00:10 Lhe debate on active assistance in dying is shaking up our conception of medicine. The National Academy of Medicine was able to express reservations with regard to this aid which would go against the vocation of the doctor and the Hippocratic oath. While discipline has until now been in the service of life … Read more