Two journalists who made one of the most important covers of the American newspaper The New York Times left the newspaper after being criticized for their behavior. Newspaper editor Dean Baquet and editor Joe Kahn sent a statement to the team regarding the departure of Donald G. McNeil Jr., a science reporter covering the coronavirus … Read more
When imprisoned in a Russian penal colony, Alexander Margolin saw prisoners savagely beating another inmate, and from there the beaten man dutifully cleaned the bathroom every day, a derogatory task which indicated that he had fallen into a lower caste of the prison hierarchy, known as “dilapidated”. “The conditions are not very comfortable,” Margolin said … Read more
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, this Saturday (6) began a series of conversations with ordinary citizens. He called a woman who lost her job due to the pandemic to demonstrate direct contact with her compatriots. “Today, the White House is launching a new campaign for the president to communicate directly, regularly, with … Read more
The 44 days of the second war around Nagorno-Karabakh, won by Azerbaijan last November, has updated the status quo in the South Caucasus, one of the most divisive depots of power in history. As in much of the past four centuries, Russia and Turkey are once again face to face. Iran is still a significant … Read more
A strange chain of coincidences seems to have predestined the geologist Luiz Carlos Borges Ribeiro (59) to become a dinosaur hunter. He was not only born in Uberaba (MG), today one of the most important fossil deposits of these extinct monsters in the country, but he also has a family relationship with the animals, so … Read more
There are 340 kilometers of curves and snow-white mountains on the only path that connects the capital of Armenia with Artsakh – as Armenians call the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the scene of a historic dispute with the ‘Neighboring Azerbaijan. After a six-hour drive from Yerevan, numerous emails and phone calls exchanged with the Foreign Ministries of … Read more
Several public buildings in Panguipulli, in the Mapuche region in southern Chile, were set on fire on Friday evening (5). The population took to the streets of the city to protest against the death of a street artist by a police officer. The artist was shot at point blank range, in an approach while checking … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressured China over the treatment of Uyghurs, Tibet and Hong Kong in the first conversation between senior officials from the two countries since President Joe Biden took office . “I made it clear that the United States will continue to uphold democratic values and hold Beijing accountable for its … Read more
The protests against a military coup in Myanmar gathered momentum on Saturday (6). Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Rangoon, the country’s largest city, and the capital, Naypidaw. The day before, the acts had gathered a few hundred. Demonstrators call for a return to democracy and the release of jailed leaders. … Read more
A 95-year-old woman who worked for the commander of a Nazi concentration camp has been accused in northern Germany of aiding and complicit in a mass murder. Called by the press by Irmgard F., she lives in a nursing home in Pinneberg, near Hamburg. She is accused of having been an accomplice in “more than … Read more