Yellow Vests

At the turn of 2020, a big bunch of geopolitical issues are staring Europe right in the face. What will matter in the end is the capacity of the new European Commission, which by the way calls itself geopolitical, to respond to the challenges. Libya and Iraq…

The day before the countrys third election in less than a year was announced, the Israeli tabloid Israel HaYom called people to reject Avigdor Lieberman, professed kingmaker in any coalition negotiations, and his Yisrael Beiteinu party to end the political st…

A retiring Wisconsin English teacher cited for defecating in a public park for two years told authorities he was being an idiot and he did it for convenience and to be disrespectful. Jeffrey Churchwell, who is retiring from Milton School District later this …

Ethan Couch, the Texas man whose affluenza defence in a fatal drink-driving crash fuelled fierce debate over the role of privilege in the criminal justice system, was arrested on Thursday over an alleged probation violation. Authorities booked the 22-year-ol…

Interpol has issued an international wanted notice for former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn who audaciously skipped bail in Japan and escaped to Lebanon via Turkey, concealed in a musical instrument case. Lebanons justice minister Albert Serhan said he had receiv…

Political identity is a group stereotype. As no camp corresponds exactly to our expectations, we choose the one to which we are closest and which is also the most distant from the ideas we rejectBy: Jean Pisani-FerryDate: January 2, 2020Topic: European Macroe…

Mollie Fitzgerald, an actor who starred in the 2011 Marvel film Captain America: The First Avenger, has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing her mother to death. The victim, Patricia Fitzgerald, was found dead at her home in Olathe, Kansas, on 20 December,…

Former NBA commissioner David Stern has died at 77. Stern, who was at the head of the National Basketball Association for 30 years until 2014, died after suffering a brain haemorrhage on 12 December. He was the longest-serving commissioner of the NBA and pr…

A left-wing politician was the victim of an antisemitic attack in Venice on New Year's Eve. Police are investigating the attack and the city's mayor Luigi Brugnaro has said that such assaults which he described as an incident of fascism would not be tolerate…

French President Emmanuel Macron -PHOTO: REUTERS. PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron called Tuesday for a “rapid compromise” with unions over a pensions overhaul that has sparked one of the country’s biggest transport strikes in decades. But in his ke…