Tag: United States
Joe Biden’s Democracy Summit
US President Joe Biden brings together this Thursday, December 9 and for two days a hundred countries for a “summit for democracy”. But if ” Biden wants to strengthen democracy…
In the spotlight: the faces of the new German government
They are in One of Die welt. Sixteen ministers and the new Chancellor Olaf Scholz, from what is called in Germany a ” coalition in traffic light “. The term…
US vows to respond to Russian aggression against Ukraine
On the eve of a meeting between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, Washington announces the color: if Russia attacks Ukraine, the United States is ready to take unprecedented financial sanctions…
In the spotlight: the Russian threat in Ukraine
A Ukrainian soldier patrols a trench. We are in the Donetsk region, camouflage atmosphere: image of this war which has lasted for almost eight years in eastern Ukraine. A front…
[Vidéo] Photographer Vivian Maier, worlds of resistance and freedom
The American Vivian Maier, deceased at the age of 83 and unknown until her death in 2009, has nevertheless become an icon of 20th century photography. Anne Morin, curator at…
tensions between Kamala Harris’ team and the Biden administration
What’s going on around Kamala Harris? For several days, observers of American political life have suspected tensions between the vice-president’s teams and the rest of the American administration. With our…
The American Congress avoids a “shutdown” in the United States
The US federal government will be able to continue operating beyond this Friday evening. The elected representatives of Congress reached an agreement to finance it and avoid a “shutdown”. It…
How Josephine Baker earned her place in the Pantheon
This Tuesday, November 30, 2021, Joséphine Baker enters the Panthéon. Forty-six years after his death, the icon of the Roaring Twenties joins the great French figures who rest in this…
massive mobilization to help Kevin Strickland, exonerated after 43 years in prison
In the United States, Kevin Strickland was exonerated and released from prison Tuesday, November 24 after having spent 43 years of his life there. But the Missouri justice system, which…
symbol of diversity, Louis Vuitton designer Virgil Abloh is dead
Virgil Abloh, the artistic director of the men’s lines of the Louis Vuitton house, died of cancer on Sunday, November 28, at the age of 41. Of Ghanaian origin, the…