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Jeff Israely : « Trump base son pouvoir sur sa capacité de rester à l'écran, tous les jours, sans jamais ennuyer »
FIGAROVOX/TRIBUNE - Chez Donald Trump, le pouvoir est un spectacle. Dans une politique devenue performance permanente, l'absence de honte n'est plus une dérive mais une stratégie, selon Jeff Israely, ancien chef du bureau du magazine Time. Jeff Israely est l'ancien chef de bureau à Paris et Rome du magazine TIME . Il a été rédacteur en chef et cofondateur de Worldcrunch. «Je pourrais me tenir au milieu de la 5e Avenue et tirer sur quelqu'un, et je ne perdrais pas d'électeurs» .
Obliged To Condemn Netanyahu’s War — The Plain Truth Of An Iranian Exile And Israeli Ally | Flipboard
1 day ago CNN — Israel is arming local militias in Gaza in an effort to counter Hamas in the besieged enclave, officials say, as opposition politicians warned that the move endangers national security. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the covert enterprise on Thursday, calling it “a good …
How The Russian Military Is Rebuilding For Its Forever War — Europe Take Note - Worldcrunch
-Analysis- KYIV — Russia is searching for an answer to a new reality — one where a jet ski and a Chinese drone can destroy an air defense unit. It’s the reality of a battlefield that has become three-dimensional. Sign up for our free newsletter. If Ukraine and the European Union are producing and purchasing drones at a record pace, it stands to reason that, eventually, Russia will begin to form specialized units — born from improvisation — for the drone age.
A Polish Writer Arrives At JFK To Experience Trump’s New Immigration Controls
NEW YORK — Since the implementation of Donald Trump’s stricter migration policies, lawyers around the world have been advising travelers: delete content from your phone and laptop that you do not want to show to immigration officials. For most passengers flying from Europe and Canada, border control at US airports is still hassle-free. However, in recent weeks there have been reports of tightened controls, as well as cases where Europeans and Canadians were not allowed to enter the United States.
OnlyFans And Israel's War In Gaza: The Evolution Of Pornography And The Modern Soldier
Geopolitics OnlyFan model Natalia Vadeed poses in military gear in an X (formerly Twitter) post about Hamas. Geopolitics OnlyFan model Natalia Vadeed poses in military gear in an X (formerly Twitter) post about Hamas. You've reached your limit of free articles. To read the full story, start your free trial today. Get unlimited access. Cancel anytime. Exclusive coverage from the world's top sources, in English for the first time. Insights from the widest range of perspectives, languages and countries.
France In Limbo, Farage Lurking, Biden Staying: Long Live That Mess We Call Democracy
-Essay- PARIS — Nations are a funny thing. Over the past two weeks, France has been gathering around its collective television set every few evenings for two very different kinds of national experiences. For the latest news & views from every corner of the world, Worldcrunch Today is the only truly international newsletter. Sign up here.
Why So Many Attractive Women Seem To Be Single
Golden Retriever's Daily 'Trust Fall' with Dad Is the Most Adorable Morning Routine Isn't it wonderful how the cutest little things our pets do can literally brighten our entire day? It doesn't take much, either. To me, it's like a …
Why So Many Attractive Women Seem To Be Single
Updated Jan 30, 2024 at 3:20 p.m. BERLIN — The conventional wisdom goes that beautiful women have a difficult time finding mates because, among other reasons, there aren’t enough good-looking men to go around. And yet, it turns out that looks are not nearly as important in the game of love as is generally assumed. Fairy tales and myths tell us that beauty is the trump card in finding love, that a beautiful princess has untold numbers of admirers.
Identity, War And Bylines: When Your Editor’s Name Is The Story Of The Year
As 2023 draws to a close, Worldcrunch has asked its writers to reflect on the past year — and look ahead to 2024. -Essay- PARIS — It was in the mid-1970s that I began to understand that my last name was, well, special. Between the Yom Kippur War and a string of airplane hijackings, my father had the news playing on the radio all the time. There was a faraway country (and its citizens) in the middle of it all with that same name. Must be a special country?
This Happened - October 16: Black Power Salute
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Whose Victims? Who’s To Blame? How Do World Wars Begin? Awful Questions, No Easy Answers
Ideas The body of an Israeli slain by Hamas Ilia Yefimovich/dpa via ZUMA Ideas The body of an Israeli slain by Hamas Ilia Yefimovich/dpa via ZUMA You've reached your limit of free articles. To read the full story, start your free trial today. Get unlimited access. Cancel anytime. Exclusive coverage from the world's top sources, in English for the first time. Insights from the widest range of perspectives, languages and countries.
9/11 Front Pages: World Newspapers Coverage 22 Years Ago
-OpEd- BOGOTÁ — More than 50 years ago, there was a tense meeting in Washington between Chile's then Foreign Minister, Gabriel Valdés, and President Richard Nixon's National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger.
From A Healthy Work-Life Balance to Great Job Markets: The Best Destinations for Working Abroad
Global expat community InterNations conducts one of the biggest annual surveys on life abroad, Expat Insider. In 2022, close to 12,000 expats representing 177 nationalities took part and shared their thoughts on living — and working — abroad. Denmark Offers a Great Work-Life Balance Denmark ranks 1st in the Working Abroad Index 2022 overall and 1st for Work & Leisure in particular.
Zelensky To Hiroshima, Israel Flag Day Clashes, Nadal Knocked Out
đ Bonjour!* Welcome to Friday where Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to show up in person at the Hiroshima G7 summit, violence erupts again over Israelâs flag day holiday and tennis legend Rafal Nadal says heâs out of this yearâs French Open (with an announcement about next year). We also feature a reportage from Brazilian news media AgĂȘncia PĂșblica on the continuing influence of Nazi ideology in parts of the countryâs far right.
With Putin Shut Out, Xi Makes His Play For Central Asia - And Europe
-Analysis- PARIS — They are called the five "Stans"... Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan. They used to be part of the Soviet Union and are today at the center of a strategic zone between Russia and China. The leaders of the Central Asian countries arrived Thursday in Xi'an, in central China to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping. And there was undeniably someone missing from the picture: Vladimir Putin.
Russia Targets Kyiv Again, G7 In Hiroshima, NYC Cabbie On Royal Chase
👋 Hæ hæ!* Welcome to Thursday, where Russia launched its ninth missile barrage of the month on Kyiv, world leaders converge on Hiroshima for the G7 and a New York City taxi driver has the real scoop on the Harry and Meghan paparazzi “chase.” Meanwhile, German daily Die Welt’s Jan Küveler obtained exclusive access to Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, who is on the run in Europe after harshly criticizing Vladimir Putin.
How will journalists use ChatGPT? Clues from a newsroom that’s been using AI for years
Editor’s note: Jeff Israely, a former Time magazine foreign correspondent in Europe, is the cofounder of a news company called Worldcrunch in Paris. For the past 11 years, he’s been describing and commenting on the startup process here at Nieman Lab. Read all his past installments here. The Oakland Tribune, in the late 1990s, operated much the way newspapers had for decades, with a few recent additions.
This report sees journalistic “bias” less as partisanship and more as relying on too-comfortable habits
When people say the news is biased, what do they mean? Versions of the critique can range from the cartoonishly simple to the paralyzingly complex. On one end of the spectrum lie straightforward claims of journalistic corruption. (“George Soros pays reporters to write fake news!” “No reporter can tell the truth without getting fired by their corporate masters!”) On the other, there’s room for nuance. (Who was in the room when that story was pitched?
Zelensky As Churchill: An Iconic 'V' For Victory Sign By Other Means
-Analysis- It was a speech reflecting an impressive understanding of the American soul. A speech that leaves no doubt. The words and gestures Volodymyr Zelensky brought into the U.S. Congress recall Winston Churchill in 1941. And its effects will unfold before us. During the winter of 1941, Winston Churchill traveled to Washington. It was not a safe journey; after all, the German Air Force was not sleeping, and American warships carrying weapons to Britain had been sunk by German submarines.
Woke-Bashing On Twitter With Help From AI: On The Meaning Of Language, Circa 2023
-Analysis- PARIS — It came up in my Twitter feed late last Sunday night. Like so much flashing across our phones these days, the words and source and visual elements get processed by our eyes-and-brains in a split second. Should I stay or should I scroll? It was a brief, flatly worded, yet provocative text with attached screenshot from the account of a certain @pmarca. I would stay.
Yes, Iran's Protests Are Different This Time - But How Will It End?
CAIRO — Iranian protesters have continued to take to the streets of their country six weeks since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was killed by the country’s morality police after they arrested her for “unsuitable” attire. Protests have spread across the country, with girls in schools, students in universities and labor groups in workplaces galvanized by the movement. Amnesty International reported that military bodies instructed province commanders to “severely confront” the protesters.
Israel To Vote, Bolsonaro To Speak, Same-Sex Progress In Tokyo
ūüĎč Rimaykullayki!* Welcome to Tuesday, where Russia announces the ‚Äúmobilization‚ÄĚ of new troops is now complete, Benjamin Netanyahu eyes a comeback in Israel and Tokyo‚Äôs same-sex couples cheer a step in the right direction. Meanwhile, Clarin‚Äôs Marcelo Cantelmi looks at the challenges that await Lula, Brazil‚Äôs future president, following his narrow victory against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.
War In Ukraine, Day 233: Six Hundred And Counting — Russia Losing Ground, Town By Town
Ukraine’s armed forces have retaken more than 600 localities under Russian occupation in the past month, including 75 in the strategic Kherson region, Ukraine's Ministry for Reintegration of the Temporary Occupied Territories said. The ministry said 502 towns and villages have been liberated in the northeast Kharkiv region, 43 in the Donetsk region and seven in the Luhansk region.
War In Ukraine, Day 232: Putin Meets With Erdogan, As Turkish Leader Emerges As Most Likely Peacemaker
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Thursday in Astana, Kazakhstan, with the world holding out slim hope of a peace deal to halt the war in Ukraine. The two sides in the war currently appear too far apart to even begin negotiations, but Erdogan has maintained regular contact with both Moscow and Kyiv, establishing himself as an indispensable diplomatic resource for trying to halt the bloodshed in Ukraine and eventual help orchestrate a peace accord.
War In Ukraine, Day 231: Russia Arrests Suspects In Kerch Bridge Explosion
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) on Wednesday blamed the Crimea bridge explosion on the “Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense” and its director, Kyrylo Budanov. It had detained five Russians and three citizens of Ukraine and Armenia over the explosion that damaged the Crimea Bridge on Saturday morning. Speculation of the cause of the explosion has made its rounds on social media, including theories involving a suicide truck bomber.
War In Ukraine, Day 229: Russia Launches Massive Strikes Of Civilian Targets Across Ukraine As Revenge For Crimea Bridge Attack
Russia has launched a barrage of missile strikes against Kyiv and other major cities, timing the attacks for maximum civilian toll to coincide with Monday morning rush hour. The attacks are a direct response from Moscow to the explosion Saturday that severely damaged the bridge connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland.
LGBTQ+ International: Slovenia Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage, Outed In Nollywood - And The Week’s Other Top News
Welcome to Worldcrunch’s LGBTQ+ International. We bring you up-to-speed each week on a topic you may follow closely at home, but can now see from different places and perspectives around the world. Discover the latest news on everything LGBTQ+ — from all corners of the planet. All in one smooth scroll! This week featuring: Fingers pointed at Coca-Cola, Disney and Pfizer Soweto Pride Pakistan’s Shariah v.
War In Ukraine, Day 225: As Ground Forces Collapse, Russia Steps Up Air Attacks On Civilian Targets
A series of missile attacks early Thursday on Ukraine's southern city of Zaporizhzhia have left at least three killed, and five people still unaccounted for. The barrage of at least seven missiles appear to have targeted civilian areas, flattening one apartment building. Russia also launched two rockets at the central Ukrainian city of Khmelnytsky, but both reportedly missed their targets.
Ukraine Is Turning Into A "New Israel" - Where Everyone Is A Soldier
KYIV — The war in Ukraine has reached a turning point. Vladimir Putin's army has suffered its worst setback since the beginning of the invasion. The Russian army has experienced a counter-offensive that many experts consider masterful, so it must retreat and cede vast territories to its opponent. The lightning victory that the head of the Kremlin had dreamed of never took place. The losses are considerable — Ukrainian troops on the battlefield now outnumber the Russians.
War In Ukraine, Day 224:
Washington’s new $625 military aid package to Kyiv has increased the likelihood of a direct military clash between the Russia and the West, warned Anatoly Antonov, Moscow’s ambassador to the U.S. "We perceive this as an immediate threat to the strategic interests of our country," Antonov said early Wednesday via a post on Telegram.
What Exactly Does Pope Francis Think About The War In Ukraine
-Analysis- Pope Francis has not been particularly popular in Ukraine since the war began in February. Unlike other Western leaders, the pope didn’t condemn Vladimir Putin in the days and weeks after the invasion, largely limiting his remarks about the war to prayers for the victims and universal calls for peace. A Ukrainian colleague was furious that Francis wasn’t calling Putin out for his invasion.
North Korean Missiles Over Japan, Zelensky To Never Negotiate With Putin, Ian Toll Tops 100
ūüĎč Shlamaloukh!* Welcome to Tuesday, where North Korea reportedly fires a missile over Japan for the first time in five years, Ukrainian President Zelensky signs a decree vowing to never negotiate with Russia while Putin is in power, and a lottery win raises eyebrows in the Philippines. Meanwhile, Argentine daily Clarin looks at how the translation of a Bible in an indigenous language in Chile has sparked a debate over the links between language, colonialism and cultural imposition.
Good guys, bad guys
-Analysis- Pope Francis has not been particularly popular in Ukraine since the war began in February. Unlike other Western leaders, the pope didn’t condemn Vladimir Putin in the days and weeks after the invasion, largely limiting his remarks about the war to prayers for the victims and universal calls for peace. A Ukrainian colleague was furious that Francis wasn’t calling Putin out for his invasion.
September Has Been Rolling Ukraine’s Way, But Will It Hit A Wall In Rome?
September 23-24 Burning hijabs in Iran Elizabeth II’s life in magazine covers One big “flying” sea turtle … and much more. ⬇️ STARTER September Is Rolling Ukraine’s Way. Will It Hit A Wall In Rome? Viewed from afar, the pace of a war can vary greatly: from rapid battlefield strikes and diplomatic breakthroughs to a slow, cruel slog. Watching the war in Ukraine, the month of September has been moving at lightning speed.
Armenian And Azerbaijan Hostilities Sparks Fear Of Another War
Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service posted a video Tuesday morning with the caption "Vovchansk is back home.” In the video, Ukrainian troops can be seen removing Russian flags and signs from buildings in the city in the northeast Kharkiv region. Vovchansk was occupied on the first day of the invasion and reports began to come in Sunday that it had been vacated by Russian troops. The city is one of more than 20 settlements of the country liberated over the past 24 hours.
War In Ukraine, Day 147: Return Of ‘Putin The Diplomat’ - What He Got In Tehran, What’s Next
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U.S. Says Russia Set To Annex More Ukrainian Territory
Vladimir Putin has spent much of the past five months hunkered down with his generals and bankers, managing the military and economic upheaval he triggered by invading Ukraine. Aside from a few quick visits to nearby former Soviet Republics, the Russian president’s visit to Tehran yesterday (where he met leaders of both Iran and Turkey face-to-face) was his first time back on the road since Feb. 24.
Adieu Roe, Watching From Paris As My Rights Are Stolen Away
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Russian Missile Hits High-Rise Near Odessa, Kills 19
What is happening in Ukraine is decidedly not a war of words — it’s a war. Every day people are dying, soldiers and civilians alike. And it is that war which will determine the fate of both Ukraine and Russia, and have a lasting impact all around the world. Still, the rhetoric that has risen throughout the conflict, beginning even before the outbreak of war, plays a role, and certainly garners attention on all sides.
Zelensky Thanks U.S. For “Unprecedented” Support
Today is the 61st day of the war in Ukraine. While military attention is still very much focused on Donbas, where the main front of the war is now, the Russian army continues to launch missile strikes across Ukraine, targeting critical infrastructure, railway stations, and, most importantly, residential buildings, killing countless Ukrainian civilians. It's been a week since the start of Russia's all-out offensive on eastern Ukraine — so are the Kremlin's forces anywhere near a breakthrough?
Djokovic Responds To Russia-Belarus Wimbledon Ban
Mariupol’s mayor Vadym Boichenko has accused Russia of burying dead civilians in mass graves, a charge that appears to be confirmed by satellite photos released late Thursday of sites in a nearby village. Ukrainian sources report Friday that there are currently multiple wounded and dead people inside separated bunkers of the plant, which have room for between 80 and 100 people each. The entrances to some shelters are blocked by concrete slabs, which cannot be moved without heavy equipment.
In Praise Of Science: The Pandemic Story That Must Be Told
-Essay- PARIS — Ours, they say, is the age of the storyteller, the reign of the carnival barker and stand-up comic … and the venture capitalist, of course. Still, the current hour clearly belongs to the scientist. We know now that we should have handed the keys over to science much sooner, heeding its well-documented warnings on climate change – and the looming risk of a global contagion.
Witness From The Inside: Finding The Source Of India's Police Violence
N.C. Asthana Most Indians are familiar with heavy-handed police behavior in the form of the cops slapping people or, if they are pretending to manage law and order, beating them mercilessly with their sticks (lathis). However, the real face of police brutality often remains hidden, their notions about police torture derived largely from what they have seen in films. Only the victims know the truth.
COP26 Last Day, COVID Boom In Europe, Lost Penguin
👋 Kamusta!* Welcome to Friday, where COP26 negotiations near crunch time, two iconic multinationals are split up and a very lost penguin arrives in New Zealand. We also sit back and ask the eternal, though not-necessarily-easy, question: What makes a comfortable chair? [*Tagalog - Philippines] ✅ SIGN UP This is our daily newsletter Worldcrunch Today, a rapid tour of the news of the day from the world's best journalism sources, regardless of language or geography.
A Wall At The Poland-Belarus Border? Europe Must Make Hard Choices
-OpEd- BERLIN — In May I spent a night by the border fence in Ceuta, the Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa. I watched as every few seconds someone swam across the border into European Union territory. Spain's Guardia Civil seized people, dragged them along the ground, opened the gate in the border fence and shoved them back into Moroccan territory. In the space of a few hours, thousands of people came across, an apparently endless stream. Then the army turned up.
What Makes A Comfortable Chair? Ergonomics Isn't Everything
Patrick Norguet says his Dan chair adapts to the body and provides extreme comfort PARIS — Bruno Munari was a genius.
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👋 سلام* Welcome to Thursday, where overnight clashes are reported at Poland's border with Belarus, South Africa's last white president died and history links Yuri Gagarin and Elon Musk. We also look at how COVID may be the tipping point to push cities into a bicycle-centric future. [*Salam - Arabic] ✅ SIGN UP This is our daily newsletter Worldcrunch Today, a rapid tour of the news of the day from the world's best journalism sources, regardless of language or geography.
The Mortal Danger Of Being Trans In Latin America
BOGOTÁ — On September 26, Honduran trans rights activist Tatiana García was stabbed to death in her home in the western city of Santa Rosa de Copán. The targeted murder also put a tragic end to García's work helping LGBTQ+ people to file hate-crime complaints in Honduras — indeed, she was the 17th LGBTQ+, and fourth trans, murder victim this year in the country of 9.9 million people.
Jeff Israely: Getting paid means some work for brands - and it’s O.K. to talk about that
It is only the latest, though perhaps most complicated, chapter of the marriage of convenience between advertising and news. Editor’s note: Jeff Israely, a former Time magazine foreign correspondent in Europe, is the cofounder of a news company called Worldcrunch in Paris. For the past 11 years, he’s been describing and commenting on the startup process here at Nieman Lab. Read all his past installments here. It was January 2020, and Justin Trudeau had decided to grow a beard.
You Touched It, You Bought It: Street Card Scam For COVID Times
Like the rest of us, street hustlers are adjusting to pandemic conditions. In Laval, a small city in western France, a young man who might have otherwise been taking passersby for a ride with Three-Card Monte or Find The Lady tricks, concocted a COVID-inspired scam for easy money. The Ouest France daily reports that the suspect would ride around on his bicycle approaching people to sell them generic cards with random images of cute animals and the like.
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