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Since launching her campaign, Dati has tried to drum up support with social media clips similar to those that propelled Zohran Mamdani from an unknown assemblyman to mayor of New York. Hers have, unsurprisingly, a right-wing spin. She’s been seen ambushing migrants, illicit drug users and contraband sellers in grittier parts of Paris, racking up millions of views in the process. ACHILLES’ HEEL: Dati is a polarizing figure and tends to make enemies. Despite being a member of the conservative Les Républicains, Dati bagged a cabinet position in early 2024, braving the fury of her allies as she attempted to…
In seminar rooms in Vienna, we learned about the concept of nations as “imagined communities,” a theory developed by Benedict Anderson in the 1980s — a shared identity that allows millions of disparate people to feel connected despite not knowing each other personally. Creating those communities based on shared traditions and national myths — the basis for a nation — became increasingly possible during the Industrial Revolution and the advent of mass media. Political leaders, who saw the value a unified population could have for consolidating power, helped facilitate this process and brought about the proliferation of the modern nation-state. Nowhere was that creation of a national…
The leaders of Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay issued a joint statement on Sunday rejecting the US military operation that led to the ousting of strongman Nicolás Maduro and warned against the appropriation of the country’s vast natural resources after the US said it would run Venezuela on the interim. The six signatories, including Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said the US military operation had violated the “basic principles of international law, in particular the prohibition of the use of force and respect for territorial sovereignty established in the United…
The largest technology conference in the world kicks off on Tuesday in Las Vegas, following two days of media previews, which will set the tone for the latest gadgets and robots we can expect to see this year. Formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, CES, will bring over 4,500 exhibitors, including 1,400 start-ups, as well as leading companies such as Meta, Lenovo, Samsung, Nvidia, among others, to the United States. Last year, the show brought more than 140,000 people to multiple venues, according to the 2025 numbers. Last year’s CES also began against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, with…
“We expect full respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark,” Copenhagen’s ambassador to the U.S., Jesper Møller Sørensen, said in a post on X that included Miller’s posting, in what he termed a “friendly reminder” of the longstanding defense ties between the two countries. Trump last month named a special envoy to Greenland, sparking a new diplomatic frenzy in Europe. The U.S. “has to have Greenland for national security,” Trump said at a press conference announcing the appointment of Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as his envoy to Greenland. U.S. Vice President JD Vance last March did not rule out using…
Hundreds of people attended a memorial Mass on Sunday in the Swiss Alpine resort of Crans-Montana to honour the victims of the New Year’s Eve fire at Le Constellation bar. The service, held at the Chapelle Saint-Christophe, was followed by a silent procession to the site of the blaze, where mourners laid flowers and candles at a makeshift memorial. Church leaders spoke of the uncertainty and suffering faced by families and friends of the victims. The fire, which broke out shortly after midnight, killed 40 people and injured 119 others, many of them young.
By Euronews Published on 04/01/2026 – 15:09 GMT+1 Hundreds of mourners marched in Crans-Montana on Sunday to honour the victims of the New Year’s Eve fire at a bar in the Swiss Alpine ski resort that left 40 people dead and dozens severely injured. An hourlong mass was held earlier at the Chapelle Saint-Christophe in honour of the fire victims, with a message of condolence sent by Pope Leo XIV read during the service. “The Pontiff joins us in our sorrow through moving words and wishes to express his compassion and care for the families and to support those who are…
In a BBC interview, Starmer criticized the “constant chopping and changing” of government ministers under the previous Conservative administration. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech
Published on 04/01/2026 – 14:54 GMT+1 North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Sunday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. The statement said several ballistic missile launches were detected from North Korea’s capital region early on Sunday, adding that the missiles flew about 900 kilometres and that South Korea and US authorities were analysing details of the launches. South Korea’s Defence Ministry noted the launches violated UN Security Council resolutions that ban any ballistic activities by North Korea. It urged North Korea to cease provocative actions immediately and respond to South Korea’s push…
Britain and France conducted a joint strike late Saturday against an underground arms cache in Syria used by Islamic State (IS), the U.K. defense ministry said. Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were joined by French aircraft in the strike near the city of Palmyra in central Syria, the ministry said in a statement. “Careful intelligence analysis identified an underground facility, in the mountains some miles north of the ancient site of Palmyra,” the ministry said. The analysis led officials to believe the facility was storing arms and explosives, according to the statement. “Our aircraft used Paveway IV guided bombs to…