The headlamp I brought from Temu had flickered out half a dozen levels above the subterranean gallery where I picked my way to the circular staircase that led to the secret ossuary of the Carthusian monks, deep below the sewers of Paris.
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Unveiling the Flames: The Shocking Truth Behind France’s Unrest
The tragic incident in France, where a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan heritage was killed by the police, has exposed the underlying and intense tensions between the security forces and the Black and Arab communities residing in the country’s most economically disadvantaged urban regions.
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Even the Narrative of the EU as A Geo-Strategic Player Has Now Burst
Europe is destined to become an economic backwater. It has ‘lost’ Russia — and soon China. And is finding it has lost its standing in the world, too.
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Mali Kicks Out France in Favor of Russia
The global geopolitical shift continues with the Republic of Mali kicking out blackmailer France and its NGOs, in favor of Russian economic and security cooperation.
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McKinseyGate: France’s Shadow Government & the Rise of the Corporate State
In France, consultancy firms have been paid billions of euros to advise governments on policies from the coronavirus vaccine, to climate change, and vaccine roll-out, as well as digital transformation, according to a new report released by the French Senate. While the financial sums are staggering, the real scandal is the level of influence on policy that these shadowy corporate actors wield deep inside the halls of government.
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France Sends Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier to East Mediterranean
The delicate power balance in the East Mediterranean is changing dramatically and quickly as states begin to cooperate to contain and contract Turkish ambitions in the region.
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The Suckling ‘Boy Toys’ Who Dream of Leading the West
A generation of posturing, ridiculous metrosexual boy toys who would faint at the sight of a drop of their own blood has arisen across the Western World uttering ludicrous empty threats at Russia and trying to set off wars everywhere. Continue reading The Suckling ‘Boy Toys’ Who Dream of Leading the West
Macron’s Maneuvers on the New Cold War | ConsortiumNews
Official Washington’s hawks are blocking President Trump’s desired detente with Russia, but that has opened a path for France’s new President Macron to mediate the New Cold War, Diana Johnstone tells Dennis J Bernstein. Continue reading Macron’s Maneuvers on the New Cold War | ConsortiumNews