After 1.3 million migrants from the Middle East and Africa came to Europe in 2015, many countries built fences or closed their ports. That has pushed migrants to take riskier routes into the EU.
Optical fibres carry data from the web, these cables were previously neutral containers – but not anymore.
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Until last December, Internet service providers were required to respect the principle of web neutrality. This is no longer the case in the United States. What are the consequences?
Indian Muslims pray during Eid al-Adha at Jama Masjid Mosque in Delhi.
Rajat Gupta/EPA
The UK’s agonizing efforts to find a path out of the European Union is beginning to look a lot like a game or riddle with no solution – and certainly no winners.
Mélissa Boudes, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School and Quentin Renoul, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
Does the PACTE law signal the end of the dichotomy between traditional, profit-focused companies and social and solidarity economy companies committed to the public interest?
FaHyence hydrogene filling station in action.
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The development of a hydrogen charging station has made it possible to run vehicles without producing greenhouse gases.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during the Deutscher Arbeitgebertag congress, organised by the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA) and gathering German employers in Berlin on November 22, 2018.
Wolfgang Kumm/AFP
While the euro’s survival for two decades is evidence of its success, it was born with fundamental problems that have weakened it, leading to near-constant crisis.
Viorica Dăncilă is seen as a puppet PM.
EPA/Robert Ghement
Back in 2016, the Brexit vote and US presidential election seemed like a nationalist one-two punch that could knock out the European Union. Instead, EU support actually rose, new research shows.
Yellow vest protesters want French president Emmanuel Macron to feel their pain. Is he listening?
Reuters/Stephane Mahe
Garret Martin, American University School of International Service
President Emmanuel Macron has presented himself as a defender of the liberal order against the rising tide of right-wing populism. But he can’t lead Europe while mass protests have France in crisis.
In Paris’s André-Citroën Park, a balloon is used to measure air pollution.
Bertrand Guay/AFP
The number of substances emitted into the atmosphere is immense and growing, but some are particularly harmful to health and are subject to increased monitoring.
A worker answers a telephone in the office of pro-Brexit group Leave.EU in London, February 2016.
REUTERS/Neil Hall
The history of Britain’s vote to exit from the European Union, known as Brexit, is not a tale of populist resentment toward globalization. It is a top-down story of leaders and elite ideology.
The violence of the protests that have gripped France, known as the gilets jaunes, is rooted in personal passion and anger.
French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte after a meeting with the Romanian president at the Elysee presidential palace (November 27, 2018).
Bertrand Gauy/AFP
With some “Gilet jaune” protestors calling for the removal of Emmanuel Macron, the French constitution is being criticized anew for concentrating too much power in the hands of the president.
Who keeps the drones in the divorce?
EPA/Andy Rain
Supporters and opponents to the withdrawal deal both say national security is under threat – but the truth is that neither side can guarantee anything at this stage.