Many artistic efforts have failed to create the breeding ground for true reconciliation in post-war Lebanon because they continue to rely on the construction of exclusive narratives, says political scientist Ruth Artiles Valero for Justiceinfo.net. Lebanon is an excellent example of how art can be used as a tool for reconciliation.
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As the European Union prepares to reopen its external borders from 1 July, it is considering banning Americans from its territory because of the Covid-19 pandemic, which is still very active in the United States, according to the New York Times of 23 June. It must be said that the United States has the
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Spread over 7 million square kilometres, an area twelve times the size of France, straddling nine countries, the Indians of the Amazon basin have been recording their coronavirus contaminations for just over a month. From one region to another, cases are multiplying and could take a long time to resolve.
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The coronavirus pandemic has led half of humanity to change their way of life. People in every country adopted the protective measures they considered most appropriate or within their reach in the face of unexpected risk. Each of us looks at the coronavirus through the lens of
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Faced with the coronavirus and the containment it causes, Gallimard publishes one or two "Crisis leaflets" every day, free of charge, signed by the House's leading figures such as Erik Orsenna, Sylvain Tesson, Cynthia Fleury, Régis Debray and Danièle Sallenave, in order to reflect on the questions raised by the coronavirus and the containment it causes.
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Until now, official figures seemed to indicate that sub-Saharan Africa, with a population of more than 1 billion, had been lucky. The interactive map of reported cases of COVID-19, managed by Johns Hopkins University, shows large red spots almost everywhere - except in sub-Saharan Africa. But today, the first
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The pandemic is hitting the world. Everybody. Like a scourge of fate. In reality, this crisis is a product of our way of living the world. By extending the limits of our human habitats into the wilderness, we have not only destroyed biodiversity, but have also entered into a new era.
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What if we had found "the cheapest and most ingenious way to combat the global warming that is impacting forests today"? It is in any case the bet of a young American engineer, Topher White, who, with the help of his startup RainForest Connection (RFCx) located in
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The whole world is stunned by the images of the giant fires ravaging Australia. Their scale would almost make the fires in California, Russia and even the Amazon almost insignificant compared to the "Monster", the mega fire that is currently raging. The damage caused locally is considerable and still far from being quantified, in particular to
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"The cheetah no longer dances for Europe" appeared in Temps-marranes in autumn 2013: we were shocked by a serious shipwreck of migrants near Lampedusa. And, like the prince's novel of the same name, it sounded like a fatal announcement. Since the tragedies
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Preliminary results of a large study with contributions from 80 heart-breaking scientists. The Mediterranean, cradle of our cultures, landscape of the founding myths of our civilizations, crossroads of three continents, living basin of 500 million human beings, the Mediterranean of Giono, Pagnol, like that of Averroes or of
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There are many ways to participate in the fight to save the planet. The climate emergency, the collapse of biodiversity, food risks, overpopulation, so many dangers that push us to act. Some, through small everyday gestures, others through spectacular actions in the streets of large cities. However,
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At the UN climate summit in New York last September, the prize for the environmental photographer of the year was awarded. The laureates whose works we present here have shown, throughout 2019, a planet that suffers, that suffers, that resists
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The Earth is not only alive, it also creates life. For more than 4 billion years, the Earth has developed a rich biodiversity - an abundance of different living organisms and ecosystems - that can meet all our needs and sustain life. Thanks to biodiversity and
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This report was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It originally appeared in Rolling Stone. It is republished here as part of UP' Magazine's partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 selected media outlets to strengthen journalistic coverage of change.
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Amazonia, Equatorial Africa, Siberia, California... The world's forests are going through a dark period in these troubled times of climate change. And suddenly a new term appears on the scene: we talk about big fires, mega-fires. The forest fires that used to punctuate Mediterranean summers seem small, derisory...
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Emmanuel Macron calls on the G7 to "talk" about the fires in the Amazon and to adopt three positions in this regard. Can a G7, disarmed by its divisions, demonetized by its broken promises and delegitimized by its record, save the Amazon? No, it cannot. By promising to save the
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It is the largest seaweed bloom ever recorded, stretching 8,850 kilometres across the Atlantic Ocean. Twenty million tonnes of Sargasso, more than the weight of 200 aircraft carriers, are invading the sea surface; and this mass has been growing steadily since 2011. This unprecedented proliferation
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The Akademik Lomonosov is a ship like no other. It is a floating nuclear power plant, designed by the Russians to supply energy to the northernmost parts of the planet. Currently moored in the port of Murmansk, this ship with two nuclear reactors of 35 MW each will start a
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The heat wave that hit France and parts of Europe last week was, meteorologists say, caused by hot air masses from North Africa. In this region, as in the Middle East, global warming is burning the air to the point of making it unbearable. In a relatively
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