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EN DIRECT, Gaza : la défense civile annonce la mort d’au moins 11 personnes dans des bombardements israéliens
EN DIRECT, Gaza : la défense civile annonce la mort d’au moins 11 personnes dans des bombardements israéliens
Benyamin Nétanyahou a ordonné des frappes immédiates sur la bande de Gaza. Israël avait dénoncé un peu plus tôt « une violation flagrante » du cessez-le-feu par le Hamas après la remise des restes d’un corps, lundi soir, appartenant à un otage déjà récupéré par l’armée israélienne.
www.lemonde.fr
October 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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“Revenge porn is routinely used as a method of coercive control, with significant emotional, social and professional consequences for the victims.” @cultmtl.com cultmtl.com/2025/06/queb...
Quebec's new law fighting revenge porn is a win for women, and it's about time
Revenge porn is routinely used as a method of coercive control, with significant emotional, social and professional consequences for the victims.
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June 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Noor Abdalla was eight months pregnant when her husband, Mahmoud Khalil, was arrested, in March. She hasn’t seen him since, and now has a one-month-old son.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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José Mujica—the former guerrilla fighter, political prisoner, philosopher, and Uruguayan President, known affectionately throughout Latin America as Pepe—died on Tuesday, at the age of 89. Jon Lee Anderson writes about the leader’s legacy.
Pepe Mujica’s Long Revolution
For the Uruguayan leader, a longtime icon of the Latin American left, economic fairness was inseparable from human decency.
www.newyorker.com
May 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Experiments show that when bees are exposed to microplastic pollution, their memory gets so muddled they may forget the scents associated with sugary rewards.

As a result, pollination may fail — which is bad news for flowers and crops.
Microplastics may confuse bees and other insects, hurting pollination
Recent studies have shown that tiny pieces of plastics can make bees more susceptible to bacteria and viruses.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Le FBI a arrêté la juge Hannah Dugan, dans le Wisconsin, pour entrave à l’arrestation d’un migrant
Le FBI a arrêté la juge Hannah Dugan, dans le Wisconsin, pour entrave à l’arrestation d’un migrant
« Nous estimons que la juge Dugan a intentionnellement détourné des agents [du FBI] de l’individu qui devait être arrêté dans son tribunal », a déclaré le directeur de la police fédérale, Kash Patel, dans un message sur X, depuis supprimé de la plateforme.
www.lemonde.fr
April 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes’s fight against right-wing extremism provided an example of how a nation can protect democracy. In a new profile, de Moraes talks about the Bolsonaro insurrection, governing in the era of social media, and Elon Musk.
The Brazilian Judge Taking On the Digital Far Right
Alexandre de Moraes’s efforts to fight extremism online have pitted him against Jair Bolsonaro, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump.
nyer.cm
April 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Anthony Bourdain began his writing career on our pages, with this essay, in 1999. #NewYorkerArchive
“Don’t Eat Before Reading This,” by Anthony Bourdain
The late chef’s 1999 essay about working in Manhattan restaurants. “Gastronomy is the science of pain,” he writes. “It was the unsavory side of professional cooking that attracted me to it in the firs...
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April 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Researchers have found that people experience genuine pleasure—a rush of dopamine—when processing information that supports their beliefs, even when it’s wrong.
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.
www.newyorker.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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15 Native American Women Artists to Know www.artnews.com/list/art-new... by Petala Ironcloud for Artnews
15 Native American Women Artists to Know
This Women’s History Month, we delve into art from 15 Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women
www.artnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has acknowledged that it grabbed a Maryland father with protected status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador—but claims that courts are powerless to order his return, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports: theatln.tc/Bot5mE4O
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
theatln.tc
April 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Requests for rent increase revisions at Quebec’s housing tribunal (TAL) more than tripled in the last five years, according to the TAL’s data.
Rent increase cases more than tripled at Quebec’s housing tribunal in last 5 years
Requests for rent increase revisions at Quebec’s housing tribunal (TAL) more than tripled in the last five years, according to the TAL’s data.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody on Tuesday outside an off-campus apartment building, the university’s president said. The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated. nyti.ms/4hRzPq1
March 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Lol I love this 😅
March 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Gisèle Pelicot va publier ses Mémoires : « Raconter mon histoire avec mes propres mots »
Gisèle Pelicot va publier ses Mémoires : « Raconter mon histoire avec mes propres mots »
Avec ce livre, qui doit paraître en janvier 2026, Gisèle Pelicot « espère transmettre un message d’espoir et de courage » aux victimes de violences sexuelles « en espérant qu’[elles] ne ressentent jamais de honte ».
www.lemonde.fr
March 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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New: @mcgill.ca says it will be forced to layoff 99 employees to address a $45 million operating deficit.
McGill University to layoff about 100 employees, citing deficit linked to Quebec policies
McGill University says it will be forced to layoff about 99 employees to address a $45 million operating deficit.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, “was once considered quite rare. But Dr. Adam Ratner, a pediatric infectious disease specialist in New York City who wrote a history of measles, says data from outbreaks in the U.S. over the past several decades suggests that may not always be the case.”
Measles remains a danger to health even years after an infection
The measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico is now close to 300 cases. Most are unvaccinated children. People usually recover, but doctors are stressing how dangerous and long-lasting it can be.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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In 2022 (the most recent year for which we have comprehensive data), 52 people—an average of one per week—perished in Customs and Border Protection custody. How many immigrants will die under the second Trump Administration?
How Many Immigrants Will Die in U.S. Custody?
More detentions will lead to more deaths, but the Trump Administration has options to conceal the losses.
nyer.cm
March 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Absolutely disgusting, and to think this is just the beginning

vancouversun.com/news/bc-woma...
B.C. woman detained at U.S. border, sent to Arizona detention facility in chains
Her mother says 35-year-old Jasmine Mooney has been detained in inhumane conditions since March 3, and is pleading for help. Read more.
vancouversun.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Trump’s North American Tariffs: Myth Vs. Fact
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March 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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“Dealing with Trump’s temper tantrums is like wrestling with a cranky, disagreeable toddler who constantly speaks gibberish and yells at the top of their lungs because you told them to stop licking dirt off the floor.”
www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
www.montrealgazette.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM