Month: December 2023

Air France employees on strike against their departure from Orly airport
In a check-in room at Orly airport, September 2014. STÉPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP The unions are still not taking off against Air France’s decision,…

Washington ‘worried’ after report that Israel used American white phosphorus in Lebanon
The Ethics Committee, contacted by the organizers of the Paris Olympic Games, recommended Monday the exclusion of former basketball player Emilie Gomis from her role…

New York plans to invest $1 billion to expand chip research
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York announced a $1 billion investment plan Monday to expand chip research operations in Albany, N.Y., as the state aims…

What you need to know about Elizabeth Magill, the Penn president who resigned
University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill resigned Saturday, four days after she was criticized for her responses during a congressional hearing Tuesday in which she…

Teleworking still popular with employees, despite the risks to their health
What are the effects of hybrid work on employees’ working conditions? The latter respond in a paradoxical way: 92% of them experience their teleworking situation…

Clara Ysé, a singular voice in the pursuit of desire
Clara Ysé, in the Sarragan quarry, in Baux-de-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône), November 1, 2022. OLIVIER METZGER By Lacanian homophony, there is the mother, the philosopher and psychoanalyst…

Retail group withdraws surprising claim about ‘organized’ shoplifting
A national advocacy group has retracted its startling estimate that “organized retail crime” was responsible for nearly half of the $94.5 billion in missing store…

Hemingway, Jack London and Unabomber typewriters up for auction
You never know what you might find in a famous person’s typewriter. Joe DiMaggio’s old machine contained the cut fragments of his expired credit card….

Yellow rejects offer to revive trucking company
Yellow, the trucking company that shut down operations and filed for bankruptcy protection this summer, on Wednesday rejected a trucking industry executive’s offer to buy…

US Congress blocks crucial aid to Ukraine
For Moscow, peace implies a neutral and amputated Ukraine Comforted by the failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, Russia believes more than ever that peace requires…