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Does America Still Care About Authors?
Esquire via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOnce upon a time, writers were celebrities; now, the role of the public intellectual has gone up in smoke. For one novelist, a glamorous trip to France...
They Called It ‘Improper’ to Have Women in the Olympics. But She Persisted.
New York Times· 2 days agoIt was 1922, two years before the last time the Olympics were held in Paris. “I hereby declare the...
Macron refuses the resignation of France’s PM after chaotic election
National Post· 3 days agoPresident Emmanuel Macron refused the resignation of France’s prime minister, asking him on Monday...
Snap election unlikely in Canada as European campaigns send incumbents packing
National Post· 4 days agoIt was a gamble to try and secure a Liberal majority at a time when much seemed uncertain, and...
In an Olympic tuneup, Ukraine’s top high jumper breaks the 37-year-old world record
The Globe and Mail· 4 days agoYaroslava Mahuchikh erased a mark that had stood for 37 years at a Diamond League meet in Paris,...
In photos: France votes in high-stakes run-off
The Globe and Mail· 4 days agoThe New Popular Front is forecast to win close to 200 seats in the National Assembly, projections show. That's ahead of French President Emmanuel...
How does France’s election work and what happens if nobody wins a majority?
The Globe and Mail· 5 days agoSunday’s second round vote in France’s parliamentary election may lead to a hung parliament with no...
Are French and Italian far-right and far-left free of antisemitism?
Euronews via Yahoo Canada News· 7 days agoFar-right parties in France and Italy struggle against the blunders of their own extremists while...