Notre gouvernement nous incite à dépenser, consommer, parier, saluer le drapeau & nous taire. Mais protester sera inutile quand le navire aura coulé et que l’eau glacée aura envahi nos poumons. Les chiffres sont alarmants. La dette nationale américaine dépasse les 39 000 milliards de dollars et ne cesse d’augmenter. …

Beirut will enter ‘symbolic’ talks with no leverage and reluctance to be seen negotiating, sources say Lebanon’s opening demand will be singular and clear on Tuesday when it enters direct talks with Israel, a Lebanese political source with knowledge of the scheduled Washington meeting told The National. The Lebanese ambassador …

Putin’s meeting with the oligarchs, at which the Russian president “passed his hat around” and offered to chip in for the war, marks a new stage in the state’s interaction with private business, confirming the trend toward archaization in Russia. The economy has already rejected foreign investment and Western technology, …