Support for Academics from Paris Bianet :: English In the conference where Etienne Balibar, Christian Laval and Vincent Duclert have taken place as speakers, importance of international support, in particular from France has been emphasized. Academics Overseas Support Signatory Academics Bianet :: English 212 academics of whom 72 are professors have declared their support for their colleagues … Read more
The Rise Of Terrorism Inspired By Religion In France FiveThirtyEight » Features by Carl Bialik The terrorist attacks at six sites in and around Paris on Friday, which French authorities said killed 129 people and injured more than 350, claimed more lives than all other acts of terror combined in the previous quarter century in France, … Read more
Google to donate up to $5.5M to help European refugees Google’s charitable arm is pledging to donate an additional $5.5 million to groups trying to help the thousands of refugees pouring into Europe Refugees Met with Generosity and Suspicion in France Global Voices Online by Gaetana DiRoberto Demonstrations in large European cities in favor of refugees … Read more
Playing dirty in the EU Referendum Ideas on Europe Carb-loading for the autumn ahead Schengen in danger, Germany warns EurActiv.com France’s President François Hollande and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss quotas for accepting migrants at their meeting today (24 August), French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said yesterday. MAIN FOCUS: Schengen criticised after attack in Thalys | 24/08/2015 euro|topics … Read more
XKEYSCORE: NSA’s Google for the World’s Private Communications The Intercept by Morgan Marquis-Boire Illustrations by Blue Delliquanti and David Axe for The Intercept One of the National Security Agency’s most powerful tools of mass surveillance makes tracking someone’s Internet usage as easy as entering an email address, and provides no built-in technology to prevent abuse. Today, The Intercept is … Read more
French journalists killed in Mali Two journalists for French radio station RFI have been killed after being kidnapped by gunmen in the northern Mali town of Kidal. France says its journalists “coldly assassinated” in Mali Two French journalists killed in Mali on Saturday were “coldly assassinated” by the “terrorists” that France is fighting in the west … Read more