Messi’s final act: Argentina win the World Cup in the greatest final ever played
LUSAIL — By the end, it had become almost too much to watch. Argentina are world champions for the third time, beating…
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Annie Ernaux wins the Nobel Prize in Literature: France’s great autobiographer is honoured at 82
STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in Literature 2022 has been awarded to Annie Ernaux, the French writer who has spent five decades…
The Russian Patriarch Kirill refused to meet the Pope in Kazakhstan
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will not be able to meet Pope Francis in Kazakhstan. The reason is that he…
How the French MIVILUDES compromised itself with Russian extremists
The current war in Ukraine is not the product of a one-week preparation. It has been prepared with more than a decade…
France redraws the rules for religious associations under new Republic principles law
PARIS — Religious associations in France woke up this week to a thicker rulebook. The law of 24 August 2021, published in…
David Diop wins the International Booker: a Senegalese rifleman takes the translated fiction crown
LONDON — The International Booker Prize has its first French winner. David Diop’s “At Night All Blood Is Black”, translated from the…