Une catastrophe comme celle qui a frappé la vallée de l'Ahr ne se produit pas tous les cinq ans, pense peut-être le gouvernement fédéral, qui relègue la protection du climat au second plan. Photo : Wikimedia Commons/Optimi4, CC BY-SA 4.0 Les phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes sont de plus en plus fréquents en raison du réchauffement climatique. Selon le dernier indice des risques climatiquespour les années 1995 à 2024, le bilan est le suivant : 830 000 morts et des dommages économiques (…)

One year after Sri Lanka's National People's Power (NPP) secured an historic two-thirds parliamentary majority, Janaka Biyanwila offers a critical assessment “from below and to the left” of this progressive coalition's achievements and compromises. Emerging from the 2022 Aragalaya uprising that disrupted the Rajapaksa regime's hegemonic bloc, the NPP has constructed a new governing alliance based on anti-corruption and efficient economic governance, whilst maintaining a militarised (…)

“The contemporary political landscape of Bangladesh reflects a complex interplay of crisis and transformation. The upheavals of 2024–2025, marked by student-led uprisings, the fall of a long-standing ruling establishment, and the formation of an interim government, have opened a new phase in state restructuring and democratic possibility. Yet the transition remains incomplete and contested.” Introduction The political history of Bangladesh is inseparably intertwined with the liberation (…)

Les agences anti-corruption ukrainiennes — le Bureau national anti-corruption d'Ukraine (NABU) et le Bureau spécialisé du procureur anti-corruption (SAPO) — ont révélé un système de pots-de-vin de 100 millions de dollars (92 millions d'euros) chez Energoatom, l'entreprise publique d'énergie nucléaire. Le cerveau présumé de l'affaire est Timur Mindich, le partenaire d'affaires de longue date du président Volodymyr Zelensky. Mindich s'est enfui en Israël quelques heures avant les perquisitions (…)

Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies—the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO)— have exposed a $100 million (€92m) kickback scheme at Energoatom, the state nuclear power company. The alleged ringleader is Timur Mindich, President Volodymyr Zelensky's longtime business partner. Mindich fled to Israel hours before raids on his Kyiv apartment, tipped off by an insider. The Justice Minister and Energy Minister resigned. (…)

Why Beijing targets labour organizing, feminist activism, and LGBT communities differently---and why solidarity work must synthesize these struggles rather than treating them as parallel tracks Three moments reveal the Chinese state's differential repression strategy. December 2015: Guangdong police arrest over 20 labour activists and force closure of major labour NGOs including the Panyu Migrant Workers Centre. March 2015: Five feminist activists detained for planning International (…)