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Momentous! Google must divest Chrome to restore competition in online search, DOJ says reuters.com/technology/goo…

The Spanish island that is Europe's new migration frontline reuters.com/world/europe/s…

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God bless the Ozzies! Finally a government that governs. nytimes.com/2024/11/28/wor… via @NYTimes

A must-read: Weidel about the apparent contradiction between her personal life and the vision of society her party represents. “I am not queer,” she told an interviewer this summer, “but I am married to a woman I have known for 20 years,” she said. nytimes.com/2025/02/19/wor…

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Belatedly, also a must-read: Meet the little-known far-right French politician with a direct line to Trump world - reuters.com/world/europe/m…

German far-right leader is a Chinese-speaking economist with foreign partner - reuters.com/world/europe/g…

NEWSMAKER Friedrich Merz’s rise to the German chancellery is unlikely third act of long career - reuters.com/world/europe/f…

Je ne reviendrai pas à RTL. C’est ma décision. Voici pourquoi. Il y a quinze jours, mes propos sur la colonisation algérienne ont créé le débat. La direction de la radio m’a dit avoir enregistré de nombreuses protestations de la part des auditeurs. Pour faire droit à l’émotion

Jean-Michel Aphatie annonce qu'il ne retournera pas à RTL après ses propos sur l'histoire coloniale en Algérie francetvinfo.fr/economie/media…

Tesla’s stock defied gravity for years. Is Elon Musk’s EV party over? - reuters.com/business/autos…

Great story nytimes.com/2025/03/09/bus…

The French budget deficit explained, in eight seconds (Place de la Concorde, around 13:30 today).

Absolutely amazing #davidhockney exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. How prolific can an artist be? Hockney fills up that entire huge and spectacular museum building on his own. It takes two hours to see it all. Go early, massive crowds.

Some of the paintings he did on his iPad are displayed in a light box and you see them coming together strike by stroke. #DavidHockney

This is so true. Paris really has become a cycling city and the bike lanes are full of moms and dads with cargo bikes.

Trump spurs questions about safety of Germany's gold in New York - reuters.com/business/finan…

A journey to belong: migrants describe ten years in Europe - reuters.com/world/asia-pac…