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Douglas Herbert

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World Affairs Commentator and Columnist at France 24

World Affairs Commentator @France24 in Paris. Fighting #disinformation and false equivalency. Lecture at @assasuniversite & @IjbaOfficiel

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  • Talking Europe - The EU can pinch the US without shooting itself in the foot: Ex-trade commissioner Lamy

    1 month ago | institutdelors.eu | Armen GEORGIAN |Douglas Herbert

    We begin with the US-EU trade dispute, and the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on EU steel and aluminium as well as on other European goods. "I had to deal with issues of this kind when I was European trade commissioner back in the Middle Ages, but on a much smaller scale," Lamy says wryly. "There is a zone where you can retaliate in pinching the US without shooting yourself in the foot.

  • War in Ukraine: Donald Trump wants the Nobel peace prize

    Feb 19, 2025 | flipboard.com | Douglas Herbert

    1 hour agoZelenskyy hits back at Trump's comments, says Ukraine is not for saleThe pugnacious response followed Trump’s suggestion that Ukraine was responsible for Russia’s invasion three years ago. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hit back at Donald Trump's accusation overnight that Ukraine started its war with Russia, saying that the American president is trapped in a …NowThe Supreme Court gave Trump immunity. He’s using it as a blank check.

  • At AI Summit, 'Macron puts EU in front of contradiction: Falling behind yet fearful of accelerating'

    Feb 11, 2025 | flipboard.com | François Picard |Douglas Herbert

    17 hours agoFrance: More than 100 countries participate in AI summit in Paris to avoid US-China duopolyParis, France - February 10, 2025 Representatives and experts from a hundred countries are participating on Monday and tomorrow in Paris in a summit on artificial intelligence (AI) at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron, to put his country on the map of this technological revolution and avoid the duopoly of the United States and China.

  • Enrico Letta to Europe: 'Now is the time to act'

    Feb 7, 2025 | flipboard.com | Douglas Herbert

    Listen, no history book can cover everything. Despite what it might feel like sometimes, publishers are aware that you’re going to have to carry this …

  • A flood of fake stories: EU sees surge in disinformation ahead of June elections

    May 23, 2024 | france24.com | Douglas Herbert

    A Polish prime minister saying he's ashamed of his Polish identity. A flood of migrants assaulting people on the streets of Bulgaria's capital. The grandmother of a top European official shaking hands with Adolf Hitler. All of these are fake stories; part of what European officials say is a surge in disinformation ahead of next month's European elections. Much of it comes from Russia, without love.

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30 May 25

RT @BBCSteveR: First, a statue of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin appears in the Moscow Metro. Then a Kremlin adviser says that “from a legal…

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11 May 25

RT @christogrozev: Here's the video released by the Kremlin. It clearly shows Witkoff pointing at the young woman and asking "Interpreter?"…

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11 Nov 24

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