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As revealing as Günther Oettinger’s recent ruminations on race and sex may have been about his worldview, even more telling was the European Commission’s reaction to them. Asked during a press briefing last week about the speech during which Oettinger characterized the Chinese as “hustlers” and “slant-eyes” (Schlitzohren und Schlitzaugen, in German) and made cracks…

Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski | Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images PiS-sed off in Poland By Ryan Heath 3/5/17, 8:31 AM CET The palace intrigue emanating from the Polish government over the past week was not limited to Warsaw. It extended to both the Council’s Justus Lipsius building and the European Parliament. First, the Polish…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Co.’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil has knocked Joker out of the No. 1 spot at the box office, but just barely. Studios on Sunday estimate that the film starring Angelina Jolie grossed $36 million in North America and $117 million internationally in its first weekend in theaters. The…

European Union representative Miguel Arias Canete | Juan Cevallos/AFP via Getty Images 7 takeaways on the Commission’s emissions-cutting package Brussels’ Effort Sharing Regulation divides the pain among 28 member countries. By Kalina Oroschakoff and Sara Stefanini 7/19/16, 6:01 PM CET Updated 7/25/16, 3:31 PM CET The European Union made big promises during the Paris climate…

Pep Guardiola’s side may have returned from Spain with an advantage, but they do not feel that they are already through in the Champions League Gabriel Jesus insists that he remains happy at Manchester City as he responded to a question asking whether he would like to play for a club like Real Madrid at some point…

Pro-democracy march in Poland | Sean Gallup/Getty Images Warsaw chastised over constitutional crisis A human rights body found judicial independence is still under threat in Poland. Click Here: cheap INTERNATIONAL jersey By Jan Cienski 10/14/16, 2:27 PM CET Updated 10/15/16, 11:25 AM CET WARSAW — Poland’s right-wing Law and Justice government isn’t doing enough to…

Last week’s LGBTQ issues town hall hosted by CNN may have been even too much for the cast of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” This week’s episode poked fun at CNN and the 2020 Democratic presidential field that participated in it. Click Here: cheap INTERNATIONAL jersey Alex Moffat as CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Kate McKinnon as Sen….

L’héritier de la famille Guichard, Xavier Kemlin, porte plainte contre celle qu’il nomme la «maîtresse du Président», Valérie Trierweiler. Véritable ras le bol ou coup de pub? Xavier Kemlin fait en tout cas parler de lui aujourd’hui. Jeudi après-midi, l’héritier français, arrière-petit-fils de Geoffroy-Guichard, fondateur de l’enseigne Casino, domicilié en Suisse a déposé une plainte…

Les bonnes nouvelles se succèdent pour Tiger Woods. Une semaine après avoir officialisé son idylle avec la superstar du ski Lindsey Vonn, le golfeur vient de reconquérir sa place de numéro un mondial qu’il avait perdue en septembre 2010. «Number One!!!» Sur Twitter, Lindsey Vonn n’a pas perdu de temps pour féliciter son champion préféré….

Vendredi, les obsèques de Gérald Babin se sont déroulées dans la ville de Nemours. Sa famille, ses amis et de nombreuses personnes ont fait le déplacement pour se recueillir en mémoire du candidat de Koh Lanta. Denis Brogniart était présent. C’est sous un ciel gris et dans un froid hivernal que s’est tenu ce vendredi…