Tag: letters-of
In India, selfie booths with Narendra Modi
LETTER FROM NEW DELHI Selfie point in Lodi Garden park in New Delhi. SOPHIE LANDRIN / THE WORLD Indian trains are often late. To wait, travelers will soon be able…
Africa won over by sports betting fever
LETTER FROM ABIDJAN The Félix-Houphouët-Boigny stadium, in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), December 5, 2023. LUC GNAGO / REUTERS In Abidjan, Junior Beugré sums up the sports betting guide in two words:…
Public toilets in Japan, “sanctuaries of peace and hygiene”
LETTER FROM TOKYO Public toilets designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban at Yoyogi Fukamachi Mini Park in Tokyo, June 2023. YUICHI YAMAZAKI / AFP Every morning, while walking her bulldog…
At the VDNKh park in Moscow, Vladimir Putin’s fantasy Russia
LETTER FROM MOSCOW People skate at the VDNKh, the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy in Moscow, November 24, 2023. AP Excess and gigantism, assertion of power, Soviet reminiscences……
In Central America, the vitality of the press despite censorship
LETTER FROM MEXICO Media are covering the extraordinary session of the Salvadoran Congress aimed at allowing the country’s President, Nayib Bukele, to leave office so he can run again in…
Olaf Scholz and the winning strategy of the “coffee break” with Viktor Orban
LETTER FROM BRUSSELS German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a summit of European Union leaders in Brussels on December 14, 2023. YVES HERMAN / REUTERS…
In Peru, the dynamism of regional cinema threatened by a proposed law
LETTER FROM CUZCO On the set of the film “Kinra”, in Peru. MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF PERU In the huge hall of the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina,…
Hunter Biden, unwilling prey of Republicans in the US Congress
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, gives a press conference in front of the Capitol in Washington, December 13, 2023. KEVIN DIETSCH / AFP…
In Southeast Asia, the Chinese online fraud mafia pinned down
LETTER FROM BANGKOK Excerpt from the Chinese film “No More Bets” (2023), by director Ao Shen. TRINITY CINEASIA In the movie No More Bets (“the chips are down”), Chinese box…
After the election of Javier Milei, another vote shakes Argentina
LETTER FROM BUENOS AIRES Boca Juniors vice president Roman Riquelme during an event encouraging supporters to demand elections to appoint the club’s new leadership, near La Bombonera stadium, in Buenos…
Charlotte Frycklund, “Internet priest” in Sweden, accused of betraying the Bible
LETTER FROM STOCKHOLM Charlotte Frycklund, priest of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden. HELENA SANDSTRÖM / SVENSKA KYRKAN International Trans Day of Remembrance takes place every year on November 20,…
In Japan, a special relationship with Judaism
LETTER FROM TOKYO Protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza on the first day of the G7 foreign ministers meeting, in Tokyo, Japan, November 7, 2023. ANDRONIKI CHRISTODOULOU / REUTERS…