December 15, 2015 edition
When the perpetrators of the December 2 shooting that killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, were found to be American Muslim couple Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, Donald Trump jumped into action, immediately using the incident to ratchet up campaign rhetoric. He called for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the US until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on."
The incident was all Trump needed to spew out more of his right-wing pledges during all of his candidacy. Last month, he mentioned that he was open to keeping a database of American Muslims and have them carry a special ID card, which would impact one percent of the US population. Critics contend that it was an idea that came straight out of a fascist guide book.
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November 24, 2015 edition
The streets near Saint-Denis-Universit station were eerily deserted; the bus stop stood empty, even taxis were hard to find. The scene bore little resemblance to the area's usual hustle and bustle.
"Which news agency are you guys from?" one youngster sitting on the curb asked a passing crew of journalists. "Good luck. The bombs are everywhere," he remarked.
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November 17, 2015 edition
It was a Friday night and the Bataclan concert hall was crowded with more than 1,000 fans gathered to watch the Californian band Eagles of Death Metal last weekend. Loud rock music reverberated in the popular venue. Julien Pearce, a journalist from Europe 1 Radio, was inside the concert hall when the shooting began an hour after the band started playing.
Pearce said that a group of men, armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles, entered the hall and started shooting indiscriminately at the crowd. "There were bodies everywhere," said Pearce, describing the shooting, as reported by Reuters.
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October 27, 2015 edition
The visit last week of Denmark's Queen Margarethe II and her husband Prince Henrik to Indonesia is one indication of improving relations between the two countries. Beyond the usual protocols were serious meetings and discussions between Indonesian government and private sector representatives with a Danish delegation 62 business people, the first of such in the 65 years of relations between the two countries.
"Relations between Indonesia and Denmark will change from a cooperation based on development assistance to a commercial or business-based cooperation," said Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen, who was part of the delegation.
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October 20, 2015 edition