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Bana al-Abed with her mother, Fatemah, near Bryant Park in New York on Friday. Credit Karsten Moran for The New York Times

Bana al-Abed: From a Syrian War Zone to New York City

by Megan McArdle | Oct 10, 2017 | Middle East

As airstrikes rained down on Aleppo while the Syrian government wrested the city from rebel forces, Bana al-Abed and her mother, Fatemah, were tweeting daily about life under siege. “Good morning from Aleppo,” Bana said in halting English in one of the videos posted...

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French President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer Reuters

The Dark Side to Macron’s Bright Idea in France

by Megan McArdle | Jul 15, 2017 | Opinion

Emmanuel Macron has completed a political revolution. The man swept out of nowhere, with no party behind him, and in a few short months, managed to secure the French presidency, then lead his new movement to a substantial legislative majority. Now he’s proposing to...

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Charred remains of the Grenfell Tower block in Kensington, west London. AFP

London Tower Fire … Lessons Learned

by Megan McArdle | Jun 26, 2017 | Opinion

We aren’t conclusively sure how the fire spread in London’s Grenfell Tower so quickly, consuming the entire 24-story building. What we do know is that there are ways to help control the spread of fire in apartment buildings, such as sprinkler systems. This has the...

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Marine Le Pen speaks during an interview with Reuters in Paris. In an interview with Reuters ahead of Sunday’s decisive second round, Le Pen reaffirmed she wanted to take France out of the euro and said she hoped the French people would have a national currency in their pockets within two years. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

France Has a Leader, But Not Yet an Opposition

by Megan McArdle | May 10, 2017 | Opinion

When I arrived in France a week ago, many Americans were asking whether this election was going to be the French Brexit, and Marine Le Pen the French Trump. Given the strength of Emmanuel Macron’s lead in the polls, I thought this was the wrong question. France, in...