Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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REPORT: Kaduna, Benue, Rural Nigeria Left Alone Against Its Killers
At least 30 people were killed when gunmen attacked a village in Kaduna State , in northwestern Nigeria, early on Monday, July 27, 2026…
FACT-CHECK: Bloody Hazing, a Secret Service Agent Faces Justice
A U.S. Secret Service agent stationed in South Florida was arrested in a serious fraternity hazing case involving a new member, according to The…
ANALYSIS: Sixty Trading Partners Taxed, the Tariff Is No Longer a Threat
There is a difference between brandishing a tariff and imposing it. On July 23, 2026, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced new taxes on…
OPINION: Vaccines — Trump Pushes Kennedy to Go Further, Faster
Nobody signs a memo. Nobody writes "move faster" in plain ink. That is how the most effective political pressure works: it travels through relays,…
ESSAY: Fourth Heat Wave — Europe Enters the Age of Serial Summers
On July 28, 2026, the New York Times reports that the fourth heat wave to hit Europe since May is set to push temperatures…
OPINION: ChatGPT Takes Your Pulse — Public Health Entrusted to a Language Model
OpenAI states, on the page announcing the launch of "Health in ChatGPT" dated July 23, 2026, that "every week, more than 300 million people…
ANALYSIS: Venezuela — a Transition Written in Washington, Negotiated in Caracas
It was Marco Rubio , the U.S. Secretary of State, who announced that talks on a democratic transition in Venezuela would begin in early…
COMMENTARY: A Supermarket in Chernihiv — the Normalization of War Crimes in Ukraine
On the night of July 27 to 28, 2026 , the Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia had launched 147 strike drones — Shahed,…
EDITORIAL: Measles — America Gives Up a Twenty-Six-Year-Old Public Health Victory
There is a line , in a table the CDC updates every week, that should never have filled up the way it has. It…