Matthew Dalton
@DJMatthewDalton
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Wall Street Journal reporter in Paris. Covering France, Europe and beyond.
Paris, Ile-de-France
Joined July 2011
Macron has banned 32 civic groups in his six years, more than any other president in modern French history. It's a measure of how expansively he has wielded the vast powers of the French presidency. Some say it's time to rein in the office. via @WSJ
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RT @Openly: š³ļøāš Born in South Africa, Muhsin Hendricks is credited with starting the country's first LGBTQ+ friendly mosque and over two dā¦
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The woman who controls the Bond franchise is running out of ideas for villains. An autocratic billionaire in the mold of ... āElon Musk?ā she said to one friend. āI did that back in 1997.ā via @WSJ
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When police identified dozens of men suspected of raping Gisele Pelicot, they found two were already in prison for rape and assault against their ex-girlfriends. The 50 accused were called Mr. Everyman, but the trial has revealed a different reality.
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RT @cnorristrent: Assadās jails were full of tortured, emaciated, traumatised people. Now families are desperately hunting for missing reā¦
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Has anyone seen Adrian Grenier recently?
šØUPDATE: Below are photos of a person of interest wanted for questioning regarding the Midtown Manhattan homicide on Dec. 4. This does not appear to be a random act of violence; all indications are that it was a premediated, targeted attack. The full investigative efforts of the NYPD are continuing, and we are asking for the publicās helpāif you have any information about this case, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). There is a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
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RT @JChengWSJ: @DJMatthewDalton The U.S. and Europe want wealthier countries in the developing bloc to contributeāalong with assurances thaā¦
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China, rich Gulf states, South Korea are considered 'developing' under U.N. climate treaties. Will the West continue to accept this at #cop29?
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RT @KenRoth: When you choose a petrostate autocrat like Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev to host the COP29 climate summit, he trumpets oil, gas anā¦
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The UN climate conference host usually rallies countries to confront global warmingāand avoids airing grievances against rivals or praising fossil fuels. Not Ilham Aliyev, the mustachioed strongman of Azerbaijan who is hosting this yearās meeting inĀ Baku.
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RT @tradingMaxiSL: 19. Map of Africa on the year 1880 AD, Before the European "Scramble for Africa"
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A stark difference now between the two global superpowers in climate: Trump is moving to pull the U.S. out of the Paris accord and towards ādrill, baby, bill,ā while China is the global leader in renewable energy and is more committed than ever to Paris.
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A haiku for my favorite day of the year: We set the clocks back The day is twenty-five hours Why not every day?
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I wrote a story about about France's strange proclivity to use acronyms. I hope you find it FALC ( the French acronym for: Easy to Read and Understand). "It's the anti-acronym acronym."
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RT @rebeccaballhaus: āThe smallest political or sports group, the smallest company, the most fragile and thinnest association, give themselā¦
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