At the present time, when religions do not manage to find their place in our society anymore, a surprising community exists for more than ten years ago. Their faith ? The Force, this cult arrived straight ahead from the Star Wars universe, which found its disciples in our not so distant galaxy. Le Journal International collected the testimony of Michael James Kitchen, subject of the British Crown and member of the Temple of the Jedi Order

The Syrian war has reached its two-year mark without any sign of concession and in fact worsens by day. The Syrian aviation military’s intervention in Lebanese territory clearly demonstrates that the crisis can no longer be considered a bottom-up revolution against a dictatorial regime, but rather a heightened and dangerous inter-regional conflict.

This festival should not be missed. However, I wonder if many of you have ever had the chance to go there. The great Coachella is THE music festival. Everyone is drooling over the line-up, the place is lost in the Californian desert and there are thousands of people each week ends: that’s what has built its reputation for 14 years. If you don’t know it yet, it’s time to! Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place in Indio, California. Right in the middle of the American desert, seven...

Angelo Merendino, through his photos, deals with emotion the cancer his wife Jennifer - passed last december - was suffering from, on his website « The battle we didn't choose: My wife’s fight with breast cancer ». Interview with Angelo Merendino.

The protest movement of Canadian native people begun in mid-January is growing stronger

Peru passed a law last December to ban for ten years the imports and the growth of genetic modified organisms (GMOs). "Le Journal International" sheds a light on a decision that splits Latin-American countries in two camps.

Anyone who’s walked into a health food store or buys organic has probably heard of the “super-food” quinoa. A gluten-free, highly digestible pseudo-grain rich in protein and low in fat, quinoa has become so popular in the western world that the United Nations has declared 2013 as “Year of the Quinoa”. This may something to do with a certain Bolivian president Evo Morales becoming “special ambassador” of the FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization) in June 2012.

Trendy, bobo, avant-garde, chic non-conformers – otherwise known as hipsters. They have disseminated across Berlin, but their mass settlement comes with consequences. In hipster-caused gentrifying districts, they have become the stigmatized targets of local anti-hipster groups.

Mongolia, once an understated country, is now to become the world’s new energy power. This, at the expense of its population… What do you know about Mongolia? A Mongol Empire with warriors on horses amid giant arid steppes? It is a large and relatively unknown nation… but this could all change. An ex-USSR nation, sandwiched between two powerful neighbors China and Russia, Mongolia begins two gigantic mine operations in 2013 that will undoubtedly disrupt the economy and regional, or even...

Almost five years ago, the company eRepublik Labs invited itself in the world of geopolitics simulation online with « eRepublik ». A virtual parallel universe – where the international politics are far different from ours - eRepublik has captured the attention of 200 000 players all over the world. Zoom in on a French community that has trouble maintaining its existence of “eFrance”, on a shattering world stage.