Belgium – MOSAEC

Why America’s ‘Beautiful Beef’ Is a Trade War Sore Point for Europe

European officials call food safety standards a “red line,” as Trump administration officials criticize rules that keep American beef and other meats off grocery shelves.

By Jeanna Smialek

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Sparing the Horse, Brussels Warms Up to the Electric Carriage

The city’s last horse-drawn carriage operator says business is good since making the switch, placing the Belgian capital in the vanguard of a global change.

By Jenny Gross

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‘Lumumba: Death of a Prophet’: Revisiting a Mythic Figure

The 1990 documentary about Patrice Lumumba by Raoul Peck (“I Am Not Your Negro”), showing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, looks and feels newly minted.

By J. Hoberman

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‘Here’ Review: A Celebration of Connection

In Bas Devos’s muted and luminous Belgian drama, two lonely souls repeatedly encounter each other.

By Lisa Kennedy