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Grand angle

1.~The Coastal Gaslink pipeline project~ Last month, a group of First Nations people set up two blockades across a road ...

On parle d’eux

1.~Howard Schultz~ In the United States, the former Starbucks CEO and billionaire Howard Schultz announced that he is considering running ...

How does the rest of the world see Brexit?

1. Many people outside the UK are asking: “what the hell are the British people doing to themselves?” When it ...

Meet the Brexit stockpilers

1. Jo Elgarf doesn’t look like you would imagine a prepper to look. She’s not a libertarian, camouflaged and armed ...

Sur le vif

1.~Domestic abuse bill~ The U.K. Home Office has published its domestic abuse bill, which could make lie-detector tests mandatory for ...

Courts are granting rights to animals

1. Happy was one of seven Asian elephant calves captured, probably from the same herd, in Thailand in the early ...

A Town Hurting for Tourists

1. On a forlorn beach, a long line of riderless horses shuffled along, their wrangler unable to spot a single ...

Kamala Harris

1.~1. Origins~ She was born on 20 October, 1964, in Oakland, California, to a Tamil Indian mother and a Jamaican ...

A very British Japanese car

1. LONDON — It just might be the most adorable thing on four wheels. People smile when one cruises by. ...

A 360°

1.~Climate star~ Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old climate activist, has launched a campaign that has been snowballing across Europe and has ...

Asa Butterfield interview

1. In the new Netflix drama Sex Education, Asa Butterfield makes three furious attempts to masturbate. The actor – who ...

Joe Dunthorne on The Adulterants

1. An underachieving techie living in east London is about to become the latest in a pedigree line of comic ...

Les Echos

1.~Oscar contenders~ The 91st Oscars nominations have been unveiled. Roma by Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón (released on Netflix only) and ...

Why do we have the 'winter blues'?

1. You’re not alone if colder weather and longer nights make you feel down. This well-known phenomenon, called seasonal affective ...

A new caffeine-free tea plant

1. The world loves a cuppa. Even though it takes just a few grams for a brew-up, some 3m tonnes ...

Le dessin

1. cold snap 2.~Trump’s poll numbers~ At the end of January, U.S. President Donald Trump’s approval rating dropped to ...