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Grand Angle- Brexit on the Rock

1. Gibraltar has a population of around 34,000 according to 2019 UN World Population data. With over 11,000 people per ...

On parle d'eux

1. ~Robert Frank~ The Swiss-born American photographer and filmmaker, Robert Frank, who recently passed away at the age of 94, ...

Deathwatch for the Amazon

1. The amazon basin, most of which sits within the borders of Brazil, contains 40% of the world’s tropical forests ...

The wrong kind of trees

1. Ireland is ramping up its response to the climate crisis by planting forests – lots of forests. East, west, ...

Sur le vif

1. Le chiffre de la quinzaine: 388% With up to 600,000 possible vegans in the UK in 2018, and an ...

Keeping high schoolers off their phones

1. Put your cellphone away. Stop texting. Stop using the camera as a mirror. Stop looking at Instagram. They’re the ...

Parliaments get facelifts

1. Britain’s MPs were debating tax reform in April when water from a broken pipe started pouring into the House ...

A 360

1. ~Rebel Rooster A couple who filed a complaint against a rooster they accused of disturbing the peace during their ...

Patriotism in U.S.-China tech collaboration

1. BEIJING — In July, billionaire investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel called for an FBI and CIA investigation of Google, ...

Cillian Murphy interview

1. In the summer of 1996, Cillian Murphy was at a crossroads. He had failed his law exams at University ...

Les échos

1. Back in Blake Tate Britain is to host the largest exhibition of works by William Blake in over 20 ...

Sally Rooney, the first great millennial author

1. DUBLIN — On the morning of Ireland’s abortion referendum last May, novelist Sally Rooney was sitting on an airplane, ...

Zoom sur le Joker

1. L’homme chauve-souris de Gotham, Batman, soufflera sa 80e bougie en 2020 mais c’est sans compter sur le retour du ...

Should you take your shoes off at home?

1. Maybe you kick off your shoes at home because you don’t want to track dirt across clean carpets or ...

Le Dessin

1. ~Vapid response~ They've been banned in public spaces, seen their prices soar and have had terrifying pictures slapped onto ...