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Grand angle

1.~California in flames~ In this photograph, a U.S. Air Force plane is dropping fire retardant on a burning hillside in ...

On parle d'eux

1.~Boris Johnson~ The undisputed star of newspaper headlines this summer had to be Boris Johnson. After unexpectedly resigning from his ...

Harvard’s Admissions Secrets

1. He had perfect scores — on his SAT, on three SAT subject tests and on nine Advanced Placement exams ...

Candidates saddled with student debt

1. Andrew Janz has raised millions of dollars for his campaign as a Democrat running for Congress in the Central ...

Tensions in London’s Koreatown

1. As diners devour scorching portions of bibimbap from stone bowls, with paintings of South Korea decorating the walls around ...

Civic courses make a comeback

1. MAMARONECK, N.Y. — It’s just after 7 on a Thursday morning, and Mamaroneck High School is empty — except ...

Sur le vif

1.~Le chiffre de la quinzaine~ 610.1 England's newest mountain is 610.1m high. Miller Moss, a hill in the Lake District ...

Sculpting Ford's story

1. Ford Motor Co. has hired away Coca-Cola’s image historian, who will essentially sculpt Ford’s story and seek to reframe ...

President Trump, deal maker?

1. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump likes nothing more than presenting himself as the ultimate deal-maker, the master negotiator who ...

A 360

1.~Beyoncé Boulevard~ Last month, the activist group De Bovengrondse plastered new signs on 43 streets, in 11 cities throughout the ...

Richard Flanagan: ‘Fiction is a necessary truth.’

1. Guardian: This is a very different novel to The Narrow Road. Was that always the plan? Richard Flanagan: Plan? ...

The fascination for 'tragic divas'

1. They’re young, talented and beautiful. They make it to the top and then their lives veer violently off track ...

Les Echos

1.~Hats off! ~ In an interview given to Entertainment Weekly in August, Robert Redford announced that he was thinking of ...

Urban wildlife

1.~Bumblebees~ [A few weeks ago], researchers revealed that bumblebees fare better in urban rather than agricultural environments. City colonies produced ...

Making buildings from plant fibres

1. Using carrots to create concrete, turning wood into plastic, or even compressing it into a “super wood” that is ...

Dessin

1. to be up   2.~Can the Republicans ride the wave? ~ As the US midterm elections get closer, political ...