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Grand angle - USA - 20 years of the International Space Station

1. The International Space Station (ISI) is celebrating its 20th Birthday this Autumn, and its future may feature new collaborations. ...

On parle d'eux

1.~Dominic Cummings Boris Johnson's prime adviser, Dominic Cummings, announced his resignation from the government a few weeks ago. Cummings is ...

How to cook the perfect Christmas cake

1. As the very first real cake I ever baked, Christmas cake occupies a special place in my heart. These days, however, ...

Focus

1. Treat yourself with a British Christmas bake...   Mince pies Mince pies are a staple of the Christmas season. ...

Britain turns to baking to banish the blues

1. If the spring was marked by a national obsession with baking sourdough or banana bread, it seems that autumn ...

Cut Off From the World, Australia Now Finds Silver Linings

1. They used to call it “the tyranny of distance.” Australia’s remoteness was something to escape, and for generations, the ...

Zoom sur Scott Morrisson

  1.~Early career Scott Morrisson was born in 1968 (age 52) and has been a member of Australia's House of ...

New York creates “outdoor shopping”

  1. A city program expanding outdoor dining has thrown a lifeline to thousands of struggling New York restaurants. Diners gathered around ...

Sur le vif

1.~This winter, open your windows Although it seems completely counter-intuitive, we should open our windows more often this winter. According ...

À 360°

1.~AUSTRALIA Jacaranda trees Summer has started in the Southern hemisphere. In countries like Australia and South-Africa, the arrival of the ...

A Biden presidency would offer Macron a tempting opportunity

1. The sound of crunched knuckles was an early alert. There he was, freshly elected and not yet 40, clenching the ...

Innovation is an essential part of dealing with climate change

1. Governments are lining up to set new climate targets for the middle of the century. This week Japan said that ...

Culture to cheer you up during the second lockdown

1.~MusicKhruangbin – Mordechai Because sometimes what you need during lockdown is to be transported somewhere better by whatever’s in your ...

Gender-Swapped Fairy Tales: one book reveals the misogyny of our favourite stories

1. Fairy tales are often the first stories children hear, the cultural memes that allow ancient stereotypes to be whispered ...

Les échos

1.~Harry Styles wearing a dress At the end of November, the famous pop singer caused controversy by appearing on the ...

Wolves win vote for reintroduction in Colorado

1. As US citizens finally got the results of the presidential election, another “nail biting” ballot has been underway: People ...

Science explains why politics got so awful

1. One year ago, a report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security assessed the readiness of 195 countries around the ...

Le dessin

1.~Sore loser   When Joe Biden won the White House, Donald Trump refused to accept his defeat for weeks. From ...