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Grand angle - A macaw in the Peak District

1. In the UK, the Peak District National Park is a popular destination with tourists attracting millions of visitors every ...

On parle d'eux

1.~Olivia Rodrigo 18 year-old Olivia Rodrigo was already famous in the US for her roles in a variety of Disney ...

America Didn't Need Sports After All

1. The night that sports began shutting down was the night that the United States began shutting down. On March 11, 2020, an announcer at the ...

Focus

1.~America’s favourite sports   American Football The most popular sport in the United States is often compared to rugby. The ...

The many obstacles to holding the Tokyo Olympics in July

1. The red digits on a clock outside Tokyo Station tick off the seconds until the Olympic games begin, on July ...

The Season of the Snitch

1. Your group chat isn’t safe. Neither is your unmasked frat party or your socially undistanced wedding. They’re watching you; ...

Covid-19 has persuaded some parents that home-schooling is better

1. Emily clark’s boys did not return to class in September, when schools in England opened to all pupils for the ...

Sur le vif

1.~Cat adventures! When they go hiking, sledging or kayaking together, Stephanie and Landon Ketterer, a couple from Canada, bring along ...

À 360°

1.~CHINA A mermaid cafe? Restaurants have re-opened in China – and this one is offering quite an unusual experience. The ...

Biden Tells Allies ‘America Is Back,’ but Macron and Merkel Push Back

1. President Joe Biden used his first public encounter with America’s European allies to describe a new struggle between the ...

Is it time for ecocide to become an international crime?

1. At the Nuremberg trials, which began on November 20th 1945, allied forces prosecuted leading Nazis for atrocities committed during ...

‘Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry’

1. Billie Eilish, the ultramodern pop star who is both colorfully gothic and establishment-friendly, is a fascinating subject: vividly creative, ...

Celui Qui Sait, by Ian McGuire: a gripping revenge thriller

1. In November 1867, three Irish nationalists were hanged before a large crowd from a gibbet erected on the walls ...

Zoom sur F. Scott Fitzgerald

1.~Not born to be famous? American novelist, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, was born in 1896. Though he published nearly 200 short ...

Les échos

1.~Peaky Blinders Was this photo taken in 2021 or in Post-War Britain? It turns out to be a bit of ...

Toyota is building a city of the future powered by robots and AI

1. Toyota has started constructing a 175-acre smart city in Japan that will work on artificial intelligence and futuristic technologies and serve as a ...

Hours spent daydreaming about future plans are valuable

1. Teddy Johnson has a clear fantasy for what he’s going to do the day the pandemic is “over” – whatever that ...

Le dessin

1.~A (huge) first success for Joe Biden   President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package has finally been approved by ...