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Grand angle - Mount Recyclemore

  1. Created ahead of this year's G7, this sculpture, called “Mount Recyclemore,” represents the leaders of the G7 countries ...

On parle d'eux

1.~Lorde The famous New Zealand pop star, Lorde, hasn't released any music since 2017, when her album, Melodrama, topped the ...

A Brief Guide to the Olympics

1. Thirty-three sports. Three-hundred thirty-nine events. And about 5,000 Olympic and Paralympic medals in waiting. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics (yes, ...

Focus

1.~Controversies   60% of the Japanese population is against the games being held.   80% of athletes and media are ...

An Olympic Dream Dashed by a Nasal Swab

1. Two years ago, Nick Suriano put his life on hold to chase an Olympic dream. A national collegiate champion ...

A Green Guide to going on holidays

1. “Guilt” is a word we increasingly associate with our lifestyle choices as we hunker down into the 2020s. From ...

How much do you miss your pandemic puppy?

1. Bowen the goldendoodle is never home alone. When he first came home as a puppy, last June, his parents ...

Sur le vif

1.~Scottish dolphins The Scottish Highlands are usually associated with cows, sheep and the Loch Ness monster rather than dolphins. But ...

Which euro-zone economies are bouncing back quickest?

1. Knocked back by several bouts of covid-19, Europe’s economy is now finding its feet. Its vaccination drive is charging ahead, ...

À 360°

1.~AUSTRALIA Giant dinosaur bone Australia is officially home to the largest creature that ever walked on earth. This giant bone ...

David Hockney: “I'm teaching the French how to paint Normandy!”

1. “I think it looks terrific,” says David Hockney. The 83-year-old artist is taking a look around his new exhibition at ...

Fisherman's Friends – reeling in the laughs

1. Corny it may be but this gentle, sweet-natured comedy has warmth and a certain X factor of likability, helped ...

Les échos

1.~Wooden elephants This herd of life-size, handcrafted, wooden elephants currently roams around Green Park in London. Created by the environmental ...

Zoom sur Spike Lee

1.~Early life Shelton Jackson “Spike” Lee was born in 1957 (age 64) in Brooklyn, New York. His mother was a ...

How to save coffee from global warming

1. Coffee is a multi-billion dollar industry that supports the economies of several tropical countries. Roughly 100m farmers depend on it ...

Is BMI a Scam?

1. There are few single measures in health care that seem to carry as much weight as body mass index, ...

Le dessin

1.~Jeff Bezos in space   By the end of July, Jeff Bezos, having stepped back from his position as CEO ...