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Grand angle - Ivanka, the new muse

1. Last month, a new art exhibit depicting Ivanka Trump pushing a vacuum cleaner was shown at the Flashpoint Gallery, ...

On parle d'eux

1.~Jody Wilson-Raybould~ Last month, Canada’s former minister of justice and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould, gave a long-awaited testimony before the ...

Lena Headey has her own power moves

1. WEST YORKSHIRE, England — “Are you (expletive) serious right now?” Lena Headey is incredulous, an amused smile curving lips ...

Focus - A sneak peek of Game of Thrones Season 8 - In numbers

1.~6~ Season eight will be made up of only six episodes. Showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss originally ...

Zoom sur... George R. R. Martin

1.~1. Writing beginnings~ He began writing as a child, in Bayonne, New Jersey, selling monster stories to other children for ...

Who Knew Ontario Speaks French?

1. SUDBURY, Ontario — When Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, canceled plans for a French language university and cut ...

The slow adoption of the zip

1. It is a little bit of magic. A gesture up and a seam comes together. A gesture down and a ...

Sur le vif

1.~Independence campaign~ A group of New Zealanders, led by retired businessman Stanley Gyles, have launched a campaign to declare the ...

A 360°

1.~To the moon~ A team of Israeli scientists has launched the first privately funded moon mission. On 22 February, their ...

The Green New Deal, shaping the race for president

1. WASHINGTON — Even as climate change has rapidly evolved from an abstract threat to a tangible crisis, political candidates ...

IKEA is moving to the high street

1. Tottenham Court Road is a little-loved street of furniture stores in central London, made even more drab by boarded-up ...

Jeff Koons interview

1. ‘To get great clarity in the balls, you really need to blow them a lot,” says Jeff Koons, with ...

Disney goes back to the future

1. In January 1991 Jeffrey Katzenberg, then chairman of Walt Disney Studios, sent a 28-page memo to his colleagues. Entitled ...

Les Echos

1.~Comic book heroine~ Democratic U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be the heroine of a new comic book. The youngest woman ...

Your Sweat Will See You Now

1. Someday soon, perhaps within a year, you’ll be able to slap a soft, stretchy patch on to your arm ...

Five smart things honeybees can do

1.~Crunch numbers~ Last month, Australian scientists announced that honeybees (Apis mellifera) can learn to add and subtract. Fourteen bees were ...

Le dessin

1. deal; to lift 2.~A series of defeats~ Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim ...