US President #Biden unveils his plan to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure at a cost of more than $2T, promising millions of jobs but facing Republican opposition to the corporate tax hike that would fund it.
The Paris Commune: 150 years on, bloody revolt continues to divide France
In this week’s show, we focus on a little-known and yet defining page in French history: the Paris Commune, which is marking its 150th anniversary. La Commune de Paris was a revolutionary Socialist government that...
Myanmar protesters burn military’s constitution, UN envoy warns of ‘imminent bloodbath’
Myanmar activists burned copies of a military-framed constitution on Thursday two months after the junta seized power, as a UN special envoy warned of the risk of a bloodbath because of an intensified crackdown on anti...
UK race report: ‘Black Lives have never had it so good’
IN THE PRESS – We look at the backlash to a report on race in the UK which found no institutional racism. The Guardian’s blunt response: “You cannot be serious”. Meanwhile, French papers react to...
French government defends fresh measures against virus surge
#France’s prime minister on Thursday defended new nationwide measures to combat a resurgent #coronavirus in France that include closing schools for at least three weeks and putting in place a month-long domestic...
Brazil closes out deadliest month of pandemic by far
#Brazil closed out its deadliest month of the coronavirus #pandemic by far on Wednesday as a surge of #Covid-19 patients overwhelmed hospitals, forcing doctors to make agonizing decisions over whom to give life...
‘No regrets’: France’s Macron defends measures against Covid-19 surge
With #France now Europe’s latest virus danger zone, #Macron on Wednesday ordered temporary school closures nationwide and new travel restrictions. But he resisted calls for a strict #lockdown, instead sticking...