India is expected within weeks to overtake the United States for having the largest number of coronavirus cases. The government however is unlikely to reimpose restrictions, after its earlier lockdown devastated the...
US-Canada border closure puts sick Americans’ lives in danger
Since the spring, the border between the United States and Canada has been closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This closure impacts the lives of hundreds of thousands of American patients, who are used to buying...
Macron vows to support Belarus people in talks with exiled opposition leader
French President Emmanuel Macron was in Lithuania Tuesday, in talks with exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in a bid to resolve the country’s political crisis. The meeting was...
Spared in spring, Bordeaux now a disease red zone
Bordeaux was relatively spared by the first wave of coronavirus that hit France in spring, but now the disease is spreading fast, especially among people over 75. The city is now a red zone, with doctors calling on...
Trump and Biden to outline competing visions in first debate
Donald Trump and Joe Biden go head to head Tuesday in the first debate of the US presidential campaign, in Cleveland Ohio. The president and former vice president will seek to outline their very different visions of the...
Ocean pollution: scientists create enzyme that breaks down plastic
UK scientists hope a new enzyme could help mitigate the scourge of land and marine pollution caused by plastic waste. If present trends continue, there will be 12 billion metric tonnes of plastic waste in landfill by...
Diamonds are forever: in Hong Kong, there’s burial, cremation, or becoming a gem
IN THE PAPERS – Tuesday, 29.09.2020: We take a look at an increasingly popular and frugal trend in Hong Kong: being turned into a gem, instead of being buried. We also discuss how the American press is covering the run...