French police detained two people on Monday as part of an investigation into suspected doping at this year’s Tour de France in the Arkea-Samsic team, prosecutors announced.
United Nations General Assembly: World leaders to virtually take stage at annual meeting
The UN’s first virtual meeting of world leaders was set to start Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet’s biggest powers, kept at home by the #coronavirus pandemic that will likely be a...
Ryad the gardener: Organic farming in the French projects
Ryad is from a small working-class neighbourhood near the French city of Lille. Stuck in a meaningless job, he wanted to inject a sense of purpose into his daily life. For that, he looked to nature, trading the office...
Coronavirus pandemic: 156 nations join WHO-led global plan for vaccine, US and China absent
A total of 156 countries have joined the global COVAX scheme intended to ensure fair distribution of supplies of future #vaccines against #Covid-19, an alliance led by the World Health Organization said on Monday. #WHO
Carbon inequality: Emissions of richest 1% twice that of poorest 50%
They make up just one percent of the world’s population but produce more pollution than the poorest 50 percent. The rich are racing through Earth’s finite carbon budget, which scientists warn could run out...
Thailand protests: What’s different this time around? | DW News
Protests in Thailand have entered their second month. Activists feel the military dominates too much of the government, and that the country has slid further and further away from democracy. What’s different this...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg death: Trump to nominate woman to fill Supreme Court seat – BBC News
US President Donald Trump has said he will next week nominate a woman to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, escalating a political row over her successor. Ginsburg, 87, died on Friday, just...