By Breakingviews columnists A worker of Veolia Water pushes a barrow during roadworks in the street in Cambrai, northern France, March 21, 2013. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) – Concise insights on global finance in the Covid-19 era. ————————————————- FRENCH FARCE. So much for hopes of an amicable solution to […]
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By Madeline Bodin Butterfly collections are becoming rarerBob Jensen/Alamy The decline of butterfly collecting as a hobby is making conservation research more difficult for entomologists, according to an analysis of 1.4 million specimens held in US museum collections dating from the 1800s. Although butterfly collection is often seen as a […]
After storming up vertical zigzag gradients in turbo gear, the only thing that I could mutter was: ‘Alleluia!’ But I wasn’t the slightest bit tired. Indeed, thanks to my magical electric bicycle I had barely broken out a sweat. These e-bikes have become exceedingly popular, and I can understand why. […]
Professor Chris Whitty tonight hinted that draconian lockdown curbs will need to remain in place beyond March even if the four most vulnerable groups have been vaccinated. England’s chief medical officer said he expects virus deaths to come down ‘significantly’ when everyone over 70 has had their first dose but […]
9.19am GMT09:19 Oil prices have bumped a bit higher: Brent crude hit highs of $60.27 per barrel, and futures are now trading at $60.10, a gain of 1.3% today. West Texas Intermediate is up by 1.2%, at $57.55 per barrel. 9.16am GMT09:16 An autonomous car in Oxford during a test […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s ongoing building of settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem would likely be more vulnerable to prosecution than its military actions against Palestinians — if the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor decides to open a war crimes investigation. Such a probe is still a long […]
LONDON — Like a spy in the night, writer Mick Herron’s success has been stealthy. It took a while for the world to catch up with him. A decade after he introduced a crew of flawed secret agents caught between sinister plotters and cynical spymasters in the novel “Slow Horses,” […]
SAINT-HERBLAIN, France — French pharmaceutical startup Valneva had big news in September: a government contract for 60 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine candidate. The buyer? The United Kingdom — not the European Union, as might be expected for a company on the banks of the Loire. “What a true […]