Geopolitics and the Olympics: When the IOC struggles to stay on the sidelines
Geopolitics and the Olympics: When the IOC struggles to stay on the sidelines
When French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin revived the Olympics in 1894, he imagined the Games as an occasion for world ... Read more
26 Jul 2023
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Space wars: Meet the French soldiers scanning the skies
Space wars: Meet the French soldiers scanning the skies
To mark France's Bastille Day, the traditional military parade is taking place on Paris's Champs-Elysées. This report ta... Read more
14 Jul 2023
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Argentina's 'death flights': Plane repatriation brings closure to families of victims
Argentina's 'death flights': Plane repatriation brings closure to families of victims
One of the most chilling pieces of evidence of the brutal Argentinian dictatorship, which lasted from 1976 to 1983, is a... Read more
13 Jul 2023
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Saving every drop: Drought forces Catalonia to diversify water sources
Saving every drop: Drought forces Catalonia to diversify water sources
With Spain currently experiencing a heatwave, the country is trying to adapt. Barcelona, a city on the frontline of clim... Read more
12 Jul 2023
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India promotes digital detoxes to combat excessive screen time
India promotes digital detoxes to combat excessive screen time
In 2022, Indians spent an average of nearly five hours a day on their mobiles – the eighth highest figure in the world, ... Read more
11 Jul 2023
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Undocumented workers left in limbo as French immigration bill delayed
Undocumented workers left in limbo as French immigration bill delayed
As part of a new immigration bill, the French government is hoping to fill labour shortages with undocumented migrants b... Read more
10 Jul 2023
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Earth's final frontier: The global race to exploit deep sea minerals
Earth's final frontier: The global race to exploit deep sea minerals
In this edition we head into the depths of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Many of the minerals used in our day-to-day ... Read more
7 Jul 2023
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Spain's vulnerable Valencia region prepares for risk of wildfires
Spain's vulnerable Valencia region prepares for risk of wildfires
In 2022, Spain was the country in Europe worst hit by forest fires. More than 300,000 hectares went up in smoke in almos... Read more
6 Jul 2023
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Burundi sees gradual economic revival after seven-year isolation
Burundi sees gradual economic revival after seven-year isolation
In October 2022, Burundi reopened its borders after seven years of closure. Evariste Ndayishimiye, the new president, is... Read more
5 Jul 2023
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A trip down recovery lane: Switzerland revives LSD use for therapeutic purposes
A trip down recovery lane: Switzerland revives LSD use for therapeutic purposes
The past decade has seen an acceleration of medical research on LSD, a hallucinogenic substance discovered in the 1940s ... Read more
4 Jul 2023
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