Macron’s win showed France is internationalist, outward looking, pro-EU and free market-oriented; Le Pen’s rise revealed that it’s also nationalist, protectionist, anti-EU and suspicious of outsiders.
Bees have been living with the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder for a decade.
Simon Klein
It’s a decade since US beekeepers first noticed that their bees were mysteriously dying. Now we know much more about Colony Collapse Disorder, raising hopes that we can turn bees’ fortunes around.
As a French specificity, blank vote is counted but not recognised, despite a steady increase of its usage in many elections in the country.
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Never before in French presidential elections have commentators and pundits expressed alarming concern about the size of the blank voting.
Activists wear masks of Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the National Front, with his daughter’s hair, Marine, currently the extreme-right candidate in France’s election.
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Africa’s energy potential remains under-exploited, the energy entrepreneur is well-positioned to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the energy sector.
The review of H1-B visas might lead to the disappearance of high-skilled Indian IT workers, whom Raj in the TV series Big Bang Theory is based on.
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By committing ourselves to understanding how interventions work on the ground, we have the opportunity to save the millions who die unnecessarily each and every year.
Children at a camp for people displaced by Boko Haram insurgents in North-East Nigeria.
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More than 788 health facilities have been destroyed in parts of North-Eastern Nigeria captured by Boko Haram insurgents, crippling health services in the area.
Macron at a rally in Chatellerault, France, April 28, 2017.
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A global approach to African history complements the radical post-colonial histories, while also asserting the role of the continent in the world’s global pasts and present.
Migration and asylum issues have come to epitomise France’s political tensions and to reflect the critical decisions that will face its next president.
Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, UK, National University of Singapore