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  • A couple hold a placard ‘I’m not a QR code’. Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Toulouse against the near mandatory vaccination and against the mandatory health pass after Macron’s speech on July 12th. More then 234000 people demostrated across France up from 200000 last week. On July 12th, Macron announced the health pass will be mandatory for entry to a wide array of public venues such as cafes, theaters, concerts hall, cinemas, shopping malls, public transportation, public swimming pools, and even hospitals unless a critical situation, etc. The prohibition for public spaces for non-vaccinated people will begin on August 9th. Toulouse, France on August 7th 2021. (Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Health

    No jab, no job: Europe’s workers face tough measures as politicians lay down the law

    By Vivienne Walt and Bernhard Warner
  • France’s President Emmanuel Macron speaks in front of a screen with the word “Carbon” during the presentation of “France 2030” investment plan at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, on October 12, 2021. – Hydrogen, semiconductors or electric batteries: Emmanuel Macron details on October 12, 2021, the priority sectors of the “France 2030” plan to “bring out the champions of tomorrow”, in the face of Chinese and American competition and criticism of the “decline” of France. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)International

    Nuclear plants insulate France from the energy crisis. Now Macron is doubling down on them in a $35 billion moonshot plan

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  • King Abdullah II of Jordan speaks in a prerecorded video during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. A scaled-back United Nations General Assembly returns to Manhattan after going completely virtual last year, but fears about a possible spike in Covid-19 cases are making people in the host city less enthusiastic about the annual diplomatic gathering. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Pandora Papers show tax crackdowns are no match for the superrich

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  • HAIKOU, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 17: A screen shows Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaking during 2021 World New Energy Vehicle Congress at Hainan International Convention and Exhibition Center on September 17, 2021 in Haikou, Hainan Province of China. (Photo by Luo Yunfei/China News Service via Getty Images)

    Tesla faces claims of toxic suppliers and potential child labor

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  • Champagne vineyards covered by frost in Verzenay. / AFP / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP via Getty Images)Environment

    Fires, frost, and floods: Europe’s winegrowers brace for the worst harvest in memory

    By Vivienne Walt, David Meyer, and others
  • Healthcare workers pass exit signs at the Covid-19 vaccination center inside France’s national velodrome in the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines district of Paris, France, on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. The French government aims to have immunized 10 million people by mid-April, 20 million in mid-May and 30 million mid-June — slightly less than half of the total population. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesHealth

    Scientists to rich nations: COVID booster shots are ‘criminal’ and counterproductive

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  • U.S. Troops in AfghanistanPolitics

    The cost of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq could be trillions more than people think

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  • PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 21: People gather to stage a protest against the vaccination requirement for some professions and the implementation of the Covid-19 health license as well as government’s policy with the battle against the pandemic at Chatelet Square in Paris, France on August 21, 2021. (Photo by Yusuf Ãzcan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)International

    Even Europe’s anti-vaxxers have to admit: Vaccine mandates really work

    By Vivienne Walt, David Meyer, and others
  • Crowds at airport in Kabul, AfghanistanInternational

    U.S. allies slam Afghanistan pullout as a debacle, but also see big opportunities

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  • Magazine

    Desert streams: Netflix and other entertainment giants woo Saudi audiences

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  • Residents wait to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, Covid-19, on the island of Vulcano, in the Sicylian Aeolian archipelago on May 14, 2021. – Italy said it is lifting quarantine requirements for visitors from the European Union, Britain and Israel who test negative for the coronavirus, as it seeks to woo tourists on May 14, 2021. Under the new rules that will come into force on Sunday, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has said the return of tourists is crucial to the recovery of the eurozone’s third largest economy, which was one of the EU countries worst hit by coronavirus. (Photo by Gianluca CHININEA / AFP) (Photo by GIANLUCA CHININEA/AFP via Getty Images)Health

    Operation Overtake: How Europe surpassed the U.S. in its COVID vaccination push

    By Ian Mount, Vivienne Walt, and others
  • 28 June 2021, Portugal, Lissabon: A sign on the beach of Parede in Lisbon informs that the beach is guarded. The Robert Koch Institute announced on Friday evening that Portugal will be classified as a virus variant area on Tuesday. Photo: Paulo Mumia/dpa (Photo by Paulo Mumia/picture alliance via Getty Images)International

    Delta variant fears batter European travel just as the summer seemed safe

    By Ian Mount, David Meyer, and others
  • Path to Zero June 2021-StarbucksEnvironment

    Starbucks revisits pledge to recycle its cups

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  • GRAND-BASSAM, IVORY COAST – MAY 11: Dried cocoa beans in a factory, Sud-Comoé, Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast on May 11, 2019 in Grand-bassam, Ivory Coast. (Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)International

    Big Chocolate wins its child-labor case in Supreme Court

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  • LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 05: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (L) meets with Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe as finance ministers from across the G7 nations meet at Lancaster House on June 5, 2021 in London, England.Finance

    ‘Far too low’: Tax justice campaigners push back against the G7’s 15% minimum tax-rate pact

    By David Meyer and Vivienne Walt