From baguettes to Birkenstocks, cliches on France and Germany are hard to scrub 60 years on from a post-war treaty establishing friendship between the two European giants after decades of rivalries and conflicts.. On the occasion of six decades marking the signing of the Elysee Treaty, Franco-German couples tell all on the -- sometimes irritating -- habits of their significant other.
The best Christmas present Thierry Soudan ever received was a candle made from beeswax "from my father's hives" -- a father the Frenchman never met.. "He has our father's hands and eyes, and is a beekeeper in his spare time -- just like him," she said, which is why she gave him a beeswax candle for Christmas.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday welcomed the findings of a survey ranking Mexico City among the world's top three cities for expatriates, saying it was now a "safe" place.. Lopez Obrador nevertheless argued that the Mexican capital "is a safe, very beautiful city."
The traditional image of an Argentinian butcher weighed down by half a cow carcass on his back could be consigned to history after a government ruling.. It ruled Monday that the "half-animal" cut can be preserved -- but butchers are no longer allowed to carry it on their back.
Ecuadoran Amazon activist Helena Gualinga has come to the meeting of global elites in the Swiss Alpine village of Davos with a clear message: companies must stop new fossil fuel projects.. The last meeting in November, COP27 in Egypt, ended without commitments to phase out fossil fuels.
One of the buzziest ever menswear fashion weeks launched in Paris on Tuesday, with young British designer Grace Wales Bonner showing why she is tipped for big things with her homage to the "black flaneur".. This menswear week in Paris is boosted by the return of two big names: Saint Laurent later on the opening night and John Galliano's Maison Margiela closing the week on Sunday.
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced on Tuesday that it will greatly expand the number of medicines and vaccines it sells on a not-for-profit basis to the world's poorest countries.. In May, the drug giant had begun offering 23 of its patented drugs to poor countries on a not-for-profit basis.
The world's population may have shot up beyond eight billion for the first time recently, but some countries including the most populous, China, are seeing their populations shrink.. The population of the entire planet, meanwhile, is only expected to decline in the 2090s, after peaking at 10.4 billion, according to the UN. By 2100, European, American and Asian populations will be on their way to decline, but Africa's population is expected to continue to increase. jah/jmy/cb/rox
The UK government on Tuesday promised to include transgender people in draft legislation banning so-called "conversion therapy" aimed at changing sexual orientation or identity.. Conversion therapy is an umbrella term for interventions to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity, based on a belief this is possible.
The UK government denied Tuesday it was dismantling Scottish self-rule after exercising an unprecedented veto to block a new law passed already by the Edinburgh parliament.. "This is absolutely not about the United Kingdom government being able to veto Scottish Parliament legislation whenever it chooses, as some have implied," he added.
