France records 2,025 excess deaths at peak of heatwave as Europe braces for more extreme weatherFrance has said it recorded an increase of more than 2,000 deaths during the last week of a record-breaking European heatwave in June as forecasters warn of further extreme temperatures on the continent in the next few days.
For democracy’s sake, France’s centre-left should reopen ‘bars-tabacs’Where ‘bars-tabacs’ close, votes for the far-right rise. Why not bring them back?
‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archivesWhat Scurr had found was a “vanishingly rare” copy of an early printing of the US Declaration of Independence, just weeks before this weekend’s 250th anniversary of its signing. He turned to his supervisor, who was sitting opposite, and said: “I think you should come and have a look at this.” It was, he said, “a really thrilling moment”.
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