France’s national rail company has been ordered to compensate one of its travellers and his law firm employers approximately 5,000 euros after he missed his train. A track switch error is at the heart of this unusual payout.
With the opposition muzzled and a turnout predicted to be extremely low, the ruling NDP party is going to clean up in Sunday’s legislative elections, preparing the ground for presidential elections next year.
Pakistan has now secured half of the funds it needs to deal with the flood crisis, say the UN. However, compared with the Haiti quake, it has taken over three weeks for the flood-stricken country to obtain just 30% of what it received in three days.
Floods in Pakistan have reportedly killed 1,600 people and affected 20 million more. But international aid pledges have been much slower to surface than they were after the Haiti earthquake.
Two years after post-election violence killed some 1,500 Kenyans, the country votes in a referendum to change the constitution, with the aim of reducing presidential authority. French journalist Nicolas Michel explains the significance of the vote.
The oil slick from an explosion on a BP offshore drilling rig is now heading for the coastal areas of US states located along the Gulf of Mexico, threatening some of the richest ecosystems in the world, as well as the region’s economy.
While doing research for a story, a journalist communicated with several paedophiles, and then turned them in. The result was roughly twenty arrests, as well as a controversy surrounding the role of journalists and the protection of their sources.
"Going green" is the catchphrase of the day, as evidenced by the multitude of "ecologically sound" and "sustainable" products now flooding the consumer market. But not all green logos are created equal, and many are misleading.
The Bard’s plays are not always a heavy slog. “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged”, playing in Hong Kong until September 20 proves just that – zipping through the complete works in just an hour and a half.
Aurélie BLONDEL 
