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The End?

The younger people are more distracted. A recent study conducted by the Centre for Attention Studies, King’s College, London, has found that 49 per cent of the 2000 adults surveyed admitted that their attention span was shorter.

The Indian Dream

The sorry episode at Vatry airport, in the eastern Marne region of France, where a flight from Dubai to Nicaragua, carrying 303 Indian passengers was grounded by French authorities for five days, on suspicion of illegal immigration, put the entire country to shame.

Macron meets von der Leyen as France kicks off EU Council Presidency

Von der Leyen recalled the solidarity between European countries during the pandemic. She said that over 70 per cent of the EU's adult population have now been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and that the EU aims to donate and deliver 1.7 billion vaccine doses around the world by the middle of this year.

French submission, or not yet?

The conflict of the present-day French society, as a carry-over effect from its colonies – mostly in North Africa, is depicted in this novel against the perceived backdrop of the 2022 French presidential elections. In the social setup of France in 2014-15, Houellebecq could foresee the huge surge in popularity of the far-right National Front leader Le Pen.

Anglo-French discord

The Anglo-French diplomatic spat has intensified in the immediate aftermath of the death of 27 people who perished while trying to cross the English Channel. This has been rated as one of the deadliest disasters ever in the Channel. France has been remarkably swift in binning the British appeal as “unacceptable”.

A country mired in trouble

Pakistan’s whoopee moment at the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has not been shared by the rest of the world.