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Inside the 15 April edition
Great Barrier Reef’s new battle; Panama Papers fallout; the science of empathy
Graham Snowdon
@gsnowdon
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Tuesday 12 April 2016 15.58 BST
Last modified on Tuesday 12 April 2016 20.24 BST
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There can’t be many better examples of the raw vulnerability of the Earth’s ecosystems than Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. No matter how much we marvel at the reef’s fragile beauty and campaign for its preservation, existential threats to it never seem far off and that’s the case again. Warmer seas are causing unprecedented levels of bleaching at the northern end of the reef, while inland plans are being made for a vast new Queensland coal-mining development.
Conservationists are now launching a legal battle against the development on the grounds not just of the environmental footprint of the mine itself, but of the impact the burning of all the coal subsequently produced could have on the reef. The Guardian Weekly’s cover story this week looks at the background and context to what many hope could be a landmark court case for the environment taking precedence over industrial affairs.
International fallout from the Panama Papers continued as the world digested the details of 11.5m leaked legal documents relating to offshore financial activity. One prime minister (Iceland) was forced to resign, another (here in the UK) came under enormous pressure, and the press censors in China and Russia were kept busy, among many other notable developments. From Argentina to Zimbabwe, we catch up with the effects of the world’s biggest-ever document leak, and in the Review section there’s a long-read look behind the scenes of Mossack Fonseca, the Panama-based law firm at the centre of the controversy.
The brilliant foreign reporting teams from the Guardian and Observer bring us the latest on Europe’s migration crisis on both sides of the Mediterranean, from rioting in Libya’s detention centres to the stuttering EU-sanctioned deportation arrangement between Greece and Turkey.
From France we report on the reasons behind a night-time political protest movement that has gathered huge momentum in recent days, as well as a resumption of wine import wars on the Spanish border. In the Vatican, the Pope urged more tolerance in a recasting of Catholic attitudes towards the family, to the delight of more liberal-minded churchgoers. Colombians, meanwhile, were celebrating an unexpected legal verdict that paves the way for gay marriage to be recognised.
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In the US, Democratic presidential challengers Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders descended on New York state, where both have deep political roots. Next week’s primary could be a make-or-break moment for both and the tension on both sides is rising, as our scenesetter reveals.
Is the clock ticking on Swiss watchmaking? That’s the question posed by Le Monde as the iconic industry struggles to keep up with technological developments and slumping Chinese sales. We also find out about the little-known poem (outside China) that serves as a siren call to Cambridge for Chinese visitors to the UK.
In Discovery, the Washington Post explores the rewards and pitfalls of human empathy. The Books pages feature a rumination on seasonal walks in the rain – has a more British-themed publication ever been conceived and written? I found one of the edition’s most compelling pieces this week in the Culture section, where the award-winning singer Laura Mvula discusses with painful honesty her debilitating battle with anxiety attacks. |
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19 - 15 avril 2016 [texte imprimé (livres, articles, périodiques)] . - 2016. Langues : Français ( fre)
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Inside the 15 April edition
Great Barrier Reef’s new battle; Panama Papers fallout; the science of empathy
Graham Snowdon
@gsnowdon
email
Tuesday 12 April 2016 15.58 BST
Last modified on Tuesday 12 April 2016 20.24 BST
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There can’t be many better examples of the raw vulnerability of the Earth’s ecosystems than Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. No matter how much we marvel at the reef’s fragile beauty and campaign for its preservation, existential threats to it never seem far off and that’s the case again. Warmer seas are causing unprecedented levels of bleaching at the northern end of the reef, while inland plans are being made for a vast new Queensland coal-mining development.
Conservationists are now launching a legal battle against the development on the grounds not just of the environmental footprint of the mine itself, but of the impact the burning of all the coal subsequently produced could have on the reef. The Guardian Weekly’s cover story this week looks at the background and context to what many hope could be a landmark court case for the environment taking precedence over industrial affairs.
International fallout from the Panama Papers continued as the world digested the details of 11.5m leaked legal documents relating to offshore financial activity. One prime minister (Iceland) was forced to resign, another (here in the UK) came under enormous pressure, and the press censors in China and Russia were kept busy, among many other notable developments. From Argentina to Zimbabwe, we catch up with the effects of the world’s biggest-ever document leak, and in the Review section there’s a long-read look behind the scenes of Mossack Fonseca, the Panama-based law firm at the centre of the controversy.
The brilliant foreign reporting teams from the Guardian and Observer bring us the latest on Europe’s migration crisis on both sides of the Mediterranean, from rioting in Libya’s detention centres to the stuttering EU-sanctioned deportation arrangement between Greece and Turkey.
From France we report on the reasons behind a night-time political protest movement that has gathered huge momentum in recent days, as well as a resumption of wine import wars on the Spanish border. In the Vatican, the Pope urged more tolerance in a recasting of Catholic attitudes towards the family, to the delight of more liberal-minded churchgoers. Colombians, meanwhile, were celebrating an unexpected legal verdict that paves the way for gay marriage to be recognised.
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In the US, Democratic presidential challengers Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders descended on New York state, where both have deep political roots. Next week’s primary could be a make-or-break moment for both and the tension on both sides is rising, as our scenesetter reveals.
Is the clock ticking on Swiss watchmaking? That’s the question posed by Le Monde as the iconic industry struggles to keep up with technological developments and slumping Chinese sales. We also find out about the little-known poem (outside China) that serves as a siren call to Cambridge for Chinese visitors to the UK.
In Discovery, the Washington Post explores the rewards and pitfalls of human empathy. The Books pages feature a rumination on seasonal walks in the rain – has a more British-themed publication ever been conceived and written? I found one of the edition’s most compelling pieces this week in the Culture section, where the award-winning singer Laura Mvula discusses with painful honesty her debilitating battle with anxiety attacks. |
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