#Europe is bankrolling a force that routinely abuses African #migrants | The Economist
▻https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/an-eu-funded-horror-story/21807126
#Europe is bankrolling a force that routinely abuses African #migrants | The Economist
▻https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/an-eu-funded-horror-story/21807126
Why Europe is a great place for digital nomads | The Economist
▻https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/10/02/why-europe-is-a-great-place-for-digital-nomads
Why Europe is a great place for digital nomads
A varied continent with good WiFi and few internal borders
AFTER MONTHS in lockdown in grey Berlin, Chris Bloom, a personal coach and blogger, planned his escape. Risking the ire of jealous Instagram followers, he took a covid-19 test, flew to Lisbon and settled into the Outsite co-working and co-living space, a pleasant blue-and-white tiled property with the essentials—stable internet and a coffee shop. Mr Bloom is part of a growing brigade of digital nomads in Europe, who work remotely while satisfying their wanderlust. This kind of itinerant lifestyle is as old as laptops and free internet. But covid-19 has given it a boost. A game of lockdown arbitrage began earlier this year as border controls eased and people fled congested cities like Berlin and London. Some headed for other cities, such as Lisbon and Madrid, which offered sunshine and looser lockdown rules. Others chose remote spots on the Mediterranean and in the Alps. Now covid-19 restrictions are easing but the trend continues as many Europeans reject a traditional office routine after a year and a half of remote work.
#Covid-19#migration#migrant#europe#sante#digitalnomade#frontiere#confinement#modedevie#technologie#travail
The race to build a commercial fusion reactor hots up | The Economist
▻https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/06/24/the-race-to-build-a-commercial-fusion-reactor-hots-up
A Canadian firm plans a demonstration machine in Britain
An old joke about nuclear fusion—that it is 30 years away and always will be—is so well-known that The Economist’s science editor forbids correspondents from repeating it. No one doubts sustained fusion is possible in principle. It powers every star in the universe. Making it work on Earth, though, has proved harder. Engineers have tried since the 1950s, so far without success. The latest and largest attempt—iter, a multinational test reactor in southern France—has been under construction for 11 years and is tens of billions of dollars over its initial, $6bn budget.
But that record does not dismay a growing group of “alternative fusion” enthusiasts. Through a combination of new technology and entrepreneurial derring-do they hope to beat iter to the punch. On June 17th one of their number, a Canadian firm called General Fusion, put its investors’ money where its mouth is. It said it would build a demonstration reactor, 70% the size of a full-blown commercial one, at Culham, the site of the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Britain’s national fusion-research laboratory. Like iter, it hopes its reactor will be up and running by 2025.
Will vaccinations kick-start travel? | The Economist
▻https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2021/06/07/will-vaccinations-kick-start-travel
Will vaccinations kick-start travel?
Our weekly podcast at the sharp end of the global vaccination race
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VACCINATIONS HAVE helped ease national lockdowns, but restrictions on international travel remain severe. When and how might they be lifted?
Willie Walsh of the International Air Transport Association tells us airlines are a soft target for government restrictions. Aerosol physicist Lidia Morawska assesses how risky it is to travel by plane. T
Alok Jha and Slavea Chankova are joined by Edward Carr, The Economist’s deputy editor. Runtime: 38 min For full access to The Economist’s print, digital and audio editions subscribe at economist.com/thejabpod. Sign up for our new weekly science and data newsletters at economist.com/simplyscience and economist.com/offthecharts.
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#sante#vaccination#passeportvaccinal#circulation#frontiere#tourisme#economie
Needle to know - How useful are vaccine passports? | Leaders | The Economist
▻https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/03/13/how-useful-are-vaccine-passports
How useful are vaccine passports?Identity schemes have a part to play in the return to life as normal, but only a modest one THE WORLD has stumbled through the pandemic by nationalising risk. In heavily infected countries the state has shut citizens in their homes for weeks at a time, letting them out only for exercise and to buy food. As vaccination spreads, and hospitals are less likely to be overrun, governments must gradually move choice back to the individual, where it belongs. How?
Information is part of the answer. This week the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention issued the first guidance on what vaccinated people can do. More is needed. True, covid-19 is still poorly understood and the risk for individuals will depend on their own circumstances. Yet, as our covid-19 risk estimator in this issue explains, the data already cast some light on what puts you at risk if you are diagnosed with the disease. Age is closely tied to death, so do not visit your unvaccinated grandparents, however healthy they may be. Comorbidities can lead to a spell in hospital even for the young, so don’t imagine you are safe just because you’re under 35
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#sante#passeportvaccinal#comorbidite#nationalisme#pandemie#rsiquesanitaire
A rage for roads - Egypt is busily building expressways | Middle East & Africa | The Economist
▻https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/10/08/egypt-is-busily-building-expressways
#urbanisme à l’égyptienne #clichés_arabes