It is not unusual for a country to be shaped in the public gaze by some of its most stereotypical facets. For some, France will always be the Eiffel Tower, a striped T-shirt and a baguette in a bicycle basket. Germany’s image will forever have something to do with beer and sausages. As for Switzerland, the next three words choose themselves. Mountains. Clocks. And, depending on the sweetness of your tooth, cheese or chocolate.
A motorway in Iceland, unending salt flats in Bolivia, the iconic US Route 66, take your pick from the world’s best road trips. And do not forget the trip tips. | Travel
AFP – Growing calls for the world to come to grips with the many ways that global warming affects human health have prompted the first day dedicated to the issue at crunch United Nations (UN) climate talks starting this week. Extreme heat, air pollution and the increasing spread of deadly infectious diseases are just some […]