France heads for another lockdown

Mar 19, 2021

France heads for another lockdown

Some 1,200 people are said to be in intensive care in hospitals across Paris. EPA

France is the latest European country to begin tightening its lockdown restrictions once more as coronavirus cases surge. Also, the U.K. government sells more of its financial crisis-era shares in one of the country's largest banks. And, could lab-grown chicken really be the answer to sustainable food?

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