A nation that prides itself on its exceptionalism is gradually being forced to install the unthinkable. But not without a political fight between the right (in favour) and the left (frosty)

The heat is on. Enough to make Parisians take the plunge into the once notoriously polluted Canal Saint Martin. France this Tuesday awakening from its hottest night on record,…

Europe braced Wednesday for another day of a sweltering heatwave that has smashed records, left tens of thousands of people without power and sent air conditioner sales zooming in…