• Lava flows from the Sundhnuks volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula near Grindavik, Iceland. The volcano, located in south-west Iceland, erupted on May 29, cutting electricity to Grindavik and forcing the evacuation hundreds of guests at the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. The volcano has erupted five times since December. Getty Images
    Lava flows from the Sundhnuks volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula near Grindavik, Iceland. The volcano, located in south-west Iceland, erupted on May 29, cutting electricity to Grindavik and forcing the evacuation hundreds of guests at the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. The volcano has erupted five times since December. Getty Images
  • Pro-Palestine supporters demonstrate outside Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, on May 31 before the Uefa Women's Euro 2025 League B Group 2 qualifying football match between Scotland and Israel played out to an empty venue. Scotland won the match 4-1. AFP
    Pro-Palestine supporters demonstrate outside Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, on May 31 before the Uefa Women's Euro 2025 League B Group 2 qualifying football match between Scotland and Israel played out to an empty venue. Scotland won the match 4-1. AFP
  • Twenty pilot whales find themselves stranded near a beach in the city of Rio do Fogo, in north-eastern Brazil, prompting an effort to return them to the sea in an episode considered atypical for the region. EPA
    Twenty pilot whales find themselves stranded near a beach in the city of Rio do Fogo, in north-eastern Brazil, prompting an effort to return them to the sea in an episode considered atypical for the region. EPA
  • Surfer Kanoa Igarashi of Japan competes in the quarter finals of the SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia. Getty Images
    Surfer Kanoa Igarashi of Japan competes in the quarter finals of the SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia. Getty Images
  • Conservationist Amber Gooijer of the Birds of Prey Station in Berg am Irchel, northern Switzerland, measures the wing of a scops owl which is recovering from a traumatic brain injury following an accident. EPA
    Conservationist Amber Gooijer of the Birds of Prey Station in Berg am Irchel, northern Switzerland, measures the wing of a scops owl which is recovering from a traumatic brain injury following an accident. EPA
  • Firefighters work on a street flooded by the River Gunz in Ichenhausen, Bavaria. Weather forecasters expect more rain for Germany. AP
    Firefighters work on a street flooded by the River Gunz in Ichenhausen, Bavaria. Weather forecasters expect more rain for Germany. AP
  • Engineer Guillermo D Christy photographs a steel pillar filled with concrete that was installed inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system to support the Maya Train track on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico. AP Photo
    Engineer Guillermo D Christy photographs a steel pillar filled with concrete that was installed inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system to support the Maya Train track on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico. AP Photo
  • A roebuck stands in a cornfield full of bright red poppies in Oderbruch, Germany. AP
    A roebuck stands in a cornfield full of bright red poppies in Oderbruch, Germany. AP

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The design

The protective shell is covered in solar panels to make use of light and produce energy. This will drastically reduce energy loss.

More than 80 per cent of the energy consumed by the French pavilion will be produced by the sun.

The architecture will control light sources to provide a highly insulated and airtight building.

The forecourt is protected from the sun and the plants will refresh the inner spaces.

A micro water treatment plant will recycle used water to supply the irrigation for the plants and to flush the toilets. This will reduce the pavilion’s need for fresh water by 30 per cent.

Energy-saving equipment will be used for all lighting and projections.

Beyond its use for the expo, the pavilion will be easy to dismantle and reuse the material.

Some elements of the metal frame can be prefabricated in a factory.

 From architects to sound technicians and construction companies, a group of experts from 10 companies have created the pavilion.

Work will begin in May; the first stone will be laid in Dubai in the second quarter of 2019. 

Construction of the pavilion will take 17 months from May 2019 to September 2020.

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2 Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana Pro Team -

3 Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton-Scott - 

4 David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama-FDJ  0:00:04

5 Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) CCC Team 0:00:07

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1 Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton-Scott 20:35:04

2 Tadej Pogacar (SlO) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:01

3 Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana Pro Team 0:01:33

4 David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:48

5 Rafał Majka (POL) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:11

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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN MARITIME DISPUTE

2000: Israel withdraws from Lebanon after nearly 30 years without an officially demarcated border. The UN establishes the Blue Line to act as the frontier.

2007: Lebanon and Cyprus define their respective exclusive economic zones to facilitate oil and gas exploration. Israel uses this to define its EEZ with Cyprus

2011: Lebanon disputes Israeli-proposed line and submits documents to UN showing different EEZ. Cyprus offers to mediate without much progress.

2018: Lebanon signs first offshore oil and gas licencing deal with consortium of France’s Total, Italy’s Eni and Russia’s Novatek.

2018-2019: US seeks to mediate between Israel and Lebanon to prevent clashes over oil and gas resources.

Updated: June 01, 2024, 11:28 AM