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India takes tough stand at climate talks as Delhi endures brutal heatwave

  
The Guardian - 06.14.2022 Original article ›
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India is taking a strong stand in talks in Bonn, Germany, for investment funding to tackle climate change and to help areas affected by climate change. Agricultural crop in India is reduced from the heat wave's impact and cities are sweltering from the heat wave. Climate change action is a priority for regions such as India. The Bonn talks are preparatory to another meeting after Glasgow summit. The next summit is in Egypt Nov. 7-18 2022.

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Africa could feed itself with the right infrastructure | DW | 13.06.2022

  
DW.COM - 06.13.2022 Original article ›
Philipp Sandner
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Francisco Mari of Bread for the World, a Germany based effort to tackle problems of agriculture says Africa can feed itself if problems can be solved. Problems of infrastructure, water, use of drip irrigation, transport to consumer locations, use of sorghum, millet and grains suited to the soil. Countries such as Malawi, Zambia, Ghana and other countries have arable land that is suited for growing sorghum, millet, fruits and vegetables. Water ground reservoir systems and transport infrastructure are also needed.

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High Gas Prices Hit Demand as Drivers Cut Back at the Pump

  
WSJ - 06.22.2022 Original article ›
Jennifer Hiller, Collin Eaton | Photographs By Hannah Yoon For The Wall Street Journal
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High oil prices have reduced oil demand by about 8% compared to last year. The EIA looks at gas demand average for 2017 to 2019 and finds that in late February 2022 it was 99% of this average, in May it was 93% and June 95%. US refineries have cut production by 800,000 barrels a day since the pandemic began causing oil shortages, and shale oil companies are reluctant to make the investments to scale up production.

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100th episode of PM Modi’s 'Mann Ki Baat’ to be broadcast live in United Nations headquarters

  
The Hindu - 04.29.2023 Original article ›
Pti
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The 100th radio talk by Mr. Modi will be broadcast on Sunday April 30, 2023. Mann Ki Baat -or What is on my mind and in my heart- is all about women, upward mobility, diversity, about the development story in the everyday lives of ordinary Indians. It is also a documentary on a nation on the move, about a billion and a half people on the move, from small towns and villages to cities across the country. 

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Emergency Room Visits Have Risen Sharply for Young People in Mental Distress, Study Finds

  
NYTimes.com - 05.01.2023 Original article ›
Matt Richtel
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A survey published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows mental health related ER visits from 2011 to 2020 rose from 4.8 million to 7.5 million. The proportion of ER visits for mental health issues rose from 7.7 percent to 13.1 percent. Insufficient treatment options and availability of preventative care is leading families to seek help in emergency rooms. The JAMA paper's conclusion: "A dedicated national commitment will be needed to address the gaps."

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Investments in Solar Power Eclipse Oil for First Time

  
WSJ - 05.25.2023 Original article ›
Will Horner
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Of the $2.8 trillion that is invested in global energy supplies in 2023, $1.7 trillion or 60% will be in renewable energy, according to the International Energy Agency. Every day $1 billion is invested in solar power, much more than in upstream oil projects. IEA's Birol cites president Bide's Inflation Reduction Act as a major step forward. The war in Ukraine has also has accelerated the trend to renewable energy and renewable energy technologies.

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Lael Brainard Set to Lead White House National Economic Council

  
WSJ - 02.14.2023 Original article ›
Nick Timiraos, Andrew Restuccia
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Lael Brainard, Fed Vice Chair, is the new director of the US National Economic Council, which advises the president on economic policy and coordinates policy between executive branch agencies. The NEC director will now oversee the implementation of the infrastructure and semiconductor spending packages. WSJ says she may also have the task of managing the economic fallout from Ukraine because of her background growing up in west Germany and communist Poland as the daughter of an American diplomat.

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Fed Might Be Winning Inflation Fight, Depending on Index Used

  
WSJ - 03.02.2023 Original article ›
Gwynn Guilford
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The PCE personal consumption expenditures index of the US Commerce Department is likely to come down slower than the CPI index by October 2023. The US Fed prefers to use the PCE index and this could lead to the Fed staying with higher interest rates for longer, says the WSJ. Medical care costs are likely to accelerate by the end of 2023, as housing costs decline. The PCE has a larger weighting for medical care costs than the CPI index. 

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Daily Briefing: War in Ukraine: Germany’s Chancellor to Meet With Biden on Support for Ukraine

  
NYTimes.com - 03.03.2023 Original article ›
Erika Solomon
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German chancellor Scholz is making a 2 day trip to the US to meet president Biden. There is a surge in discussion on looking for a way out of the Ukraine war after meeting between US's Blinken and Russia's Lavrov at the G20 meeting in India. India is pushing for both sides to engage in talks to end the war. Brazil has also offered to mediate to bring an end to the conflict. 

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Opinion | The Banking Education of Barney Frank

  
WSJ - 03.13.2023 Original article ›
The Editorial Board
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The WSJ editorial had this to say about Congressman Barney Frank who spent 7 years on the board of Signature Bank after working on regulatory reform for the Obama administration following the 2008 financial crisis. The two roles contradicted each other, regulation of banks and being on the board of a bank which lobbied for loosening regulation and worked with crypto asset companies. The Biden administration rolled up the Signature Bank following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. 

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Math Scores Fell in Nearly Every State, and Reading Dipped on National Exam

  
NYTimes.com - 10.25.2022 Original article ›
Sarah Mervosh, Ashley Wu
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The effects of the pandemic on education are seen in the drop in scores for 4th and 8th graders in the US for math and reading. In math at 8th grade cores fell from 34% being proficient in 2019 to 26% in 2022. For 4th graders from 41% being proficient to in 2019 to 36% in 2022. Reading scores declined in more than half the states in a downward trend and only about a third of students were proficient.

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German ministry seeks to block Chinese chip factory takeover – DW – 11/08/2022

  
dw.com - 11.08.2022 Original article ›
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Germany's Economic Affairs Ministry and Economy Minister Habeck have called for blocking of the sale of a Dortmund chip production company Elmos to Sweden based Silex, a unit of Sai Microelectronics of China, for 85 million euros. There is now significant debate within the German ministries about the degree of dependence on China. Habeck's move seeks to prohibit the acquisition of Germany technology companies by Chinese competitors on grounds of protecting public order and security.

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Kanaye Nagasawa: The samurai who forever changed California

  
BBC News - 12.25.2022 Original article ›
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The first Japanese American to reside permanently in America Kanaye Nagasawa was a samurai from 1864 Edo era isolationist Japan. He left Japan in secrecy at 19 as part of a group on a secret mission to learn science and technology from the West. He eventually settled in Sonoma county, California, and set up the wine industry in the region. BBC series Rediscovered America tell his story and the story of the Japanese Americans in the US.

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Women Are Winning the Biggest Pay Raises From U.S. Labor Boom

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WSJ - 03.30.2022 Original article ›
Sarah Chaney Cambon, Ana Rivas
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Women were one of the hardest hit groups during the pandemic. Not only were they forced to leave work but also had to shoulder more childcare responsibilities. About 30% of women who changed jobs during the pandemic got new jobs that paid 30% higher with salary and bonus, according to the Conference Board. In 2022 women are coming back to the workplace with better wage gains to makeup for the momentum lost during the worst part of the pandemic period.

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The hidden load: How 'thinking of everything' holds mums back

  
BBC News - 10.14.2021 Original article ›
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This analysis in the BBC says women carry an invisible load. The BBC calls it cognitive labour, emotional labour and the intersection of the two, which puts a major burden on women. The cognitive labour is thinking about all the practical elements of household responsibilities. Emotional labour is maintaining the family's emotions, calming things down if the kids are acting up. The intersection of the two is preparing, organizing, and anticipating everything to make life flow.

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China Binges on U.S. Gas to Manage Energy Shortage, Carbon Footprint

  
WSJ - 11.02.2021 Original article ›
Brian Spegele
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US exports of liquefied natural gas to China surged in 2021 to 17% of al exports. LNG in China's energy mix surged to 8% in 2020 and is even higher in 2021. Facing pressure to peak carbon emissions by 2030, and facing energy shortage in 2021, China is importing more LNG than ever. Prices of LNG have gone up 10 times in 2021 compared to year earlier. China is now the world's largest importer of LNG.

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Turkish Lira Tumbles After Erdogan Defends Rate Cuts

  
WSJ - 11.23.2021 Original article ›
Anna Hirtenstein, Thomas Grove
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The Turkish lira drops sharply on November 23, by 18%. This is likely to worsen inflation that is already at 20% in 2021. This also makes it harder for businesses to pay off foreign currency debt. President Erdogan is following an unconventional policy of cutting interest rates when the currency value is declining. The Turkish central bank is cutting its key policy interest rate. Growth and investment are expected to be affected as foreign investors move away from Turkey. 

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Covid-19: Why France needs to vaccinate 90 percent of adults to return to ‘normal’ life

  
France 24 - 04.12.2021 Original article ›
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The B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant from UK has changed the level of vaccination needed to where life returns to normal, says the Pasteur Institute in France. The level of vaccination has to be higher than the 70% or 80% earlier thought  to be needed for people over age of 18, in the range of 90% now that more infectious variant spread is happening. This also means social distancing and mask use, healthy foods and habits of exercize remain vital.

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President Biden pays Queen the mother of all compliments

  
The Times - 06.13.2021 Original article ›
Valentine Low
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A Land Rover takes president Biden and Jill Biden into Windsor Castle where he has tea with Queen Elizabeth. Even at 95 years Biden says the Queen was as keen as ever to know what is happening in the world. Biden tells reporters "She was very gracious. She reminded me of my mother." The couple met the Queen earlier at a reception for G-7 leaders at the Eden Project, an ecocenter with tropical rainforest and Mediterranean environments.

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Over-emotional England lose the plot and the Test

  
The Times - 08.17.2021 Original article ›
Mike Atherton, Chief Cricket Correspondent
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Mike Atherton looks at how England played against India in the Second Test at Lord's in 2021, starting the fifth day in a strong position but losing by 151 runs. A ninth wicket partnership between Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami for 89 runs and loss of 2 early English wickets for a duck changed everything. Atherton says one bad hour as Bumrah and Shami put off the English bowlers changed the emotional aspects of the game for England. 

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Tories will win 98 seats to Labour’s 468, says poll

  
The Times - 03.31.2024 Original article ›
Caroline Wheeler, Tim Shipman
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The huge problem of collapse facing the Tories, UK Conservative Party, as Britain goes to the polls in 2024. A 15,000 person MRP poll conducted by Survation shows 468 seats for Starmer's Labour party and 98 for Conservatives. So great is the anger in Britain with the Tories in general and how they ran the country for the last decade. Today the Tories lack any clear vision for Britain going forward into the middle of the 21st century.

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Live Updates: World Leaders Accuse Russia of Using Ukraine’s Food Supply as a Weapon

  
NYTimes.com - 05.24.2022 Original article ›
Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Matina Stevis Gridneff, Shashank Bengali
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The head of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, says Russia is trying to provoke a world food crisis by attacks on Ukraine ports and infrastructure, and preventing the export of 20 million tons of foodgrains. She said the EU was working to get these foodgrains out of the country. Mr. Scholz, the German chancellor on a visit to Africa, also pointed out that the Russian attacks were having serious effects with food shortages in many African countries.

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Egypt signs €8 billion deal with Siemens for high-speed rail system | DW | 29.05.2022

  
DW.COM - 05.29.2022 Original article ›
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Siemens says it will build the new high speed rail system for Egypt for 2000 kilometres for 8.1 billion euros. The contract includes rail lines, 41 high speed trains 94 regional trains, 41 freight trains, 8 depots and freight stations, using the latest technology. Trains at speeds of 230 kms per hour will reach cities and towns with 90% of the population. About 48,000 jobs will be created.

This project provides the critical infrastructure that Egypt needs.

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Criticism intensifies after big oil admits ‘gaslighting’ public over green aims

  
The Guardian - 09.17.2022 Original article ›
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Documents revealed at a US Congressional hearing show that an executive's memo to Darren Woods Exxon CEO in 2019 called for removal of a reference to "the Paris Agreement" from an announcement by a group that Exxon is part of. Shell is shown to also have internal documents that showed executive's were lacking in support of climate goals even though the company's public position was for supporting climate goals.

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How well are you aging? How to discover your ‘fitness’ age.

  
Washington Post - 01.10.2024 Original article ›
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VO2max is based on aerobic fitness.Small bursts of activity on a treadmill 4 minutes fast and 3 minutes slower, repeated 4 times for 4X4. It is used to measure one's fitness age. The Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway,  has fitness age calculator on its website. Up tempo exercize one that increases your breathing and heart rate improves your VO2max. The key is exerting yourself vigorously three or four times a week.

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