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Biden seeks to revive climate agenda as heat waves slam US, Europe - France 24

  
France 24 - 07.28.2022 Original article ›
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A $369 billion US climate and tax package being negotiated in the Senate by Senator Schumer could put put Biden within reach of his goal to cut US carbon emissions by 50% by 2030. The package would introduce cash incentives for electric cars and spend billions for renewable energy expansion to get Biden to within reach of his goal by cutting carbon emissions by 40% by 2030.

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Joe Biden's meeting with Pope Francis goes into overtime | DW | 29.10.2021

  
DW.COM - 10.29.2021 Original article ›
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Joe Biden only the second US president after John F Kennedy to visit the Vatican, says "its good to be back" as he talks with the Pope for well over 75 minutes. Biden is a devout Catholic and never misses Sunday Mass. He thanked the Pope's advocacy for the world's poor and for ensuring vaccine supplies for all the world's people.

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Loss-making Deliveroo plans £8.8bn float

  
The Times - 03.23.2021 Original article ›
Simon Duke
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A company that was close to insolvency in 2020 and which is loss making will be the largest float in the London stock market in 2021. The food delivery app Deliveroo will have a valuation of over $8 billion. It shows how investor capital is being drawn into businesses in a wildly disproportionate way leaving vital sectors such as health infrastructure, national infrastructure and education poorly funded.

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Coronavirus live news: Merkel says Germany 'in a very serious situation'; WHO warns global weekly deaths rising

  
The Guardian - 03.23.2021 Original article ›
Helen Sullivan, Elle Hunt
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Cases in Germany rise exponentially in a third wave of coronavirus. The Times shows the old square in Prague with thousands of crosses painted on it to commemorate the first anniversary of the first death from coronavirus. A woman and a girl arrive with flowers to the Old Town Square in Prague. France Germany and other parts of the EU all face a surge in cases.

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Sanofi to Help Make Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine for U.S.

  
WSJ - 04.26.2021 Original article ›
Peter Loftus
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Sanofi will use its manufacturing plant in Ridgefield, New Jersey, in the US to fill vials and finish packaging of 200 million doses of Moderna vaccine, under a new agreement. This will supply the US under Moderna's US supply of vaccine agreements that run through April 2022. This is part of industry collaboration to expand supply of global vaccines, that includes Merck and Novartis.

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Brexit Party ‘won’t back down in Labour marginals’

  
- 11.13.2019 Original article ›
Steven Swinford, Kate Devlin, Chief Political Correspondent
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The Brexit Party's Nigel Farage says his party will contest in Labour marginal seats. This splits the conservative Brexit "yes" vote between Conservative Party and Brexit Party in seats that Labour has a small advantage, a situation Conservatives had hoped to avoid. Tories had planned on targeting these Labour seats, and asked the Brexit Party to not contest in these seats. 

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World’s youngest prime minister Sanna Marin ‘has a lot of work ahead’ in Finland

  
- 12.11.2019 Original article ›
Bruno Waterfield
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What is remarkable about Finland's new government is not just that the prime minister Sanna Marin is 34 years old, but that the other members of parties in the Finnish centre left coalition government are also young and women. Sanna Marin has shown that it is alright to come from a household with two women as parents with the social changes in Finnish society.

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Netanyahu Splits an Emblematic Israeli Town

  
WSJ - 12.11.2019 Original article ›
Felicia Schwartz, Dov Lieber
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Rehovat, a suburb of Tel Aviv shows how divided Israel has become on the issue of Netanyahu continuing as prime minister. Israel now faces the prospect of a third election and no clear idea of what happens next with no party having a majority in the second election. In the second election Benny Gantz, a retired army chief, had a slight edge in Rehovat, 31% to 27%.

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The mental hacks that level up your self-control

  
BBC News - 12.23.2019 Original article ›
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Here self control is about allocating resources between present and future self, between momentary transient stuff of today and long term goals. At work it involves taking a future oriented approach to your day and using this to change behaviours. To do this practicing healthier living away from the workplace is important to get the energy and stamina to thrust future building behaviours forward.

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Carlos Ghosn Flees Trial in Japan for Lebanon

  
WSJ - 12.31.2019 Original article ›
Nick Kostov In Paris, Sean Mc Lain In Tokyo
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Mr. Ghosn former CEO of Nissan and Renault left Japan for his home country of Lebanon. He was on trial for financial wrongdoing in Japan. Lebanon had put his image on a postage stamp and does not allow extradition of its citizens. Ghosn was required to stay in Japan pending the trial. It is not known how he left the country, some sources say he arrived through Turkey.

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'I hope it makes a difference': voters on remote Maine island cast their ballots

  
The Guardian - 10.31.2020 Original article ›
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Thoughts about the U.S. election and life on a small island called Matinicus 20 miles off the coast of Maine. Eva Murray who runs the election as clerk, runs the solid waste program, operates a bakery from her house, works as a freelance writer, and is a certified pilot and emergency medical technician. One can get to the island by plane. The ferry runs about 30 times a year.

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Burdens of lockdown are greater for women

  
The Times - 09.02.2020 Original article ›
Gurpreet Narwan, Economics Correspondent
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Women are represented more in lower paid part time jobs and have borne more of child care responsibilities by two thirds than men according to ONS in Britain. Women spend more time than men on nondevelopmental care of children and average about 3 hours 18 minutes each day during the pandemic. The pandemic puts greater strain on working mothers and mothers who lost pay during the coronavirus layoffs.

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Japan’s Next Leader to Be Thrust Into Clash Over China

  
WSJ - 09.14.2020 Original article ›
Peter Landers
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The balancing act for Japn's new prime minister Yoshihide Suga, Mr. Abe's cabinet secretary, as he tries to protect Japanese investment in China and maintain good relations with the U.S. The Trump administration is determined to restore America's manufacturing status as a manufacturing superpower and renew its supply chain after the pandemic, which is leading to a new relations with China.

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Hard-hit Italy outlines lockdown easing measures

  
BBC News - 04.26.2020 Original article ›
The Times
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Italy starts its first gradual reopening on May 4. Parks will reopen, and people will be allowed to visit relatives with masks. Schools will remain closed till September. Prime minister Conte said in outlining the plan "if you love Italy, keep your distance." Italy has over 26,000 deaths from coronavirus. Mr. Conte said social distancing measures will be needed for months to come. 

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Coronavirus Vaccine Front-Runners Emerge, Rollouts Weighed

  
WSJ - 05.17.2020 Original article ›
Peter Loftus
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Moderna, J&J, Pfizer in the U.S., Sanofi in France, AstraZeneca in Britain, have accelerated their efforts to have a vaccine ready by the fall.  Moderna and Pfizer use new technologies. Astra Zeneca is working with Oxford University on a vaccine that builds on existing technologies. Both AstraZeneca and Sanofi are building capacity to make hundreds of millions of doses of the vaccine. 

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Polish-built electric buses take over the European market | DW | 01.12.2020

  
DW.COM - 12.01.2020 Original article ›
Jo Harper
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Germany's MAN truck and bus makes Poland the centre of electric bus production showing that even at a time when there are differences in the European Union, the work for lower emissions goes on. Polish firm Rafako, Skania, Spain's CAF and Volvo are other producers in Poland for electric buses. Poland now makes a third of all electric buses in Europe.

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Well-Employed in Pandemic Times: Landscaping Goats

  
WSJ - 12.15.2020 Original article ›
Konrad Putzier
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Ever wonder what the word goatscaping means? It is a way to get rid of weeds. And it works clearing up landscapes. You need goats. Renting 5 goats costs $500 for a week in California. Intriguing in today's world of chemicals doing the job, it was once common. The White House lawns had a flock of sheep to keep weeds in check during World War I.

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Frequent Fliers Itch to Take Off a Year After Being Grounded

  
WSJ - 03.03.2021 Original article ›
Scott Mc Cartney
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Scott McCartney looks at the situation facing frequent travelers who have done something incredible- not taken a flight for a full year during the coronavirus. Many travelers are now getting ready to start flying again. Here he gives a list of things to check including passport expiry, and expiry dates for medicine kit, checking other items, as a way to get ready for travel after May.

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My Europe: What we can learn from Yugoslavia's collapse | DW | 26.06.2021

  
DW.COM - 06.26.2021 Original article ›
Norbert Mappes Niediek
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A nostalgia exists in Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, for the old Yugoslavia and Josip Broz Tito who led Yugoslavia after World War II. This DW.com report looks back at what happened and how Yugoslavia crumbled under ethnic divisions. After all Germans, French, Italians live together in Switzerland. Why was it hard to keep a state with Serbs, Croats and Bosnians, Slovenians together?

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Canada federal election: How much trouble is Trudeau in?

  
BBC News - 09.02.2021 Original article ›
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After forming 2 governments, a majority government in 2015 and a minority government in 2019, Trudeau faces problems with his decision calling a snap election in 2021. This was based on the idea that voters were happy with the vaccination drive. Yet Trudeau's Liberals lead in the polls over the Conservative party has vanished. Voters are asking whether a new election was needed at this time.

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How a Republican Could Lead Oregon: Liberal Disharmony and Nike Cash

  
NYTimes.com - 10.15.2022 Original article ›
Mike Baker, Reid J. Epstein
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Homelessness is a major issue in Portland and in the Oregon governors race in US. This and the legalization by referendum of small quantities of hard drugs has pulled Nike cofounder into the race to support a Republican Ms. Drazan. He first supported an independent Ms. Johnsons, and now has shifted support to Ms. Drazan. Republicans control only Alaska of the western states in the US. 

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Explained: The cultural roots and significance of PM Modi’s gifts for his Quad colleagues

  
The Indian Express - 05.26.2022 Original article ›
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The Sanjhi panel is art from Uttar Pradesh showing Krishna on the banks of the Yamuna in Gokul. This panel was a gift from prime minister Modi to president Biden at the Quad meetings in Tokyo. Art from Gond in Madhya Pradesh and Kutch art were part of the gifts to Mr. Albanese the prime minister of Australia, and Mr. Kishida the prime minister of Japan.

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Turkey's Erdogan: Russia's Putin willing to end war

  
BBC News - 09.20.2022 Original article ›
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Turkish president Erdogan says his talks with Mr. Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meetings gave him the impression that Russia would like to end the war as soon as it can. Ukraine is recovering some of the territory lost in the early days of the war in the Luhansk region as its forces advance leading to a situation in which a new phase is reached in the war.

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China Fortifies Its Borders With a ‘Southern Great Wall,’ Citing Covid-19

  
WSJ - 02.02.2022 Original article ›
Liyan Qi, Keith Zhai, Lam Le
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The new Southern Wall China is building along its borders with Burma and Vietnam. The border stretches for 3000 miles. Yunnan which borders Myanmar, Vietnam, and Laos has allocated a half billion dollar fund to fortify security barriers on the border. To close the border for zero Covid-19 policy and protect China's southern gate 100,000 officials, police officers, soldiers and civilians are patrolling this border.

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Trinity Rodman Has a Famous Father, but She Didn’t Inherit Her Stardom

  
WSJ - 06.26.2023 Original article ›
Rachel Bachman
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Trinity Rodman made her US senior national soccer team debut in Feb. 2022 and had 2 goals and 3 assists in 17 games. She plays for the Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League, and the youngest at 18 years to be drafted. She attributes her speed to her mother who was a sprinter as an athlete, and her success to her mother and her siblings.

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