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Health Officials Plead for Public to Observe a Locked-Down Easter

  
WSJ - 04.11.2020 Original article ›
Mike Cherney, Daniel Michaels
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Most countries in Europe and North America are observing a locked down Easter. In France 160,000 police officers and gendarmes are on duty to make sure people respect the lockdown. Fear that people will gather in parks and transmit the virus leads to officials in Germany, France and Britain to keep tight restrictions. The virus transmission has not abated in these countries. Religious services in Germany will be held online. Police in London patrolled parks and green spaces to prevent people going outside on sunny Spring days. 

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Beijing’s message: New border control plans signal China’s inflexibility. More icy hostility at LAC may follow

  
Times of India Blog - 10.26.2021 Original article ›
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This editorial in the Times of India says China's new border law that goes into effect on Jan 1, 2022, aims to tighten control over border areas, with strengthening of border defenses and integration of border populations. It says this means border relations will not be affected by improvements in bilateral relations. China is rejecting the Indian position for border standoffs to be settled through improvements in bilateral relations in other areas. The Times Editorial says that an "aggressive, inflexible, belligerent China" is what India now faces. 

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Germany faces calls for nationwide approach to Covid restrictions

  
The Guardian - 04.05.2021 Original article ›
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Germany has a patchwork of restrictions to tackle coronavirus. This is a serious problem during the third wave in April 2021. There is a lack of clarity as the 16 states within Germany's federal structure each make their own rules. This has weakened the power of the federal government and chancellor Merkel in setting rules for the whole country. A You.Gov poll shows 53% of Germans support the federal government setting the rules. Interior minister Seehofer is considering a new federal law to make this happen.

 

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Opinion: COVID-19 has stolen a young generation's future | DW | 25.04.2021

  
DW.COM - 04.25.2021 Original article ›
Salome Gongadze
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The pandemic came to young German people at a time when the trend was for less opportunity, more inequality. These trends are now aggravated and the loss of opportunities, and the loss of hope is even worse now in 2021. Job searches are being conducted while experiencing intense social isolation, boredom and lack of physical acitivity. The job competition is described here as horrendously competitive, a few roles and so many job seekers jostling to get them as companies have been hammered during the pandemic. 

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‘Sofagate’: I was denied chair at Erdogan meeting because I’m a woman, says von der Leyen

  
- 04.27.2021 Original article ›
Joshua Thurston
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EC Council president Michel apologizes for not responding when EC Commission president von der Leyen was left without a seat at a meeting with Erdogan, Turkey's president, in Ankara April 6, 2021. Michel could easily have offered his seat to Ms.  Ursula von der Leyen and taken a seat on the nearby sofa instead, as a form of courtesy. This would have prompted the Turkish side to arrange for another chair next to Erdogan for face to face discussions on improving ties with Turkey during the pandemic.

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Floods Inundate Sinking Jakarta, Leaving 16 Dead After Torrential Rain

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WSJ - 01.02.2020 Original article ›
Jon Emont
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A city already 40% below sea level faces torrential rain and flooding in the first days of 2020. Jakarta, Indonesia is a metropolitan area of around 30 million people. Land around the city is subsiding from overuse of pumping of underground water. Floodwaters do not drain into the sea as is normal. Walls protect the parts of the city that are below sea level. 

During heavy rain the water from upland areas comes down to Jakarta further overwhelming a poor drainage canal system.

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U.K. Opposition Leaders See Opening in Tying Boris Johnson to Trump

  
WSJ - 11.05.2019 Original article ›
Max Colchester, Jason Douglas
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Labour Party's strategy in the coming British election is to tie Boris Johnson to Trump. This resonates especially on the issue of the National Health Service, with Labour saying a trade deal with the U.S. planned by Johnson is likely to raise costs of NHS with costly U.S. priced drugs. Mr. Trump says he sees little chance of the Johnson negotiated trade deal with the European Union allowing for a trade deal with the U.S. negating Conservatives plan to make Brexit work by negotiating trade deals independently. 

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Struggling for work and food, Indonesia’s poorest suffer as Covid crisis deepens

  
The Guardian - 07.21.2021 Original article ›
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The situation in poor neighborhoods of Jakarta, Indonesia, where workers in the informal economy need to work to make a living selling out of food stalls, and in other ways. With the lockdowns making this difficult during the surge in coronavirus in Indonesia, poverty is increasing and families struggle to survive. The covid social aid is not working as efficiently as in India where the prime minister had introduced various schemes including direct bank deposits to every one of India's vast population of households.

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What do Boris Johnson’s new laws mean for Brexit and trade?

  
The Times - 09.07.2020 Original article ›
Oliver Wright, Bruno Waterfield
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Without a final Brexit agreement Britain has the advantage of being able to use Northern Ireland, which would remain in the EU, as a way to send British goods into the European market including goods from companies subsidized by Britain. This and related reasons on Britain being able to set its own rules on the borders between the two Irelands, and on its trade and movement of goods, is why Boris Johnson says Britain does not absolutely need an agreement on Brexit with the EU.

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Huang’s Law Is the New Moore’s Law, and Explains Why Nvidia Wants Arm

  
WSJ - 09.19.2020 Original article ›
Christopher Mims
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Chip performance that doubles every two years is now the norm. Costs decline proportionately. Of more concern today is investment that pulls educational levels up in schools at even a small fraction of that speed and this investment has sorely been lacking. Investment in infrastructure, in education, in health, in public services that improve the quality of life have declined with the obsession with technology that is showing poor results when it comes to education of children in schools from elementary to secondary to higher secondary schooling.

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A world confined: FRANCE 24 reports from Germany to Gabon - A world confined

  
France 24 - 05.08.2020 Original article ›
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This is part of France 24's "A world confined" series. It shows testing in Germany with Centogene doing 50,000 tests and 7000 tests in Rostock. About 50 such companies are leading the testing effort in Germany making testing convenient and readily available. It also shows problems with testing in Russia, and the problems in developing countries such as Gabon where running water is lacking to wash hands, and in war torn Afghanistan where a large part of the population could be affected by coronavirus.

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Long a Holdout From Covid-19 Restrictions, Sweden Ends Its Pandemic Experiment

  
WSJ - 12.06.2020 Original article ›
Bojan Pancevski
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As cases mount during the second wave Sweden abandons its response of voluntary actions by the public,  experimenting some say with herd immunity in mind. Ban on large gatherings, school closures, as the toll reaches a level of per capita deaths taht are among the highest in the world. There is now fear of the health system being overwhelmed just as in the rest of Europe. There has been heated debate on the voluntary response and critics charged the government with abandoning the less vulnerable in the population.

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Skilled Workers Are Scarce, Posing a Challenge for Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

  
NYTimes.com - 09.09.2021 Original article ›
Madeleine Ngo
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Baby boomers are aging and leaving the workforce. Not enough people are expected to replace them to meet the higher demand for infrastructure workers to rebuild America's roads, bridges, airports, rail, and other infrastructure. US president Biden' $1.4 trillion investment planned for renovating infrastructure will mean a large demand for workers that will be difficult to meet, says this report in NYT. Fewer students are going into community colleges, and fewer new workers are replacing older workers who retire in the construction related industries.

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German election: Why the next government wants to overhaul transport | DW | 23.09.2021

  
DW.COM - 09.23.2021 Original article ›
Hardy Graupner
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The transport sector accounts for a third of German energy consumption and a fifth of gas emissions, making it a sector that will come up for major overhaul after elections. The Greens party in Germany is making this a major issue in the elections. The massive flooding in Germany and severe drought conditions are seen as effects of climate change that is moving to the top of the agenda. Greens are polling in the 15-20% range and are likely to be a key partner in a new government.

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No Showers, No Sleep: Van Life Isn’t as Cool as Instagram Makes It Seem

  
WSJ - 03.30.2024 Original article ›
Kailyn Rhone | Photographs By Calla Kessler For The Wall Street Journal
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2.9 million Americans live in vans for most of the year down 6% in 2023, according to one estimate. It is'nt easy as it means finding places to park for the night and doing this day for long periods. Many as shown in this report are young people, some leave their state for travel, some are photographers, some have decided to explore the world outside after being stuck in one place. Others are people who have difficulty finding housing with costs beyond their reach as this engineer in Brooklyn, NY. 

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Iran’s president ‘would not take Donald Trump’s call’

  
- 10.02.2019 Original article ›
David Charter, Washington
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French president Macron makes remarkable efforts to bring Rouhani of Iran and Mr. Trump together for new negotiations. French technicians set up the phone connections between the two leaders at the Millenium hotel where Rouhani was staying in New York for UN General Assembly meetings and Macron personally went to the hotel to get the two to talk. Mr. Trump made the call to Rouhani after talks with Macron. Rouhani however did not accept the call as he said the U.S. had to agree to some preconditions before this could happen.

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Will the drive to ‘beautify’ Beijing's historic areas leave older residents behind?

  
The Guardian - 10.03.2019 Original article ›
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The rebuilding of old neighborhoods continues in Beijing. This story in The Guardian is about the historic Gulou neighborhood in Beijing, which is one of the only places now left with the city's ancient alleyways called hutongs. Yu-er has the remnants of working class families who moved in during the mid-20th century, many of the houses lack proper plumbing and people use communal bathrooms. It is part of the Four Hutongs project,  municipal campaign to renovate four historic alleyways near Nanlugou Xiang pedestrian street.

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5G to 50Mbps broadband speed: Key takeaways from National Telecom Policy 2018

  
https://www.hindustantimes.com/ - 07.12.2018 Original article ›
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Key points in the National Digital Communications Policy 2018 to be approved by the Modi cabinet are that every citizen of India will have 50 mbps access to broadband by 2022. Key development institutions will have 100 mbps speed. 

10 million public wifi spots are planned for 2022. Expand the ecosystem to 5 billion connected devices by 2022. And attract $100 billion in new investment. Under National Digital Grid the National Fibre Authority will be created to have the supporting organization to achieve these goals.

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Obama Rallies Democrats Behind Hillary Clinton at Convention

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WSJ - 07.28.2016 Original article ›
Carol E. Lee, Janet Hook
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U.S. president Obama calls Hillary Clinton more qualified for the job of president than himself or Bill Clinton, in his speech at the Democratic National Convention. He made a strong effort to rally the party behind Hillary Clinton in his speech, and thanked Bernie Sanders in a separate phone call for helping bring party unity. Vice President said that Trump did'nt have a clue to what would help the middle class, that the truly passionate supporter for the middle class was Hillary Clinton. Kaine and Bloomberg built on this theme.

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Why 'plant blindness' matters — and what you can do about it

  
BBC News - 04.29.2019 Original article ›
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Two U.S. botanists coined the term "plant blindness" for the inability to see or notice the plants in one's environment. Limited interest in plants leads to an under appreciation of plants and their value in environmental health and in medicinal research.

Plants and trees are essential to an healthy urban environment. And 28,000 plant species are used for medicines of great value for health. This BBC article looks at the ways humans can increase their exposure and awareness of plants and green environments around them.

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Spaniards urged not to lower their guard as coronavirus state of emergency ends

  
The Guardian - 06.20.2020 Original article ›
Sam Jones
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Spain lifts its state of emergency and reopens it borders after 13 weeks o coronavirus with 28,000 dead and 245,000 cases. Prime minister Pedro Sanchez said "we can all be a wall against the virus or the means of its transmission. It depends on each and every one of us." He said the government was building up its strategic reserve of essential products to cope with any potential second wave. Masks will continue to be mandatory in public spaces when physical distancing of 1.5 metres is not possible.

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Coronavirus Accelerates Plans to Put Urban Commuters on Bicycles

  
WSJ - 07.31.2020 Original article ›
Joshua Robinson
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New bicycle lanes in Paris, Milan, to Mexico City are changing the way cities see people getting to work or moving round. New bicycle lanes are popping up in many cities. In Paris the plan by order of the mayor is to provide 400 miles of pop-up bicycle lanes throughout Greater Paris. Car lanes are giving way and being transformed into bicycle lanes. 

Oakland has moved to have 10% of the roads for bicycle lanes. In Montreal extra 70 miles are added. Bogota added 47 miles.

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Why Youthful, Conservative Pakistan Is a Coronavirus Bright Spot

  
WSJ - 08.01.2020 Original article ›
Saeed Shah
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This report shows improvements in the situation for coronavirus in Pakistan. It is still to early to tell how the reopening of the economy is likely to affect the cases for coronavirus. Not enough testing is taking place. The Eid holiday taking place this weekend also could have repercussions later in August with more crowds and gatherings for the religious event. Pakistan has 278,000 cases of infection and 6000 reported deaths. At one point the situation seemed to be following the situation in Brazil but has stabilized recently.

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Angela Merkel’s CDU suffers Hamburg poll humiliation

  
- 02.24.2020 Original article ›
Oliver Moody, Berlin
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The CDU suffered its worst result in 70 years of state elections with only 11% of the vote. The AfD party could lose all of its six seats. The centre left SPD party was up to 39% of the vote even after the Greens doubled their vote tally to 24%. The issues in the election were local relating to public transport, rental costs and climate change. Olaf Scolz the SPD mayor from 2011 to 2018 is now vice chancellor in the coalition government led by Merkel. 

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Spain’s Coronavirus Crisis Accelerated as Warnings Went Unheeded

  
NYTimes.com - 04.07.2020 Original article ›
Raphael Minder
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Spain and Italy, the New York region, delayed their response, just as Japan and Sweden are doing today, resulting in the severity of the pandemic in these countries and regions. This pandemic is showing the earlier you act to lockdown, quarantine, use contact tracing and isolation of clusters method, the better it is with fewer people infected and fewer deaths. This is the single most important lesson of this crisis, which health experts worldwide, including Dr Birx, head of the White House Response, and Dr. Fauci, never get tired of repeating.

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