Carbon emissions are dropping —fast
“OUR MOST pressing challenge is keeping our planet healthy,” declared Ursula von der Leyen on the day she was elected president of the European Commission in July 2019. Five years on, it still ought to be. Global surface temperatures were 1.48°C higher in 2023 than pre-industrial levels, and 2024…#ursulavonder #leyen #europeancommission #ukraine #trump (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
China harbors Russian North Korea arms ship, images show
A major Chinese shipyard has for two months granted safe haven to a cargo ship with suspected involvement in the North Korea-Russia arms trade, satellite imagery suggests. Russia-flagged vessel the Angara is believed to have ferried thousands of containers full of North Korean munitions in at…#northkorea #angara #northkorean #rajin #russian #ukraine #antonyblinken #beijing #planetlabs #rusi (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Russia puts trophied NATO vehicles from Ukraine on display
Russia will soon be showcasing captured NATO vehicles from the battlefield in Ukraine at a month-long exhibition in Moscow. Beginning May 1, more than 30 samples of military equipment made in Australia, Austria, the United Kingdom, the U.S., Turkey, Ukraine, France, Finland, the Czech Republic,…#nato #ukraine #moscow #austria #unitedkingdom #turkey #finland #czechrepublic #slovakia #sweden (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A NATO country is refusing to give Ukraine its Patriots because it says it needs them for itself
A Patriot air defense system test-fired during a training in Chania, Greece, on November 8, 2017. Anthony Sweeney/US Army Greece's prime minister said his country cannot give Ukraine its Patriots due to security concerns. Kyriakos Mitsotakis said his country needs them to protect its own airspace.…#patriot #chania #greece #anthonysweeneyusarmy #ukraine #patriots #kyriakosmitsotakis #russian #greek #iefimerida (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ExxonMobil and Chevron Report Lower Earnings
ExxonMobil and Chevron, the largest American energy companies, said on Friday that their earnings in the first quarter fell from a year earlier, pulled down by lower refining margins and plunging natural gas prices. But the oil and gas business remains highly profitable for the two giants even at…#exxonmobil #chevron #ukraine (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Jamie Dimon says America needs to ‘take a deep breath’ before facing off with China, because the U.S. is actually in a ‘very good position’ to negotiate
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon might not be sleeping on the threat of China—but he's not underestimating America's position at the negotiating table either. And that's a message the billionaire Wall Street titan wants the U.S. to remember, saying America needs to "take a deep breath" when it comes…#jpmorganchase #jamiedimon #dimon #northorsouthamerica #nato #jensstoltenberg #ukraine #berlin #beijing #stoltenberg (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Blinken meets Xi in Beijing to ease escalating tensions
Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from the South China Morning Post and Nikkei Asia The News US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday. The pair worked to ease tense relations between the two countries, which have sparred in recent months over…#nikkeiasia #antonyblinken #xijinping #beijing #southchinasea #prc #ukraine #stephenolson #pacificforum #nt (Source: Reuters: Health)
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New quarantine scheme could reduce risk of rabies reintroduction in the EU following Russian invasion, study finds
Rabies is a major concern to both human and animal health, with rabies in dogs and cats widespread in Eastern Europe, and there are concerns the war in Ukraine could pose a greater risk of rabies being reintroduced to the European Union (EU). A four-month period of home isolation of dogs and cats could reduce this risk, new University of Bristol research has shown. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - April 26, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Veterinary School; Press Release Source Type: news
America's Abrams tanks are failing the Ukraine test
The U.S. is withdrawing its Abrams main tanks from Ukrainian battlefields after the platforms proved unable to deal with the threat of Russian drones, according to two unnamed U.S. military officials who spoke with the Associated Press. Five of the 31 American Abrams sent to Ukraine since January…#abrams #russian #americanabrams #ukraine #nato #jointchiefsofstaff #christophergrady #ukrainians #grady #pentagon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The US relationship with China is entering a dangerous era. Time may be running out to save it
China's President Xi Jinping (right) speaks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 26, 2024. MARK SCHIEFELBEIN via Getty Images US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met China's Xi Jinping in Beijing Friday. The pair…#xijinping #antonyblinken #greathallofpeople #beijing #anthonyblinken #ukraine #wangyi #sinous #middleeast #tiktok (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Target Russian Oil Refineries Again Despite White House Pleas
Just days after the Biden administration signed a new military aid package worth billions of dollars to Ukraine, Kyiv launched a series of suicide drone attacks on Russian oil refineries. Biden's top officials…#ukraine #russian #smolensk #vasilyanokhin #kamikaze #igorartamonov #kyivcriminal #moscowtimes #afp #sbu (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The cost of living crisis has made the UK a poorer, more anxious nation
Under capitalism, prices are supposed to be the centre of everything. They are the key agreement between buyer and seller. They are the one clear and reliable piece of information, on which the whole often opaque and unstable system depends. So it struck me as strange when some of my local London…#britons #rishisunak #lbc #ukraine #sunak #thameswater #ons #margaretthatcher #stepchange #tories (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ukraine can keep on fighting Russia
With yet another tranche of U.S. aid on its way to Ukraine, Kyiv can breathe a sigh of relief that its forces will receive new weapons supplies and equipment to keep fighting Russia's advancing forces. But, with future aid uncertain, analysts question what "victory" Ukraine could realistically…#ukraine #russian #andriustursa #easterneurope #teneo #kyiv #officiallykyiv #tursa #crimea #prorussian (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Oligarch sanction setbacks are no big deal, Brussels says
A string of EU court judgements overruling asset freezes on Russian businessmen doesn't upend the overall strategy. EU sanctions on Russian oligarchs, designed to put pressure on Vladmir Putin, are facing a host of legal woes – but don’t represent a strategic setback, Euronews has been told.…#russian #vladmirputin #mikhailfridman #ukrainewar #eucouncil #ukraine #kremlin #generalcourt #alfabank #europeancommission (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
EU to tell Beijing of plan to blacklist more Chinese firms for supplying Russia
Those earlier talks came after a frantic bout of lobbying in Brussels by Fu Cong, then the Chinese ambassador to the EU, who recently took up a new post at the United Nations in New York. Fu has yet to be replaced in Brussels. Previous consultations like this have resulted in the removal of…#fucong #unitednations #beijing #russian #hongkong #moscow #ukraine #nuctech #europeanparliament #patriciaflor (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
