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Biden continues to insist that he is speaking “clearly and honestly” against President Xi. For example, his aversion to China’s autocratic system, his concerns about human rights in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, and the pressure on Taiwan. This is in part a domestic mantra for Biden, to emphasize the difference in style with his predecessor Trump. But he also kept …

This is what the 2019 figures from the European Environment Agency EEA show. In 2018, an estimated 346,000 Europeans died from the effects of air pollution. In the early 1990s, air pollution even killed nearly a million people. Stricter guidelines The World Health Organization (WHO) tightened air quality guidelines this fall for the first time since 2005. Exposure to harmful …

The Thai capital Bangkok has again demonstrated for the reform of the monarchy. Protesters reacted to a decision by the Thai Constitutional Court. He ruled on Wednesday that three protest leaders had called for the overthrow of the monarchy. The demonstrators do not agree: they argue that the protest movement wants to implement democratic reforms. They took to the streets …

About fifty migrants crossed the border barricades from Belarus on Saturday evening and entered Poland. Polish police let us know on Sunday local media. Polish customs report that everyone who reached Poland was eventually arrested and returned to Belarus by border guards. A total of 223 attempts were made to illegally cross Europe’s eastern border on Saturday. Thousands of migrants, …

Are you hitting the road? Here you will find it Overview work. Check here the rail timetable. What can you expect today? Demonstrations take place in The Hague for the right to affordable housing. Protesters from the residential resistance movement cross the city center in front of the Interior Ministry. The protest march will start at 2 p.m. Bulgarians are …

Lukashenko, 67, who ruled Belarus for 27 years, posed in a red uniform on the ice hockey rink and broadcast the “footage of the match” – including a goal attempt, boxing with a teammate and praise from the public – via its website. He also announced that his team beat their opponents outside the capital with 5-2. “Hybrid attack” Like …

Steve Bannon, former adviser to Donald Trump, has been charged with contempt of Parliament. Bannon declined to appear at a U.S. House of Representatives hearing where a committee wanted to question him about his role in the January 6 storming of Capitol Hill. Bannon also declined to provide documents the House wanted to see. The House wanted to question Bannon …

Illustrative photo – an Airbus A330-200 If all goes well, SLM wants to start operating its own A330 on the Mid-Atlantic route in early February 2022. The aircraft in question is currently on C control in Turkey and is expected in the second week of December. Leo Brunswijk, one of Suriname’s commissioners Luchtvaart Maatschappij (SLM), announced on Friday after a …

US climate envoy Kerry called for drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions before the end of this decade and not to water down the draft declaration any further. Kerry has advocated, among others, for an end to fossil fuel subsidies. He said action must be taken now “to avoid the worst effects of the climate crisis”. In his speech, EU …

On the closing day of the climate summit, US climate envoy John Kerry called on all participants to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade. According to him, the science is crystal clear when it comes to the need for this in the pursuit of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. “To avoid the worst effects of the …