Tag: Major and chronic diseases
Rishi Sunak could get mobbed (and bag a trade deal) when he heads to India – POLITICO
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LONDON — Rishi Sunak might struggle to set pulses racing at home. But Downing Street hopes for a different story when the U.K. prime minister visits India next month.
His ascent has already been hailed by the country’s press. “Indian son rises over the empire” read a headline by major broadcaster NDTV as Sunak entered Downing Street last year. The Times of India ran a piece on the shift
Not so fast on electric cars, says UK’s business minister – POLITICO
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LONDON — Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch is hoping to persuade Cabinet colleagues to soften new rules on electric cars, as the row over Britain’s net-zero targets rumbles on.
U.K. automakers could be hit with fines of up to £15,000 per car if they miss production goals on electric vehicles (EVs) next year.
But Badenoch — a Conservative rising star often talked about in Westminster as a future
High Court rules London’s pollution-busting ULEZ expansion is lawful – POLITICO
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan can press on with a controversial expansion of the ultra low emissions zone (ULEZ) which penalizes high-polluting vehicles in the capital, a High Court judge ruled Friday.
Five Conservative councils brought a legal challenge against the Labour mayor’s plan, which has sparked a major political debate about green policies in the U.K. But the judicial review was dismissed Friday morning, meaning the scheme can now be extended to outer London areas, as planned, on August
Why Britain’s lobbying crackdown isn’t really a crackdown – POLITICO
LONDON — The U.K. is finally promising to tighten its loose lobbying rules after a host of scandals. The trouble is, hardly anyone’s buying the plan.
Ministers chose the last day before the House of Commons kicked off its summer recess to respond to a swathe of recommendations made in three major reports over the past two years. They vowed “fundamental” changes to the U.K.’s transparency rules to ensure the “integrity” of government.
But ethics advocates remain to be convinced,
Wildfires trigger explosions at ammo warehouse in Greece – POLITICO
ATHENS — Wildfires ravaging central Greece spread to a military warehouse just miles from a major air base Thursday afternoon, igniting ammunition and setting off huge explosions.
After the blasts, authorities evacuated residents and tourists by land and sea from nearby towns and beaches. No injuries have been reported.
The ammunition warehouse is about 6 kilometers from a major military air base in Nea Anchialos.
The Greek air force said the area surrounding the warehouse was evacuated before the wildfires
Is Kemi Badenoch still the future? UK Tories aren’t so sure – POLITICO
LONDON — It’s been quite a year for Kemi Badenoch, propelled from little-known minister to Tory leadership hopeful, to Cabinet big-hitter and beyond.
The U.K. business and trade secretary used last July’s Conservative Party leadership contest to launch herself from relative obscurity to political stardom, and 12 months later finds herself firmly seated within the top tier of Rishi Sunak’s ministers.
For many, Badenoch is now the next great hope for British conservatism, her right-wing sensibilities, dry sense of humor
How Spain went woke — and why that may not last – POLITICO
CARLA ANTONELLI REMEMBERS when being gay in Spain could get you sent to a work camp.
Under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, the LGBTQ+ community was harshly persecuted by authorities and forced to live in the shadows, recalled Antonelli, a 63-year old actress, activist, politician and transgender woman. Even after the dictator’s death in 1975, she would “routinely be arrested and beaten by police.”
“They’d smash my face against the wall until I lay in a puddle of my own blood, and
How to navigate Spain’s EU presidency policy agenda like a pro – POLITICO
Spare a thought for Spanish diplomats in Brussels. They’re going to be working flat-out until Christmas.
Sweden has spent the last six months trying to process a huge pile of legislative files, many of which were proposed late by a European Commission distracted by COVID-19 and Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Despite commendable progress, many of these files still need a lot of work before being passed into law. Look at the files we’ve laid out below, then look back at
Prioritizing asthma and improving ‘Asthma Care for All’ – POLITICO
As one of the world’s most common chronic noncommunicable diseases, asthma is a serious yet often misunderstood and poorly managed condition.1,2 Today on World Asthma Day, we join the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and the global respiratory community in calling for “Asthma Care for All” via reforms that increase equitable access to quality care and improve outcomes for the estimated 262 million people living with asthma worldwide.1
Asthma attacks are physically threatening and emotionally significant for many
2023’s most important election: Turkey – POLITICO
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For Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, next month’s election is of massive historical significance.
It falls 100 years after the foundation of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s secular republic and, if Erdoğan wins, he will be empowered to put even more of his stamp on the trajectory of a geostrategic heavyweight of 85 million people. The fear in the West is that he will see this as his moment to push