Russia needs new soldiers. A new wave of mobilization seems to be the only solution. The question is no longer if, but when. Experts are still expecting a new wave of forced recruitment in January. The evidence is piling up. "Today you think about how you will decorate the festive table and make your plans. But as the clock strikes 12, you may not hear the knock on the door. It will be the military commissar knocking." With these words,...
At the beginning of December, China changed its corona strategy from isolating the infected to almost unchecked contagion. What are the consequences of the Chinese Covid storm for us, who consider the pandemic to be almost over? When large and ever-increasing numbers frighten you, there is a very simple way to calm down, at least temporarily: stop counting. That's probably what the leadership of China and especially the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China thought when they...
If the "decision was up" to him, there would be no self-service electric scooters in public spaces, as is already the case in other large cities such as Barcelona, Valencia or New York. Bruno Bernard, the president of the metropolis of Lyon did not hide his hostility vis-à-vis the vehicles deployed for three years between Rhône and Saône. Because they compete with self-service bicycles – whose short-term subscriptions have fallen by half – but above all because they are dangerous.In...
A hurricane of unusual magnitude is headed for the east coast of the United States and is likely to bring storm surges where Ian has previously struck. Evacuations are therefore being ordered in the Sunshine State.Hurricane Ian only left a path of devastation in the USA and Cuba at the end of September: According to the authorities in Florida, the number of fatalities was more than 100, and the economic damage was more than 70 billion dollars. The affected areas...
Status: 06.11.2022 05:47 Ahead of the world climate conference that begins today, many scientists are pessimistic. Foreign Minister Baerbock warned that 2022 should not be a wasted year for climate protection, despite the Russian attack on Ukraine. Shortly before the start of the COP27 world climate conference in Egypt, Germany called curbing global warming its top priority. "Humanity is heading for an abyss, for a warming of over 2.5 degrees, with devastating effects on our lives on the only planet...
climate catastrophe Baerbock before COP27: "Humanity is heading for the abyss" Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) in Münster. photo © Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa The world is by no means safe from the deadly destruction of extreme weather events - on the contrary. Overshadowed by crises, the next round of global negotiations begins in Egypt. Shortly before the start of the COP27 world climate conference in Egypt, Germany called curbing global warming its top priority. "Humanity is heading for an abyss,...
Germany energy crisis Union demands relief for oil and pellets - Habeck is heading in the other direction Status: 07:20 a.m | Reading time: 3 minutes Robert Habeck (Greens), Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Source: picture alliance / Flashpic There are calls from the Union to relieve people who heat with oil or wood pellets. But Habeck's Ministry of Economics wants to reduce the funding - and link it to the use of solar thermal energy. There...
US President Joe Biden will attend the UN COP27 climate conference in Egypt on November 11, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said on Friday.It "will be based on the considerable work undertaken by the United States to advance the fight against climate change at the global level", said Karine Jean-Pierre in a press release. Joe Biden will also stress "that the world must act in this decisive decade", she added.The Democratic President will continue his diplomatic tour by going from...
Status: 10/28/2022 10:31 am The parties in Northern Ireland cannot find a consensus. The deadline for forming a government has passed. All signs now point to new elections. The stalemate could affect the UK government's EU policy. By Christoph Prössl, ARD Studio London It was the last chance: On Thursday, the elected members of the Northern Irish Parliament sat together again to elect a Speaker of Parliament. But the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) refused to approve. This makes it...
A speech in the form of a warning cry. "We need climate action on all fronts and we need it now," insisted Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, on the occasion of the publication of the annual assessment by UN-Environment of the commitments of the signatories of the Paris agreement.According to UNEP, these commitments put the Earth on a warming trajectory of 2.6°C by the end of the century, well beyond the objectives of the Paris agreement, i.e. a...
