Senior Tory Blasts 'Mad Or Malicious' Conservatives Plotting To Oust Rishi Sunak
Tory MPs would be “mad” to think ousting Rishi Sunak as prime minister before the election was a good idea, a senior Conservative has said.
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Tory MPs would be “mad” to think ousting Rishi Sunak as prime minister before the election was a good idea, a senior Conservative has said.
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My best friend and I have a 29-year age gap, and we've never met in person. We met over email after she read one of my articles.
Arsenal legend Ian Wright has hit out at Diogo Dalot for the way he ignored Rasmus Hojlund in yesterday’s game for Manchester United against Bournemouth. At a key moment in the match, Dalot took a shot from a difficult angle instead of squaring the ball to Hojlund in the penalty area, who would have been […]
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Ottawa (AFP) Dec 7, 2023
Canada on Thursday announced a cap on its oil and gas sector's CO2 emissions, but the required cuts are smaller and slower than environmentalists wanted from the nation's heaviest polluting industry.
The world's fourth largest oil and gas producer proposes to cap 2030 CO2 emissions by as much as 35 to 38 percent below 2019 levels, and allow companies to trade credits to meet that goal.
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Paris (AFP) Dec 7, 2023
The outcome of the most important climate negotiations in years could rest on the ambiguity surrounding one linchpin term, according to experts: "unabated fossil fuels".
With the world experiencing its hottest year on record and devastating heat, wildfires and flooding battering communities across the planet, negotiators at the COP28 talks must hammer out a response to a UN assessment that c
Paris (AFP) Dec 7, 2023
The EU directive requiring companies to report climate sustainability data as well as financial information will go into effect in France as of January 1, 2024, according to an ordinance published Thursday.
The EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) came into force at the beginning of 2023 but it needs to be transposed into local legislation in each member country, with Fra
Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Dec 6, 2023
Eurozone banks that portray themselves as more conscious about environmental issues lend more than others to polluting industries, a group of European Central Bank economists said on Wednesday.
Banks have a key role in financing the green transition, and their lending practices and environmental standards are under growing scrutiny.
The four ECB economists looked at investor reports and
Dubai (AFP) Dec 7, 2023
In recent years, there have been growing questions about whether the climate talks known as COP are useful.
Here, five participants at this year's COP28 defend the meetings, insisting that without them, the planet would be in much worse shape.
- John Kerry, US climate envoy
"Some people have suggested here or there that the Paris Agreement hasn't worked because we are behind and we
Chiang Mai, Thailand (AFP) Dec 4, 2023
Hitting tennis balls across a tree-lined court in Thailand's mountainous north, Connie Chen's weekly private training session is a luxury the Chinese national could barely afford when she lived in Shanghai.
China implemented some of the world's toughest Covid restrictions during the pandemic, putting hundreds of millions of people under prolonged lockdowns. In the aftermath, younger citizens
Washington (AFP) Dec 6, 2023
The World Bank will allocate $5 billion to deliver "reliable, affordable, renewable electricity" to 100 million Africans by the end of the decade, the president of the development lender announced Wednesday.
The World Bank estimates that around 600 million people in Africa do not currently have access to reliable electricity, a key factor hampering job creation and economic development on th
Nabeul, Tunisia (AFP) Dec 3, 2023
A drone buzzed back and forth above rows of verdant orange trees planted near Nabeul, eastern Tunisia.
The black unmanned aircraft, equipped with a multi-lens camera and sensors, has been enlisted by Tunisian farmers to help adapt to years of drought and erratic weather patterns caused by climate change.
"The seasons are not like they were before where we knew exactly what to do," said f
Paris (AFP) Dec 7, 2023
Car manufacturer Stellantis said Thursday it will test a system to exchange batteries in a fleet of electric cars in Madrid next year.
The test using technology from California startup Ample will allow users of a car sharing fleet of Fiat 500e subcompacts in the Spanish capital switch out used EV batteries for fully charged ones in in less than five minutes.
"Battery swapping technology
Beijing (AFP) Dec 6, 2023
China began commercial operations of the world's first next-generation, gas-cooled nuclear reactor power plant, state media reported Wednesday.
The Shidao Bay plant in eastern Shandong province is powered by two high-temperature reactors cooled by gas rather than pressurised water, according to state news agency Xinhua, making it more efficient and cost-effective.
Conventional reactors p
Raleigh NC (SPX) Dec 08, 2023
How heavy can an element be? An international team of researchers has found that ancient stars were capable of producing elements with atomic masses greater than 260, heavier than any element on the periodic table found naturally on Earth. The finding deepens our understanding of element formation in stars.
We are, literally, made of star stuff. Stars are element factories, where elements
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2023
Pentoses are essential carbohydrates in the metabolism of modern lifeforms, but their availability during early Earth is unclear since these molecules are unstable. A new study led by the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, reveals a chemical pathway compatible with early Earth conditions and by which C6 aldonates could have acted as a source of pentoses
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Dec 05, 2023
What wiped out the dinosaurs? A meteorite plummeting to Earth is only part of the story, a new study suggests. Climate change triggered by massive volcanic eruptions may have ultimately set the stage for the dinosaur extinction, challenging the traditional narrative that a meteorite alone delivered the final blow to the ancient giants.
That's according to a study published in Science Advan
Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 08, 2023
In a strategic alliance aimed at bolstering emergency communications and disaster recovery efforts, Tekniam, a US-based company specializing in emergency connectivity solutions, is joining forces with Rivada Space Networks to use the company's OuterNET system to create a resilient and swiftly deployable network in the face of catastrophic events.
Natural and man-made disasters such as hurr
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 08, 2023
Uzma (BURSA:7250.KL), a Malaysian-based energy and technology firm, has joined forces with Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a pioneer in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation ("EO") data collection, in a momentous partnership aimed at revolutionizing satellite imagery capabilities and geospatial services in Southeast Asia.
This collaboration includes the deployment of a cutting-edge EO sat
Dresden, Germany (SPX) Dec 08, 2023
In the world of materials science, discoveries that challenge established norms often lead to groundbreaking innovations. Such is the case with a fascinating development involving laser-induced magnetization, a technique that was initially uncovered in 2018 by researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR). In a recent collaboration with the Laserinstitut Hochschule Mittweida (LH
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2023
When NASA's VIPER (short for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) lands on the surface of the Moon on a mission to better understand the environment where NASA plans to send astronauts as part of the increasingly complex Artemis missions, its journey will be guided by the human ingenuity of its human team - and several key tools that use artificial intelligence. From helping the scie
Irankunda, 17, was visibly upset after failing to make an impact on Adelaide United's A-League Men's game against Brisbane Roar, with the Roar running out 2-0 winners to move to second.
Buying Twitter was the biggest gamble of Musk's career. Now he — and his empire — are cracking under the pressure.
Buying Twitter was the biggest gamble of Musk's career. Now he — and his empire — are cracking under the pressure.
