Faced with climate change diminishing farmers’ yields, Nestle announced Wednesday that it was working on a technique to produce chocolate by using up to 30 percent more of the cocoa fruit. Chocolate is traditionally made using only cocoa beans taken from inside the pod, meaning that a large amount of the fruit — including the […]
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Rows of neatly dressed soldiers marched in unison to shouted instructions at a training ground in humid Beijing on Wednesday, as China prepares to unveil new domestically produced military hardware at a parade next month. President Xi Jinping will inspect troops in the capital’s Tiananmen Square at the event to mark 80 years since the […]
Read MoreRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that discussing any Western security guarantees for Ukraine without Russian involvement was a “road to nowhere”. NATO military chiefs were set Wednesday to discuss the details of eventual security guarantees for Ukraine amid efforts to broker an end to Russia’s offensive. But Lavrov warned that “seriously discussing […]
Read MoreNa Índia, as fontes renováveis representam agora, anos antes do previsto, a metade da capacidade energética instalada, mas o terceiro maior emissor de gases de efeito estufa segue dependendo em grande medida do carbono para a geração de eletricidade. “Um marco no caminho da transição energética da Índia”, disse o ministro de Energias Renováveis, Pralhad Joshi, […]
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More than 20 people were killed on Wednesday in a torrential spell of monsoon rain in Pakistan, where downpours have swept away entire villages over the last week, leaving more than 400 dead. Eleven people died in the touristic northern region of Gilgit-Baltistan and 10 others in Karachi, the financial capital in the south, due […]
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Europe has registered a record number of outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses such as chikungunya and West Nile virus this year, the EU health agency said Wednesday, saying climate change was contributing to a “new normal”. Europe is experiencing longer and more intense transmission seasons for mosquito-borne diseases, said the European Centre for Disease Prevention and […]
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Das nationale belgische Postunternehmen Bpost stellt wegen Unklarheiten bei neuen Zollregelungen in den USA vorerst den Paketversand dorthin ein. “Ab Freitag nehmen wir keine Pakete mehr an, die für die USA bestimmt sind”, sagte ein Bpost-Sprecher am Mittwoch der Nachrichtenagentur AFP und bestätigte entsprechende belgische Medienberichte. Grund sei das von den USA angekündigte Ende der […]
Read MoreUm wieder mehr Menschen zum Lesen zu bringen, will Dänemark die Mehrwertsteuer auf Bücher abschaffen. Dies kündigte am Mittwoch Kulturminister Jakob Engel-Schmidt an, der das Land in einer “Lesekrise” sieht. Dänemark hat mit 25 Prozent die europaweit höchste Mehrwertsteuer auf Bücher.”Wir müssen alles tun, um diese Lesekrise zu beheben, die sich in den letzten Jahren […]
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