Europe
EU electric-vehicle push short-circuits
BRUSSELS -- In line with its ambition to make Europe a greener place, the European Union wants to drastically reduce gas emissions from transport by 2050 and promote electric cars.…
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Czech police, EU counterparts bust int’l steroid operation
PRAGUE, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The Czech police announced on Friday that they had uncovered a large-scale international operation of illicit trafficking in hormonal substances. The police said in a…
Christianity
Swiss Catholic theologian Hans Küng, who criticized popes, dies at 93
Hans Küng, the prominent and sometimes controversial Swiss Catholic theologian, who challenged popes, has died peacefully in his sleep in the university town of Tübingen, Germany, where he had lived…
Europe
Turkey blames EU for ‘sofagate’ scandal
Turkey on Thursday blamed the European Union for seating arrangements that left European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen without a chair during a meeting with the Turkish president. Recep…
Europe
EU vows to attract investment in hydrogen energy
LISBON, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The Council of the European Union (EU) on Wednesday defined the attraction of international investments in hydrogen energy as a priority, in a consensus built…
Europe
World Health Day: Putting equity at the heart of COVID-19 recovery
COVID-19 has affected us all, but some have fared worse than others simply because of the jobs they do and the insecurity of their living conditions and livelihoods.
Europe
Professor Nein: Economist threatens EU recovery fund
Press play to listen to this article Bernd Lucke has got Germany to halt ratification of the EU's €750 billion coronavirus recovery fund, sending chills through European capitals. But he…
Europe
Letters: We would suffer a sorry fate as a small nation in the EU
IT was inevitable that nationalists would seize on the LSE report on EU membership and the Velvet Divorce of the former Czechoslovakia (Letters, April 2), despite their earlier rubbishing of…
America
What is Airbnb farming and how could it improve food supply chains?
In 2011, amid Spain’s economic crisis, brothers Gabriel and Gonzalo Úrculo quit their jobs to return to the beautiful orange grove in Valencia where they had grown up to revive…
Europe
TU Eindhoven leads EU funded project to produce sustainable aviation fuel
Using low-cost and abundant feedstock, the EU funded project HIGFLY sets out to produce sustainable aviation fuels that can greatly reduce greenhouse emissions from airplanes. The corona pandemic has delivered…