Laurence Tubiana, one of experts behind 2015 agreement, calls for taxes or charges on consumption Rich individuals in all countries must pay more to tackle the climate crisis, whether through taxes or charges on consumption, one of the architects of the Paris agreement has said. […]
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The Netherlands has the second highest standard of well-being in the European Union when it comes to the present day, national statistics office CBS said on Monday. Only Sweden is more prosperous in terms of 23 key indicators reflecting wealth, welfare and personal growth, the CBS said. Croatia comes bottom of […]
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Nature minister Christianne van der Wal and junior asylum minister Eric van der Burg have ruled themselves out of taking up posts in the new right-wing cabinet led by Dick Schoof. Van der Wal, whose plan to buy out farmers is set to be abandoned […]
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Ukrainians are enjoying the onset of spring. The nights are still cold, but they are emerging from a winter of Russian missile strikes that have cut their power, heating and their water too. The winter was very hard but it was now over, declared President […]
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B.’s family fears that “another innocent victim will fall under the care and responsibility” of Jeuken, the relative wrote on March 6. Parool knows his identity, but he asked the newspaper to keep him anonymous. “My family is not safe and does not feel safe […]
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This is the first big, coordinated wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power infrastructure in almost a month. While there has been some targeting of power facilities in recent weeks, this has been the longest gap since the attacks began in early October. A much-anticipated […]
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School children across Liverpool city region are invited to decorate giant eggs inspired by a Ukrainian tradition as part of the Eurovision celebrations. Pupils will be offered Pysanky workshops, a Ukrainian custom where eggs are painted with bright colours to mark the first day of […]
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Ukraine has launched an investigation to find Russian soldiers who apparently killed an unarmed Ukrainian prisoner of war, after graphic footage emerged. “We will find the murderers,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said late on Monday. In the video, the Ukrainian soldier is seen smoking a cigarette […]
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A group of blacksmiths based in north-east England are forging metal in aid of Ukrainian soldiers. Hammer and Hound forge in Blyth has been tasked with forging 500 “log dogs” – large steel staples used to reinforce trenches. Local companies have supported the forge’s effort […]
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The leaders of China and Belarus have expressed their “extreme interest” in a peaceful resolution in Ukraine. Chinese President and Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s Vladimir Putin, issued the statement after talks in Beijing. Mr Lukashenko said his country “fully supports” […]
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A council is looking into ways to help Ukrainian refugees find long-term housing after concerns they could be uprooted once their sponsorship ends. Graham Ellis sponsors a family-of-four in Melksham and said moving settled families to other parts of the country with available housing was […]
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It will take at least eight weeks to repair the damages rioters did to Eindhoven Central Station on Sunday, a spokesperson for rail manager ProRail said to ANP. “And that while the station was recently completely renovated and was only renamed Central Station a year […]
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