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Advocates eyeing post-pandemic world say green hydrogen’s time has come
May 17, 2020 06:08Hydrogen has long been touted as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Now, as major economies prepare green investments to kickstart growth, advocates spy a golden chance to drag the niche energy into the mainstream of a post-pandemic world. Green hydrogen was pushed to the fore recently when Fatih Birol, Head of the International Energy Agency, said the technology was “ready for the big time” and urged governments to channel investments into the fuel.
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Health minister: Iran outshining Europe, US in coronavirus fight
May 17, 2020 02:13Despite facing tough foreign sanctions, the Islamic Republic is outperforming Europe and the US in handling the fight against the novel coronavirus, Iranian Health Minister Sa’eed Namaki said.
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Isolated and alone, Britain has become the sick man of Europe
May 13, 2020 09:46The view of Britain as Europe’s “problem child” predates the coronavirus pandemic but has been greatly reinforced by it. Foreign perceptions of the UK as a badly governed, disorderly, embittered and chronically divided country took deep root in the politically chaotic years that followed the 2016 Brexit referendum.
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The huge problem of food waste could be twice as big as we thought
May 11, 2020 12:30Consumers around the world could be wasting more than twice as much food as thought, according to an analysis that says previous estimates have been gross underestimates. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said in 2011 that around a third of food is lost or wasted. This report is considered to have played a key role in food waste reduction becoming one of the world’s Sustainable Development Goals.
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Ecotourism collapse threatens communities and wildlife
May 10, 2020 05:57Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, scientists have repeatedly urged humanity to reset its relationship with nature or suffer worse outbreaks. But the economic consequences of the COVID-19 lockdown have raised fears of a surge in poaching, illegal fishing and deforestation in life-sustaining ecosystems, with tens of thousands of jobs in the ecotourism sector at risk around the world.
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US ‘bullying’ jeopardizes UN credibility: Iran’s Zarif
May 10, 2020 04:12Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned that Washington’s “lawless bullying” against other countries will put the UN credibility at risk.
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What bankers are really worried about
May 06, 2020 07:05Europe’s banks have often complained about too much regulation hampering their ability to lend. The COVID-19 epidemic shows that when times are bad the real constraint lies elsewhere: In the financial markets.
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Iran outdoing biggest powers in coronavirus battle: Minister
May 04, 2020 07:41Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki said the country has outperformed the most powerful countries in tackling the novel coronavirus pandemic despite financial problems.
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US plan to rejoin JCPOA to get nowhere: Iranian spokesman
May 04, 2020 03:48Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Washington’s ploy to again become a participant of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal after its unilateral withdrawal from the agreement is a nonstarter that runs counter to the international law.
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US no longer party to JCPOA: EU on Washington’s anti-Iran bid
May 01, 2020 01:23The European Union foreign policy chief says the US is no longer a party to the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the 5+1 group, pointing to the limitations that Washington is facing in its avowed bid to extend an arms embargo under the deal against Tehran that is going to expire in October.