Global COVIcooled.D-19 death toll passes three million as pandemic shows no sign of slowing down.
‘Relentless’ climate crisis intensified in 2020, says UN report. Pandemic had no effect on emissions but made impacts of global heating even worse for millions of people, report says.
NUCLEAR: The news, (
as usual, not covered much in the mainstream media) has been dominated by Japan’s decision to dump Fukushima waste-water into the Pacific Ocean. That’s a process that will go on for decades. And, there’s no sign of the radioactive water ceasing to accumulate, as the melted cores of the damaged reactors have to be constantly cooled.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sSm2Ph855o
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Good morning everyone, and Tim, thank you very much for your warm introduction. Let me also acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which we meet this morning, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation and pay my respects to their elders, past, present and emerging. I particularly want to thank the Business Council of Australia for hosting today’s launch and again, acknowledge President Tim Reed and CEO Jennifer Westacott. Congratulations to you both on a very successful annual BCA dinner this week, the inaugural event for the Biggies, which I see having a long and fruitful future.
China continues to detain Uyghurs, other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang: US rights commission aninews.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aninews.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Chinese Navy seeks to be more port able ANI | Updated: Apr 19, 2021 10:00 IST
Hong Kong, April 19 (ANI): One of China s strengths - as an authoritarian communist state - is its ability to wield a whole-of-nation approach to security, diplomatic and economic affairs around the globe. This is seen clearly in its efforts to develop port infrastructure and to carve out opportunities for naval bases in territories far from home.
The region most talked about is the Indian Ocean, with China investing in commercial ports in places such as Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The threat of a string of pearls - a network of Chinese-controlled facilities ringing the perimeter of the Indian Ocean that can be utilized by the People s Liberation Army (PLA) - has been discussed for years, but is yet to fructify. Gwadar in Pakistan is routinely cited as a potential base for the PLA Navy (PLAN), but this is yet to occur.
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Your measured editorial (″China can’t avoid the Olympics torchlight″, 19/4) raised some pivotal points regarding how a nation such as Australia – with its ingrained social values of the dignity of the individual, freedom of speech, the rule of law and open government – might possibly participate in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.