May 27, 2021 Last May 25 was ‘International Plastic Free Day’. The organizers of the movement said that if every person in the world stopped using one single-use piece of plastic for one day, we’d avoid over 7.6 billion items of plastic on that single day. The action is laudable. Solving the plastic problem needs the cooperation of all. However, the lasting solution to this problem is to ‘nip it in the bud’. That is to target the source - the plastic producers.
This is the direction that the United States (US) wants to take. This is good because they are a major plastic producer. More than 350 million metric tons of plastic are produced in the US each year, of which 91 percent is not recycled. The U.S. generates the most plastic waste per capita of any country and exports 225 shipping containers of plastic waste per day to countries with limited or nonexistent waste management systems, where plastic may be crudely processed in unsafe facilities and incinerat
Assad dismisses critics as Syria votes to extend his term
World
May 27, 2021
DAMASCUS: President Bashar al-Assad dismissed criticism of Syria’s presidential election on Wednesday as voters flocked to the polls in government-held areas despite Western accusations it was neither “free nor fair”.
“Your opinions have zero value,” Assad said, after voting with his British-born wife Asma in the Damascus suburb of Douma, a key rebel stronghold until its recapture by government forces three years ago.
The United States and the European Union said on Tuesday the election was “neither free nor fair,” and Syria’s fragmented opposition has called it a “farce”. But they will watch powerless as Assad prepares to renew his grip on power.
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Infrastructure Malta awards over €1m to contractor linked to building collapse that claimed Miriam Pace’s life… after her death
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The companies owned by Ludwig Dimech, the contractor linked to the building collapse that claimed the life of Miriam Pace, 54, on 2 March 2020, has been awarded over €1 million in direct orders and contracts, according to documents tabled in parliament.
In response to a parliamentary question by Opposition MP David Thake who requested a list of direct orders, contracts and consultancies dished out by Infrastructure Malta, it was revealed that the two companies associated with Dimech – LK Ltd and Dimbros Ltd – received over €1 million after Pace’s tragic death, an analysis by The Shift shows.