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India’s population can be an asset in the world’s war against climate change
Mint
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July 10, 2025
India, now the world’s most populous country, sits at the confluence of two big shifts: climate vulnerability and demographic opportunity. Could this deliver not a contradiction, but indeed a strategic advantage? What we do with our population and...
Vinamilk Wins Global Dairy Recognition with Science-Led Innovation Drive
Asia Pacific Food Industry
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July 10, 2025
Vinamilk takes centre stage at the Global Dairy Congress 2025, signalling Southeast Asia’s rise in the global nutrition arena. Vietnam’s dairy heavyweight Vinamilk unveiled its science-driven product strategy at the Global Dairy Congress (GDC)...
Europe heatwave kills 2,300, study shows
Khaama Press
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July 10, 2025
A recent study reveals that the extreme heatwave across Europe has claimed at least 2,300 lives in 12 major cities this summer. A recent study has revealed that the ongoing heatwave across parts of Europe has caused the deaths of at least 2,300...
'I live next to new £286m prison - the music, swearing, and alarms are so bad I'm moving to France'
Coventry Live
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July 10, 2025
Fed-up locals living next to one of Britain’s newest prisons say their lives are made hell by rowdy inmates playing loud rap music and swearing 24/7. HMP Fosse Way in Leicestershire cost £286 million and houses prisoners coming to the end of their...
The Floodgates Are Breaking In Germany's Welfare State
Zero Hedge
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Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Germany’s social insurance system is coming under increasing pressure from demographic shifts and a stagnating economy. Long-term care insurance is no exception. The political class attempts to sedate the symptoms. It...
UK government abandons energy ‘zonal pricing’ plan
The Guardian
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July 10, 2025
The government has abandoned plans for “zonal pricing” that would have charged southern electricity users more than those in Scotland, saying that a single national price would help ensure the system was “fair, affordable, secure and efficient”....
New podcast: ‘Developers might consider Chinese OEMs to pressure European turbine firms’
Windpower Monthly
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July 10, 2025
Scassola, who is vice president of wind research at Rystad, spoke about the implications of non-price criteria for renewable energy auctions under the EU's Net Zero Industry Act, which will become mandatory by the end of this year, the multiple...
Venture Global secures top spot in Germany’s LNG market with expanded SEFE deal
Offshore Energy
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July 10, 2025
Germany’s Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE) has finalized an agreement with U.S. energy player Venture Global to purchase an additional quantity of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a project the latter is developing in Louisiana, United States....
Intense Heatwave Sparks Wildfires Across Italy
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN) An intense heatwave that recently scorched Europe has had a devastating impact on Italy, igniting wildfires, injuring scores of people, and driving a spike in heat-related fatalities, according to local officials and international...
European leaders urge investment in Ukraine even as war accelerates, with new equity fund announced
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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“The message we want to send today to businesses is: Don’t be afraid to invest to build and rebuild Ukraine,” Meloni told the gathering of business, political and development representatives. “The reconstruction of Ukraine is not a risk. It’s an...
Sweet comeback: SA growers unite to reinvent grapefruit in Europe
Food For Mzansi
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July 10, 2025
A coalition of South African citrus growers is working together to reposition a grapefruit variety in European markets. Under the Citrus Growers’ Association (CGA) of Southern Africa, a dedicated group of Star Ruby growers has formed a marketing...
The European Court’s Merits Judgment in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia: As Good as It Gets (Almost)
EJIL: Talk!
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July 10, 2025
In a landmark ruling, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights yesterday delivered its much-anticipated merits judgment in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia (nos. 8019/16, 43800/14, 28525/20 and 11055/22). The judgment is here;...
European court set to decide on Caster Semenya’s gender in sports case
IOL
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July 10, 2025
A top European court will decide Thursday whether double Olympic champion Caster Semenya can be required to lower her testosterone levels to compete as a woman, in a key decision on contested gender testing. The European Court of Human Rights'...
Banking on AI risks derailing net zero goals: report on energy costs of Big Tech
University of Cambridge News
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July 10, 2025
By 2040, the energy demands of the tech industry could be up to 25 times higher than today, with unchecked growth of data centres driven by AI expected to create surges in electricity consumption that will strain power grids and accelerate carbon...
Uniper Sells Stake in Baltic Gas Distributor to Energy Investments
Rigzone
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July 10, 2025
Germany’s Uniper SE said Wednesday it had sold its 18.26 percent interest in AS Latvijas Gaze, which is involved in natural gas trading and sales in the Baltic neighborhood primarily in Latvia, to co-venturer Energy Investments SIA. “The sale of...
‘Europe is becoming a solar powerhouse’: Solar tops EU electricity as coal sinks to new low
Euronews
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Published on 10/07/2025 - 6:01 GMT+2 In an historic first, solar power generated more electricity than any other source in the EU last month. New data from energy think tank Ember shows that solar accounted for 22.1 per cent of the EU’s...
Dow will shut down three upstream European assets
chemeurope.com
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July 10, 2025
Dowopens in a new tab announced that, as a follow-up to the European asset actions first announced in April 2025, its Board of Directors has approved the shutdown of three upstream assets in Europe, in addition to certain corporate and other...
Latvia Throws Its Hat In Ring For Albania's Journey Toward EU Membership
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 10. On July 9, Albanian Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Igli Hasani paid a working visit to Riga, where he met with Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Baiba Braže, Trend reports. The...
Map: groundwater situation worsens in France, with 39% of levels already below normal
The Connexion
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July 10, 2025
Essentially all basins are seeing levels drop as summer heat continues Conditions are significantly worse than in July 2024 sumeth c / Shutterstock / VisActu / The Connexion Groundwater levels in France continue to drop as summer progresses, with...
Underwater turbine achieves breakthrough for tidal energy
Finance & Commerce - Minnesota
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July 9, 2025
The Blueprint Scotland‘s MeyGen tidal project achieves over 6 years of continuous ocean power generation. SKF bearings kept turbine running without unplanned maintenance. MeyGen powers up to 7,000 homes, with plans to expand to 130 turbines. Tidal...