June 2021 archive

CO2 Emissions For Vehicles In EU, Iceland And Norway Fall Most In Ten Years CO2 Emissions For Vehicles In EU, Iceland And Norway Fall Most In Ten Years The average total emissions for new passenger vehicles registered in the EU, Iceland, Norway and the U.K. fell the steepest in ten years in 2020, according to new data …

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Blinken Urges Allies To "Repatriate" & "Rehabilitate" Foreign ISIS Terrorists Held In Syria Blinken Urges Allies To “Repatriate” & “Rehabilitate” Foreign ISIS Terrorists Held In Syria US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday actually called for ISIS members held in prisons across Syria to essentially be let go to their home countries – often in Europe. He …

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Thousands Of Asteroids Whizz Past Earth Thousands Of Asteroids Whizz Past Earth NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies keeps an eye on the sky, surveying more than 26,000 asteroids and a much smaller number of comets that pass near Earth. Near Earth Asteroids, or NEAs, also include more than 2,000 potentially dangerous specimen, of …

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The Con Job Of The Century? The Con Job Of The Century? Authored by Laurie Calhoun via The Libertarian Institute, Over the course of the past century, a number of truly awe-inspiring heists have been carried out by con artists, whose modus operandi is to exploit human frailties such as credulity, insecurity and greed. Con is short for confidence, for …

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Escobar: A Sovereign Iran Will Move Closer To Russia-China Escobar: A Sovereign Iran Will Move Closer To Russia-China Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times, Iran’s president-elect will ‘Look East’ while seeking to exit ‘strategic patience’ when dealing with the US… In his first press conference as President-Elect with 62% of the votes, Ebrahim Raesi, facing …

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These Are The Nationalities Supporting Britain's HNS The Most These Are The Nationalities Supporting Britain’s HNS The Most Like the country it serves, the strength of the NHS is closely linked to its diversity. Statista’s Martin Armstrong notes that the most recent figures for NHS England show large numbers of its staff are not UK/British …

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How Powerful Is Your Passport In A Post-Pandemic World? How Powerful Is Your Passport In A Post-Pandemic World? With COVID-19 cases falling in many parts of the world and vaccination programs ramping up at warp speed, international travel no longer seems like a distant dream. The Henley Passport Index, which has been regularly monitoring the world’s …

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Glencore CEO Says Commodity Prices Will Stay Elevated For Longer Glencore CEO Says Commodity Prices Will Stay Elevated For Longer Some commodities have taken a beating over the last week after the Federal Reserve signaled for interest-rate increases, a rising dollar, and China’s efforts to slow inflation. The question readers should ask is what happens next?  …

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Macron, Le Pen Suffer Setbacks In French Regional Elections Amid Lowest Turnout On Record Macron, Le Pen Suffer Setbacks In French Regional Elections Amid Lowest Turnout On Record French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen both suffered setbacks as their parties performed poorly in regional elections that saw a historically low turnout …

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When Capitals Move When Capitals Move Packing up a whole capital and moving it to a new location might seem like a daunting task, but, as Statista’s Katharina Buchholz details below, some countries have actually tackled the undertaking in the past and one more is planning a move for the future. A recent change of capital was …

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