In low-lying Copenhagen where rising sea levels, groundwater and rainfall pose a risk to infrastructure, the Danish capital is trying to adapt and protect urban areas from climate change.And Karens Minde park is one of the more than 300 projects underway to stop the city being submerged.A former marsh once shunned by people living nearby, …
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In the Romanian village of Mihai Viteazu, where far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu performed particularly well in the first-round election in which he stormed to a surprise lead, businessman Ciprian Gavrila explained why.”People are saying ‘Stop’, they want change,” Gavrila said at his bar, diagnosing the mood heading into a run-off Sunday that is being …
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South Korea’s ruling party chief demanded Friday that President Yoon Suk Yeol be stripped of office, warning there was a “significant risk” he could try to impose martial law again.Yoon late Tuesday declared martial law before being forced into a U-turn after lawmakers dramatically faced down soldiers at parliament and voted to overturn the measure, …
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Taiwan’s largest coast guard patrol ship took part in a joint rescue drill in Palau on Friday, as visiting President Lai Ching-te fortifies ties in the Pacific where China has been poaching its allies.Palau is among 12 nations that still recognise Taiwan’s claim to statehood, after China convinced others to sever diplomatic relations with Taipei …
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The World Bank announced Thursday that it had raised close to $24 billion to provide loans and grants for some of the world’s poorest nations, which it can leverage to generate a record $100 billion in total spending power. Donor countries committed $23.7 billion to replenish the bank’s concessional lending arm, known as the International Development …
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Notre Dame’s famed 8,000-pipe organ, known as the voice and soul of the beloved cathedral, will be “revived” after a five-year absence in one of the highlights of this weekend’s reopening ceremony at the landmark.The vast organ escaped the worst of a devastating 2019 blaze that destroyed Notre Dame’s roof and spire, but it suffered …
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Indonesian fruit seller Budi was seeking better prospects when he signed up for an IT job in Cambodia. But he found himself detained in a heavily guarded compound where he was forced to carry out online scams.”When I arrived there, I was told to read a script,” Budi, not his real name, told AFP on …
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President Emmanuel Macron on Friday was to hold talks with political factions as he seeks to name a new prime minister and find a way out of France’s political crisis.Macron adopted a defiant tone in an address to the nation late Thursday, 24 hours after Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government was ousted in a historic …
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Europe’s new Vega-C rocket launched Thursday from French Guiana and put a satellite into orbit in its first takeoff since a failed flight two years ago.After two days of delays, the rocket — crucial to Europe’s autonomy in reaching space — took off without problems, carrying the Sentinel-1C satellite for the European Union’s Copernicus Earth …
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday said he hoped Ukraine’s allies took “seriously” Moscow’s recent use of a hypersonic missile in the conflict there, and warned that Russia was ready to use “any means” to defend itself.The United States and its allies “must understand that we would be ready to use any means not …
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