Author: Kirsi Seppänen

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Why are German neo-Nazis training in Russia?

German right-wing extremists are receiving paramilitary training in St. Petersburg, Russia, according to new report from news magazine Focus. Who is running the training, and…

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Asiakirjat: Oikeuskansleri puuttui hallituksen päätöksenteko­tapaan huhtikuussa, muistutti virkamies­valmistelun merkityksestä

Oikeuskansleri Tuomas Pöysti puuttui huhtikuun lopussa tapaan, jolla hallituksen päätöksiä on tehty koronaepidemian aikana. Oikeuskansleri Pöystin mukaan kiire ei enää epidemiatilanteen pitkittyessä perustellut sitä, että…

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Nuuskamaisesta nikotiinikorvaustuotteesta tuli miljoonabisnes – Proviisori: sitä käytetään nuuskan korvikkeena, kun rajat ovat kiinni

Kun valtioiden rajat ovat olleet koronan takia suljettuina, moni nuuskanhimoinen suomalainen on turvautunut uuteen nikotiininkorvaustuotteeseen. Ylen tietojen mukaan mintunmakuinen nuuskamainen nikotiinipussi on nyt myydyin korvaustuote…

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Study: Autonomous vehicles won’t make roads completely safe

A new study says that while autonomous vehicle technology has great promise to reduce crashes, it may not be able to prevent all mishaps caused…

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Coronavirus: EU to start allowing in outside travellers from July

The European Union will not fully open internal borders before the end of June, meaning restrictions on travel to and from other countries will only…

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Trash is treasure as Myanmar environmentalist turns food scraps into fertiliser

To most people in Myanmar, food waste is nothing but garbage, and that attitude leaves Inda Soe Aung baffled. But the 35-year-old environmentalist isn’t complaining,…

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COVID-19: This Tanzanian recycling plant is retooling to make face masks

A recycling plant in Tanzania’s port city of Dar es Salaam has traded paper for plastic bottles and started making anti-coronavirus face shields that are…

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‘The future belongs to companies that work with nature’: Leading figures call for circular economy role in green recovery

Thirty leading politicians, academics, and environmental campaigners have urged governments crafting sweeping Covid-19 stimulus packages to eschew short-term carbon-intensive solutions in favour of those that…

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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers most extensive coral bleaching

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffered its most extensive coral bleaching event in March, with scientists fearing the coral recovers less each time after the third…

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Russia struggles to clean up Arctic river fuel spill

Russia on Thursday intensified efforts to clean up a major fuel spill that environmentalists say is the worst such accident in the Arctic, as investigators…

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