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World’s largest oil firm joins alliance to reduce industry’s carbon emissions

The world’s biggest oil company, Saudi Aramco, has joined an alliance of oil companies to set the first industry-wide target to help tackle the climate…

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Gabon appoints first woman prime minister

Former Defense Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda has been promoted to prime minister, making her the first woman to hold the role in Gabon’s history….

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Mayors launch Green and Just Recovery Plan

The C40 Cities group of Mayors has this week published a major new report setting out how they plan to engineer a “green and just”…

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Number of LGBT+ elected officials in U.S. hits new high

The number of openly LGBT+ elected officials in the United States grew by more than a fifth in the past year, according to a survey…

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Verkkohuijausten määrä räjähti

Poliisille ilmoitetut petosrikokset ovat lisääntyneet huomattavasti alkuvuonna. Tammi-kesäkuun aikana poliisi kirjasi yli 20 000 petosrikosta, mikä on yli 2 000 rikosta eli yli 11 prosenttia…

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Kuka pian sammuttaa tulipalot? Sopimuspalokuntalaisille pitäisi maksaa hälytysvalmiudesta oikea palkka, mutta rahat eivät siihen riitä

EU:n uusi työaikadirektiivi ei salli aiempaa käytäntöä, jossa sopimuspalokuntalaiset ovat olleet varalla pienellä palkalla. Suomessa on noin 15 000 henkilöä, jotka ottavat tarvittaessa päivätöistään palkatonta…

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Germany home to 19% of Europe’s fastest-growing companies: study

Germany has the most fast-growing companies in Europe, with a total of 191 companies, followed by Italy (190) and the UK (173), a study of…

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Nearly one billion people scared of losing homes or land, poll finds

Almost one billion people around the world fear losing their homes or land within five years, with owners and tenants in Burkina Faso and the…

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EU, India move closer to free trade deal

India and the European Union have vowed to deepen trade ties on Wednesday, with the two sides agreeing to set up a high-level ministerial dialogue…

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Coronavirus: How is the EU preparing for a second wave?

The EU Commission has admitted that the response to the first wave of coronavirus was not Europe’s finest hour, but it is drawing on the…

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