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A nugget made from lab-grown chicken meat is seen during a media presentation in Singapore, the first country to allow the sale of meat created without slaughtering any animals, on Dec. 22, 2020. — courtesy Nicholas Yeo/AFP
Italy moves to ban lab-grown meat to protect food heritage
ROME — Italy’s right-wing government has backed a bill that would ban laboratory-produced meat and other synthetic foods, highlighting Italian food heritage and health protection.If the proposals go through, breaking the ban would attract fines of up to €60,000 (£53,000).Francesco Lollobrigida, who runs the rebranded ministry for agriculture and food sovereignty, spoke of the importance of Italy’s food tradition. The farmers’ lobby praised the move.But it was a blow for some animal welfare groups, which have highlighted lab-made meat as a solution to issues including protecting the environment from carbon emissions and food safety.Coldiretti and other agriculture lobbies have collected half a million signatures in recent months calling for protection of “natural food vs...
March 29, 2023

Italy moves to ban lab-grown meat to protect food heritage

Metropolitan Clement poses at Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, a historical Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery in Kyiv. — courtesy Genya Savilov
Orthodox clerics say they will not leave Kyiv monastery
KYIV — Orthodox Christian clerics say they will stay at a historic monastery in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, despite a planned government-ordered eviction of hundreds of priests, monks and students.The Pechersk Lavra is a seat of Ukraine’s Orthodox Church (UOC), which split from the Moscow patriarchate after Russia’s invasion last year.But Ukrainian officials suspect some of the top clergy have maintained ties with the church in Moscow, which they deny. The UOC has been ordered to leave the site by the end of Wednesday.The Ukrainian government, which owns the vast 11th Century monastery overlooking the Dnipro River, says the decision was taken after a commission discovered multiple violations of the tenancy agreement of the complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Metropolitan Clement,...
March 29, 2023

Orthodox clerics say they will not leave Kyiv monastery

Rubbish on the streets of Paris is being removed after the rubbish collection strike in Paris was suspended.
Rubbish to be removed from streets of Paris after collectors strike is suspended
PARIS — A three-week-long rubbish collection strike in Paris has been suspended.The announcement from the CGT trade union came after the number of workers following the strike call dwindled.Tons of rubbish that have been piling up in the streets of the French capital are now set to be removed.A blockade of the incinerators serving the city has also been lifted. The union said it would be discussing with members about returning with a more powerful strike in the future.But it also admitted in a written statement that the movement was being suspended because there were “almost no strikers left”.The strike of the agents, and in particular the blockading of the three incinerators that serve the capital, had led to a spectacular piling up of uncollected waste.Almost 7,000 tons of rubbish...
March 29, 2023

Rubbish to be removed from streets of Paris after collectors strike is suspended

A demonstrator holds a poster mocking French President Emmanuel Macron during a demonstration in Paris on Tuesday
Violent clashes mar Paris pension reform protests
PARIS — Clashes with police marred pension reform protests in Paris on Tuesday, though demonstrations were quieter than in previous days, according to AFP.People, some dressed in black and masked, looted a business, set rubbish bins on fire, damaged street furniture and threw projectiles at the police.They numbered around 700.Unrest was sparked by President Emmanuel Macron pushing through plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 - without parliamentary approval.The reforms are deeply unpopular, with many claiming they will disproportionately affect women and poorer workers, though the government has said change is needed to make the system viable.There have been widespread incidents of police violence.Tuesday's trouble broke out on Boulevard Voltaire, a famous road in the 11th...
March 29, 2023

Violent clashes mar Paris pension reform protests

The Louise Michel is a former French navy boat readapted to be a search and rescue vessel
Migrant rescue ship impounded in Italy over Giorgia Meloni’s new policy
MILAN — A migrant rescue ship funded by British street artist Banksy has been impounded on the Italian island of Lampedusa over a new border control policy introduced by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government. It will remain there for a total of 20 days, unable to head out on any new rescue mission at a time when migrants are reaching the Italian coasts in record numbers.The Louise Michel, a pink-colored former French navy boat called after a French anarchist and revolutionary, was blocked by Italian authorities in Lampedusa’s port on Saturday morning after rescuing 178 migrants. According to officials, activists on the ship violated a new decree-law ruling NGOs’ behavior in search and rescue operations by going on multiple rescues – four in total.The Louise Michel’s crew said...
March 29, 2023

Migrant rescue ship impounded in Italy over Giorgia Meloni’s new policy

Destinus’ Eiger Prototype which conducted its maiden flight on April 13, 2022. — courtesy Destinus
Swiss hypersonic hydrogen-powered jet will cut flights from Europe to Australia to 4 hours
GENEVA — Flying across the world from Europe to a destination such as Australia currently takes around 20 hours in a regular passenger jet.But a Swiss start-up is looking to cut that journey time down to just over four hours — with a hypersonic, hydrogen-powered passenger jet.Destinus has been testing its prototype aircraft for the past couple of years, announcing successful test flights of its second prototype — Eiger — at the end of 2022.Now the company has announced participation in a program run by Spain’s Ministry of Science, as part of the Spanish government’s plans to develop hydrogen-powered supersonic flights.The agency overseeing the ministry's program, the Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico e Industrial, selected the project as a strategic initiative under...
March 28, 2023

Swiss hypersonic hydrogen-powered jet will cut flights from Europe to Australia to 4 hours

MI5’s threat level assessment is largely based on the intelligence picture as well as terrorist capabilities, intentions and timescales. — courtesy PA
Northern Ireland terrorism threat level rises
LONDON — The terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland has been raised from substantial to severe, meaning an attack is highly likely.The move, based on an MI5 intelligence assessment, follows a rise in dissident republican activity, including a recent gun attack on a top police officer.It reverses a downgrade in Northern Ireland’s terror threat level last March — its first change for 12 years. It was announced by Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris.MI5, the UK’s Security Service, is believed to review the threat level every six months: The terrorism threat level remains substantial in the rest of the UK, meaning an attack is a strong possibility.Threat levels are designed to give an indication of the likelihood of a terrorist attack and there are five rankings ranging...
March 28, 2023

Northern Ireland terrorism threat level rises

Seeds from IAEA and FAO laboratories were sent to space in November 2022. — courtesy NASA
Cosmic crops poised for harvest on Earth
ROME — UN food and atomic energy agencies are readying to reap the rewards of a ground-breaking ‘astrobotany’ investigation, announcing on Monday that seeds sent to space in 2022 are now poised to return to Earth.“This is science that could have a real impact on people’s lives in the not-too-distant future, by helping us grow stronger crops and feed more people,” Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said.With the world’s population estimated to reach almost 10 billion by 2050, there is a clear need for innovative solutions through science and technology aimed at producing more food, as well as crops that are more resilient and farming methods that are more sustainable, the agencies said.While similar experiments have been carried out...
March 28, 2023

Cosmic crops poised for harvest on Earth

Protests in France against pension reforms gain momentum.
France faces tenth day of strikes as Macron holds firm on pension reform
PARIS — France is bracing for another day of strikes and protests this Tuesday with President Emmanuel Macron remaining defiant over the controversial pension reform plan that has sparked turmoil across the country.The day of action called by unions is the tenth such mobilization since protests against the law, which includes raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, started in mid-January.The last such day of strikes and protests on Thursday saw the most violent clashes yet between protesters and security forces as tensions erupted into pitched battles on the streets of Paris.Nearly two weeks after Macron rammed the reforms through parliament using a special provision sidestepping any vote, unions have vowed no let-up in mass protests to get the government to back down.A state visit to...
March 28, 2023

France faces tenth day of strikes as Macron holds firm on pension reform

A sunken sail boat is pictured above the water line at the lake Serre-Poncon in southern France. — courtesy AP Photo/Daniel Cole
European countries facing another year of drought
PARIS — A major UN report recently warned that water supplies around the world are at increasing risk from “vampiric overconsumption”.Europe has been in drought since 2018, according to a recent study from the Graz University of Technology in Austria. Researchers say the water situation is now “very precarious”.Countries across the continent have been struggling with water even through winter. Low rain and snowfall mean already dwindling supplies haven’t been restored during this typically wet period.In northern Italy, France and Spain, the situation “raises concerns for water supply for human use, agriculture and energy production”, according to the EU Joint Research Centre’s (JRC) latest report on droughts in Europe.And, it says, Europe and the Mediterranean region...
March 28, 2023

European countries facing another year of drought

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