The scientists who re-engineered the plastic-eating enzyme PETase have now created an enzyme ‘cocktail’ which can digest plastic up to six times faster.
- North Korea’s suspected COVID-19 caseload nears 2 million
- COVID digest: German court approves vaccine mandate for health workers 19.05.2022
- Russian chief sanitary doctor admits emergence of new coronavirus strains in Russia
- Covid cases exceed 520 million globally – WHO
- World in no better place to fight pandemics than before COVID – review
- COVID is rising in the Americas, virus ‘not going away anytime soon’ -PAHO
- World in no better place to fight pandemics than before COVID – review
- Some in Shanghai allowed out to shop; end of COVID lockdown in sight
- Tencent’s revenue growth hit by tech crackdown and Covid curbs
- Russia records 4,732 daily COVID-19 cases
Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 4,927 over the past day to 18,278,617, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Thursday.
- Most automakers fall short on climate goals
- Germany, Denmark, Netherlands and Belgium sign €135 billion offshore wind pact
- MEPs ask to pause CAP biodiversity requirements amid Ukraine war
- EU urges building insulation push in bid to end reliance on Russian gas
- MEPs aim to stick airlines with steeper carbon bill
- Senior Chinese diplomat holds phone conversation with U.S. national security advisor
- One tiny company is wrecking the American solar industry – why? 19.05.2022
- Thailand: What happened to mass anti-government protests? 19.05.2022
- Eco-fascism: The greenwashing of the far right 19.05.2022
- Nearly 60 mn people internally displaced worldwide in 2021
Iraq’s vast swamplands are the reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden, but the waterways are drying out and becoming so clogged with waste their very existence is at risk, activists warn.
- Infrastructure costs: fair contribution versus net neutrality
- Energy industry’s cybersecurity awareness rises, defence lags
- Chinese premier stresses faster implementation of macro policies
- Eco-fascism: The greenwashing of the far right 19.05.2022
- Jack Dorsey tackles SBF for his comments on Bitcoin scaling and proof of work
- Rent controls have backfired and worsened crisis, report claims
- New restrictions on waste exports risk hindering recycling in Europe, industry warns
- Racing against time and virus, China merits global confidence
- Why some young Swedes remain uneasy about joining NATO 18.05.2022
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This week in our Beyond the Byline podcast, we are focusing on the European Commission’s decision to increase the Ukrainian government’s short-term budgetary aid by 9 billion and set up a reconstruction platform to help with financing the rebuilding of the country.
- Russia says more Ukraine fighters surrender in Mariupol; US reopens Kyiv embassy
- The Green Brief: Quitting Russian fossil fuels is only half the challenge
- Natural gas responsible for more than half State’s electricity in April
- Ukraine peace talks stall, officials say — live updates 18.05.2022
- EU unveils €300 billion plan to reduce its energy dependency on Russia 18.05.2022
- Productivity gap between North and South to be examined
- DCC beats market expectations with full-year operating profit up 11.1%
- Ballymore seeks to repurpose Guinness building as new HQ for Diageo
- Germany’s Green ‘superheros’: Habeck and Baerbock 17.05.2022
- Global energy crisis opens possibilities for Israel’s natural gas drillings
Europe’s farming community gave a lukewarm reception to the possibility, suggested by the European Commission, of transferring up to €7.5 billion from the EU’s farming subsidies to the support measures aimed at overcoming dependence on Russian fossil fuels.
- Putin: Europe Committing “Economic Suicide” With Energy Sanctions
- Saudi Aramco Considers Listing $30 Billion Trading Arm As Oil Prices Soar
- OPEC downgrades forecast for global oil demand growth in 2022 by 0.3 mln to 3.4 mln bpd
- Asian Refinery Restarts After Two-Year Hiatus
- Hungary digs heels in over EU embargo on Russian oil
- War has impacted aviation recovery
- Ukraine war: Hungary holds up European Union sanctions on Russian oil
- EU considers more cash for eastern states in bid for deal on Russia oil ban
- Oil Stocks Plummet As Broader Markets Tanks
- G7 Pledges To Stop Buying Russian Oil
The U.S. is looking to convince countries to reduce and eventually phase out imports of Russian oil, U.S. officials tell NYT.
- Lynn’s wife ‘didn’t know if he was dead or alive’ after he went to prison in Brazil, court hears
- Israeli government in minority after MP resigns
- Construction jobs gap worsened by ‘reluctance to get out of bed for 7am’
- Hot property: five homes for sale in Brittany, France
- Google: closure further impoverishes Russian tech, not Alphabet
- Sri Lanka falls into default for first time in its history
- Need for new ‘social dialogue’ to address cost of living, says Forsa
- On a Dublin backstreet, a once-thriving hub of Russian finance is falling apart
- ECB orders bank s to beef up ‘empty shell’ operations set up after Brexit
- Ulster Bank Northern Ireland to close nine further branches
European shares slumped 1.5 per cent on Thursday, stretching declines to the second straight session, as dismal results from big US retailers underlined the hit from surging inflation on the world’s biggest economy.
- Russian stock indices mixed on Thursday as rubles strengthens
- Dollar falls below 62 rubles on Moscow Exchange first time since January 2020
- MOEX, RTS indices decline in early trading session
- Ruble strengthens against dollar and euro, euro falls below 62 rubles
- Russian stock market continued to grow on Wednesday
- Chechnya head says dedicated Banderites should be punished, not exchanged
- Ruble weakens against dollar and euro as trading on Moscow Exchange opens
- MOEX and RTS indices up as trading on Moscow Exchange opens
- Russian stock indices close at positive territory for third day in a row
- RTS index exceeds 1,200 points for the first time since February 23
Russian banks are allowed to sell foreign currency in cash to individuals without restrictions.
- Signs of UK government’s deregulatory agenda are emerging
- Algorithmic pricing is both efficient and absurd
- Lonnie Holley and the lyrical vision of the found
- Smartphone makers cut back and Son changes tack
- Achieve greater online privacy with 20% off select VPN subscriptions
- Asian shares tumble after US stocks suffer steepest daily drop since 2020
- Top US antitrust enforcer pledges crackdown on private equity deals
- Is Wes Streeting the saviour Labour desperately needs?
- Defiant Chinese netizens skirt lockdown censorship using blockchain
- China’s chaotic regulatory crackdown reflects splits among policymakers
…Will the future of global information technology be dominated by a handful of US cloud computing giants, along with one or two Chinese companies operating in a separate sphere of digital influence carved…
- China’s Geely to Buy Major Stake in Renault Korea
- Bosch aims to stay profitable in 2022 despite uncertainties
- Will buying cars online really take off? 03.05.2022
- Renault to sell its Avtovaz stake for symbolic price
- U.S. auto sales to fall in April on tight inventories, rising rates – data
- Car Prices Soar Due to Surging Cost of Raw Materials
- Polish subsidies make electric vehicles a cheaper alternative 22.04.2022
- Overseas experts, business leaders see strong resilience in China’s economy
- China’s leading automaker resumes production in Changchun
- Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 Named World Car of the Year
Hyundai and affiliate Kia will invest W21 trillion by 2030 to boost electric vehicle production in Korea to 1.44 million a year (US$1=W1,266).