On Thursday, the French High Council for the Climate (HCC), a body reporting to the Prime Minister and made up of independent experts, urged the state to follow the example of its European partners.

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Despite Europe’s aim to wean itself off Chinese investment, German Chancellor and ex-mayor of Hamburg Olaf Scholz is planning to proceed with a potential port deal.

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Japan will take measures to ease the burden of an anticipated increase of 2,000 yen to 3,000 yen per month in the electricity bill for households next spring, economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said Friday.

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When Environment Minister Anna Hubáčková (KDU-ČSL, EPP) resigned due to health reasons, she expected to be quickly replaced by her co-partisan Petr Hladík, but his nomination soon became complicated after he came under police scrutiny.

In order to address the pending issues to implement the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects, Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on October 20 directed the concerned ministries to remove all the bottlenecks and expedite the projects without any further delay.

Neither are likely to push the issue and, in the meantime, the main priority of EU leaders over the coming months is likely to be how to co-ordinate national and EU plans to subsidise energy costs for businesses and households, and potentially introduce windfall taxes on energy companies.

The buying power of attendees and of regional fashion consumers is shifting behind the scenes.