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FRI, 09 AUG 2024 09:28:27 GMT


TIME FOR UKRAINE TO LAUNCH AN ANTI-CORRUPTION COUNTEROFFENSIVE

Published Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:28:27 GMT

Josh Rudolph is the senior fellow and head of the malign finance and corruption
team at the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund.
Ambassador Norman Eisen is a senior fellow in governance studies at the
Brookings Institute. As Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces gets
underway, the country’s allies must now help plot a separate counteroffensive —
one that will be needed to beat another longtime nemesis of the Ukrainian
people: oligarchs and grand corruption. A small group of businessmen — many of
whom became fabulously wealthy by manipulating the process of privatizing
enormous companies previously owned by the Soviet state — often consolidated
control over weak governments through political maneuvers like buying media
conglomerates, bankrolling political parties, bribing judges, blackmailing
prosecutors and underwriting vast networks of patronage, which extend from
lawmakers and ministers in Kyiv to governors and bureaucrats throughout t...

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NO FUTURE FOR EUROPE WITHOUT A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT

Published Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:28:27 GMT

The European Union urgently needs to be more social. In the aftermath of the
COVID-19 pandemic, people in the EU are dealing with one crisis after another,
crises that are putting at risk their access to housing, their purchasing power,
their energy supply and that are leaving people unable to provide food for their
families. An increasing number of families and individuals are facing energy
poverty and social exclusion, while inequalities are increasing rapidly. We need
to respond to this acute social crisis, and we must prepare a just transition to
a climate-neutral economy. Achieving a more social Europe is a formidable
challenge that should be central in all the Union’s actions.Governments have
been slow or unwilling to respond to the social crisis, and no ambitious plan
has been put forward.Governments have been slow or unwilling to respond to the
social crisis, and no ambitious plan has been put forward. Saving the banks
during the 2008 financial collapse and the coordinated ec...

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CARBON REMOVAL TECHNOLOGY: A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO A GLOBAL PROBLEM

Published Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:28:27 GMT

The race is on to revolutionize the fight against the climate crisis. And for
Drax, carbon removals are seen as a critical tool.Renewable energy company Drax
is positioning itself as a global leader in carbon removals using bioenergy with
carbon capture and storage (BECCS). Currently the UK’s largest renewable energy
provider by output, Drax was one of the first companies in the world to set the
lofty goal of becoming carbon negative — removing more emissions from the
atmosphere than it creates — by 2030. Over the past decade Drax has worked
toward this goal, while supporting energy security in the U.K., by converting
its coal generation units in Yorkshire to renewable biomass made from
sustainably sourced wood pellets. Now, Drax is focused on the development of its
global BECCS projects.“BECCS is unique because it delivers reliable renewable
power — essential for energy security — as well as carbon removals, which the
world needs to reach net zero. No other readily available techno...

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ON DEBT CEILING, BIDEN, MCCARTHY TO MEET MONDAY AS NEGOTIATORS ‘KEEP WORKING’ TO
RESOLVE STANDOFF

Published Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:28:27 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and House Republicans wrapped up another round
of debt ceiling talks Sunday as Washington races to strike a budget compromise
along with a deal to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and avert an
economy-wrecking federal default. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin
McCarthy spoke by phone Sunday while the president was returning home on Air
Force One after the Group of Seven summit in Japan. They plan to meet Monday at
the White House.“It went well, we’ll talk tomorrow,” Biden said of the phone
call as he arrived back in Washington late in the evening.Upbeat, McCarthy,
R-Calif., told reporters at the Capitol that the call was “productive” and that
the on-again, off-again negotiations between his staff and White House
representatives are focused on spending cuts.Negotiators for the Democratic
president and Republican speaker met for 2 1/2 hours at the Capitol as talks
appear to be narrowing on a 2024 budget year cap that would be k...

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LEGISLATURE OKS BILL TO BOOST TRANSPORTATION FUNDING WITH GAS TAX HIKE, NEW
PACKAGE DELIVERY FEE

Published Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:28:27 GMT

A transportation budget bill that would increase the per-gallon tax on gasoline
and introduce a fee on many deliveries is set to become law after gaining final
approval from the Minnesota Legislature.Under an $8.8 billion transportation
package approved by the Senate and House on Sunday, Minnesota’s gas tax would be
indexed to the rate of inflation, a move that could increase the price of fuel
by 5 cents per gallon by 2027. The current state tax is 28.5 cents. The new
50-cent tax would apply to retail deliveries over $100.Republicans in the
minority oppose the new taxes, but Democratic-Farmer-Labor lawmakers who control
the Senate and House say expected future shortfalls in transportation funding
demand new sources of ongoing revenue from the state.Rep. Frank Hornstein and
Sen. Scott Dibble, Minneapolis DFLers who chaired the House-Senate conference
committee on transportation that approved a deal on the taxes, said the bill is
a “historic, generational investment.”“I’m ...

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3 MINORS, ADULT ARRESTED AFTER FAIRFIELD ATTEMPTED ROBBERY

Published Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:28:27 GMT

(KRON) -- Three minors and one adult were arrested in connection to an attempted
robbery Sunday, the Fairfield Police Department (FPD) said in a news release.
The incident happened in the parking lot at Solano Town Center Mall. Sonoma
County Sheriff’s wife arrested on DUI suspicion after Tesla crashes into Santa
Rosa home: authorities The male victim made a large purchase at the mall before
being followed at the parking lot near JCPenney, according to FPD. The victim
then went to his car and locked his doors.One of the suspects shot at the car
window, reached inside and hit the victim with the firearm, police said. The
unidentified victim suffered "mild to moderate" injuries from the alleged
attack. FPD officers respond and arrived at the scene. Two of the attempted
robbers and two others in a getaway car were arrested. FPD did not specify when
or what time on Sunday the attempted robbery happened. KRON4 reached out to the
department for more details about the incident and is awai...

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REPORTAN CAÍDA MUNDIAL DE LA RED SOCIAL INSTAGRAM; MÁS DE 185,000 USUARIOS SIN
SERVICIO

Published Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:28:27 GMT

MIAMI- La red social Instagram sufre este domingo una caída a nivel mundial que
ha ocasionado que decenas de miles de usuarios se queden sin servicio, según
consta en el portal downdetector.De acuerdo con este portal, en el pico de la
caída, poco antes de las siete de la tarde, hora del este de Estados Unidos, más
de 185,000 usuarios en diferentes partes del mundo reportaron haber perdido el
servicio, principalmente a través de la aplicación móvil de la red social y que
forma parte de la firma matriz Meta.El problema que empezó a producirse sobre
las 6 de la tarde, hora del este de EEUU, no parece haber afectado a las otras
compañías de Meta, entre ellas Facebook y el servicio de mensajería
WhatsApp.“Somos conscientes de que algunas personas tienen problemas para
acceder a Instagram. Estamos trabajando para que las cosas vuelvan a la
normalidad lo más rápido posible y nos disculpamos por cualquier inconveniente”,
señaló Dave Arnold, portavoz de Meta, según recoge el medi...

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POOR AIR QUALITY CAN AFFECT YOUR PETS JUST AS MUCH AS THEIR HUMAN OWNERS

Published Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:28:27 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- We have lungs, and our pets do too. So when the air affects our
breathing or allergies, it can bother theirs as well.The size of your pet
matters too because of how much smaller their lungs are than ours, so it's
important to watch them as much as the air."It's easy for us to see the smoke
and taste it and smell it, but we forget about our friends," veterinarian Dr.
Kevin Fitzgerald said. Denver weather: Mostly dry Monday, more wildfire smoke
When humans see smoke they usually think of their breathing, but not often,
their pets too."Their cardiovascular system and respiratory system is not that
much different than ours," Fitzgerald said.Birds, cats and smaller dogs are
particularly vulnerable."It can be bad, particularly for small and older dogs,"
Fitzgerald said. "Older dogs and younger dogs that are compromised anyway."What
are the signs to spot if the bad air outside is affecting "Fido"?"A cough would
be a big thing, gagging, salivating," Fitzgerald said, "relu...

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2 OFFICERS INVOLVED IN SHOOTING SUSPECT, DOG

Published Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:28:27 GMT

FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KDVR) -- Two Fountain Police Department officers were involved
in the shooting of a suspect and his dog on Saturday night. The incident, just
south of Colorado Springs in the zero hundred block of Taos Circle, started with
a domestic violence call just before 6 p.m."During the investigation, the
suspect's dog attacked an officer. While the dog was attacking the officer the
suspect then began attacking both officers. While being attacked by both the
suspect and his dog, both officers shot at least one round hitting the suspect
and the dog," Fountain PD said. 2 men accused of firing shots at Cherry Creek
State Park Fountain police said the suspect is recovering in the hospital with
at least one gunshot wound but the dog died at the scene.One officer was also
taken to the hospital for injuries from a dog bite, but the other officer wasn't
injured.The Colorado Springs Police Department is investigating the shooting and
the Fountain officers have been put on paid admi...

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ROSE BYRNE, SETH ROGEN TOGETHER AGAIN FOR ‘PLATONIC’

Published Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:28:27 GMT

Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen reteam with “Platonic,” a new AppleTV+ comedy series
launching Wednesday.They first worked on “Neighbors,” the 2014 campus comedy
about rowdy frat boys, and then its 2-year-later sequel.  “Platonic,” which
revolves around whether guys can really be “just friends” with women, is
co-created and directed by their “Neighbors” helmer Nick Stoller.“I didn’t want
to do the show if we didn’t have Seth,” Byrne, 43, said in a Zoom interview with
Rogen.  “Having worked together for the ‘Neighbors’ movies I knew we would be
having fun and enjoying each other. Just a nice dynamic onscreen.“A show like
this lives — and dies! — on the chemistry of the friendship. It really does. We
went in knowing we had that. Since we aren’t a married couple, this was
different but really exciting and made me want to do the show.”“Part of the
appeal,” Rogen,  41, said, “was bringing this theatrical style, R-rated adult
comedy to a half-hour serialized televi...

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