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A conference on how to end plastic pollution opened on Monday in Busan, South Korea, but there was little consensus between nations on how to deal with the 90 percent of plastic produced globally that is not recycled. Source link
Around every fifth company (20%) in Germany uses technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI). This emerges from a study by the Federal Statistical Office, which surveyed legal entities with at least ten employees. The number of AI uses increased significantly within a year: in 2023, only about one in eight companies (12%) used artificial intelligence. … Read more
With evidence over in the shocking trial of a man who drugged his wife Gisele Pelicot for years so he could invite dozens of strangers to abuse her, French prosecutors will from Monday set out their sentencing requests to judges. Source link
Whether because of the latest models in the sports series or the new barefoot safety shoes: Baak is pleased about the great interest at “Arbeitsschutz Aktuell”. The article Baak: Positive balance according to “Occupational Safety Current” appeared first on schuhkurier. Source link
In a surprise outcome in the first round of Romania’s presidential election, an obscure hard-right candidate, Calin Georgescu, came first with 22.9 percent of the vote while Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, favored to win the poll, was knocked out of the race, near-complete results showed Monday. Source link
Germany’s center-left Social Democrats (SPD) are on Monday set to officially nominate Chancellor Olaf Scholz as the party’s lead candidate going into the snap federal election on February 23. Scholz’s nomination comes after two weeks of tense discussions within the SPD as to whether to back the incumbent Chancellor for a second term or to … Read more
The head of the Norwegian Refugee Council said on Sunday that the ongoing war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has pushed Sudan to the edge of famine, with both parties accused of weaponizing hunger and impeding the flow of humanitarian aid since the conflict broke out in April 2023. Source … Read more
After 11 weeks of testimony, the Pelicot mass rape trial in France proceeds to the sentencing phase. Judges are expected to give their verdict on sentencing around December 20. Source link
The Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers will meet near Rome on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the situation in the Middle East and the Red Sea, notably efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon. Officials will also discuss ways to continue support for Kyiv, prospects for peace and initiatives for Ukraine’s future … Read more
Gisele Pelicot’s lawyer Antoine Camus called for “truth and justice” to be rendered to the plaintiff, whose ex-husband Dominique Pelicot is accused of organizing the mass rape and sexual abuse of his now ex-wife. The case drew to a close last week after 11 weeks of testimony. The five judges will issue their ruling on … Read more