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Getty ImagesThere were high hopes for the Northvolt battery factory in Skellefteå, SwedenHeavy snowfall melts into thick white clouds in Skellefteå, a riverside town in northern Sweden that is home to 78,000 people.It is also the location of what was supposed to become Europe’s largest and greenest electric battery factory, powered by the region’s abundance of renewable energy.Swedish start-up Northvolt opened its flagship production plant here in 2022, after signing multibillion-euro deals with carmakers including BMV, Volkswagen and Nordic truck maker Scania.But the company ran into significant financial difficulties last year, reporting debts of $5.8 billion (£4.6 billion) in November…
Getty ImagesA US court has rejected the Biden administration’s attempt to reinstate “net neutrality” rules, ruling that the federal government does not have the authority to regulate internet service providers like utilities.This marks a major defeat for so-called open Internet advocates, who have long fought for protections that would force Internet providers such as AT&T to treat all legal content equally.Such rules were first introduced by the Federal Communications Commission under former Democratic President Barack Obama, but were later repealed during Republican Donald Trump’s first term.The move, as Trump prepares to enter the White House for a second term, likely…
Getty ImagesThe cooperative has more than 45,000 women membersOn a cold December morning, a group of women wrapped in colorful saris, warm shawls and woolen hats huddled outside a three-story building in a bustling Delhi neighborhood.Within the premises of the building was a unit of one of India’s oldest social enterprises, owned and run by women.The cooperative – now called Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad – was established in 1959 in Mumbai (then Bombay) by seven housewives who prepared the humble papad or poppadoms, a crunchy and tasty snack that is a staple of dishes Indians.Sixty-five years later, the…
– One of the important elements of the audit report of two hundred cases that should be carried out is the issue of possible criminal and disciplinary liability of colleagues who were guided during their conduct or supervision of buildings that were not always correct and not always worthy of praise. – said Robert Kmieciak, president of the Association of Prosecutors Lex Super Omnia, in “Fact po Factach” on TVN24. Lawyer Silvia Gregorczyk-Abram (Free Courts Initiative) said, referring to the settlements, that “it is clear that in most cases it was not the handiwork of evil geniuses, but there were…
Unusually cold weather is expected to sweep much of the United States this weekend and into early next week, CNN reports. Temperatures will drop well below normal, and cold temperatures will likely even affect areas along the Gulf of Mexico.After an unseasonably warm end to the year on Wednesday, cold air arrived in the northern US on Wednesday and will spread east and south over the next few days. Only the western states are affected by the cold.In Chicago, the temperature will be around -6 degrees on Friday, and a few degrees of cold is expected at night. Slightly higher…
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Roberto Fico called Ukraine’s suspension of gas shipments from Russia to the European Union “an act of sabotage by Zelensky.” In a video released Thursday, he once again threatened to cut off electricity to Ukraine and also talked about potentially limiting aid to Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia. Fico claims that the suspension of transport did not pose a threat to the gas supply to Slovak households, but only resulted in a loss of income from transporting gas through Slovak territory and further into Western Europe. He estimated it at 500 million euros a year. Slovakia. Robert Fico…
More than 45,000 people have been killed in the enclave since the beginning of Israel’s operation in the Gaza Strip, which was a response to the brutal attack by Hamas. More than 108,000 people were injured. This is the latest information from local authorities. Those who were not killed or injured were mostly forced to flee their homes. Safety is very difficult – especially now that the temperature has dropped so much. There are other reports of infants dying from hypothermia.Noura gave birth to twin boys less than a month ago. – In this despair, we have no choice but…
Instead of remaining silent, Marcin Romanovsky, because he is suspected of 11 crimes, was exposed to the media. Tomorrow he will eat his flower and press it, – said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration Tomasz Siemoniak in “Kropka nad i” on TVN24. He added that the PiS politician “should come to Poland as soon as possible and face the Polish justice system.” Marcin Romanovsky, former deputy minister of justice and law and attorney of justice Marcin Romanovsky, suspect in the investigation of the Fund of Justice, received political asylum from Hungary on December 19. This…
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called Volodymyr Zelensky “sabotage” when Ukraine cut off gas transit from Russia to the European Union. In a video published on Thursday, he again threatened to cut off electricity supplies to Ukraine and also talked about the possibility of limiting protection for Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia.The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, claims that the suspension of the transit does not threaten the delivery of gas to Slovak households, but only caused the loss of income from the delivery of gas through Slovakia’s territory to Western Europe. He estimated it at half a billion euros…
Excavations at Dewar’s Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire have uncovered hundreds of dinosaur footprints forming five extensive footprints. The longest continuous route, dubbed the “dinosaur highway” by researchers, is more than 150 meters long. Four of these trails were trampled by giant long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs called sauropods. Most likely, they are representatives of the cetiosauridae, cousins of the commonly recognized diplodocids, whose body length can reach up to 18 meters. Hundreds of dinosaur footprints in the quarry. A rare discovery on the island The fifth path was trampled by a carnivorous theropod with characteristic large feet with three fingers ending in…