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A look at world's largest electricity producers and how much is from renewables
Here’s a look at the world’s largest generators of electricity and the share of their electricity that comes from renewables.
Brazil, 88.9%
Canada, 66.5%
China, 30.6%
[#]France, 26.5%
United States, 22.7%
[#]Japan, 22%
[#]India, 19.5%
[#]Russia, 17.7%
[#]SouthKorea, 9%
https://apnews.com/article/climate-renewable-energy-electricity-european-union-us-china-5a681606856e7b23f669a519fdc70ee2 #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #US #GlobalWarming #EU #China #Canada #Brazil #Korea #Renewables #CleanEnergy
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A look at world's largest electricity producers and how much is from renewables
A report out Thursday said a record 47% of the European Union’s electricity came from renewable sources in 2024, and experts called it a promising sign for the world’s ability to transition away from fossil fuels that are driving climate change. https://apnews.com/article/climate-renewable-energy-electricity-european-union-us-china-5a681606856e7b23f669a519fdc70ee2 #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #US #GlobalWarming #EU #China #Canada #Brazil #Korea #Renewables #CleanEnergy
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Colombia moves to arrest guerrilla leaders behind wave of violence
#Colombia on Wednesday reinstated arrest warrants for dozens of #guerrilla commanders blamed for armed attacks that displaced 32,000 people and sparked the country's most serious security crisis in years
https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2269732.html
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China families appeal to free relatives held by scam gangs in Myanmar
Wang, 22, flew to Bangkok [..] after getting an unsolicited offer to join a film that was shooting in #Thailand
There was no movie
Instead, like hundreds of other Chinese men, Wang had been duped by a job offer [..] as part of a trap set by a criminal syndicate. [..] he was #kidnapped and put to work in one of the online scam centers [..] just across the Thai border in #Myanmar https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/22/asia-pacific/crime-legal/china-myanmar-scam-gangs-human-trafficking/ #SouthEastAsia
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Attempts to Displace Gazans is Unacceptable: Indonesia on Trump’s Relocation Plan
Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff recently floated a plan to temporarily relocate 2 million Gaza residents during the post-war rebuilding process. Witkoff said that Indonesia was among the possible host countries to accommodate some of those Gazans. The Foreign Affairs Ministry had denied ever hearing such plans on Monday.
https://jakartaglobe.id/news/attempts-to-displace-gazans-is-unacceptable-indonesia-on-trumps-relocation-plan #Indonesia #GazaWar #Gaza #DonaldTrump #SouthEastAsia
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Inside Wall Street’s booming $1tn ‘synthetic risk transfer’ phenomenon
The latest three-letter acronym to excite and alarm people (SRT)
When Wirecard went belly up a few years ago, #DeutscheBank ended up with a loss of just €18mn — miraculously little for a bank that had up until then made a habit of ambling into nearly every major financial cow pie in the world.
https://www.ft.com/content/d91d35fc-93ab-4963-8587-7a00fe5c63b4 #finance #banking
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[#]Canada - Why the Liberals’ Hopes Aren’t Dead Yet
Freeland has said that she would scrap the consumer tax on carbon, and Carney has strongly hinted Canadians need something better. Citing unnamed sources, Althia Raj of the Toronto Star published a story saying that both candidates will in fact drop the carbon tax.
Why does this matter? Because in one fell swoop, Poilievre has lost his whipping boy and his biggest issue. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/01/22/Why-Liberals-Hopes-Not-Dead-Yet/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email #CDNpoli #Poilievre
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Trump allows ICE immigration arrests at schools, worrying families
Trump administration announced Tuesday it would allow federal #immigration agencies to make arrests at schools, churches and hospitals, ending a policy that had been in effect since 2011.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-ice-raids-school-2d899678264f44fe1021847ee385fd15 #DonaldTrump #US #ICE
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Trump executive orders threaten healthcare of millions of Americans
Orders repeal directives expanding healthcare access and options for lower-income and middle-class Americans
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/22/trump-executive-orders-healthcare #DonsldTrump #HealthCare #US
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Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to come to America
Thousands of #refugees who fled war and persecution and had gone through a sometimes yearslong vetting process to start new lives in America are now stranded at various locations worldwide. That includes more than 1,600 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort, as well as relatives of active-duty U.S. military personnel.
https://apnews.com/article/refugees-flights-trump-immigration-border-resettlement-33ebaa34bc4d0c069a22ee7aa5f8ff6d #DonaldTrump #asylum
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Knife attacker in Germany kills two, including child: Police
A 41-year-old man and a two-year-old boy were killed and two other people severely wounded in a knife attack in the German city of Aschaffenburg on Wednesday, police said.
A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan was arrested close to the crime scene, they said on social media platform X, without indicating a motive. https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2025/01/22/suspect-arrested-after-two-killed-in-knife-attack-in-german-park #Germany #Afghanistan #attack
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[#]Canada - Pierre Poilievre: in it for banks, billionaires, and big polluters – not for you
A select few of Poilievre’s well-off friends will be better off if he becomes prime minister. Let’s look at who has benefited the most from Poilievre’s work these past 20 years and who stands to gain if Poilievre forms government. https://cupe.ca/pierre-poilievre-it-banks-billionaires-and-big-polluters-not-you #PierrePoilievre #CDNpoli #CANpoli
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Samsung aims to turn its next generation of Galaxy smartphones into AI companions
#Samsung is injecting another dose of artificial intelligence into the next version of its Galaxy #smartphones, escalating an effort to simplify people’s lives while deepening their dependence on a device that accompanies them almost everywhere
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/samsung-aims-turn-generation-galaxy-smartphones-ai-companions-117990038 #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
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[#]Canada - Amazon to close all warehouses in Quebec, eliminating 1,900 jobs
The e-commerce giant positioned the move scuttling 1,700 permanent jobs and 250 temporary ones as a way to provide “even more savings to our customers over the long run” and dismissed concerns that it was linked to a recent #unionization push in the province.
https://financialpost.com/fp-work/amazon-to-close-all-warehouses-in-quebec-eliminating-1900-jobs #Amazon #JeffBezos #Labour #Unions #Quebec #QBpoli
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Bishop asks Trump to show mercy to LGBT people and migrants
President #DonaldTrump has criticised a service held at the Washington National Cathedral after he was called out during a sermon.
Shortly after being sworn in as US President on Monday, Trump said he would make it "official policy" that there are "only two genders - male and female"
He also vowed to end illegal immigration into the country and said millions of "criminal aliens" would be deported
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cn4mwe3lk9wo #LGBTQ
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Mexico's president amused by Trump's order to rename the Gulf of Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has an answer for U.S. President Donald Trump about his idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America:” he can call it whatever he wants on the American part of it.
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-us-trump-gulf-name-046f765d52fc9d05d83bbca4b2017539 #US #Mexico #DonaldTrump
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AI Startup Overruns Reddit With Spam: Is This The End Of Authentic Online Forums?
Reddit could soon be flooded with an overwhelming wave of #AI-powered marketing campaigns,
#Astral boldly positions itself as a '24/7 AI startup that works to grow your business,' relentlessly promoting any brand, at any time. In a recent demonstration [..] Astral's founder, Savannah Feder, showcased how the system can rapidly flood #Reddit with ads disguised as genuine user posts. https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ai-startup-overruns-reddit-spam-this-end-authentic-online-forums-1730424
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Death toll from Turkish Ski resort fire rises to 76
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that the death toll from a fire that broke out in a ski resort in Bolu has risen to 76 people.
The minister said in a statement to reporters on Tuesday that the cause of the fire remain unknown at this time.
He also confirmed the completion of the search and survey work at the scene of the accident, without mentioning the number of injured.
https://www.gulf-times.com/article/698885/international/death-toll-from-turkish-ski-resort-fire-rises-to-76 #Turkey #Turkiye
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Amid Gaza ceasefire, Israel begins operation to 'eradicate terrorism' in West Bank
An Israeli military operation on Tuesday in the occupied #WestBank city of Jenin killed at least nine Palestinians and left at least 40 more people wounded, Palestinian health officials said. Prime Minister #BenjaminNetanyahu said the military intervention aimed to "eradicate #terrorism" in the area
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250122-israel-begins-operation-to-eradicate-terrorism-in-west-bank #Israel #GazaWar #Gaza #Hamas
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Netflix shares soar on record subscriber gains, planned price hikes
Netflix shares listed in Frankfurt rose 14.3 per cent in early trading on Wednesday after the streaming service said on Tuesday it attracted a record number of subscribers over the holiday quarter. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/netflix-shares-soar-record-subscriber-gains-planned-price-hikes-4888891 #Netflix
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