Iraq: Market bomb attack kills 30, including children
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Germany: Cannabis legalization becomes election campaign issue
Half a century of restrictive drug policies across Europe has not helped to significantly stifle demand or slash supply. Despite all the bans and crackdowns, EMCDDA figures suggest that nearly 30% of all adult Europeans will try smoking cannabis as a joint or with a pipe at least once in their lives. The discussion has been fueled […]
SIPRI warns of trend reversal in nuclear weapons decline
These figures include retired warheads which are set to be dismantled. At the same time, the report says the number of deployable weapons increased from 3,720 to 3,825 over the previous year. “The overall number of warheads in global military stockpiles now appears to be increasing, a worrisome sign that the declining trend that has characterized global nuclear […]
The evolution of Germany’s Green Party
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Poland’s residential rental market: Boom or boon?
Atrium said this month it plans to increase its residential assets to 40% of its portfolio by the end of 2025 with the remainder in prime shopping centers. “Warsaw and other major cities are driven by strong demographic fundamentals, urbanization and a growing demand in the residential for rent market,” Atrium Group MD Residential, Anat […]
Germany: Greens to oust Tübingen mayor over racist comments
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Bitcoin mining: Is Scandinavia’s cryptoboom coming to an end?
That is about half of what all data centers — for the internet, cloud computing, the entire financial sector and all other cryptocurrencies — consume. Especially since currently about 80% of the hash rate, the combined computing power for mining and processing Bitcoins, is provided in Asian countries. Using geothermal and hydroelectric power, state-owned Landsvirkjun […]
Green gold: Avocado farming on the rise in Africa
Ssengendo works on the 1,000 hectares of Musubi Farm in Nansana, central Uganda — the largest Hass avocado farm in the country. Both Nigeria and Uganda aim to drastically increase their avocado production and become top exporters in the next ten years. The environmental issues have cast a dark shadow over the commercial farming of avocados […]
Should the EU help legalize cannabis farms in Morocco?
According to various international agencies, including the UN and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Morocco is one of the world’s largest producers of cannabis and the biggest supplier of illegal by-products such as hashish that are bound for the EU. It is hard to know whether the draft law will pass, […]