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Europäische Abgeordnete prüfen verschiedene finanzielle Maßnahmen zur Bewältigung der globalen Nahrungsmittelkrise. Dazu gehören die Aufstockung der humanitären Hilfe für von Hungersnot bedrohte Länder und die Bereitstellung von Direkthilfe für die Ukraine, deren Getreideexporte weiterhin von Russland blockiert werden.

Az eddigi információk szerint tizenöt civil lakos halt meg és öt sebesült meg abban az ötszintes lakóházban, amelyet az orosz erők rakétával találtak el a Donyeck megyei Csasziv Jar településen – közölte az ukrán katasztrófavédelmi szolgálat.

Az UNIAN ukrán hírügynökség jelentése szerint az orosz csapatok Uragan típusú rakéta-sorozatvetővel nyitottak tüzet szombat este a stratégiai jelentőségű Szlovjanszk várostól mintegy ötven kilométerre délre fekvő településre.

Közben az orosz erők ismét rakétákkal lőtték a keleti országrészben lévő Harkiv megyét is, az azonos nevű megyeszékhelyen károk keletkeztek egy iskolaépületben és egy lakóházban. A Harkiv városától keletre fekvő Pecsenyihi településen egy ember meghalt és egy másik megsebesült a támadások következtében – számolt be Oleh Szinyehubov, a régió kormányzója.

A kormányzó tájékoztatása szerint az iskolában senki sem sérült meg, de a hatlakásos lakóházban, amely részlegesen beomlott, megsérült egy 62 éves férfi, akit kórházba szállítottak.

“Harkiv térségében folytatódnak a harcok. Az ukrán katonák minden irányban tartják az állásaikat. Az oroszok megpróbálják megakadályozni az ukrán csapatok előrenyomulását és megerősíteni pozícióikat” – írta üzenetében a kormányzó. Az ukrán vezérkar közlése szerint Iszkander típusú rakétákat lőttek ki Harkivra az oroszországi belgorodi területről.

Petro Andrjuscsenko, az orosz erők által megszállt, Donyeck megyei Mariupol polgármesterének tanácsadója arról számolt be, hogy orosz katonák öt busszal és haditechnikai eszközökkel indultak el a városból az onnan nyugatra lévő frontvonal felé, a Zaporizzsja megyei Bergyanszk irányába. Az ukrán légierő parancsnoksága sajtószolgálatán keresztül közölte, hogy lelőttek egy újabb orosz helikoptert a Donyeck megyei Horlivka térségében.

Az ukrán vezérkar vasárnapi összesítése szerint eddig megközelítőleg 37 300 orosz katona vesztette életét Ukrajnában. Az ukrán erők megsemmisítettek 217 orosz repülőgépet, 188 helikoptert, 15 hadihajót, 1641 harckocsit, 3823 páncélozott harcjárművet, 834 tüzérségi és 108 légvédelmi rendszert, valamint 247 rakéta-sorozatvetőt.

 

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In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Nord Stream 1's 10-day maintenance causing worry for German policymakers, the Uber Files naming French President Emmanuel Macron as helping Uber enter the French market, and so much more.

Während der Ukraine-Krieg weiter wütet und die Energiepreise steigen, wünschen sich die meisten Finnen noch schärfere Sanktionen gegen Russland, wie kürzlich durchgeführte Umfragen zeigen.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida looked set to consolidate authority within his ruling party after a strong election result virtually ensured him three more years as premier, even as the party mourned the killing of leading power broker Shinzo Abe.

Der französische Präsident Emmanuel Macron unterstützte das US-Unternehmen Uber in Frankreich, indem er während seiner Amtszeit als Wirtschaftsminister von 2014 bis 2016 einen geheimen "Deal" unterzeichnete, wie die am Sonntag veröffentlichte internationale Medienuntersuchung "Uber Files" zeigt.

Nous vous relations, début juin, que des parents n’avaient pas été informés du prélèvement d’organes de leur fils. D’autres familles sortent du bois.

The European Commission and Morocco said they would worker closer together to fight migrant smuggling, following the tragic events in the Spanish enclave of Melilla where over 20 died trying to scale its fences. "We stand ready to deepen our cooperation," said EU home affairs commissioner, Ylva Johansson, in Rabat on Friday. Johansson had met with Morocco's interior minister to discuss "new strategies" used by migrants to reach the EU.

US secretary of state Antony Blinken and EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell have urged Skopje to accept a compromise deal in its row on history and language with Bulgaria. The deal was "based on mutual respect, trust, and understanding" and would allow North Macedonia to open EU accession talks. "The sovereign decision of the Parliament of North Macedonia will be important to move forward," they said Saturday.

L’enquête journalistique de grande ampleur « Uber Files », publiée dimanche, révèle comment Emmanuel Macron, alors ministre de l’Economie, a soutenu de manière opaque l’installation de l’entreprise américaine de VTC Uber en France.

School Opens in Weapons Free Zone East of UNMISS”. Credit: UN Photo/Amanda Voisard

By John Wilmoth
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 2022 (IPS)

What does a young girl from Juba, in South Sudan, an 8-year-old boy living in the slums of Mumbai, in India, a young mother from the south of Lima, in Peru, and an 83-year-old man enjoying retirement in the suburbs of Stockholm, in Sweden, have in common?

Many things, perhaps, but here is one of the most important: they are all members of the human population, whose size will surpass 8 billion people in mid-November 2022. They are part of a common humanity that aspires to live peacefully and in dignity, that desires access to quality education, adequate living conditions and decent work, and that hopes to enjoy a long, healthy and fulfilling life.

Even though all of them are part of the same humanity, the challenges and opportunities that they face in their daily lives are drastically different.

In 2015, Member States of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. At the core of this agenda are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which constitute an ambitious call-for-action to end poverty and hunger, protect the planet and improve the current lives and future prospects of all people everywhere.

Reducing social and economic inequalities is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda. Yet many inequalities persist and are deepening, both within and across countries and regions. Today, the probability of living a long, healthy and fulfilling life, and the challenges and opportunities that people encounter every day, differ vastly around the world.

In countries where deaths outnumber births, the population is increasing very little, if at all. In some cases, it has already started to decline or will do so soon. In some of these countries, immigration helps to counter the population loss due to an excess of deaths over births.

In other countries, emigration is exacerbating the loss of population linked to a low birth rate. As the proportion of the population above age 65 continues to grow, the shifting population places additional fiscal pressure on social security, public pension and health-care systems.

In low-income countries, where economic growth may struggle to keep up with population growth, alleviating poverty and countering high levels of inequality is a major challenge. Lack of access to resources deprives individuals of opportunities and choices.

Inadequate access to family planning services perpetuates high levels of childbearing, often starting early in life, and contributes to rapid population growth. Such growth generates ever-larger cohorts of children and young adults, whose experiences early in life will shape their prospects for success.

A sustained drop in the fertility level can stabilize the number of children and youth in a population, facilitating increased investments per child in health care and education. With such changes, along with measures to ensure access to decent work, a large and youthful population presents an opportunity for accelerated social and economic development—a phenomenon known as demographic dividend.

Today, less than 16 per cent of the global population lives in high-income countries, a percentage that is expected to fall to 13 per cent by 2050. By contrast, low-income and lower-middle-income countries are home to more than half of the world’s population (9 and 43 per cent, respectively).

The proportion of the global population living in these two groups of countries is projected to grow to more than 60 per cent by 2050. Indeed, the future growth of world population will take place mostly in low-income and lower-middle-income countries.

Figure 1. Distribution of the world’s population by income group, 2022, 2030 and 2050
Note: numbers may not add up due to rounding.

The higher rate of population growth in low-income and lower-middle-income countries is fueled by declining mortality, with fertility remaining at comparatively high levels. If the population of these countries continues to grow at the current rate, their combined size will double in about 26 years.

Today, in low-income countries, a woman gives birth to 4.5 children on average over a lifetime. This figure is projected to drop just below 3 births per woman in 2050. By comparison, women in high-income countries currently bear, on average, 1.6 children.

Between 1990 and 2022, improvements in health-care services in low-income countries tripled the survival prospects for children under the age of 5. Nevertheless, a baby born today in a low-income country can expect to live almost 18 years less than a baby born in a high-income country.

Despite a slight convergence that is anticipated over the coming decades, these vast differences are expected to remain largely intact.

Unequal outcomes for people across the globe call for renewed action and investment. Countries and the international community need to redouble their efforts to advance the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and to ensure that no one is left behind. Whether a girl in Juba or a boy in Mumbai will enjoy a long, healthy and fulfilling life depends on the world’s commitment to ensuring that all 8 billion inhabitants of the planet will have genuine opportunities to find success.

IPS UN Bureau

 

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The writer is Director, Population Division of the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Nine Tory politicians have declared they want to be the next prime minister, in a leadership contest to be decided by September. The list includes junior trade minister Penny Mordaunt, transport Secretary Grant Shapps, finance minister Nadhim Zahawi and former ministers Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid, and Rishi Sunak. Foreign secretary Liz Truss is also expected to declare her bid, but defence minister Ben Wallace has ruled himself out.

Dutch politician Neelie Kroes was in talks to work for US transport firm Uber even before she left her EU job as digital and competition commissioner, according to internal files leaked to The Guardian newspaper. She also lobbied the Dutch government on behalf of the firm in 2015, before her 18-month cooling off period had ended, even though the European Commission had explicitly denied her permission to do so.

Rome a été frappée par un important incendie samedi (9 juillet), le quatrième en moins d’un mois. L’opposition romaine dénonce le problème de longue date de la gestion des déchets dans la ville et appelle à un état d’alerte pour...

France has followed Germany in saying Europe should prepare itself for a total cut-off in Russian gas deliveries as the Ukraine war drags out. "Let's prepare for a total cut-off of Russian gas; Today that is the most likely option," he said at a business event in Aix-en-Provence on Saturday, Politico reports. "We have to anticipate and to put ourselves in order of battle as of now," he added.

Ukraine has recalled its ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, after he had spent eight years in the post. Melnyk had in the past stirred controversy by defending Stepan Bandera — a Ukrainian nationalist and Nazi collaborator. He had also mocked German chancellor Olaf Scholz for his weak reaction to Russia's invasion by saying he was acting "like an offended liver sausage".

Méregeti Richard Sulík és Boris Kollár, hogy melyikük képviselői klubjának hosszabb a névsora – a tét a házelnöki tisztség. Igor Matovič valamilyen háttérhatalom szándékát sejt(et)i az SaS ultimátuma mögött. Más uniós tagállamban is kiválthatjuk a vényköteles gyógyszereinket – hívta fel a figyelmet a ŠÚKL.

A humble "trade representative" from an elite spy unit and a "technician" who did wiretapping — the identities of 21 Russian diplomats kicked out by Belgium help tell the story of how Moscow made Brussels the 'spy capital' of Europe.

Sur invitation de Son Excellence Patrice Talon, le Président de la République française effectue une visite officielle au Bénin le 27 juillet prochain.

L'arrivée du Président de la République française est annoncée à Cotonou pour le 27 juillet prochain. Cette visite officielle que le Président Emmanuel Macron effectue au Bénin du 27 au 28 juillet permettra de renforcer les liens de coopération entre les deux pays. Plusieurs sujets d'intérêt commun seront également examiné au cours du séjour du président français. Il n'est pas exclu que des accords de coopération soient signés entre les deux parties.
Les questions politiques, économiques et sécuritaires seront aussi au menu des échanges.
Cette visite officielle sera la première que le Président Emmanuel Macron effectue au Bénin.
Son prédécesseur
François Hollande fut le dernier chef d'état français à se rendre au Bénin en juillet 2015. Il avait été reçu par le président Boni Yayi.

Ukraine's energy and foreign ministries said on Sunday (10 July) they were "deeply disappointed" by Canada's decision to hand back to Germany a gas turbine needed for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.