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Washington ist bereit, Berlin bei der Bekämpfung von Extremismus zu unterstützen. Das erklärte das Weiße Haus, nachdem Ermittler:innen diese Woche aufgedeckt hatten, dass eine Gruppe rechtsextremer Verschwörungstheoretiker:innen einen Putschversuch planten.

Transparency in the online advertising market, dark patterns and ‘cookie fatigue’ are all topics on which the European Commission might regulate in the next mandate, the EU’s consumer protection chief told EURACTIV. European Commissioner for justice and consumer protection, Didier...

Természetkárosítással gyanúsít a rendőrség négy férfit, köztük egy fővadászt és egy hivatásos vadászt, amiért a gyanú szerint lelőtt egy fokozottan védett barátkeselyűt és több védett madarat elpusztítottak – közölte a Készenléti Rendőrség Nemzeti Nyomozó Iroda a police.hu oldalon.

A rendőrség a közleményében emlékeztetett: tavaly tavasszal eltűnt Magyarországon egy jeladóval ellátott, fokozottan védett barátkeselyű. A nyomozók megállapították, hogy a Magyarországon elvétve előforduló, kipusztulással fenyegetett barátkeselyű (Aegypius monachus) Bulgáriából érkezett Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg megyébe, ahol 2021. április 20-án elpusztult. A helyszíni nyomok arra utaltak, hogy a Szabolcsbáka külterületén található üzemi vadászterületen lőtték le a madarat egy vadászfegyverrel.

A nyomozás megállapította, hogy a bűncselekményt egy kisvárdai vendégvadász követte el a terület hivatásos gyürei vadászának tudtával és engedélyével. A barátkeselyű a vadászterület gyümölcsösében egy fán ült, amikor a kisvárdai férfi rálőtt. A fokozottan védett madár – amelynek eszmei értéke 250 ezer forint – megsérült, majd egy szántóföldön elpusztult. A két férfi – látva a madáron a GPS jeladót, így tudva, hogy fokozattan védett fajról van szó – a nyomkövetőt a tetemről leszedte, majd az elpusztult állatot a közeli folyóba dobta.

A nyomozás során kiderült az is, hogy a terület hivatásos vadásza a fővadásszal és a területen dolgozó egyik alkalmazottal együtt további állatok elpusztításáért felelős: több ragadozómadarat ejtettek csapdába. Négy egerészölyv (Buteo buteo) esetében sikerült azt bizonyítani, hogy az állatokat csapdába ejtésüket követően elpusztították. Az egyenként 25 ezer forint eszmei értékű védett ragadozómadarak tetemeit vagy kazánban égették el, vagy egy forgalmas útszakaszra vitték, azt a látszatot keltve, hogy gépkocsik gázolták el őket – közölte a rendőrség.

A tájékoztatás szerint a bűncselekményeket 2021 júniusa és novembere között követték el a fővadász utasítására, hogy csökkentsék a terület ragadozómadarainak számát.

“Erre az illegális tevékenységre szerintük azért volt szükség, mert nagyobb testű ragadozómadarak gyérítették az ő fácán- és tőkésréce-állományukat, ami a szervezett vadászatokon a zsákmány volt.”

A rendőrség közölte azt is, a négy elkövető közül a kisvárdai vendégvadászt egyrendbeli, míg a többieket többrendbeli természetkárosítással gyanúsították meg a KR NNI nyomozói. A nyomozást a napokban befejezték, az iratokat megküldték a Kisvárdai Járási Ügyészségnek.

 

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Nach seinem Karriereende hat Roger Federer (41) Zeit, einfach Mal in Wimbledon für einen Tee vorbeizuschauen. Jetzt erzählt er, warum das vor zwei Wochen gar nicht so einfach war.

Nach seinem Karriereende hat Roger Federer (41) Zeit, einfach mal in Wimbledon für eine Tasse Tee vorbeizuschauen. Jetzt erzählt er, warum das vor zwei Wochen gar nicht so einfach war.

Kiderült, kivel fogja megkerülni a Holdat Maezava Juszaku japán milliárdos. Steve Aoki DJ, Tim Dodd youtuber és TOP K-pop rapper is vele utazhat.

L’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’UE (FRA) a publié jeudi un rapport détaillant la manière dont les biais développés dans les algorithmes s’appliquent aux modèles de police prédictive et de modération de contenu.

Written by Virginia Mahieu.

Quantum technologies could be a game-changer in the digital transformation of health care. By enabling much faster and more complex data analysis, they could open the door to the accelerated discovery and development of novel therapeutics, improved diagnostics and treatments, including for rare and complex diseases, genuinely personalised medicine, and better data-driven health policy planning. However, as is also the case in other sectors, quantum technologies come with risks, particularly to cybersecurity and data privacy, as well as economics, trade, and global competition. The EU legislators need to prepare the health technology assessment process for the possible changes that this developing technology could entail.

The advent of quantum computing (one aspect of the broader category of quantum technologies) has been on the horizon for some time. Where a classical computer uses binary code to store data, a quantum computer uses qubits. Conceptually, if a bit is like either end of a piece of string, a qubit could be anywhere on that piece of string. In practice, this could allow for drastically faster computing speeds, potentially cutting certain calculations that would take today’s fastest supercomputer 10 000 years to 200 seconds (though this specific claim is debated).

This extra computing power has a broad range of potential applications in all fields and across all of society, including in health care. However, as with many disruptive technologies it is important to consider possible unintended side effects of its deployment, so that long-term policy decisions can maximise on the opportunities that it brings and mitigate potential risks to human health and healthcare systems.

Potential impacts and developments

Quantum technologies allow the use of much more complex algorithms and simulations, allowing calculations to be performed in a fraction of the time needed by a classical computer, thus potentially rendering them accessible to healthcare practitioners and researchers in their day-to-day work. In parallel, the body of available health and medical data sources (such as electronic health records and clinical trial results) is growing, and is expected to be boosted by the implementation of the European health data space. These two factors in combination – more accessible high-power computing and more data to run it on – have the potential to revolutionise health care in the EU, to move from reactive to predictive treatment, reducing health costs and saving lives.

For instance, quantum-supported molecular modelling could improve researchers’ ability to find, develop, and administer new therapeutics, including for diseases that are currently untreatable. Already today, the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) is actively searching for treatments for COVID-19. A quantum computer could accelerate this process to the point that we could beat another pandemic before it even began. This boost in algorithmic processing power could also enable clinical trials to be done in silico (i.e. in a computer rather than a living being), whereby a digital twin of an organ or an entire body could be created to simulate and virtually study the effects of a treatment and its interaction with genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. This would have the dual benefit of reducing the need for animal and human research, while also streamlining and reducing costs in the clinical trials process. It would also mean that researchers could control variables more easily than with live patients, for example by accounting for whether patients use a treatment correctly and in the prescribed way (i.e. at the right time with the right dosage), and improving the certainty of how well new and existing medicines work.

Furthermore, quantum computing could boost researchers’ ability to sequence and analyse genetic information rapidly, giving better insight into the functions of the human genome and its interactions with the environment. Along the same vein, it could allow for better research and understanding of the complex interactions of microorganisms in the gut and body, which play a major role in many aspects of health and well-being. Quantum technologies, especially quantum imaging and quantum sensing could improve imaging diagnoses from, for example, MRI or PET scanners. Not only would it generally help make more powerful medical algorithmic decisions, quantum sensors could make highly precise biological measurements and take better resolution images than current methods. Quantum computing could also facilitate data-driven optimisation (and possibly reduction) of pricing of health insurance premiums, as well as improving detection of fraudulent insurance claims.

All of this information could go into patient care, to achieve truly personalised medicine, and could even be used to predict and prevent illnesses, ultimately reducing healthcare costs and improving quality of life as well as life expectancy. For example, imagine a patient presents to a neurologist with symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. By combining a digital model of the patient’s brain with their health records, genetic, cellular, and environmental information, a doctor could use a quantum molecular simulation to determine exactly which treatment to administer, at what dosage, what side effects the treatment might incur and how to reduce these. Indeed, a doctor could even estimate with high certainty whether a patient was likely to develop Parkinson’s disease in the first place and tailor preventative treatment for them.

Anticipatory policy-making

Supporting innovation in healthcare technologies is essential in the face of mounting global health challenges, such as an ageing population, a rise in non-communicable diseases, and health inequalities. The advances in health care facilitated by quantum computing outlined above will have a broad impact on society, which EU policy must anticipate to be able to reap its advantages fully. In addition, challenges may arise. For instance, the intellectual property of the technology may be proprietary (e.g. owned by Google or IBM), adding to the already-complex duality of healthcare as a public service provisioned by private corporations. Furthermore, healthcare cybersecurity and data protection – already important considerations in the digitalisation of health – will become all the more relevant due to concerns over the potential for the first quantum computers to break through existing classical computing security systems easily. Conversely, quantum cryptography could also help make data much more secure. This is particularly relevant given the sensitive nature of health data, especially that involving quantum-accelerated genetic sequencing. With the increasing use and availability of genetic data – considered sensitive personal data under the GDPR – genetic privacy could become a greater issue of concern, tied to the protection of fundamental rights.

Beyond direct patient care and research and innovation, there are also dimensions of external relations, health diplomacy, trade, and competition to be considered. The development of quantum computing is the current-day space race, and the EU must be at the forefront of this geostrategic competition to maintain its position in the global pharmaceutical market, and as a healthcare leader. If the EU lags behind, its strategic partners and rivals could gain significant advantages, and it would become more difficult for the EU to catch up. The Quantum Technologies Flagship, an initiative launched in 2018, is boosting research in the EU into all aspects of quantum technologies. Its main pillars include quantum computing, simulation, communication, and sensing, all of which have healthcare applications. In parallel, the EU is planning to build state-of-the-art ‘hybrid’ computers blending quantum and already-existing classical computing technologies by 2023, as part of the EuroHPC JU. By June 2019, all 27 EU Member States had signed the EuroQCI Declaration, agreeing to work together towards building a secure EU-wide quantum communications infrastructure. It will consist of an earth-based component linking strategic sites using existing fibre networks, as well as a space component to cover long distances. In conjunction with these initiatives, the implementation of the European health data space must be strategically prepared for the upcoming advances and changes that the EU’s investments in quantum technologies will bring.

Read this ‘at a glance’ on ‘What if quantum technologies were to revolutionise healthcare?‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

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In der dunklen Jahreszeit bringen die Kinder der Schauspielschule Bellacademia täglich eine Good-News-Geschichte in die Medien, sie lesen für uns «Lichtblicke» auf Blick TV. Rosi, Lilly, Noe, Oona, Vivianne und viele weitere Kinder sorgen für den täglichen Lichtblick.

Das Flachland erlebt den ersten Schnee des Jahres.

Kiribati is located in the central Pacific Ocean. Credit: UNDP/Azza Aishath

By Enric Sala
WASHINGTON DC, Dec 9 2022 (IPS)

Delegates from more than 190 countries are donning thick coats and winter boots to attend the long-delayed UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, Canada—the land of caribou, beluga whales and wolverines.

They are gathering there to iron out the final details of a global deal for nature that seeks to curtail the extinction of one million species and the destruction of the ecosystems they help create.

I’ll join the delegates next week. As I trudge through the cold to speak with them about the urgent need to protect nature, I’ll be thinking of the distant southern Line Islands, a remote archipelago in the Republic of Kiribati, a nation known for its desperate battle against rising ocean levels.

Their islands could be among the first to disappear if we don’t phase off greenhouse gas emissions. But what is less known is that the southern Line Islands provide the strongest evidence that nature protection can foster ocean resilience to global warming.

In 2009, a team of scientists and I first surveyed the marine ecosystems surrounding the uninhabited southern Line Islands. What we saw was like a world from centuries ago. Fish abundance was off the charts; on every dive, we saw abundant large predators, such as sharks—an uncommon sight for even a seasoned diver. Thriving, living corals covered up to 90 percent of the ocean floor.

We thought the pristine and untouched corals were saved forever in 2015, when the government of Kiribati protected 12 nautical miles around the islands from fishing and other damaging activities in what is now the Southern Line Islands Marine Protected Area.

But then disaster struck. The same year, warmer-than-usual ocean temperatures killed half of the corals in the Southern Line Islands. The news discouraged many. If the most pristine reefs were to succumb so rapidly, then all hope is lost. Would they be able to recover?

To answer that question, we returned to the islands five years after the coral died off. I was terrified before the first dive—unsure if we’d see dead or recovering corals. But when I jumped in the water, I could not believe what I saw.

Amid massive schools of fish, the corals were back to their former richness – they had recovered completely. If we hadn’t known that half of the corals had recently died, I would have thought that nothing had changed since my first visit. They recovered faster than ever witnessed before, with millions of new coral colonies per square mile taking over the space left by dead corals.

This miracle was only possible because the reefs were fully protected from fishing. As a result, the fish biomass was enormous. Large parrotfish and schools of hundreds of surgeon fishes kept the reef healthy and seaweed-free by grazing and browsing continuously on the dead coral skeletons. Without seaweed smothering the dead corals, new corals could grow and restore the reef.

Our discovery on this expedition clearly showed that, when granted full protection from fishing and other extractive activities, marine ecosystems can bounce back. Strong protection yields resilience and replenishes our overfished ocean. We have seen this again and again, in Mexico, Colombia and the United States.

The Biden administration has pledged to protect more of the ocean under its jurisdiction, and even created a new Special Envoy for Biodiversity, currently held by Monica Medina. But there is more that countries around the world can do at a global and national level.

That is why I am carrying a strong message to Montreal: we must protect at least 30% of the Earth’s land and ocean by 2030, and we must hurry. Protecting a third of the planet is critical for biodiversity and all the benefits we obtain from it, such as oxygen, clean air and water, and food.

But it is also essential for mitigating climate change. Protecting vital areas in the ocean – and the land – will turn the tide against biodiversity loss and buy us time as the world phases out fossil fuels and replaces them with clean energy sources.

Ocean health hangs in the balance at COP15 in Montreal. But we’re already running out of time, with the summit delayed two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Right now, less than 8% of the ocean is under any kind of protection, and only 3% is highly protected like in the southern Line Islands.

We have eight years to quadruple all ocean protections ever achieved in human history. Some countries have announced new ocean protections, but we need a global action plan that targets the top priorities for conservation of the ocean—for the sake of biodiversity, food and climate.

This means that delegates must roll up their sleeves and do the hard work of ironing out a strong global agreement that doesn’t water down protection goals. There is no more time for podium pledges and empty speeches.

The only acceptable outcome of COP15 is a strong nature agreement including a serious commitment to protect at least 30% of our ocean by 2030.

Enric Sala is the National Geographic Explorer in Residence and the founder of National Geographic Pristine Seas. You can listen to an extended conversation about the Southern Line Islands expedition with Sala on the latest episode of the Overheard at National Geographic podcast.

IPS UN Bureau

 

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Reggel hét órakor az euró árfolyama 417,78 forint volt, szemben a csütörtök esti 417,83 forinttal. Az euró 1,0575 dollárra erősödött a csütörtök esti 1,0544 dollárról. (mti)

Élargissement de Schengen : ça bloque encore pour la Roumanie, la Bulgarie (et la Croatie)
La Roumanie dans Schengen, une interminable odyssée
La Roumanie, l'espace Schengen, les « barbares » et les « sauvages »
La Bulgarie, la Roumanie et l'espace Schengen : au grand bal des hypocrites

/ Croatie, Roumanie, Bulgarie, Courrier des Balkans, Questions européennes

Élargissement de Schengen : ça bloque encore pour la Roumanie, la Bulgarie (et la Croatie)
La Roumanie dans Schengen, une interminable odyssée
La Roumanie, l'espace Schengen, les « barbares » et les « sauvages »
La Bulgarie, la Roumanie et l'espace Schengen : au grand bal des hypocrites

/ Croatie, Roumanie, Bulgarie, Courrier des Balkans, Questions européennes

Kosovo-Serbie : Pristina dans l'impasse
Kosovo-Serbie : réunions en chaîne pour tenter une sortie de crise
Nord du Kosovo : Mitrovica retient son souffle
Kosovo-Serbie : les citoyens ne doivent pas être les otages de l'impasse du dialogue

/ Courrier des Balkans, Tensions Nord Kosovo, Kosovo, Défense, police et justice, Relations régionales

Kosovo-Serbie : Pristina dans l'impasse
Kosovo-Serbie : réunions en chaîne pour tenter une sortie de crise
Nord du Kosovo : Mitrovica retient son souffle
Kosovo-Serbie : les citoyens ne doivent pas être les otages de l'impasse du dialogue

/ Courrier des Balkans, Tensions Nord Kosovo, Kosovo, Défense, police et justice, Relations régionales

Aujourd’hui dans l’Expresso : des retards sur le renouvelable coûteux pour la France, un espion russe en Pologne, l'Autriche refuse l'entrée de la Roumanie dans Schengen.

Mehr als die Hälfte der Albaner:innen gibt an, schon einmal um ein Bestechungsgeld gebeten worden zu sein, während etwas weniger als die Hälfte zugab, es gegeben zu haben. Das Land kommt damit auf die höchsten Korruptionsraten des Westbalkans.

Juraj Šeliga (Za ľudí) szerint a kormány leváltásával kapcsolatban az SaS nem ismertetett B tervet. Szerinte a kormány bukását követően csak egyetlen forgatókönyv lenne, mégpedig az előrehozott választás.