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Los países que más energía nuclear producen y más reservas de uranio tienen, en un gráfico

Alejandro Alcolea Las centrales nucleares son, actualmente, una carrera de doble sentido. Mientras ciertos países están realizando una fuerte apuesta por este tipo de energía, construyendo centrales y con proyectos nucleares (China y Polonia, por ejemplo), otros están inmersos en el desmantelamiento de sus centrales (España y Alemania). Existe un debate sobre la idoneidad de utilizar energía nuclear en el contexto de la descarbonización y en una realidad en … Continue reading Los países que más energía nuclear producen y más reservas de uranio tienen, en un gráfico

Roxana Vanessa
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Russia LGBT: Police raid Moscow gay clubs, media say

Police in Moscow have raided several gay clubs, local media report, a day after Russia’s Supreme Court moved to outlaw the “LGBT movement”. Club goers were briefly held and their passports were photographed during the raids late on Friday, Telegram channel Ostorozhno Novosti said. One attendee told the channel he feared he would be given a lengthy jail term. The police said they were searching … Continue reading Russia LGBT: Police raid Moscow gay clubs, media say

Roxana Vanessa
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Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran & petrochemical industry stall plastics treaty: Critics

By Charles Pekow  The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC) ended on Nov. 19 in deep disappointment for many environmentalists. A few petrochemical-producing countries and corporations obstructed the plastic treaty proceedings, which wound up focusing on arguments and procedure instead of substance. INC is charged with hammering out a worldwide treaty on plastic pollution by 2025. Delegates from 161 countries and … Continue reading Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran & petrochemical industry stall plastics treaty: Critics

Roxana Vanessa
culture, education, news, women

Putin plans to ‘indoctrinate’ schoolgirls as beauty contestants attend ‘military course’

Up until now, most of the country’s propaganda has been directed at boys, but the focus is now shifting as schoolgirls aged 15 and 16 in Russia’s Primorsky region are being introduced to “military-patriotic education” By Ryan Fahey | World News Reporter, Leigh Mcmanus Vladimir Putin is targeting young beauty contestants and is “indoctrinating” them to join his illegal war in Ukraine. Up until now, most … Continue reading Putin plans to ‘indoctrinate’ schoolgirls as beauty contestants attend ‘military course’

Roxana Vanessa
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‘Nature is being destroyed’: Russia’s arms buildup in Barents Sea creating toxic legacy

Indigenous people and experts say Moscow’s military push and increased shipping and mining will destroy Arctic environment About this content | John Last The Barents Sea port of Severomorsk is the base of the Russian navy’s Northern Fleet and, since 2014 – when Russia first invaded eastern Ukraine – it has become the main administrative hub for all of Russia’s Arctic military activities. As the war in … Continue reading ‘Nature is being destroyed’: Russia’s arms buildup in Barents Sea creating toxic legacy

Roxana Vanessa
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Vladimir Putin signs law banning gender changes in Russia

Legislation outlaws medical interventions ‘aimed at changing the sex of a person’ and altering gender details in public records Associated Press in Moscow Vladimir Putin has signed legislation that bans people from officially or medically changing their gender, representing a further blow to Russia’s embattled LGBTQ+ community. The act, passed unanimously by both houses of parliament, bans any “medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person”, … Continue reading Vladimir Putin signs law banning gender changes in Russia

Roxana Vanessa
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Major explosion at world’s biggest uranium plant kills one after ‘depressurisation’

The explosion rung out at the Ural Electrochemical Combine [UEIP] in Russia and killed one male worker, 65, in the blast with the plant reassuring locals that radiation hadn’t leaked outside of the plant By Will Stewart Russia Correspondent & Ryan Fahey World News Reporter A major accident at the world largest uranium enrichment plant in Russia has left one person dead from and “explosion” caused by … Continue reading Major explosion at world’s biggest uranium plant kills one after ‘depressurisation’

Roxana Vanessa
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Russia: Putin’s Kremlin targets LGBT in new crackdown

“I’m the only monster drag queen in Russia,” Danya proudly tells me as he applies ghostly-white make-up in front of a mirror. We’re sitting in his kitchen, a rainbow flag adorning the wall. By Will Vernon | BBC News, St Petersburg Danya’s act is horror-themed – think Halloween meets drag. The 22-year-old regularly performed at a queer club night in St Petersburg called Gender Blender. … Continue reading Russia: Putin’s Kremlin targets LGBT in new crackdown

Roxana Vanessa