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Trumps already back, America has ditched Ukraine. What does Europe do now As Germany Olaf Scholz heads to the White House, Trump is blocking aid to Ukraine and potentially swaying the outcome of the war.ListenAI generated Text-to-speechCopy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInFree article usually reserved for subscribersGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz is likely to leverage that connection to get Biden to tell him how likely it is that Congress will ultimately approve billions in new aid to Ukraine | Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesFebruary 8, 20244:01 am CETBy James AngelosBERLIN 鈥?During a visit to Washington this week, German C stanley website hancellor O stanley sverige laf Scholz is likely to find that Donald Trump has already returned 鈥?at least in terms of U.S. policy toward Europe s worst strategic nightmare in Ukraine. Scholz arrives just as Republicans in Congress, acting at Trumps behest, are blocking military aid for Kyiv, imperilling the fate of the embattled country. The Washington setback comes as Ukraine s frontline troops complain of ammunition shortages, and as Russian forces make a major push to capture the shattered ruins of the city of Avdiivka. AdvertisementAd stanley cup vertisementIt s a particularly grim scenario for the Germans, who fear they will now be on the hook as Kyiv s main champion 鈥?a role they never wanted, preferring the part of Washington s sidekick. The discussions between the House of Representatives and the Senate on funding support for Ukraine Gnpe Musk calls AfD last spark of hope for Germany in op-ed in Welt
Chemicals in everyday products under a spotlightParliament and member states are suing the Commission over inaction on defining which chemicals can damage human hormones.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInFree article usually reserved for subscribersApril 30, 20153:23 pm CETBy Aleksandra TerzievaThe European Commission is under fire聽for delaying a review of chemicals potentially dangerous to human health聽that may be lurking in everyday products from coffee to birth control pills.At issue is聽how the聽EU defines these so-called endocrine disruptors聽鈥?suspected in cases of IQ loss, autism, infertility and other health problems 鈥?and estimated to cost health services hundreds of billions of euros per year, according to t stanley cup he Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism.The Commission was le stanley cup gally obliged to define the criteria for certain of these hormonally active chemicals by 2013, but it has not acted.聽 The European Parliament and the Council have been pushing the European Commission to update the regulations, which date to 1999.AdvertisementAdvertisementJerker Forssell, deputy director at the ministry of the environment in Sweden, said that the Commission should have decided on the criteria long before now.The Commission s own website warns: Endocrine disruptors interfere with natural hormone systems, and the health effects can be felt long after the exposure has stopped. Exposure to endocrine disruptors in the womb stanley cup can have life-long |
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