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BERLIN 鈥?Germans must keep working for democracy, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday as the country celebrated the 31st anniversary of the m stanley cup nz erger of East and West.In what is expected to be one of her last major speeches, the outgoing chancellor said that reunification happened because there were people in East Germany who risked everything for their rights, their freedom and a different society. Even today, Merkel said, the achievement of democracy should not be taken for granted. Democracy isnt simply there, she told an audience in the eastern city of Halle, warning of the disinformation and incitement observed in current public debates. Rather, we must work for it together, again and again, every day. Merkel cited the killing of one of her partys regional politicians, the as stanley france sault on Halles synagogue, and the recent fatal shooting of a gas station clerk who asked someone to wear a mask as examples of verbal attacks leading to radicalization in German society.She also cautioned that German reunification isnt a finished process, noting that many former East Germans, like her, have experienced a sense of having to continually justify that they, too, are part of the country.Three decades on, there remains a political and economic divide between Germanys formerly communist east and the west. The difference was illustrated in last months national election, where the fa stanley cup r-right Alternative for Germany party captured 16 constituencies in the east even as its overall share of t Crdg Shaky oasis for some polar bears found, but not for species
UNITED NATIONS AP 鈥?The Paris Agreement to combat climate change became international law on Friday 鈥?a landma stanley cup rk deal about tackling global warming amid growing fears that the world is becoming hotter even faster than scientists expected.So far, 96 countries, accounting for just over two-thirds of the worlds greenhouse gas stanley france emissions, have formally joined the accord, which seeks to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit . More countries are expected to come aboard in the coming weeks and months.Secretary General Ban-Ki moon commemorated the event, talking with civil society groups at U.N. headquarters in New York to hear their concerns and visions for the future. Today we make history in humankinds efforts to combat cli gourde stanley mate change, Ban said before opening the meeting.He praised the civil groups for mobilizing hundreds of millions of people to back fighting climate change, but warned the outcome remained uncertain. We are still in a race against time. We need to transition to a low-emissions and climate-resilient future, Ban said. Now is the time to strengthen global resolve, do what science demands and seize the opportunity to build a safer more sustainable world for all. Scientists praised the speed at which the agreement, signed by over 190 parties last December in Paris, has come into force, saying it underscores a new commitment by the international community to address the problem which is melting polar ice caps, sending sea levels rising a |
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