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Compulsory Covid vaccination set to be imposed in first EU country

After Austria’s parliament approves the measure, it only expects the president’s signature On Thursday, Austria’s compulsory vaccination bill has cleared its last parliamentary hurdle on its way to becoming a law. The parliament’s upper house – the Federal Council – has voted 47 to 12 in favor of the legislation. The right-wing Freedom Party was […]

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Australian farmers would have had to gun down their cattle if government imposed methane-emission limits by 2030, deputy PM says

Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has said the country’s farmers would have to “grab a rifle” and shoot their cattle to curb methane emissions if the government’s ‘Net Zero’ plan did not have a livestock exclusion. On Thursday, the National Party leader claimed he had wrangled a “carve-out” commitment from Prime Minister Scott Morrison […]

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Donald Trump has imposed huge EU customs duties on the EU. The effect: recession

The US administration, namely Donald Trump’s presidential decree, imposed $ 7.5 billion worth of customs duties on goods from EU countries. The measure mainly affects Spain, Germany, France, Romania and the United Kingdom. According to the US Department of Foreign Trade (USTR), these taxes came into effect on Friday, at 00:01 (4:01 GMT). EU officials […]