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The French fishermen who could sink Britain’s post-Brexit ambitions Paris

The French fishermen who could sink Britain’s post-Brexit ambitions

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) - For the British government, a successful Brexit means re-asserting economic sovereignty and landing a trade deal with Europe. Trawler captain Stephane Fait and his fellow French fisherman could sink that plan. Based in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France’s busiest fishing port and a major European processing center, Fait and…
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January 30, 2020
Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ won’t bring peace – that was the plan Hebron

Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ won’t bring peace – that was the plan

Much of Donald Trump’s long-trailed “deal of the century” came as no surprise. Over the past 18 months, Israeli officials had leaked many of its details. The so-called “Vision for Peace” unveiled on Tuesday simply confirmed that the US government has publicly adopted the long-running consensus in Israel: that it…
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January 30, 2020
Bushfires and climate change bring plant-stored mercury back into our environment Earth‘s Climate

Bushfires and climate change bring plant-stored mercury back into our environment

by Larissa Schneider, Colin Cooke, Nathan D Stansell and Simon Haberle, The Conversation Industrial activities like mining, fossil fuel combustion, and cement production release mercury into the environment. Credit: Shutterstock Climate change and bushfire may exacerbate recent mercury pollution and increase exposure to the poisonous neurotoxin, according to our study…
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January 30, 2020