EU countries approve law to slash trucks’ CO2 emissions
Brussels, Belgium Reuters European Union countries gave their final approval on Monday to a law to cut carbon dioxide emissions from trucks, which will require most new heavy-duty vehicles sold in the EU from 2040 to be emissions-free. The law will enforce a 90 per cent cut in CO2 emissions from new heavy-duty vehicles by […]
Polish truckers start round-the-clock blockade of fourth Ukrainian border crossing
Warsaw, PolandReuters Polish truckers and farmers on Monday started a round-the-clock blockade of access to one of the busiest border crossings with Ukraine, extending a protest that has left over a thousand lorries stranded for days in queues that stretch for miles. The truckers, now blocking the Medyka crossing as well as three other border […]
New Zealand’s Ardern labels anti-vaccine mandate protests ‘imported’ as crowds defy calls to leave
Wellington, New ZealandReuters New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she felt demonstrations against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate now entering their second week were an “imported” phenomenon, and nothing like anything she had seen before in the country. Hundreds of protesters continue to occupy lawns in front of the distinctive ‘Beehive’ parliament for […]