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19th Mar 2024

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EU told to avoid hydrogen in building renovations

Some 33 businesses, industry associations, NGOs, and think tanks have combined to call for avoiding the use of hydrogen in building renovations, prioritising existing sustainable solutions and boosting the integration of renewables. The direct use of hydrogen for heating is seen as "problematic" because "it comes with many uncertainties linked to the scalability, costs of its production and inefficiencies," reads the letter sent to the European Commission on Thursday.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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