EU Tightening Border Controls To Curb Terrorism & Migration
Several countries in the European Union have implemented stricter border controls amid a surge in illegal migration.
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Several countries in the European Union have implemented stricter border controls amid a surge in illegal migration.
An international team of experts on Wednesday revealed that a skyrocketing fivefold increase in heat-related deaths is looming in the coming decades.
A group of six young people have filed a lawsuit against 32 countries for inaction against climate change. The group of individuals, including 3 siblings from Portugal, accused the EU member states for failing to reverse the impact of climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
A video recently circulating on social media shows a Greek firefighting plane crashing into the mountains. According to the Greece local media, the firefighting plane crashed over the town of Karystos on the island of Evia near Athens.
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, was fined $1.3 billion for mishandling the data of its users. The hefty fine was imposed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, which is responsible for regulating Meta across Europe. The Irish supervisory authority has also ordered Meta to suspend the movement of user data from the EU to the US, although transfer is not immediate.
In a move to tighten the security, Moscow has told the Presidential employees to get rid of their iPhones. Putin’s administrative employees are given a one-month deadline to get rid of their iPhones and replace them with some other mobile phones.
A Belarusian court sentenced a renowned noble prize winner Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in jail. Bialiatski was one of the three Nobel peace prize winners in 2022. He was accused of smuggling and illegally supporting the activities of the opposition back in 2021. He was arrested amid civil unrest and protests to reject the re-election of Alexander Lukashenko, now president of Belarus.
Police all across Europe, have arrested more than 44 suspects in multiple raids. The suspects were believed to be part of a huge criminal empire all across Europe. The network is considered one of the most dangerous crime organizations, running across multiple European countries such as Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, France, and the Slovak Republic.
One of the biggest threats from climate change is the ‘heat waves’. Each year, thousands of deaths are caused due to high temperatures around the world, many of which go unreported. Recent report shows more than 20,000 died in western Europe in this year’s summer.
The Chinese government has been accused of establishing more than 50 police stations around the world, ‘across five continents and 21 countries’. The recent revelations were disclosed by Dutch Foreign ministry. It has been reported that China has 2 police stations which were illegal in the Netherlands.
The consequences of Climate Change are slowly trying to materialize in already fragile world with social inequalities, poverty and wars. With extreme heat waves, rising sea level and unsustainable use of fossil fuels, Planet earth is believed to have been facing the worst climate crisis that can lead to extinction or even nuclear wars in the near future. Earlier this year, Pakistan, India, Europe, China, Africa and the United States faced extreme heat waves across major parts of the countries leading to wildfires and billions of losses in economic activity.
Europe has a different lookout in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. The battle to win against the virus is ongoing and seems long-term. Countries like
