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#France: The cost of energy. The Rwanda Bill. Simon Constable, Occitanie
https://www.ft.com/content/5e7591b2-87c2-4ea3-8922-ee7a4c8c7913
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First question: Which country leads the way in EVs? Read more here.
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A record number of UK residents have dropped out of the workforce for medical reasons. How to get them back. Read more here.
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Photo credit: Robin Horsfall
The intro is a shortened version of a clip by Richard Wagner, EEF OAL-1, licensed via Wikimedia Commons, performed by:
Conductor: James Allen Gähres
Ensemble: Ulm Philharmonic
Location: CCU Einsteinsaal, Ulm
Opera: The Valkyrie (Die Walküre)
Movement: Prelude from Act 3
Date 3 June 2014
The horn sound is Horn of Tokyo Metro 6000 series circa 1969
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The thunderclap outro is a shortened version of a clip by Jonathan Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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John and I discuss the pending food shortages that will cost the poor disproportionately, as detailed in my recent column for Briefings Magazine.
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For much of history, a bad harvest could be the difference between life and death. Fortunately, since World War II, grain production has generally kept pace with the global population. But over the past five years, reserves of corn, wheat, and soybeans have dwindled by up to 11 percent, spurring a double-digit price increase worldwide. Two major drivers of the increase are severe weather, which has caused crop destruction, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has created interruptions in food production. All of this might sound bad, but it may only be the warm-up for something worse. Read more here.
