Uncertainty in EU parliament over climate emergency resolution
A current draft being considered by the European Parliament calls for the EU to declare a global climate emergency, to spur leaders worldwide to greater action against climate change and to be recognized as the first continent to do so. The resolution has the support of the Liberal, Socialist and Green parties, the parliament's dominant European People's party questions the necessity of the word "emergency".
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The British Parliament met on zoom, a strange but historic moment
The British Parliament has seen many historic days over the centuries. Yet it will have experienced few stranger than the spectacle that took place on Wednesday afternoon when the lawmakers attended the session through zoom. For the first time ever, the UK's lawmakers were asked to grill their government via video conference, as social distancing measures meant that the famous green benches usually packed, were nearly empty
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Erdogan pressured to lock down Turkey amid coronavirus pandemic
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is being asked by national unions and the opposition to impose a lockdown in the country amid an alarming increase in the number of new infections, with 10,827 cases in Turkey less than three weeks after it registered its first case. Erdogan has so far resisted these demands, stating that the wheels of the economy must keep turning, and has called for voluntary self-isolation.
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Japan is on the brink of a coronavirus outbreak but has not declared a state of emergency
The Japanese government has warned that there is a high risk of the coronavirus spreading across the country but has not declared a state of emergency as of yet. The government is currently creating a task force to deal with the potential crisis. The country currently has 1,314 cases of the virus.
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Trump to invoke Defense Production Act to combat coronavirus pandemic
US President Donald Trump has announced that he will invoke the Defense Production Act to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, which was an act introduced in 1950 during the Korean War giving the President special powers to direct the country's industry to produce critical products and equipment. The Act was amended in 2008 to give the President special powers in times of national emergency.
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