VALLETTA — Energy ministers from 9 European Union (EU) nations agreed on Thursday to show the Mediterranean area right into a inexperienced power hub.
At their assembly in Valletta, the capital of Malta, the ministers of the so-called MED9 alliance, together with Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain, signed the Malta Statement, a joint declaration aimed toward facilitating renewable power investments in southern Europe. (Malta-Green Energy Hub)
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HIROSHIMA, Japan — Japanese and U.S. leaders on Thursday met in Hiroshima previous to a bigger gathering of Group of Seven (G7) nations, overshadowed by protests and a tense environment.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who holds the G7’s rotating presidency and can host a three-day G7 summit which begins Friday, held talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday night within the western Japanese metropolis.
Nearly 100 protesters gathered from Wednesday to Thursday in entrance of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, also called Atomic Bomb Dome, at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, which might be shut until subsequent Monday because of the summit. (Japan-G7-Protests)
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BAGHDAD — Iraq registered as much as 119 instances of viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF), together with 18 deaths, because the starting of this yr, the Iraqi Ministry of Health stated on Thursday.
The ministry’s spokesman Sayf al-Badr informed the official Iraqi News Agency that 35 of the detected VHF instances have been registered within the southern Dhi Qar province, adopted by Basra with 18 instances, and the remainder are unfold throughout the opposite provinces. (Iraq-VHF-Cases)
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ROME — The torrential rain eased in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna area on Thursday however a lot of the realm remained below water. The loss of life toll from flooding and landslides rose to a minimum of 13, with dozens of individuals nonetheless listed as lacking, native media reported.
Video footage from Thursday confirmed streets within the commune of Sant’Agata sul Santerno and in elements of the seaside city of Ravenna fully flooded. (Italy-Floods-Death)