Plastic as Scientists Turn to biological materials to make things like headphones. Im called aspen thanks for joining us u. S. President donald trump has now declared a National Emergency in the United States over the spread of the corona virus that will release billions of dollars in disaster funding and give special powers to federal Health Authorities but during his address at the white house the president denied any responsibility for delays in making Testing Available even has even as his administration has come under fire for being too slow to respond. President trump has come under considerable scrutiny in recent weeks for not moving quick enough to tackle the virus spread on friday he tried to reassure concerned americans and somewhat uncharacteristically called for prudence americans are the strongest and most resilient people on earth and in the coming weeks we will all have to make changes and sacrifices but the short term sacrifices will produce long term gain. Then again i
A handful and it may be time to say goodbye to plastic as scientists turned to find logical materials to make things like headphones. On corn aspen thanks for joining us europe is preparing for a corona virus lockdown spains Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is due to address the nation shortly he is expected to announce tight restrictions on Movement Across the nation following a sharp increase in the number of infections there meanwhile across europe orders are closing sporting events are being canceled and businesses are shutting their doors as People Get Ready to wait out the pandemic at home italy is still the hardest hit where 250. 00 people died in just a single day but beyond the human cost fears are now growing that many of europes cultural institutions wont withstand weeks or even months of shutdown. Italy remains under a nationwide lockdown and the effects of social distancing are plain to see. The people square all but deserted. Empty canals also in venice normally overrun by to
Unaccompanied Child Migrants in greece and 70 new countries agreed to take the men but other Member States say their full. Im called last month thanks for joining us europe is preparing for a corona virus lock down across the continent borders are closings boarding events are being canceled and businesses are shutting their doors as People Get Ready to wait out the u. Pandemic at home europes leaders see these drastic measures as the only way to stop and ultimately reverse the spread of the highly contagious disease the hardest hit is italy where 250 people died on a single day but beyond the human cost fears are growing that many of europes cultural institutions wont withstand weeks or even months of shutdown. Italy remains under a nationwide lockdown and the effects of social distancing are plain to see romes piazza del popolo the people square all but deserted. Empty canals also in venice normally overrun by tourists in the streets of venice are now being decontaminated. In bulgaria
Im called aspen thanks for joining us across europe borders are closing and businesses are shutting their doors as People Get Ready to wait out the virus pandemic at home italy is still the worst hit country in europe but spain is now also preparing to announce tight new restrictions on Movement Across the nation thats after 1500 new cases were reported in spain between friday and saturday a low madrid has turned into a ghost town instead of the usual traffic jams motorists have an easy drive through the capital the Regional Government has ordered the closure of bars and Retail Establishment only pharmacies Grocery Stores and newsstands can remain open many residents have fled the city to go to the countryside or the coast those still in madrid are trying to get by as best as they can. Im not so worried but im still thinking about the situation now we have to be brave and stick together. They know mostly its time to show that we are a civilized country and comply with health regulation
And im a clock this is kind of the cost of aljazeera your week you look at the world of business and economics this week. 2 nations taking different approaches to Carbon Emissions despite unprecedented bushfires australia pushes ahead with a controversial coal project were on the ground with the community that stands to benefit from the countrys biggest mine. Germany plans to eliminate coal powered stations but the governments accused of breaking its promises to replace coal with more environmentally friendly sources of electricity. And shipping the unseen polluter industry crucial to the Global Economy moving goods worth trillions of dollars across our seas whats the industry doing to reduce its emissions. So that Global Carbon dioxide emissions harmful gases behind Global Warming and Climate Change held steady for the 1st time in 3 years in 2019 the International Energy agency says that was thanks to a switch from coal power to renewables in advanced economies United Nations estimate