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Greenland's glaciers are melting at an accelerated rate under the influence of global warming, facilitating exploration and mining. Billionaires such as Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos are investing in "treasure hunting" in the hope of mining important minerals on the island.
September 15, 2021 local time, Greenland, floating glacier. Figure/IC photo
According to CNN local time reported on August 8, billionaires including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and others invested in a large-scale "treasure hunt" to exploit mineral resources in Greenland, the world's largest island.
"We are looking for what will be the world's largest or second largest and most important deposit of nickel and cobalt." Kobold Metals CEO Kurt House told CNN.
Kobold Metals is a mineral exploration company headquartered in California, USA. On the company's official website, it is written, "Using artificial intelligence to find materials for the future." They are currently financially funded by this "billionaires' club" to work with Bluejay Mining in greenland in search of mineral resources.
"The consequences and impacts of climate change on Greenland are worrying." Bo Møller Stensgaard, CEO of Blue Crow Mining, said, "But overall, climate change is making exploration and mining in Greenland easier." ”
Today, 30 geologists, geophysicists, cooks, pilots and mechanics are stationed at exploration sites off the west coast of Greenland. The crews are taking soil samples, flying drones and helicopters with signal transmitters to measure underground electromagnetic fields and map rock formations.
The Denmark and Greenland Geological Survey (GEUS) said Greenland could become a hotspot for coal, copper, gold, zinc and rare earth elements. The Greenland Home Rule Government has conducted several resource assessments across the ice-free land, recognizing the potential of mineral extraction to diversify the local economy. Read the full >>>
Today, the white paper "The Taiwan Issue and the Cause of China's Reunification in the New Era" was released. The "White Paper" not only shows the mainland's determination to resolve the Taiwan issue, but also provides a foundation and direction for the next step in promoting the process of cross-strait reunification.
On August 4, a brigade of the Eastern Theater Army organized a long-range fire detachment to organize live-fire shooting in the Taiwan Strait to complete the task of precision strike. This is the launch site. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
On August 10, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the Information Office of the State Council issued a white paper entitled "The Taiwan Issue and the Cause of China's Reunification in the New Era".
The release of the "White Paper" means that cross-strait relations have entered a new stage. The release of the "White Paper" is the third after the two white papers on "The Taiwan Issue and China's Reunification" and "The One-China Principle and the Taiwan Issue." The release of each white paper has its own special historical background, and is also a systematic summary of the problems existing in cross-strait relations, the future trend, and the mainland's relevant Policies and Guidelines for Taiwan at a crucial moment in the development of cross-strait relations.
Overall, the "White Paper" has maintained continuity and stability in its Taiwan policy. The "White Paper" clearly and will continue to adhere to the basic principle of "peaceful reunification and one country, two systems", which has important value and significance in the current context.
Recently, US House speaker Pelosi visited Taiwan, which had a huge impact on cross-strait relations and strained cross-strait relations. In order to curb the "Taiwan independence" forces and deter foreign forces from interfering with and sabotaging the mainland's reunification cause, the PLA conducted military exercises and military operations around The Island. These actions may be misinterpreted by some as a change in the way the mainland achieves cross-strait reunification.
However, through the "White Paper," we can clearly understand that adhering to "peaceful reunification and one country, two systems" is still the mainland's basic policy toward Taiwan. Moreover, as long as the one-China principle and the "1992 Consensus" are upheld, the two sides of the strait will be able to carry out dialogue, communication, and exchange views. This also means that no matter what the circumstances, the mainland has not closed the channels of communication with various parties, groups and personalities in Taiwan.
Of course, the "White Paper" will clearly smash "Taiwan independence" and foreign forces that deny the one-China principle and distort the "1992 Consensus." This is also the content that has not been much inked in the previous two white papers. Read the full >>>
"(The court) sentenced for a few years, at least I don't have to pay back this little money," the remark came from Huang Shufen, who is known as a "textbook old lai.". Seven years after the accident, Zhao Yong, the party who insisted on recovering compensation, is still mired in the quagmire.
In October 2021, Zhao Yong took a photo with his father in Lhasa. Courtesy of respondents
Zhao Yong was one of the parties to the "textbook Lao Lai" incident in Tangshan, Hebei Province. In October 2015, his father was hit by a car driven by Huang Shufen while riding a bicycle across the highway and was diagnosed with a severe head injury after being taken to the hospital. Subsequently, Zhao Yong sued huang Shufen for compensation, and the court ruled that the amount of compensation should be 860,000 yuan.
Because Huang Shufen did not pay compensation within the specified time, Zhao Yong posted Huang Shufen's remarks such as "I am not low in income, I have to repay the loan", "(The court) sentenced for a few years, at least I don't have to pay back this money" and other remarks to social platforms, and "textbook old Lai" became a hot word.
After posting about his experience, Zhao Yong received attention. Along with the heat came the explosion of information, private messages and comments on social media generally poured in, and Zhao Yong, who was originally simple in social circles, felt anxious and even painful.
"If you want to keep a distance from it, you can't do without it," Zhao Yong said of his relationship with social platforms. The heat brought by social platforms has increased his social pressure, but everyone's attention can also improve the possibility of recovery incidents being resolved.
From 2017, when it entered the enforcement phase until June 29 this year, the court's executive board issued about 110,000 yuan of enforcement money from Huang Shufen to Zhao Yong. After his father's death at the end of 2017, Zhao Yong has been insisting on seeking compensation. In order to get the remaining compensation, litigation has become a part of his life.
Seven years have passed since the car accident, the compensation judgment has been issued for five years, netizens familiar with Zhao Yong sighed on the social platform, they left the campus to enter the society, bid farewell to single marriage and children, entered a new stage of life, Zhao Yong is also deeply involved in litigation. Read the full >>>
This afternoon, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference. According to the report, the situation of epidemic prevention and control in Hainan is severe and complex, and it is in a period of rapid progress; Tibet has the capacity to respond to the current outbreak; The ninth edition of the prevention and control plan is effective against the Ami kerong variant; The mutual recognition management of health codes will be further optimized and improved.
Mi Feng, spokesman of the National Health Commission, said: Since August, a total of 9 provinces across the country have reported more than 100 cases of local infection, of which more than 2,000 cases have been reported in Hainan Province. At present, the epidemic situation in Sanya, Hainan is still in a high-level progression period. The epidemic situation in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Guangdong and other provinces is still in a stage of rapid development, and there is a certain risk of social transmission. Tibet Lhasa, Shigatse, Ali and other places have recently reported new local epidemics, and the risk of transmission and spread is relatively high.
Guo Yanhong, supervisor of the Medical Administration Bureau of the National Health Commission, introduced that the epidemic in Hainan has been spreading invisibly for a period of time when it was discovered, the situation of prevention and control is severe and complex, and the current epidemic situation is in a period of rapid progress.
Guo Yanhong introduced that in order to strengthen the guidance of the prevention and control of the epidemic in Tibet, the comprehensive team of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council has sent a working group, including experts in testing, circulation, treatment and community control, to guide Tibet to control the epidemic as soon as possible.
Dong Xiaoping, chief expert of virology of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced: At present, in accordance with the requirements of the new version of the prevention and control plan, all localities are based on rapid and accurate risk control and active response, and each epidemic can basically be effectively controlled in a short period of time.
Mi Feng said that since the issuance of the notice to promote the national mutual recognition of nucleic acid test results, various localities are rapidly organizing implementation. Some places have added the function of querying the nucleic acid test results of other provinces and cities and uploading health treasures, some have launched the associated services of nucleic acid information, and some can switch the provincial and national nucleic acid databases at any time, these practices are for the convenience of the masses, and now it seems that the progress is going smoothly. If there is a situation where the nucleic acid results are not mutually recognized, they can be reflected through the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council and the public message boards set up in various places, and the media is also welcome to further supervise the implementation. Read the full >>>
Trump was "searched for home", and the Republican Party, which is no longer a monolithic Republican Party, has shown a posture of "hugging the group and protecting the short". A party drama is playing out in the United States?
Former U.S. President Trump infographic. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
On August 8, local time, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) law enforcement officers raided and searched former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, which is the permanent residence of Trump after leaving office.
This is the first time since the founding of the United States that a public authority has conducted a search of the former president's residence. According to US media reports, FBI law enforcement officers came to Mar-a-Lago early in the morning to search and waited until about 18:00 on the same day before leaving.
The Trump team issued a statement titled "Now is the Darkest Hour for the Mainland" at around 18:45 on the same day.
Subsequently, Trump issued a lengthy announcement on the self-run platform Trust Social, denouncing the "search" as "the highest level of political persecution" and "unprecedented atrocities", believing that this move was "judicial politicization" and "the attempts of left-wing radical Democrats to interfere with the election", claiming that "this lawlessness and political persecution must be exposed and stopped", and threatening that "it will continue to fight for the great American people".
In response to this matter, Trump himself and his supporters have repeatedly stressed that the search of Mar-a-Lago is "unprecedented". But as some legal scholars have pointed out, there is no law that protects the residences of former presidents or presidential candidates from judicial searches. Not only that, but neither former president nor presidential candidates can enjoy immunity from criminal prosecution in the same way as incumbent presidents.
Although the Republican Party, and even the Republican Conservatives, are no longer monolithic today, they still show a "group to protect the short" posture in the face of Trump being "searched" and accuse their opponents of "political witch hunting" one-sidedly. Read the full >>>
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