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The currency circle has ushered in a historic day.

Not only was the network cable unplugged, but the electricity was cut off directly for you!

Sichuan clears back cryptocurrency mining

The mines were powered off collectively and all mines were closed

It is reported that due to policy reasons, China and even Sichuan, the world’s most important gathering place for Bitcoin mining machines, will usher in a large area of ​​mining machines. According to calculations, the shutdown load is about 8 million. Following Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, Sichuan, which is dominated by clean energy and hydropower, failed to become the last bastion of Bitcoin mining in China.

A document “Notice of the Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Sichuan Provincial Energy Bureau on the Cleanup and Shutdown of Virtual Currency “Mining” Projects” shows that for virtual currency “mining”, relevant power companies in Sichuan need to start on June 20 The screening, clean-up and shutdown work has been completed a few days ago.

The document shows that the people’s governments of various cities (prefectures), the State Grid Sichuan Electric Power Company, the Provincial Energy Investment Group, the central power generation enterprises in Sichuan, and the provincial state-owned power generation enterprises should follow the spirit of the 73rd executive meeting of the provincial government to implement the State Council’s financial The 51st meeting of the Stability and Development Committee on the requirements of “combating Bitcoin mining”, hereby notify the relevant matters as follows: 1. Complete the screening and shutdown of key objects. The Provincial Electric Power Company has reported 26 suspected “mining” projects, and the screening, cleaning and shutdown will be completed before June 20; 2. Carry out self-examination and self-correction by power generation companies, and immediately stop supplying power to virtual currency mining projects; 3. Do a thorough investigation and investigation. The municipal (prefecture) governments will immediately carry out a dragnet investigation, and the suspected projects will be shut down immediately and completed before June 25; 4. Earnestly fulfill the main responsibility, and must complete the cleanup and shutdown tasks with quality and quantity. Due to the abundant hydropower resources, a large amount of hydropower is abandoned in Sichuan during the wet season. In this regard, the Sichuan Provincial Government Office issued the “Sichuan Province Hydropower Consumption Industry Demonstration Zone Construction Implementation Plan” in August 2019, confirming Pilot projects for hydropower consumption industry demonstration zones will be carried out in 6 cities and prefectures, including Ganzi, Panzhihua, Ya’an, Leshan, Liangshan, and Aba. In 2020, Sichuan has successively approved two batches of hydropower consumption demonstration enterprises, and the list has covered many mining enterprises in the name of big data technology. On the evening of the 19th, a small video began to circulate in the circle of friends. The content was that the miners were cutting off the power of the Bitcoin mining machine, and the rows of beating green lights went out one by one. Many people at the scene said: Bye, See you. A miner A said, “An era is over, bye bye! Although the breeze is hard to blow me, how can the moon not shine. The ice can’t stop the water, and the dead wood will be in spring again.” Miner B also issued an article saying, “At this time last year, it was just in the domestic unblocking period. The first conference in the circle was the Sichuan-Chengdu Water-rich Mining Conference. Today’s time has passed. The mining boom at that time was integrated into the bright galaxy tonight. Later, industry practitioners You should also remember the glory here.” Practitioner C said, “Sichuan’s 8 million loads will be collectively shut down at 0:00 tonight. In the history of the blockchain, the most tragic and most spectacular scene of miners is about to happen. How far-reaching the impact is here will be known in the future. ” Practitioner D: “Today, we can officially announce the end of an era.” Of course, the happiest thing is that graphics cards can finally be reduced in price. Bitcoin’s entire network’s computing power plummeted overnight According to reports, Sichuan is the largest gathering of Bitcoin miners in China and even in the world, with approximately 8 million loads being used for cryptocurrency mining. According to data from btc.com, the current average computing power of the entire Bitcoin network is 126.83 EH/s, which is nearly 36% lower than the historical high of 197.61 EH/s (May 13). At the same time, Bitcoin mining pools with Chinese backgrounds such as Huobi Pool, Binance, AntPool and Poolin have fallen sharply in their computing power. The decline in computing power in the past 24 hours has been 36.64%, 25.58%, 22.17%, and 8.05%, respectively. Many places have already shot On May 21, the Financial Stability and Development Committee of the State Council (hereinafter referred to as the Financial Committee) held its 51st meeting to study and deploy key tasks in the financial sector in the next phase. The meeting was presided over by Liu He, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Premier of the State Council, and Director of the Financial Committee. Relevant responsible comrades from member units of the Financial Committee attended the meeting. Two points of this meeting were impressive: The first is to crack down on Bitcoin mining and trading activities, and resolutely prevent individual risks from being transmitted to the social field. The second is to maintain the smooth operation of the stock, debt, and foreign exchange markets, severely crack down on illegal securities activities, and severely punish financial illegal and criminal activities. In late May, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan and other places successively held seminars on virtual currency mining to strengthen the crackdown on related behaviors. On May 25, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission issued the “Eight Measures on Resolutely Cracking Down on and Punishing Virtual Currency “Mining” (Draft for Comment). On June 9, the Qinghai Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology issued the “Notice on the Comprehensive Shutdown of Virtual Currency “Mining” Projects”, requesting clean-up and rectification. It is strictly forbidden to initiate and approve various virtual currency “mining” projects in various regions, and to completely shut down all existing virtual currency “mining” projects. At the same time, resolutely investigate and rectify the project entities that set up projects in the name of big data, supercomputer centers, etc. but are engaged in virtual currency “mining”. On June 12, people from the Yunnan Provincial Energy Administration Office confirmed that according to the notice, various power-using departments will be organized to carry out joint inspections in a timely manner. At the end of June this year, Bitcoin mining companies will be cleaned up and rectified, and Bitcoin mining companies relying on power generation will be seriously investigated and punished. Enterprises, unauthorized private connection of electricity, evasion of national transmission and distribution fees, funds, and additional profit-making illegal activities, once discovered, immediately suspend power supply; severely investigate and punish power generation companies who use the generated electricity to privately transfer bitcoin without permission The illegal behavior of mining companies to obtain illegitimate benefits by supplying power; seriously investigate and deal with hidden dangers in the power use of Bitcoin mining companies, and immediately order them to shut down and make corrections once they are discovered

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Tourism crisis Later restart the River cruises

Status: 19.06.2021 3:29 p.m.

River cruise ships are back in Bavaria – because of the infection protection with fewer guests on board. The long absence of the ships has left deep marks along the routes.

By Sebastian Grosser and Martin Gruber, BR

A melody sounds on deck of the river ship “NickoSpirit” before cruise director Ferdinand Selig starts his speech. “Welcome to Regensburg, dear passengers.” In front of Selig is a piece of paper with several names, which are in turn marked with different colors. “Please remember your grouping and don’t forget your mask when you leave the ship,” he says. At this point, several passengers have already gathered at the entrance of the ship to go ashore for a tour of the city. A maximum of 14 people are allowed in a group. This is part of infection protection.

Million revenues before Corona

The “NickoSpirit” is the first river cruise ship to be moored in Regensburg this year. Usually the season starts in spring. But Corona put the once booming tourism industry on the back burner in 2021. The Regensburger Stadtwerk, which manages the pier, is expecting around 100 landings this year. Similar to 2020, in the first Corona year, the city is expected to turn over only 100,000 euros with the ships. For comparison: in 2019, more than 1000 ships moored in Regensburg, with which the city was able to bring in a turnover of 1.3 million euros.

Hard times for tour guides

Michaela Ederer is already waiting for the guests at the Donaulände, where the “NickoSpirit” moored. The tour guide has longingly awaited the first ship and its passengers. “The last few months have been really tough,” she says. “The majority of the tour guides work as freelancers and rely on the tour guides and the sales they generate with them.”

In the peak of the pandemic, around 7500 tour guides nationwide were unemployed, says Ederer, who is also on the board of the Federal Association of Tour Guides in Germany. Many of her colleagues should have tapped their retirement reserves. “We are therefore very happy,” she says, referring to the arrival of the first passengers.

Passengers: No problem with infection protection

While the guests with audio guides in their ears follow the tour operator’s blue tablet to explore the historic old town of Regensburg, cruise director Selig talks to the passengers who have stayed on the ship. Unless they are sitting in the restaurant or on the summer deck, they all wear mouth and nose protection. Many of the mostly older passengers do not mind the infection control measures. “The guests are used to it,” says Selig. For the provider of cruise travel, however, creating a suitable hygiene concept was a bit of a challenge: In order to maintain the distance, only 143 of the otherwise 170 passengers are currently allowed on board. There is even a certified test center on the “NickoSpirit” so that everyone on the ship can be tested every 48 hours.

End of the cruise boom

While the provider Nicko had previously relied mainly on a German-speaking audience, other shipping companies, such as the largest industry association IG Rivercruise, have a harder time BR demand notifies. In particular, sales of shipping companies that specialize exclusively in guests from overseas such as the USA or Australia fell by 100 percent last year. But also those ships that were able to sail between July and October 2020 recorded losses of between 60 and 70 percent.

“The Queen would declare the year 2020 to be an ‘annus horribilis’. The IG Rivercruise joins this,” said the Industry association. The forecast for 2021 is no better. “The season is short,” said IG Rivercruise. Individual providers have therefore filed for bankruptcy, but had already got into financial difficulties before the pandemic.

Souvenir shops before the end

The lack of cruise business also brought Gabriele Winklmeier into existential difficulties. The 58-year-old has a souvenir shop in the old town of Passau. The ship tourists from the USA and France would actually be their main business. Due to the pandemic, hardly anything happened last year, according to Winklmeier. “This year, too, things have been bad so far: no buses, no ships, no customers. Now the first cruise ships are arriving, but they all dock outside.” She will probably give up her souvenir shop – after 17 years.

Winklmeier looks back with sadness: “Three years ago all hell was going on here. 300 guests as early as eight in the morning. You could still do business there. Today it can happen to me that I don’t have a turnover of 30 euros.” The guests of “NickoSpirit” will probably no longer buy souvenirs in Winklmeier’s shop. The cruise on the river ends in Passau. Several buses are waiting along the landing stage where the suitcases are already lined up. Cruise manager Selig, who has to say goodbye to his guests after nine days, draws a positive balance: “It was a relaxed trip, even if it seems unrelaxed. We were well prepared with the tests on board. Many guests were vaccinated or recovered. That is natural also a great relief for us. “

More climate-friendly flying Less emissions thanks to biofuel

Status: 06/17/2021 6:04 p.m.

Contrails on the horizon show: An airplane was traveling here. But they also say something about the emissions that are released when flying. A new study shows: biofuel is more climate-friendly.

From Iris Völlnagel, SWR

You can see them most clearly in the early hours of the morning: Since more planes have started taking off from Frankfurt Airport, the contrails in the sky over Mainz have been thickening. They seem harmless, but climate researchers have long been concerned about them. Not because they are so-called chemtrails, as some conspiracy tellers suspect, but because they contribute to global warming. Because: Even before CO2, contrails cause the largest share of global warming through aviation. This is what researchers from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) found out together with NASA.

Contrails become “warming” clouds

While in flight, aircraft emit black carbon particles – so-called soot particles – because the fuel is not completely burned. In addition to soot, aircraft exhaust also contain water vapor. At high altitudes, where the air is very cold, the water condenses on the particles and freezes. At an altitude between 8,000 and 12,000 meters, ice crystals form, which we see as contrails. These ice crystals can last for several hours and form high clouds – so-called contrail cirrus. Depending on the position of the sun and the surface, they have a warming or cooling effect. Research shows that global warming effects predominate.

Mixed fuel helps the climate

For years, scientists at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have been researching, in collaboration with NASA, whether airplanes run on biofuel in a more environmentally friendly way. With their experiments, the scientists were able to prove that using a 50-50 mixture of kerosene and sustainable fuel can reduce the number of ice crystals in the contrails by half.

“We were able to clearly demonstrate that fewer soot particles in the exhaust gases through sustainable fuels result in fewer ice crystals in contrails,” says Christiane Voigt from the DLR Institute for Atmospheric Physics. “A smaller number of ice crystals reduces the additional energy input into the atmosphere caused by contrails. This significantly reduces the climate-warming effect of the contrail clouds.” The scientists assume a percentage of 20 to 30 percent.

Flying for Science

The scientists had already carried out the tests in 2018. For this purpose, the DLR research aircraft ATRA, an Airbus A320, flew from the US military base Ramstein in Rhineland-Palatinate with various fuel mixtures over Germany. It was followed with a one to two minute delay by NASA’s CD-8 research aircraft. With the help of measuring devices, the scientists from NASA, DLR and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry were able to record data on emissions and contrails. They also tried different fuel blends – including a sustainable biofuel.

There are now individual attempts by the airlines to refuel their planes with biofuel. In May 2021, Air France announced its first long-haul flight from Paris to Montreal, Canada, using partially sustainable fuel made from cooking oil. During the test flight, there was kerosene and 16 percent biofuel in the tank. So far, a maximum of 50 percent biofuel has been allowed in aircraft, says Martin Kaltschmitt, head of the Institute for Environmental Technology and Energy Economics at the Technical University of Hamburg.

The challenge of fuel development

The greatest challenge on the way to climate-friendly flying is the development of biofuel, say scientists. Biofuel, so-called Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), is currently mainly produced from old vegetable and edible oils. In contrast to conventional kerosene based on mineral oil, biofuels are not subsidized and are much more expensive, also because they can only be produced in small quantities.

“Bio-based fuels will not be the only solution. With bio-based fuel, we don’t get the amount we need,” says Patrick Le Clercq, ECLIF project manager at the DLR Institute for Combustion Technology in Stuttgart. The future also lies with hydrogen, believes Le Clerq. In further experiments, the scientists from DLR and NASA now want to investigate how one hundred percent biofuel affects the atmosphere

A lot of women want to lose weight and keep fit, exercise to have a slim waist, toned stomach, but the more summer, the more refreshments, sweets or at home, the more they eat and drink, so the exercise Weight loss training stagnated. There are always a lot of methods and tips to lose weight suitable for the summer, and you also learn the exercises that do not take too much time, practice at home but still keep in shape very effectively. And if you have the same need, you can refer to this move, a move that you practice right in the living room salon with 300 times a day, your waist will be big and your belly will become slim. fast firming. This movement directly affects the abdominal muscles, and both hips and buttocks to directly burn fat in the 2nd round, the 3rd round is more enlarged, the thighs are also affected to become slimmer and firmer. The movement of lifting people with legs Perform: 300 times / day (Can be divided into 3 sets morning – afternoon – evening) * Prepare: – Lie on your back with your back on the floor, then raise your legs up on the chair. – Raise your body on an inclined plane, hands pressed to the floor to keep balance. – Pay attention to keep the shoulders, neck and head fixed on the floor. – Squeeze the abdomen, use the abdominal muscles to lift the body. * Begin: -Collect each leg close to the abdomen, while contracting and contracting the abdomen and breathing rhythmically. – The other leg remains in the resting position on the chair. – Keep the lifter in the inclined plane and breathe evenly through the exercise beats. Change legs regularly, rhythmically and breathe evenly. During the exercise, you will be quite tired of the leg muscles and abdominal muscles due to the contraction and contraction of the abdomen to keep balance. Start with 50 leg lifts (25 each) for the first set in the morning, then add more in the afternoon and evening. Maintain correct exercise 300 times per day, you will definitely have toned abs after 1 week of training. Exercises at the salon help slim waist and flat stomach, extremely effective slimming. The movement is very easy to do, for those who practice for the first time. It does not require you to have specialized techniques or instructors, nor any tools, but the effect is enough to surprise you. A slim waist or a toned round 3 is no longer a distant dream for women, just maintain this movement 300 times a day to have a good body right away.

Jin True to his name, Jin (which means fast) in HumaGear form possesses the ability to move at high speed for a short period of time. This speed was so fast that it surpassed the speed of the bullet fired from Shotriser. When transforming with the Forceriser and Flying Falcon Progirise Key, Jin possesses a power index of 9.0 tons, 30.1 tons of kick, 23.8 meters of maximum jump and 100 meters / 4.1. seconds. Basically these numbers weren’t really that impressive, but still enough for him to overwhelm Zero-One, Vulcan, and Valkyrie in their basic form. In this form, Jin can fly at a maximum speed of mach 1.7, slightly lower than the Zero-One using the Falcon key. In return, the mechanical wing called Scrambler is capable of launching from a distance like bullets with relatively high damage. With Slashriser and Burning Falcon Progirise Key, Jin can transform into a Burning Falcon form with the same advantages as his old form, but much more powerful now, all of his attacks are wrapped in tops. Terrifying fire destroys all targets. In this form, Jin’s maximum flight speed is up to a mach 3.4, and can still launch Burning Scrambler wings for long-range attacks. In addition, Slashriser gives Jin a relatively good melee ability. When activating Burning Rain, Jin will use Slashriser to unleash blazing energy slashes. According to the announcement, Jin’s strength index in this form includes a punching force of 34.6 tons, a kick force of 90.3 tons, a maximum jump of 47.6 meters and a running speed of 100 meters / 1.4 seconds. Basically, this stat lost to Thouser in terms of rebound ability and punching power, but kick force and movement speed were the opposite. Because of that, Jin Burning Falcon was able to go hand in hand with the Thouser when he had not used the Jacking Break. Horobi Like other HumaGear, Horobi possesses tremendous physical strength, can easily flick a mass of matter weighing more than 70 kg with ease. Not only that, he also possesses a special katana that can blast any HumaGear with a single hit. When transformed with Forceriser and Sting Scorpion Progirise Key, Horobi possesses a strength index of 13.5 tons, 32.7 tons of kicks, a maximum jump of 15.5 meters and a running speed of 100 meters / 3.5. seconds. Basically, these numbers outperform all the basic forms of Zero-One (punching force), Vulcan and Valkyrie (kick force) in their basic form. Horobi is also shown to have superior defense when he can withstand many finishing blows that are capable of causing the other Riders to transform. Horobi Sting Scorpion owns a component called Acid Analyze, capable of secreting powerful toxins that can paralyze targets, disintegrate matter at the molecular level. However, it not only affects living organisms but also other electronic devices, destructive from within. When Vulcan first battled Horobi, he was hit by the Sting Dystopia which resulted in almost death. However, the most terrifying ability of Horobi is “learning”. Although any HumaGear has this ability, Horobi is the most feared. Sting Scorpion’s features haven’t changed, it’s himself. Throughout the series, Horobi’s power has steadily increased to an unbelievable level, gradually overcoming a series of theoretically stronger opponents such as Zero-One Breaking Mammoth, Zero-One Shining Hopper, Vulcan Assault Wolf, Jin Burning Falcon and even the Thouser. His climax is probably in episode 42, when he becomes so formidable that he can even fight against Vulcan’s strongest form at the time, Rampage Vulcan. When Jin was destroyed by Aruto’s Perfect Conclusion: Learning End while he was doing Ark-One, Horobi’s malice exploded. With Ark Scorpion Progrisekey and Zetsumetsu Driver, Horobi can achieve a status that surpasses even Ark-One called “Ark Scorpion”. Not only possessing abilities similar to Ark-One such as transforming malice into power, creating antimatter energy, casting weapons and a Rider Model from Beam Equipper, … much. His stats include punch of 58.7 tons, kick of 109.7 tons, rebounding 101.3 meters high and running speed of 100 meters / 0.5 seconds, essentially surpassing Ark-One (but lost inferior to Zero-One Realizing Hopper and Zero-Two). The Acid Analyze scorpion stinger has been upgraded to Destanalyze, which can be launched from anywhere on the body. Enhanced by negative energy, Horobi can inject toxins, super powerful viruses that can destroy enemies both outside and inside. While activating Hatred Impact, he broke both the Deus Armor and Ark Core armor that contained Ark-One’s Ark concept, though this is only a first level attack in the six levels of Learning that can be activated via the Zetsumetsu Driver. Horobi was only defeated after taking the last of Zero-One Realizing Hopper’s Rider Kick. Horobi’s defensive ability is also quite strong at the moment, as he can withstand the series of Zero-One Realizing Hopper’s kicks, although these kicks carry enormous strength due to the suit’s function. ReaRise is capable of quantum decay. After all, Horobi can only be defeated when taking the last kick, which also means the blow has the greatest damage at that time.

According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the current situation of pollution of plastic and plastic waste in our country is very serious, the amount of plastic waste and plastic bags in Vietnam accounts for about 8-12% of the waste. domestic snake. The amount of plastic waste, plastic bags discharged increases year by year, causing serious harm to the ecological environment. Plastic is a compound made to last forever, yet up to 33% of all plastic items, such as water bottles, plastic bags and straws … are used only once and then discarded. According to experts’ calculations, plastic bottles of water have decomposition time after 450-1,000 years; straws (decomposes after 100-500 years), plastic cups (decomposes after 50-200 years), plastic bags / plastic bags (decomposes after 500-1,000 years), diapers / diapers (decomposes after 250 years) -500 years) … An Phu youth join hands to protect the environment Responding to the “Anti plastic waste” movement, all levels and branches in the province have implemented many practical activities. For the education and training sector, up to now, many units have built propaganda and coordination plans to disseminate at the unit, through regular meetings of unions; branch meetings, school council meetings, activities under the flag, extra-curricular activities, extracurricular activities … thereby raising awareness of staff, teachers, staff and students. Limiting the use of plastic waste to protect the environment. Many schools have combined to implement the movement “Small Plan” to collect plastic waste to sell scrap to help students in difficult circumstances. Through that, to educate students about environmental protection awareness and compassion. Many units, schools also collect plastic waste to recycle as school supplies and household activities. Many schools have organized movement activities: contests, skits … with the content “Anti plastic waste”, the risk of pollution of plastic and plastic bags in order to change behavior, proceed to eradicate the habit. Use hard-to-biodegradable plastic bags, single-use disposable plastic products. In order to contribute to sustainable environmental protection, the Department of Education and Training orientates schools to continue implementing education integrating environmental protection into the following subjects: ethics, nature – society, civic education, student study, geography … at appropriate extracurricular activities. Schools proceeded to arrange a separate plastic waste container with other types of waste in the unit for easy collection. On the other hand, educate the habit of restricting the use of plastic waste for members of the unit and students. Continuing to organize propaganda and mobilization of staff, teachers, staff and students to change their behaviors, habits of using disposable plastic products, hard-to-decompose plastic bags, contributing to minimizing pollution. environment, protecting human health and ecosystems. Extensive propaganda about the “Anti-plastic waste” movement for all staff, teachers, staff and students, and at the same time mobilizing relatives to “say no to plastic bags and used plastic products 1” times ”. Organize movements: contests, skits … to change, eventually give up the habit of using hard-to-biodegradable plastic bags, single-use hard-to-biodegradable plastic products. Implement education to integrate environmental protection contents into subjects: ethics, nature – society, civic education, biology, geography … into extracurricular activities suitable to each grade level. , each student object. Limiting the use of disposable plastic products that are difficult to decompose and actively looking for disposable plastic product alternatives in the activities of agencies and units. Encourage each officer, teacher and employee to uphold their sense of responsibility, actively participate in and organize anti-plastic waste activities with specific and practical initiatives and actions. Change habits, say no to disposable plastic products, plastic bags through shopping, living, working, daily labor; using environmentally friendly products instead. Actively participate in environmental protection activities in the place of residence by the smallest actions, such as: sorting, recycling, reusing waste, using raw materials, fuel …

Toyota Vietnam is trying to bring the Vios back to the position of best-selling car in the market. Dubbed the “King of Sales”, Toyota Vios over the years always dominates the best-selling car position in Vietnam every month. The rise of competitors made Vios no longer monopolize the “Sales Throne”, causing Toyota Vietnam to share market share with other manufacturers. Efforts to renew and value Vios closer to the value of the Japanese car joint venture earlier this year have not helped the sedan return to its original position. Unable to sit and watch the opponent continuously overpowering, Toyota Vietnam was forced to “launch new moves” to increase the competitiveness of Vios in the marketplace. The Japanese auto joint venture applies a sales policy with a Toyota genuine one-year material insurance package, worth 11.3 million VND for Vios buyers and full payment from April 24 to the end May 31, 2021. Vehicle owners, when using Toyota insurance, can repair and replace genuine parts at dealers nationwide. Along with the financial loan package previously deployed, this insurance package is expected to benefit car users, contributing to increasing sales of Vios 2021. The new Toyota Vios version was launched at the end of February 2021 with a retail price of 478 million dong. The first month of joining the market, nearly 2,000 people chose this model. With incentives for genuine Toyota one-year material insurance package, the Japanese auto joint venture is showing determination to bring Vios 2021 back to the leading position in the Vietnamese market.

The Peter Doherty Institute of Infectious and Immunology will join Monash University, the University of Melbourne and a number of other research centers as the recipients of funding to develop the above plan. Vaccination against Covid-19 in Australia is facing many challenges due to lack of supply. (Source: Reuters) Scientists at the Peter Doherty Institute said they are working on a “preventive” vaccine with mRNA technology that can be modified to fight variations. Mr. Merlino said that this plan is an important event, not only for Victoria but for the entire country of Australia. Besides, he affirmed that the support budget will be increased when the project is developed in the future. Australia is currently only capable of producing AstraZeneca’s vaccines, with the initial plan being that the CSL facility in the city of Melbourne will produce more than 50 million doses. Vaccination against Covid-19 in Australia is facing many challenges due to the lack of vaccine supply, as well as the safety of the vaccine in relation to the side effects of thrombosis. (Reuters)

To show solidarity with neighboring Czech Republic (Czech), Slovakia expelled three Russian diplomats, the news agency. TASS reporting. Citing sources from Slovak media on April 22, TASS said Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger had notified Slovakia of the deportation order and asked three Russian diplomats to leave Slovakia “in the next seven days”. Slovakia’s decision came after neighboring Czech country called on European allies to support Prague’s stance in expelling 18 Russian diplomats for accusing Moscow of being involved in a number of ammunition explosions. in the Czech Republic in 2014. Russian Embassy in Bratislava (Slovakia). Photo: AFP Slovakia is an ally in the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Bloc (NATO). The Czech Republic and Slovakia had a period of forming a unified state, known as Czechoslovakia, before a peaceful split in 1993. Prime Minister Heger explained that Slovakia’s decision to target diplomatic missions “did not respect the” principles of international law “, and stressed that the Bratislava government” desperately needed to do everything possible. to ensure security and for diplomatic missions working in Slovakia to comply with the laws (of Slovakia) and international agreements “. Accordingly, the decision to expel Russian diplomats was made by Slovakia “based on information from intelligence agencies (of Slovakia) who cooperated closely with the partner’s intelligence agencies. “and” based on the situation in the geopolitical space and current events in the Czech Republic – a country where Slovakia shows its solidarity and support “. Slovakia Jaroslav Nad noted that Bratislava’s decision was not a “cliché act” but was based on the fact that the activities of three Russian diplomats “went beyond established rules. in the international environment “. Responding to reporters’ questions about Slovakia’s move, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow was “deeply disappointed by Bratislava’s unfriendly actions”. Ms. Zakharova accused Slovakia of “showing false solidarity” with an act Moscow called a “fabrication incident” presented by Prague. Russia has repeatedly denied its involvement in military incidents in the Czech Republic and has taken diplomatic retaliation measures. The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry also said that Moscow will soon take measures to retaliate against the deportation order of Bratislava.

Earlier, President Putin’s foreign policy advisor, Yuri Ushakov, invited US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan to discuss this issue.

Mr. Ushakov stressed to Ambassador Sullivan that Moscow will react seriously if the US takes “unfriendly actions” such as imposing sanctions.

President Joe Biden has proposed holding a summit with Putin

On April 13, US President Joe Biden held a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, underlining Washington’s commitment to Ukraine’s territorial integrity and expressing concerns about the concentration of the military. of Russia near the Ukraine border. Mr. Joe Biden also proposed a summit between the two leaders in a third country.

In March, Joe Biden still warned Moscow to pay the price for meddling in the US presidential election, but so far, no sanctions have been announced.

Reuters on 14/4 said, a State Department spokesman revealed, the Biden administration has announced to Congress that they are promoting plans to sell more than 23 billion weapons to the Emirate United (UAE), including advanced F-35 fighter jets.

The US government will continue to promote the plan to sell weapons to the UAE, the spokesman said. “We are continuing to elaborate on the use of these weapons and have consulted with UAE officials.”

America’s state-of-the-art F-35 aircraft. Source: Sina.

According to reports, the plan to sell weapons to the Gulf nation was finalized before Mr. Trump left office. Before that, Mr. Biden suspended this plan to re-examine the agreement.

In the months leading up to the end of its term, the Trump administration approved numerous arms sales contracts worth tens of billions of dollars, including plans to sell 50 F-35 fighters to the UAE. .

The report mentions that some US lawmakers have criticized the UAE’s participation in the Yemen war, believing the Yemen conflict has become one of the most severe humanitarian disasters in the world. They fear that the arms sales may violate previous US commitments to secure Israel’s military superiority in the region.

In December 2020, the US Senate tried to prevent the US from selling F-35 fighter jets to the UAE, but ultimately failed due to differing stances between the parties. On January 20, 2021, just about an hour before Mr. Biden took office as US President, Mr. Trump quickly completed the sale of this large-scale weapon to the UAE.

However, at the end of January 2021, the Biden administration announced that it would re-evaluate the project, the UAE said it expected the results of the evaluation and welcomed the two sides to work together to alleviate tensions and re-start. phone area.

A spokesman for the US State Department on April 13 said that if the plan can be carried out on schedule, it is expected that weapons and equipment will be delivered to the UAE in 2025 or later.

It is known that the Trump administration wants to promote the plan to sell weapons to the UAE to help it deter potential threats from Iran. Trump’s real intention is to put Mr. Biden in a “difficult position” in the Middle East, because this plan will inevitably encounter a strong reaction from Israel, because the UAE’s F-35 will imbalance. balance of military power in the Middle East.

Along with that, Mr. Biden plans to return to nuclear negotiations with Iran, the fact that Mr. Trump pushed the plan to sell the F-35 to the UAE will make Tehran “angry” and difficult to accept again if the US do not cancel this plan.

However, the UAE side is showing little “interest” with the US F-35. Recently, the UAE has high expectations about the purchase of stealth fighter F-35 Lightning II, but due to strong opposition from Israel and the attitude of “considerations” of the US, Dubai has warned that it will change to buy Russian weapons if your requirements are not met.

Experts said that, if the Biden administration continues to “consider” this contract, it may bring the UAE back to negotiate with Moscow on the purchase of Russian fighters. Most likely buys 4.5 generation multi-purpose fighter Su-35.

“The UAE expressed extreme dissatisfaction with Washington’s actions and will most likely refuse to negotiate further with the US on the supply of these weapons due to Washington’s constantly changing position, buying a batch of Su. Russian -35 with the same large budget is quite obvious, even Su-57 fighter jets are considered, “the Russian press said.

It is still unclear exactly what the recent actions of US President Joe Biden are, since since after taking office, Mr. Biden’s policy in the Middle East can be said to be very fuzzy, and focused. into the Europe, Indo-Pacific region.

Some Russian experts believe that Biden’s move may be to prevent Russia from further strengthening its influence in the Middle East through arms exports to the region.

It is still too early to talk about the prospect of the UAE buying Russian weapons, as the US is still willing to impose sanctions under the CAATSA Act on the UAE, not to mention that they can offer upgraded versions. of the F-15 and the F-16 feature the Su-35 equivalent as an alternative.