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14 January 2023 Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia: Greta Thunberg, climate activist, arrives to an [+]Interview with German Press Agency, dpa.Thunberg will take part in the demonstration by climate activists near Lutzerath under the slogan Prevent eviction!To ensure climate justice Photo by Oliver Berg/dpa.

Self Destruct Button
We live in a technologically advanced global society and we've known about climate change for decades.So why, as a group of professors posit in a damning essay for The Conversation, are we "choosing to destroy" our planet - and with it, ourselves?The essay was written as the world prepares for the upcoming COP27 conference, the latest of the UN's annual climate change summits.

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Reverse empathy
getty Social media can suck the life out of you - if you let it.It is possible to resist this life-sucking effect.Twitter and other apps have made it possible for anyone to openly share their thoughts, feelings, opinions, and ideas with an enormous audience over the past decade.

The cultural centre in Bethnal Green will replace the V&A Museum of Childhood when it opens July 1, following a three-year 13 million makeover - the biggest transformation in the museum's 150-year life span.Co-designed with children, the centre aims to support the next generation of creative minds, from artists and designers to performers and creative practitioners and will include an extensive range of voices amongst its initiatives, from Quentin Blake and Linda McCartney to the XR Families Group and voices from the early 1900s suffrage movement.

The Young V&A in Bethnal Green will replace the V&A Museum of Childhood when it opens on July 1, following a three-year 13 million makeover - the biggest transformation in the museum's 150-year life span.Co-designed with children, the centre aims to support the next generation of creative minds, from artists and designers to performers and creative practitioners and will include an extensive range of voices amongst its initiatives, from Quentin Blake and Linda McCartney to the XR Families Group and voices from the early 1900s suffrage movement.

Protesters in the western German village of Lutzerath were joined on Saturday by Greta Thunberg, who condemned the use of police force to clear the demonstrators and called on others to join.She travelled to the village on Friday, and said she wasn't sure how long she'd stay there.'Germany is really embarrassing itself right now,' she told reporters as she joined other demonstrators.

The sister of a British citizen who will start a water strike in an Egyptian jail this weekend has warned Rishi Sunak and world leaders they will have blood on their hands if they do not intervene to free him during Cop27.Mr Sunak has announced he will participate in the United Nations climate conference, which will take place in Egypt's Red Sea city of Sharm El-Sheikh, in his first diplomatic visit as premier.

On a Thursday around noon last month, Joel Paez heard a knock on the door at his house in Chicago.Paez, who works from home managing a domestic violence intervention program, opened the door to see an officer from the Chicago police department.The officer asked Paez if he had a relative in Atlanta.Surprised, the Venezuelan-born social worker said, Yes.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Andrew Tate could lose assets, including his 4.8m Bugatti if he is convicted of human trafficking, rape, and organised crime offences in Romania, according to a report.

The lawyer representing social media personality Andrew Tate has claimed there is no evidence to support allegations of human trafficking, rape or organised crime against him.The former professional kickboxer turned online personality, 36, and his brother Tristan were detained in Romania last month as part of a human trafficking and rape investigation.

Social media influencer Andrew Tate has been detained in Romania, as part of an investigation into human trafficking and rape.The former kickboxer was held alongside his brother Tristan and two other suspects while his house was raided in the capital, Bucharest.The four suspects appear to have created an organised crime group with the purpose of recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content meant to be seen on specialised websites for a cost, prosecutors said.

A man claims he is facing a 7,000 energy bill after replacing his heating system with a 25,000 Government-backed green' heat pump.Officials are currently providing grants for up to 5,000 to home owners who remove a gas central heating and hot water system and replace it with a heat pump.But the new system, backed by many in the green lobby, has apparently left many UK homeowners in the cold.

A man claims he is facing a staggering 7,000 energy bill after replacing his heating system with a 25,000 Government-backed green' heat pump.Officials are currently providing grants for up to 5,000 to home owners who remove a gas central heating and hot water system and replace it with a heat pump.But the new system, backed by many in the green lobby, has apparently left many UK homeowners in the cold.