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A Kazakhstan court has ordered a reporter for Current Time to leave the country and has banned her from re-entering for five years, citing violations of the country's immigration regulations.
The court in Nur-Sultan on Friday ordered Zhazgul Egemberdieva, a Kyrgyztan national, to leave within 10 days.
Kazakh officials alleged Egemberdieva failed to notify immigration authorities that she was staying in Kazakhstan longer than 30 days.
Management officials with Current Time, a Russian-language network led by RFE/RL in cooperation with VOA, said they were investigating the circumstances of the order.
Egemberdieva had been in Kazakhstan since May 3 as part of Current Time's coverage of the June 9 presidential election.
The vote, which was won by Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev, the handpicked successor of longtime ruler Nursultan Nazarbaev, was criticized by international observers who cited "detentions of peaceful protesters, and widespread voting irregularities on election day [that] showed scant respect for democratic standards."
Egemberdieva had been scheduled to help in coverage of more anti-government protests that were taking place in Nur-Sultan on Saturday.
Journalists harassed
Reporters for Current Time and RFE/RL in general have faced increased scrutiny and harassment in Kazakhstan and Central Asia more broadly in recent years.
Ahead of the Kazakh presidential election, more than a half dozen RFE/RL reporters, producers and videographers were denied accreditation to cover the vote.
During the vote itself, several reporters from RFE/RL and other media were briefly detained by Kazakh authorities.
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Authorities detained dozens of people in Kazakhstan's two largest cities, as protesters staged the latest in a series of rallies against newly elected President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev.
Demonstrators marching Saturday in the capital, Nur-Sultan, were confronted by uniformed and plainclothes police officers and were forcibly dragged to nearby police buses, according to witnesses.
WATCH: RFE/RL footage from Shymkent shows men spreading umbrellas to block the view of detentions.
Men appearing to be security agents tried to block RFE/RL reporters and videographers from filming the detentions, using umbrellas to block their views. Some of RFE/RL's video and broadcast equipment was damaged by unidentified men.
Some of those detained appeared to be bystanders; one woman told RFE/RL that her 15-year-old son had been taken away by police even though the two of them were out strolling along a river embankment.
At least 70 people had been detained in Nur-Sultan by late Saturday, and a similar number in the country's commercial capital, Almaty. The independent website Vlast.kz reported up to 100 people had been detained in Almaty.
Protests also occurred in Shymkent, Karaganda and Oral, where detentions were also reported.
The protests were organized in part by the Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan, a banned political party that is backed by Mukhtar Ablyazov, a tycoon who has lived in exile since 2009.
A longtime outspoken opponent of Kazakhstan's governing elites, Ablyazov has for years clashed with Kazakh authorities. Last year, a court ruled the party was an extremist organization and banned it.
Saturday's protests were the latest in a series that have occurred with more frequency since longtime ruler Nursultan Nazarbaev abruptly resigned and named a successor.
Toqaev formally won election as president June 9, in a vote that international observers said was marred by "detentions of peaceful protesters, and widespread voting irregularities on election day [that] showed scant respect for democratic standards."
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A life-size rough wooden sculpture of U.S. first lady Melania Trump was unveiled Friday near her hometown of Sevnica in southeastern Slovenia.
Commissioned by Berlin-based American artist Brad Downey and carved with a chainsaw by local folk artist Ales Zupevc, the statue serves as a perhaps wry accompaniment to Downey's exhibition in the capital, Ljubljana, exploring Melania's roots in the small Alpine country.
The blocky, rustic figure was cut from the trunk of a living linden tree whose base forms a tall plinth, in a field beside the Sava River in Rozno, eight kilometers (five miles) from Sevnica.
There was no attempt to create an accurate likeness, to the point that the gallery in Ljubljana appears uncertain how seriously to take the statue.
The blocky figure of Melania Trump was cut from the trunk of a living linden tree, whose base forms a tall plinth in a field beside the Sava River in Rozno, eight km (five miles) from Sevnica, Slovenia. July 5, 2019.
"Perhaps we are simply trying vigorously to make sense of things that might only be a slapstick prank," it says in a leaflet. "Who knows?"
Although the statue's face is rough-hewn and unrecognizable, the figure is shown clothed in the pale blue wraparound coat that Melania wore at Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president.
Downey said he wanted to "have a dialogue with my country's political situation" and highlight Melania Trump's status as an immigrant married to a president sworn to reduce immigration.
The sculptor, known as Maxi, was born in the same hospital as Melania Trump, in the same month, and now mostly works as a pipelayer.
"Let's face it," he says in a short film being shown as part of the exhibition, "she owns half of America while I have nothing."
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The United States on Saturday welcomed a provisional agreement forged by Sudan's ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups to share power for three years as an "important step forward."
The U.S. State Department said in statement that special envoy for Sudan Donald Booth will return to the region soon. The agreement brokered by the African Union and Ethiopia Union, announced on Friday, is due to be finalized on Monday.
"The agreement between the Forces for Freedom and Change and the Transitional Military Council to establish a sovereign council is an important step forward," the State Department said. "We look forward to immediate resumption of access to the internet, establishment of the new legislature, accountability for the violent suppression of peaceful protests, and progress toward free and fair elections."
The deal revived hopes for a peaceful transition of power in a country plagued by internal conflicts and years of economic crisis that helped to trigger the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir in April.
Relations between the military council that took over from Bashir and the Forces for Freedom and Change alliance broke down when security forces killed dozens of people as they cleared a sit-in on June 3. But after huge protests against the military on Sunday, African mediators brokered a return to direct talks.
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The pluralistic society movement is a political party headed by the [[Syrians|Syrian]] politician [[Randa Kassis]], which aims to establish a "free, democratic, secular [[Syria]]" and to spread democratic awareness and develop the rules of thinking regarding the concept of [[freedom]].
== About the party == On October 10, 2012, a group of Syrian dissidents in Paris, led by political leader Randa Kassis, launched a new opposition movement called the Syrian "Movement for Multiculturalism", which aims to represent all sectors of Syrian society in order to ensure a successful transitional phase after the fall of the Syrian regime.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref> رندا قسيس الموقع الرسمي|website=randakassis.eu|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref>
The Movement fully adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in detail and seeks to achieve it and to spread social and political awareness about the need to apply it within the Syrian society. The movement does not adopt any political or economic ideology and believes that reality is the main source of ideas and ideologies. For all that happens in the life of society.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref>
The movement believes that women are half the society, and therefore they have the same duties as men. They also have the same rights as men on equal footing. Among the social priorities of the movement are the elimination of all tribal, family and sectarian affiliations, Instead of resorting to other protections, which are an urgent need for the human being when he lacks a legal-civilized incubator that protects him, and the pride of the citizen to his Syrian identity only.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Public policy == The pluralistic movement of society believes in social liberalism, especially individual freedoms such as freedom of belief, freedom of thought and freedom of expression. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which the United Nations is proud of, And believes that recognition of the other is a duty and not just the right of the other, which is (movement) the first political organization - intellectual - social raises the level of the concept of recognition of the other level of being a duty dictated by human humanity.
The movement believes that democratic-liberal societies are not the best forms of political systems, but the best available among the prevailing regimes in the world. Therefore, the movement believes that some changes must be made to the democratic-civil system in Syrian society in proportion to the needs and necessities of this society.
The movement believes in a reconciled Syria with its geographical surroundings and good relations with all the neighboring countries. This vision stems from the fact that Syria's important geographic position is a point of contact between Asia and Africa with the two European countries.
The Movement accepts in its membership all those who enjoy the Syrian nationality and who believe in the movement's approach to match the age with the laws and constitutions allowed by citizens to participate in electoral processes and democracy.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref> رندا قسيس الموقع الرسمي|website=randakassis.eu|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref> <br />
== The Statutes == -The statutes of the pluralist movement of society are based on several grounds:
-The people are the source of power and the real power to which the right to make decisions is made. This comes through the hierarchical structure of the movement so that the masses are the broad base and the basic component.
-The leaders of the masses exercise their powers on the basis of the principle of democratic centralism to lay out the outlines of the movement
- Freedom of opinion is a sacred right for all members within the organizational frameworks of the movement and through its principles, in the belief of the movement that free opinion is the only guarantee to prevent leaders from making mistakes.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref> الشرق الأوسط|date=2016-05-22|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref><ref> عكس السير|date=2016-11-08|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref>
-The movement seeks to bring about historical changes in society that aim to create ethical values consistent with the common interests of the components and individuals in order to revive the sense of "human" and "individual" value.
- All members of the movement are equal in rights and duties and the field is open to the elements conscious, sincere and active in order to advance ranks and occupy command and guidance centers.
-Through its struggle, the movement seeks to mobilize the masses to form the members of the movement<ref></ref>
=== The basic concepts === Movement from the people to the people and the king of the people, the movement consists of a single entity integrated one led, and responsibilities are distributed according to the regulations and regulations of the movement.
The Movement establishes the concept of collective leadership, which it considers the only method of leadership in the movement. This is achieved through the participation of viewpoints for decision-making at all organizational levels, where democratic centralism is the basis for the exercise of responsibilities.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref> رندا قسيس الموقع الرسمي|website=randakassis.eu|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref><ref> رندا قسيس الموقع الرسمي|website=randakassis.eu|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
【Move to another page】 Quote https://ift.tt/2XzdqVG Hometown of First on Moon Ready to Launch 50th Celebration
A small Ohio city is shooting for the moon in celebrating its native son's history-making walk 50 years ago this month.
The hometown of Neil Armstrong has expanded its usual weekend "summer moon festival" to 10 days of Apollo 11 commemorations . Tens of thousands of visitors — the biggest crowds here since Armstrong's post-mission homecoming — are expected.
There will be hot air balloons, '60s-themed evenings, concerts, rocket launches and a visit from five other Ohio astronauts. And "the world's largest moon pie," all 50 pounds of it.
Event planning began two years ago in a city of about 10,000 that has added nearly 3,000 residents since 1969 but retains that everybody-knows-everybody rural town feel. Jackie Martell of the chamber of commerce calls the moon landing anniversary an event that "just resonates for the entire world," and a continuing source of local pride.
Dave Tangeman turned 12 on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11 took Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon, and he and his family gathered around the black-and-white TV in their living room that evening to watch their neighbor. Hundreds of millions of people around the world were watching with them as Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface to make "one giant leap for mankind."
"It was just so unbelievable that somebody from this little town could accomplish something like that," said Tangeman, now transportation director for the local schools. He likes to joke that the town puts on a big birthday party for him every July.
Though Tangeman doesn't remember much else about his 12th birthday, he has vivid memories of Armstrong's triumphant welcome-home parade that Sept. 6, when most of the city of some 7,000 people joined tens of thousands of visitors to line the streets or climb onto roofs to see Armstrong, celebrities including entertainer Bob Hope, and the marching band from Armstrong's Purdue University alma mater.
"History will always record that the first person to set foot on the moon was Neil Armstrong from Wapakoneta, Ohio," said Dante Centuori, executive director of the Armstrong Air and Space Museum. "That's not going to change."
Armstrong was born Aug. 5, 1930, at his grandparents' farm just outside Wapakoneta. His family moved around Ohio before settling back at Wapakoneta for his high school years. Growing up some 60 miles (96.56 kilometers) north of the Dayton home of the aviation-pioneering Wright Brothers, young Neil was fascinated with airplanes from an early age, building models and hanging them up in his bedroom.
As a teen in Wapakoneta, he used earnings from an after-school job at a drugstore to pay for flying lessons, pedaling his bicycle a few miles every day to an airfield to practice his skills. He made his first solo flight at age 16, 20 years before he went into space for the first time inside Gemini 8 for what became a harrowing mission that he survived to make history in 1969.
Celebrations got started last October with a red-carpet gala for a special showing of "First Man ," starring Ryan Gosling and based on historian James R. Hansen's Armstrong biography, in the historic downtown Wapa theatre .
Downtown shops are well-supplied with T-shirts, coffee mugs, moon artwork and moon landing memorabilia to sell in the coming days. But the museum — with its moon base-shaped top visible from Interstate 75 — will be the centerpiece for activities around the anniversary, including a NASA livestream broadcast on July 19.
Centuori, the museum director who joined the facility in January, has been overseeing construction and remodeling to get ready for the expected influx eager to see planes and space artifacts associated with Armstrong. Those include the Aeronca Champion plane Armstrong flew as a teen, an F5D Skylancer plane he flew as a Navy test pilot, the Gemini 8 capsule he rode into space, and a small moon rock. The museum also will debut an expanded Armstrong education center for students to focus on science, technology, engineering and math.
The museum, which opened in 1972, also will unveil two of three new statues in town honoring Armstrong. Although James Rhodes, Ohio's governor at the time, began planning for the museum even before Armstrong was back on Earth, the astronaut himself preferred a low profile in his post-NASA years. He lived in the Cincinnati area until his death in 2012 at age 82.
In keeping with Armstrong's nature, the museum advises entering visitors that "Mr. Armstrong has never been involved in the management of this museum nor benefited from it in any way."
He did, though, embrace his Wapakoneta connection, telling his welcome-home crowd: "I'm proud to stand before you today and consider myself one of you."
Helping represent those who came after him in space at the celebration will be five of the two dozen other astronauts with Ohio ties: Michael Good, Gregory Johnson, Robert Springer, Donald Thomas and Sunita Williams.
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The largest Southern California quake in nearly 20 years jolted an area stretching from Sacramento to Las Vegas to Mexico as it cracked buildings, set fires, wrecked roads but only caused minor injuries.
Seismologists warned that large aftershocks were expected to continue for days, if not weeks.
The 7.1-magnitude quake struck at 8:19 p.m. Friday and was centered 11 miles (18 kilometers) from Ridgecrest, the same area of the Mojave Desert where a 6.4-magnitude temblor hit just a day earlier.
Ridgecrest, already trying to recover from Thursday's earthquake, took the brunt of the damage. Several thousand people there were without power, and there were reports of cracked buildings.
Ridgecrest Police Chief Jed McLaughlin said two building fires — one involving a mobile home — were quickly doused. There were several reports of natural gas leaks, but the lines were shut off. Mark Ghilarducci, director of the California Office of Emergency Services, said daybreak Saturday could show even more serious damage.
Local fire and police officials said they were initially swamped by calls for medical and ambulance service. But the police chief said there was "nothing but minor injuries such as cuts and bruises, by the grace of God."
For the second time in as many days, Ridgecrest Regional Hospital wheeled patients out of the building, some still hooked to IVs, CNN reported.
Nearby, the tiny town of Trona, with about 2,000 residents, was reported to have at least one collapsed building. Roads were buckled or blocked, and police put out a call for bottled water for residents.
State Route 178 in Kern County was closed by a rockslide and had severe cracking.
In downtown Los Angeles, 150 miles (241 kilometers) away, offices in skyscrapers rolled and rocked for at least 30 seconds.
Andrew Lippman, who lives in suburban South Pasadena, was sitting outside and reading a newspaper when Friday's quake hit. He calculated it lasted 45 seconds.
"I could see power lines swaying," he said.
Disneyland in Orange County and Six Flags Magic Mountain in Santa Clarita closed their rides. At the New York-New York hotel in Las Vegas, the Big Apple Coaster swayed as the earth moved.
Food that fell from the shelves litters the floor of an aisle at a Walmart following an earthquake in Yucca Yalley, Calif., 155 miles from Ridgecrest, where a magnitude 7.1 quake struck, July 5, 2019.
An NBA Summer League game in Las Vegas was stopped after the quake. Speakers over the court at the Thomas & Mack Center continued swaying more than 10 minutes after it was over.
In Los Angeles, the earthquake rattled Dodger Stadium in the fourth inning of the team's game against the San Diego Padres. But the game went on, and the Padres won, 3-2.
"Not many people can say they threw a strike during an earthquake," Eric Lauer, who was on the mound at the time, said later. "My ball, my pitch, started an earthquake."
"Everyone was jumping over us to leave," said Daniel Earle, 52, of Playa del Rey, who was sitting with his wife in the stadium's reserve level. "My wife was holding us, like squeezing. I'm surprised my arm is still here."
Friday's quake was followed by a series of large and small aftershocks, including a few above magnitude 5.0.
Southern California can expect more significant shaking in the near future, said Lucy Jones, a seismologist at the California Institute of Technology and a former science adviser at the U.S. Geological Survey.
There is about a 1-in-10 chance that another 7.0 quake could hit within the next week, and chance of a 5.0-magnitude quake "is approaching certainty," she added.
She said the new quake probably ruptured along about 25 miles (40 kilometers) of fault line and was part of a continuing sequence. The seismic activity is unlikely to affect fault lines outside of the area, Jones said, noting that the gigantic San Andreas Fault is far away.
Gov. Gavin Newsom activated the state Office of Emergency Services operations center "to its highest level" and announced he had requested that President Donald Trump issue an emergency declaration so the state could receive federal aid.
Earlier Friday, Los Angeles had revealed plans to lower slightly the threshold for public alerts from its earthquake early warning app. But officials said the change was in the works before the Thursday quake, which gave scientists at the California Institute of Technology's seismology lab 48 seconds of warning but did not trigger a public notification.
"Our goal is to alert people who might experience potentially damaging shaking, not just feel the shaking," said Robert de Groot, a spokesman for the USGS's ShakeAlert system, which is being developed for California, Oregon and Washington.
The West Coast ShakeAlert system has provided non-public earthquake notifications on a daily basis to many test users, including emergency agencies, industries, transportation systems and schools.
Construction of a network of seismic-monitoring stations for the West Coast is just over half complete, with most coverage in Southern California, San Francisco Bay Area and the Seattle-Tacoma area. Eventually, the system will send out alerts over the same system used for Amber Alerts to defined areas that are expected to be affected by a quake, de Groot said.
California is partnering with the federal government to build the statewide earthquake warning system, with the goal of turning it on by June 2021. The state has already spent at least $25 million building it, including installing hundreds of seismic stations throughout the state.
This year, Newsom said the state needed $16.3 million to finish the project, which included money for stations to monitor seismic activity, plus nearly $7 million for "outreach and education." The state Legislature approved the funding last month, and Newsom signed it into law.
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A top aide to Iran's supreme leader says the Islamic Republic is ready to enrich uranium beyond the level set by Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal, just ahead of a deadline it set Sunday for Europe to offer new terms to the accord.
A video message by Ali Akbar Velayati included him saying that "Americans directly and Europeans indirectly violated the deal," part of Tehran's hardening tone with Europe. European parties to the deal have yet to offer a way for Iran to avoid the sweeping economic sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump since he pulled the U.S. out of the accord a year ago, especially those targeting its crucial oil sales.
All this comes as America has rushed thousands of troops, an aircraft carrier, nuclear-capable B-52 bombers and advanced fighter jets to the Mideast. Mysterious oil tanker attacks near the Strait of Hormuz, attacks by Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen on Saudi Arabia and Iran shooting down a U.S. military drone have raised fears of a wider conflict engulfing the region.
In the video, available Saturday on a website for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Velayati said that increasing enrichment closers to weapons-grade levels was "unanimously agreed upon by every component of the establishment."
"We will show reaction exponentially as much as they violate it. We reduce our commitments as much as they reduce it," said Velayati, Khamenei's adviser on international affairs. "If they go back to fulfilling their commitments, we will do so as well."
Under the atomic accord, Iran agreed to enrich uranium to no more than 3.67%, which is enough for peaceful pursuits but is far below weapons-grade levels of 90%. Iran denies it seeks nuclear weapons, but the nuclear deal sought to prevent that as a possibility by limiting enrichment and Iran's stockpile of uranium to 300 kilograms (661 pounds).
On Monday, Iran and United Nations inspectors acknowledged it had broken the stockpile limit. Combining that with increasing its enrichment levels narrows the one-year window experts believe Iran would need to have enough material to build a nuclear weapon, if it chose to do so.
"This would be a very worrisome step that could substantially shorten the time Iran would need to produce the material needed for nuclear weapons," said Miles Pomper, a senior fellow at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies' James Marin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. "Both Iran and the Trump administration should be looking for ways to de-escalate the crisis, rather than exacerbate it."
It remains unclear to what level Iran will choose to up its uranium enrichment. However, Velayati in his remarks made reference to 5% enrichment.
"For Bushehr nuclear reactor we need 5% of enrichment and it is a completely peaceful goal," he said. Bushehr, Iran's only nuclear power plant, is now running on imported fuel from Russia that's closely monitored by the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency.
Iran stopped producing uranium enriched above 5% in January 2014 amid negotiations for the nuclear deal.
Outside of Bushehr, higher-enriched uranium could be used for naval ships and submarines, something Iran has said it would want to pursue. Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said in 2016 that nuclear power plants for naval vessels need uranium enriched to at least 5%.
The U.S. said its ambassador to international organizations in Vienna, Jackie Wolcott, had requested a special meeting of the IAEA to discuss its "latest, concerning report on the Iran regime's nuclear program." That meeting is planned for Wednesday.
Iran's diplomatic mission to Vienna, where the IAEA is based, called the U.S. move "a sad irony" as America had unilaterally withdrawn from the deal a year ago.
Meanwhile Saturday, the hard-line Kayhan newspaper demanded revenge over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibraltar that had been heading to Syria.
Authorities in Gibraltar said they seized the Grace 1, believed to be carrying over 2 million barrels of oil, over European Union sanctions on Syria — though Spain said the seizure came at the request of the U.S.
"Seizure of U.K. oil tanker is the only way to confront pirates of the Queen," Kayhan blared in a front-page headline, echoing a suggestion Friday by a former Revolutionary Guard chief.
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【Move to another page】 Quote https://ift.tt/2xBdsS0 Explosions cause partial collapse of dorm at University of Nevada, Reno Classes were canceled and several people suffered minor injuries Friday after a utilities explosion caused the partial collapse of a student dormitory at the University of Nevada, Reno. July 06, 2019 at 10:01AM
The coal industry has been pummeled as electric utilities switch from coal-fired power to cleaner, cheaper natural gas and renewable energy.
It is good news for the climate and public health. Burning coal produces more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants than other fuels.
But the trend has been devastating for the coal industry and its employees.
Blackjewel, a subsidiary of Revelation Energy, employed about 1,700 workers in four states, including Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming, according to court filings.
FILE - A farmer plants corn against a backdrop of wind turbines, June 8, 2019, in a field near Vesper, Kan.
Gas, wind, solar
In bankruptcy filings, Blackjewel blamed a "combination of an abundant, cheap and reliable alternative fuel in the form of natural gas, increased usage of renewable sources of energy," plus stricter environmental regulations, for the coal industry's decline.
The dramatic rise of natural gas in the United States has undercut the economics of coal-fired power. The United States has been the world's leading natural gas producer since 2009.
Meanwhile, this April marked the first time coal-fired electricity generation slipped behind renewable sources, including wind, solar and hydropower, in monthly totals. Those figures fluctuate seasonally, but they highlight the rise of renewables and coal's descent.
While several companies have emerged from insolvency, "You can't say the coal industry fixed itself with bankruptcies," said analyst Karl Cates at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. "It bought itself some more time. But it continues to be a sector in decline."
FILE - Trump supporter John Berta of Oceana, W.Va., a retired coal miner, waves to the crowd at a rally with President Donald Trump, Aug. 21, 2018, at the Civic Center in Charleston W.Va.
Trump support
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a rule last month that might prolong the life of some coal-fired power plants.
The Affordable Clean Energy rule targets greenhouse gas emissions in the electric power sector. By focusing on power plant efficiency, the EPA says, the rule will reduce emissions up to 35 percent by 2030.
It replaces the Obama administration's more stringent Clean Power Plan that was expected to force many coal-fired plants to close.
Critics note that if plants do stay open longer because of the rule, they will produce more greenhouse gases, even if they are more efficient.
Given market forces and industry trends, however, it's not clear how many plants would avoid shutdown under the new rule.
Some coal backers are pursuing technology to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks and bury it underground or use it to produce products.
FILE - Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, right, and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 17, 2015.
While carbon capture, utilization and storage technology exists, it currently costs too much to make economic sense on a large scale.
Congress has recently passed bipartisan legislation aimed at making it viable.
"Carbon capture technologies are essential to reducing emissions while protecting jobs," said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican from the coal state of West Virginia and one of the bill's lead sponsors.
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Coal tycoon Chris Cline, who worked his way out of West Virginia's underground mines to amass a fortune and become a major Republican donor, has died in a helicopter crash outside a string of islands he owned in the Bahamas.
Cline and his daughter Kameron, 22, were on board the aircraft with five others when it went down Thursday, a spokesman for his attorney Brian Glasser said Friday.
The death of the 60-year-old magnate led to eulogies from industry leaders, government officials and academics, who described Cline as a visionary who was generous with his $1.8 billion fortune.
``He was a very farsighted entrepreneur,'' said Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association. ``Chris was just one of those folks who had the Midas touch.''
Raney said Cline began toiling in the mines of southern West Virginia at a young age, rising through the ranks of his father's company quickly with a reserved demeanor and savvy business moves.
He formed his own energy development business, the Cline Group, which grew into one of the country's top coal producers.
Investment switch
When he thought mining in the Appalachian region was drying up, he started buying reserves in the Illinois Basin in what turned out to be a smart investment in high-sulfur coal, according to the website of Missouri-based Foresight Energy, a company he formed.
Cline sold most of his interest in Foresight for $1.4 billion and then dropped $150 million into a metallurgical coal mine in Nova Scotia, according to a 2017 Forbes article titled ``Chris Cline Could Be The Last Coal Tycoon Standing.''
The piece captured his opulence: A mansion in West Virginia with a man-made lake big enough to ski on and a pasture that included a while stallion stud name Fabio. A gun collection so deep that federal officials would take stock once a month. A 200-foot (61-meter) yacht called Mine Games.
His deep pockets eventually opened to politics: He donated heavily to President Donald Trump and other Republicans. Cline gave the president's inaugural committee $1 million in 2017 and shared thousands more with conservative groups as well as committees representing GOP figures such as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, according to federal records.
He also gave to academia, bestowing at least $8.5 million on Marshall University in West Virginia.
``Our hearts are heavy,'' said Marshall University President Jerome A. Gilbert. ``Chris's generosity to our research and athletics programs has made a mark on Marshall University and our students for many years to come.''
In this photo released by the Bahamas ZNS Network, employees oversee the arrival of the bodies of four women and three men, including billionaire coal entrepreneur Chris Cline and his daughter, at the airport in Nassau, Bahamas, July 5, 2019.
Authorities began searching for the helicopter after police received a report from Florida that Cline's aircraft failed to arrive in Fort Lauderdale as expected on Thursday, Bahamas Police Supt. Shanta Knowles told The Associated Press.
The bodies of the four women and three men were recovered Thursday and taken to the Bahamian capital of Nassau to be officially identified, said Delvin Major, chief investigator for the Bahamas' Air Accident Investigation Department. The Augusta AW139 helicopter was still in the water on Friday, and based on preliminary information, she did not believe there had been a distress call before the helicopter went down. The cause of the crash is still undetermined, officials said.
A Royal Bahamas Police Force statement said authorities and locals found the site 2 miles (3 kilometers) off Big Grand Cay, a group of private islands Cline bought in 2014 for less than the $11.5 million asking price.
Bahamas real estate agent John Christie, who sold the land, said Big Grand Cay was developed by the late Robert Abplanalp, inventor of the modern aerosol spray valve and a friend of President Richard Nixon. The property became known as an escape for Nixon in the 1970s.
Big Grand Cay comprises about 213 acres (86 hectares) distributed over about half a dozen narrow islands. At the time of its sale, the property's mansion sat on a bluff overlooking the ocean and had five bedrooms and four bathrooms.
Governor mourns
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice mourned Cline's loss, first in a tweet he sent out Thursday in which he noted that his and Cline's families had been very close for years.
``Today we lost a WV superstar and I lost a very close friend,'' Justice wrote in the tweet. ``Chris Cline built an empire and on every occasion was always there to give. What a wonderful, loving, and giving man.''
Cline, in his Forbes profile, defended coal and waved off some of the scientific evidence of climate change when he wasn't posing for photos in front of tall pyramids of the black stuff.
``People deserve the cheapest energy they can get,'' he said. ``Tell the poor in India and China that they don't deserve to have reliable, affordable electricity.''
And to that effect, he also spoke about solar panels, wind turbines and Tesla batteries on Big Grand Cay, saying ``Where it makes sense, I'm absolutely for it.''
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British police on Friday were questioning the crew of an Iranian supertanker that was seized at 4 a.m. Thursday in waters near Gibraltar, and which remains anchored close to the eastern shore of what locals refer to as "the Rock."
Gibraltar's supreme court announced it was extending the authority to hold the ship for 14 more days, saying there are "reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel was acting in breach of established of EU sanctions against Syria."
A spokesperson for Gibraltar's government told VOA that an initial order to seize the vessel for up to 72 hours was issued the day before it was boarded by 30 Royal Marines flown in from Britain. The seizure of the 1,000-meter tanker Grace 1 as it stopped at Gibraltar for scheduled reprovisioning bears the hallmarks of a planned military operation aided by satellite and on-ground reconnaissance, as well as special forces.
According to the British Foreign Office, Grace 1 had loaded oil in Iraq that was destined for Syrian refineries sanctioned by the EU. Analysts said the unusual route around Africa and through the Strait of Gibraltar suggests the ship's operators wanted to avoid the shorter route through the Suez Canal, where it could have been more easily subject to inspection and boarding by Egypt.
Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrel told reporters in Brussels the seizure had been requested by the U.S. He said Washington supplied information about the ship's destination and its cargo to the British government, which informed Spain only at the last minute about the planned boarding operation, in what Madrid considers to be its territorial waters.
"Prior to the intervention by British forces, the UK had maintained, through opportune channels, consultations with Spain in which it shared suspicions that Grace 1, which was expected to stop in Gibraltar, transported a cargo of crude whose final destination was Syria, which British forces would act to embargo," according to a Spanish Foreign Ministry statement.
A picture taken from La Linea de la Concepcion in southern Spain shows supertanker Grace 1 suspected of carrying crude oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions after it was detained in Gibraltar on July 4, 2019.
Spanish officials have told VOA the ship was too large to enter Gibraltar's port, so it slowed down to take on provisions from small boats in waters off the Gibraltar coast. That was where the British forces boarded the ship, with Spanish police patrol boats nearby.
Fast launches carrying British marines and Gibraltar police surrounded the vessel as commandos of the Special Boat Squadron roped onto the deck from a helicopter to take control of the bridge and ensure that the ship stopped. Gibraltar residents say they heard unusual noises from a hovering helicopter about 2 a.m.
Police have been interviewing the Grace 1 crew, which consists mainly of Indians but also some Pakistanis and Ukrainians, to determine the vessel's precise instructions. They also hope to gain intelligence on tactics that Iran may be using to skirt international sanctions on its oil exports, according to reports by the Gibraltar broadcasting corporation, which broke the news of the seizure Thursday morning.
An Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander said in a tweet Friday that Iran should seize a British oil tanker if the Iranian tanker is not released immediately. "If Britain does not release the Iranian oil tanker, it is the authorities' duty to seize a British oil tanker," said Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezai, according to Reuters.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry said the seizure of the vessel at the request of the United States amounted to an act of "piracy."
Speaking Friday to the BBC, Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo denied reports the British rock colony was under a security alert.
【Move to another page】 Quote https://ift.tt/2YzH8eo Composition of heat-not-burn product emissions
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The '''composition''' of the '''emissions''' generated from '''heat-not-burn products''' are generally lower than that found in [[tobacco smoke|cigarette smoke]].<ref name=PieperMallock2018/> This is due to the comparatively low temperatures, the filter systems, and physical design.<ref name=PieperMallock2018/> The composition of what is produced is complex.<ref name=DautzenbergDautzenberg2018/> The main [[toxicant]]s found in the emissions of cigarette smoke (i.e., [[tar (tobacco residue)|tar]], [[nicotine]], [[carbonyl group#Carbonyl compounds|carbonyl compound]]s, and [[nitrosamine]]s) are also found in the emissions of these products in varying concentrations.<ref name=KaurMuthumalage2018/> There is a lack of agreement on the composition of the emissions in the documented literature, as of 2018. These products, however, still pose health risks.<ref name=PieperMallock2018/> Lower levels of harmful emissions has been shown, but lowering the risk to the smoker who transitions to using them has not been shown, as of 2018.<ref name=DautzenbergDautzenberg2018/> As a result of the various types of [[heat-not-burn product]]s, the characteristics and effects for each type will be different.
== Introduction ==
[[Heat-not-burn product|Heat-not-burn tobacco products]] are electronic devices that heat processed tobacco to supposedly deliver an aerosol with fewer toxicants than in cigarette smoke.<ref name=SimonaviciusMcNeill2018/> Commercially available heat-not-burn tobacco systems like glo (produced by [[British American Tobacco]] (BAT)) or [[heat-not-burn product#IQOS|IQOS]] ([[Philip Morris International]] (PMI)) include a charger, a holder and tobacco sticks, plugs or capsules.<ref name=SimonaviciusMcNeill2018/> Inserted into the holder, tobacco sticks are heated with an electronically controlled heating element.<ref name=SimonaviciusMcNeill2018/> Other products, like iFuse from BAT or Ploom Tech from [[Japan Tobacco]] (JT), produce aerosol from a non-tobacco source and pass it through a tobacco plug to absorb flavor and nicotine.<ref name=SimonaviciusMcNeill2018/> Heat-not-burn tobacco products aim for a niche between combustible tobacco smoking and [[electronic cigarettes]] that aerosolize nicotine suspended in humectants.<ref name=SimonaviciusMcNeill2018/>
Since the 1960s heat-not-burn tobacco products were in development by tobacco companies.<ref name=EliasDutra2018></ref> Safer heated tobacco products that deliver nicotine but limit emissions of [[tar (tobacco residue)|tar]] or [[carbon monoxide]] (CO) is a half-century old idea, which had been unsuccessfully market-tested since 1988, first as Premier by the [[R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company|RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company]] (RJR) and later as Eclipse (RJR) and Accord (PMI).<ref name=SimonaviciusMcNeill2018/> As of 2018, various heat-not-burn products were reintroduced to the market.<ref name=StaalvandeNobelen2018></ref> Japan, where manufacturers have marketed several heat-not-burn brands since 2014, has been the focal national test market, with the intention of developing global marketing strategies.<ref name=ShiCaputi2017></ref> According to a 2018 report, the launching of the latest incarnation of heat-not-burn tobacco products is a reiteration of similar efforts in the past to use similar products to undermine [[tobacco control]], particularly efforts that present the tobacco industry as a [[harm reduction]] partner.<ref name=BialousGlantz2018></ref>
As of 2018, of the current heat-not-burn tobacco products, IQOS was launched in several cities in Japan, Italy and Switzerland in 2014, iFuse was released in Romania in 2015 and glo and Ploom Tech were introduced to Japanese cities in 2016.<ref name=SimonaviciusMcNeill2018/> Due to regulations restricting the sale of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, Japan was a fertile market for heat-not-burn tobacco producers, suggesting that the products have potential 'for explosive global growth'.<ref name=SimonaviciusMcNeill2018/> By 2017, IQOS was available in 30 countries and was being considered by [[Food and Drug Administration|United States Food and Drug Administration]] for a [[modified risk tobacco product|reduced-risk product]] approval, and the UK was one of the first countries to assign a separate taxation category for heat-not-burn tobacco products.<ref name=SimonaviciusMcNeill2018></ref>
*[[Tar (tobacco residue)|Tar]]<ref name=DautzenbergDautzenberg2018/> (The solids in the emissions have been called nicotine-free dry particulate matter rather than tar in papers written by people related to the [[tobacco industry]].<ref name=DautzenbergDautzenberg2018></ref>) *[[Toluene]]<ref name=PieperMallock2018/> *[[Toxicant]]s<ref name=LiSaad2018></ref>
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QuackGuru: See List of heat-not-burn products.
There are various types of '''heat-not-burn products''' in the marketplace.<ref name=StaalvandeNobelen2018/> Some examples include products that use tobacco sticks such as glo and [[heat-not-burn product#IQOS|IQOS]], or products that use loose-leaf tobacco such as [[Pax Labs|PAX]] and Ploom.<ref name=WHO2018/> Some use product-specific customized cigarettes.<ref name=WHO2018/> There are devices that use [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]].<ref name=Marinova2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> [[Heat-not-burn product|Heat-not-burn tobacco products]] usually heat up tobacco, rather than use liquids. In contrast, [[electronic cigarette]]s heat liquids that can contain [[nicotine]].<ref name=QuelozEtter2019></ref> They are not e-cigarettes.<ref name=WHO2018>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> They can overlap with e-cigarettes such as a combination of an e-cigarette and a heat-not-burn tobacco product, for the use of tobacco or [[construction of electronic cigarettes#E-cigarette liquid|e-liquid]].
== Background ==
A wide variety of new tobacco- and smoking-related products have emerged on the market in recent years, as of 2018.<ref name=StaalvandeNobelen2018/> Moreover, [[tobacco industry|tobacco companies]] will keep developing new products to keep meeting the changing needs of their consumers and fulfill changing regulatory requirements.<ref name=StaalvandeNobelen2018/> As of 2018. these new tobacco-related products can quickly gain popularity, even before there is sufficient [[scientific evidence]] to determine their effects on the user and bystander. For instance, recently products marketed as "harm reduction," "reduced risk," or "next generation" products were introduced making claims of being up to 90% less harmful than traditional cigarettes.<ref name=StaalvandeNobelen2018/> Even though these products seem very attractive to consumers, independent scientific research to support these claims is lacking.<ref name=StaalvandeNobelen2018/> In addition, these products may be attractive for smokers, but may also be used by nonsmokers.<ref name=StaalvandeNobelen2018/> Besides, regardless of their own harmfulness, popular new products could also serve as a [[gateway drug theory|gateway]] to the use of [[tobacco]] or tobacco-related products.<ref name=StaalvandeNobelen2018/>
According to a 2018 report, given their potential harmful [[health effect]]s, and the possibility that these products serve as a gateway to the use of more harmful products, it is important for national authorities and scientists to closely monitor product development of new tobacco and tobacco-related products.<ref name=StaalvandeNobelen2018/> Data on product development, marketing strategies, and consumer interest in new products could help to understand potential implications for [[public health]] and guide [[tobacco control]] efforts.<ref name=StaalvandeNobelen2018/> The [[World Health Organization]] recognizes the importance of monitoring the availability and regulation of new tobacco and tobacco-related products entering national and global markets.<ref name=StaalvandeNobelen2018/>
== Introduction ==
The tobacco control community is still deciding how to address the unexpected rise in popularity of e-cigarettes.<ref name=ShiCaputi2017/> However, there is another product innovation already emerging: Heat-not-burn tobacco products.<ref name=ShiCaputi2017/> These products are being introduced in markets around the world by tobacco companies seeking to appeal to consumers who still demand the "throat-hit" delivered by traditional cigarettes but not by e-cigarettes.<ref name=ShiCaputi2017/>
Japan has been the focal market to test the potential of heat-not-burn as a cigarette alternative, where manufacturers have marketed several heat-not-burn brands nationwide, including Japan Tobacco's "Ploom TECH" device in March 2016, [[Philip Morris International]]"s "iQOS" device in April 2016, and [[British American Tobacco]]'s "glo" device in December 2016.<ref name=ShiCaputi2017/> As of 2017, tobacco industry leaders have predicted heat-not-burn products are poised to further displace traditional cigarette smoking and, by extension, tobacco control strategies typically framed around traditional cigarettes.<ref name=ShiCaputi2017></ref>
== Difference between regular cigarettes, heat-not-burn products, and electronic cigarettes ==
A regular cigarette consists primarily of tobacco leaves wrapped in cigarette paper.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/> It may also contain a filter, chemical additives, or other components.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/> The user lights the tip of the cigarette to burn the tobacco and inhales the smoke through the unlit end.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/>
A [[heat-not-burn product]] consists of a heating source and tobacco.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/> The tobacco may be wrapped in paper, which makes it a type of cigarette.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/> However, the tobacco is heated to a lower temperature than a combusted cigarette to create an [[aerosol]] that the user inhales.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/>
An [[electronic cigarette]] uses an [[construction of electronic cigarettes#E-cigarette liquid|e-liquid]] that may contain [[nicotine]] (typically derived from the tobacco plant), [[glycerin]], [[propylene glycol]], [[Flavor#Flavorants or flavorings|flavorings]], and other ingredients.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/> The device has an electric heat source that heats the e-liquid to create an aerosol that the user inhales.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/>
== Functionality ==
There are two types of heat-not-burn products currently allowed to be sold in the US, as of 2019.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/> One product type, which has been on the US market at various times since the 1990s, uses a carbon tip wrapped in glass fibers.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/> The user lights the carbon tip, which heats the dried tobacco inside to a temperature that does not cause the product to create ash or burn down in size.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/>
Another heat-not-burn product called IQOS<ref name=FDA-April-2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> that recently obtained [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]] authorization in April 2019 consists of an electronic heating device and sticks made from dried tobacco wrapped in paper.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/> The user places the stick into the electronic heating device, which pierces the stick with a glass-covered ceramic blade that heats the tobacco, creating an aerosol.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/>
== Various types of heat-not-burn products ==
There are a variety of products colloquially called heated tobacco products and heat-not-burn products that do not appear to fit easily into universally agreed upon product categories.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/> Products currently sold in global markets may function in various ways.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/> For example, these products heat to various temperatures, can contain dry, moist, or liquid tobacco ingredients, and appear in a wide variety of shapes.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/>
For the FDA's purposes, if a tobacco product meets the legal definition of a cigarette but the tobacco is not heated to a temperature high enough to cause combustion, the product would be currently categorized as a non-combusted cigarette and regulated as a cigarette.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/> As of 2019, the types of heated tobacco products currently authorized for sale in the US are all non-combusted cigarettes.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Heat-not-burn predecessors ==
*Accord<ref name=EliasDutra2018></ref> *[[Eclipse (cigarette)|Eclipse]]<ref name=AndersonLing2008></ref> *Heatbar<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> *[[Premier (cigarette)|Premier]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> *Revo<ref name=CBSNews2014>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> *Steam Hot One<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== E == [[File:3T2of2 (w b-g).jpg|thumb|right|eTron 3T organic red, gold and menthol products.|alt=eTron 3T organic red, gold and menthol products.]] *eTron 3T<ref name=speccomm2017>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== F ==
*Firefly<ref name=Esquire2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> *Firefly 2<ref name=StaalvandeNobelen2018></ref>
== G ==
*glo<ref name=TJT2017>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> *glo iFuse<ref name=Harlay2016>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== I == [[File:CTP vape products.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Various types of heat-not-burn products.|alt=Various types of heat-not-burn products.]] *i-glo<ref name=Caplinger-2017>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> *[[Heat-not-burn product#IQOS|IQOS]]<ref name=JenssenWalley2017></ref> *IQOS 3<ref name=Uranaka2018>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> *IQOS 3 Multi<ref name=LaVito2018></ref> *iSmoke OneHitter<ref name=CSD2015>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> *IUOC 2<ref name=Schmid2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== L ==
*lil<ref name=Seung-hyun2017>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> *lil Hybrid<ref name=speccomm2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== M ==
*Mok<ref name=TA2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== N ==
*Neocore<ref name=Craver2018>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== P == [[File:CTP People Priscilla Callahan-Lyon, MD.webm|thumb|right|A US FDA official, Priscilla Callahan-Lyon, discussing heat-not-burn products.<ref name=FDA-NCC-2019/>|alt=A US FDA official, Priscilla Callahan-Lyon, discussing heat-not-burn products.]] *[[Pax Labs|PAX]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> *Pax 2<ref name=Estes2015>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> *Pax 3<ref name=Taylor2018>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> *Ploom S<ref name=Uranaka2019/> *Ploom Tech<ref name=speccomm2016>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> *Ploom TECH+<ref name=Uranaka2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> *Pulze<ref name=Mulier2018>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== T ==
*TEEPS<ref name=Kaplan2018>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== V ==
*V2 Pro Series 3<ref name=Kahn2016>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> *V2 Pro Series 7<ref name=HT2015>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Composition of heat-not-burn product emissions]] * [[List of electronic cigarette and e-cigarette liquid brands]] * [[List of cigarette brands]]
== Bibliography == *Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)}} *}}
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PARIS — France wants the world's leading industrial economies to double funding for girls' education in the Sahel at a summit next month in the French town of Biarritz.
Speaking Friday in Paris at the headquarters of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, French President Emmanuel Macron laid out initiatives to increase educational and economic opportunities for women, with a special focus on Africa's Sahel region.
Macron, whose country currently holds the presidency of the Group of Seven advanced economies, challenged fellow G-7 members to not only increase their financial commitment to girls' education in the Sahel but also to make sure funds are spent efficiently and make a difference.
Macron also denounced anyone seeking to deny girls an education, including on religious grounds. Keeping girls at home, he said, was a form of modern slavery.
Fighting inequality
The French president spoke at the end of a two-day meeting that brought together development and education ministers from G-7 nations under the broader theme of fighting inequality, which is the goal of France's G-7 presidency.
UNESCO's director general, Audrey Azoulay, said that while gender parity in education is increasing worldwide, it's lagging in some places, including conflict zones. In some of the poorest parts of sub-Saharan Africa, she said, only 30 girls for every 100 boys finished their secondary education between 2013 and 2017.
Nobel peace laureate and Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai also called on G-7 members to increase funding for girls' education in developing countries, especially in Africa.
"Right now, there is not enough getting done," she said. "Just 10 percent of your aid goes to countries where girls face the biggest challenges."
She said educating girls could add up to $30 trillion to the global economy, and she urged G-7 members to guarantee girls worldwide have access to at least 12 years of schooling.
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Justice Department attorneys confirmed Friday that they were still working to add a citizenship question to the census, although they did not provide a new rationale for doing so, a requirement the Supreme Court set last week.
In a Maryland court filing, the Justice attorneys said they had been "instructed to examine whether there is a path forward, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision, that would allow for the inclusion of the citizenship question on the census."
Critics have said adding such a question could suppress the count of minorities.
Before the filing, President Donald Trump said he was considering "four or five" ways to add the citizenship question to the census.
"We are working on a lot of things, including an executive order," Trump told reporters Friday outside the White House. He also said that "we could start the printing [of census forms] now and maybe do an addendum after we get a positive decision."
In court, however, Justice attorneys said the Commerce Department had not yet adopted a new rationale for the citizenship question.
"In the event the Commerce Department adopts a new rationale for including the citizenship question on the 2020 Decennial Census consistent with the decisions of the Supreme Court, the government will immediately notify this court so that it can determine whether there is any need for further proceedings or relief," the filing said.
Critics' complaint
Trump's Democratic opponents have said that including the citizenship question is a Republican ploy to scare immigrants into not participating in the census out of fear that immigration officials might target those found to be in the country illegally for deportation. An undercount in Democrat-leaning areas with large immigrant and Latino populations could result in reduced congressional representation for some states and less federal aid.
FILE - Immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, in Washington, April 23, 2019.
The Supreme Court ruled June 27 that the government's reasoning for including the citizenship question on census forms did not meet standards for a clear explanation. The matter then seemed settled Tuesday, when the Justice and Commerce departments made public statements and comments in legal cases that the printing of census forms was going forward to meet a deadline.
But with a series of tweets, Trump injected uncertainty back into the citizenship question matter: "We are absolutely moving forward, as we must, because of the importance of the answer to this question."
At the start of the country's Independence Day holiday, Trump tweeted that Commerce and Justice officials "are working very hard on this, even on the 4th of July!"
So far, rulings have focused on the administrative process and whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross acted reasonably in pursuing his agency's goals. An examination of equal protection challenges would bring into the case whether the administration sought to suppress the count of minorities in the census.
Clarity sought
The attorneys general of California and New York asked federal courts to hold conferences Friday so that the Justice Department could make its positions clear after what happened in the Maryland district court and with the changing statements from the Trump administration.
In a conference call with the Maryland court on Wednesday, Justice Department special counsel Joshua Gardner admitted that he was still sorting out how to respond to Trump's statements.
"The tweet this morning was the first I had heard of the president's position on this issue, just like the plaintiffs and your honor," Gardner said. "I do not have a deeper understanding of what that means at this juncture, other than what the president has tweeted. But, obviously, as you can imagine, I am doing my absolute best to figure out what's going on."
Gardner added, however, that the Census Bureau had not stopped the census forms printing process.
The Census Bureau had previously set a target date of early July to begin printing the questionnaire in order to have it prepared for delivery to the American public by the April 1, 2020, deadline.
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U.S. employers sharply stepped up their hiring in June, adding a robust 224,000 jobs, an indication of the economy's durability after more than a decade of expansion.
The strength of the Labor Department's jobs report issued Friday could complicate a decision for the Federal Reserve late this month on whether to cut interest rates to help support the economy. Most investors have anticipated a rate cut in July and perhaps one or two additional Fed cuts later in the year. That scenario may be less likely now.
Stocks sold off early Friday before paring their losses. The Dow Jones industrial average was down about 20 points in late-afternoon trading. But the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note climbed to 2.05% from just under 2% before the jobs report, reflecting a view that the Fed might engage in fewer rate hikes.
June's solid job growth followed a tepid gain of 72,000 jobs in May, a result that had fueled concerns about the economy's health. But with June's pace of hiring, employers have now added, on average, a solid 171,000 jobs for the past three months. Last month's burst of hiring suggests that many employers have shrugged off concerns about weaker growth, President Donald Trump's trade wars and the waning benefits from U.S. tax cuts.
A worker helps build a 2020 Ford Explorer car at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant, July 5, 2019.
``Although there are drags on the economy in 2019, the expansion should continue through this year,'' said Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC Financial Services. ``The doom and gloom was overblown.''
The unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7% in June from 3.6% for the previous two months, reflecting an influx of people seeking jobs. Average hourly wages rose 3.1% from a year ago.
Trump responded to Friday's jobs report by tweeting, ``JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!'' But the strong hiring gains have lessened the case, at least for now, for the Fed to slash rates as Trump has repeatedly and aggressively pressed the central bank to do.
``If we had a Fed that would lower interest rates, we'd be like a rocket ship,'' the president asserted to reporters in an appearance Friday. ``But we're paying a lot of interest, and it's unnecessary. But we don't have a Fed that knows what they're doing.''
Last year, Fed officials raised rates four times, in part to stave off the risk of high inflation and in part to try to ensure that they would have room to cut rates if the economy stumbled.
On Friday, the Fed reiterated that it would act as necessary sustain the economic expansion, while noting that most Fed officials have lowered their expectations for the course of rates. The Fed's statement came in its semiannual report on monetary policy.
Broad gains
In Friday's jobs report for June, the hiring gains were broad. Construction companies added 21,000 workers after having increased their payrolls by only 5,000 in May. Manufacturers hired 17,000, up from just 3,000 in May. Health care and social assistance added 50,500 jobs. Hiring by transportation and warehousing companies increased 23,900.
The government sector was a major source of hiring, adding 33,000 jobs in June. Nearly all those gains were at the local level.
For Todd Leff, CEO of Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa, the resilience of the U.S. job market has provided both an opportunity and a challenge. With more Americans earning steady paychecks, demand for massages and facials has increased, and the company plans to add 60 locations this year and roughly 1,800 jobs. But the low unemployment rate has also made it hard to find and retain workers.
``We could hire 1,000 more employees today — if they were available,'' said Leff, whose company has about 430 locations and is based in Trevose, Pa.
Investors have been turning their attention to the Fed, which has expressed concern about threats to the economy, especially the uncertainties from Trump's trade wars, and about inflation remaining persistently below its 2% target level. A Fed rate cut, whenever it happens, would be its first in more than a decade.
Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist for the consultancy MFR, said the likelihood of a Fed rate cut late this month is now slightly lower, though he still estimates that the federal funds rate — what banks charge each other — will be sharply lower by the end of next year.
FILE - Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, May 1, 2019, in Washington.
Ryan Wang, U.S. economist at HSBC Bank, suggested that the solid jobs report might create a communications challenge for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell when he testifies next week to congressional committees.
The financial markets still foresee a rate cut of 25 basis points this month, Wang said, adding, ``It will be important to see if Chair Powell lays out on a strong case for near-term monetary easing in his testimony next week.''
The sluggish pace of hiring in May had signaled that employers might have grown more cautious because of global economic weakness and, perhaps, some difficulty in finding enough qualified workers at the wages that companies are willing to pay.
Slower pace
The pace of the overall economy is widely thought to be slowing from annual growth that neared a healthy 3% last year. Consumer spending has solidified. Home sales are rebounding. But America's manufacturing sector is weakening along with construction spending. Growth in the services sector, which includes such varied industries as restaurants, finance and recreation, slowed in June.
Overall, though, employers have been adding jobs faster than new workers are flowing into the economy. That suggests that the unemployment rate will remain near its five-decade low and that the economy will keep growing, even if only modestly.
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Protesters in Malawi have wrapped up two days of demonstrations aimed at forcing the head of the country's electoral commission to resign.
The protests followed other nationwide demonstrations on June 20 calling for the resignation of Jane Ansah as well as the rest of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). Ansah is accused of mismanaging the recent election in which President Peter Mutharika won a second term.
The protests turned violent in three cities, and demonstrators said they would hold vigils outside Ansah's house unless she stepped down.
In Lilongwe this week, former President Saulos Chilima, leader of the United Transformation Movement, joined the protests.
"We are continuing from where we stopped last time," Chilima said. "I am here as a Malawian to join fellow Malawians in seeking justice. We would like Justice Jane Ansah to leave office because as everybody is aware, the elections didn't go well and we are not happy at all."
Lazarus Chakwera, leader of the opposition Malawi Congress Party, also took part in the demonstrations.
The MEC declared that Mutharika won re-election with 39 percent of the vote. Chakwera was second with 35 percent, followed by Chilima with 20 percent.
Chakwera and Chilima are challenging the election results in court, alleging ballot box stuffing and the use of correction fluid to change votes.
Offices of the opposition Malawi Congress Party were looted in Blantyre during this week's election-related protests, July 5, 2019. (L. Masina/VOA)
Violence
In this week's demonstrations in Lilongwe and the northern city of Mzuzu, the protesters looted shops and burned government offices.
In the commercial capital, Blantyre, there were clashes between the protesters and members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party trying to protect the party's offices.
The confrontations forced the government to deploy the military to bring order.
"It is really unfortunate that [protesters] are disturbing the business of people, lives of people," government spokesman Mark Botoman said. "And this cannot go unchecked. Obviously, anyone who is found torching offices, breaking shops and the like, they will be apprehended."
Timothy Mtambo, chairman of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition, which organized the protests, said those who perpetrated violence were not the demonstrators, but were hooligans who took advantage of the peaceful protests.
"We condemn that in the strongest terms possible, and we disown those people because the demonstrations that we have are peaceful demonstrations," he said. "We called for peaceful demonstrations."
Ansah, who maintains her innocence, told local radio last week that she would resign only if the court ruled that the elections were fraudulent.
A hearing on the election dispute is expected to begin July 29.
