A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Turning Agro-industrial Waste into Energy in Argentina
ZÃ?RATE, Argentina, Mar 31 (IPS) – Three giant concrete cylinders with inflated membrane roofs are a strange sight in the industrial park of Zárate, a world of factories 90 kilometers from Buenos Aires that heavy trucks drive in and out of all day long. They are the heart of a plant that is about to start producing energy from agro-industrial waste, for the first time in Argentina.
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China holds espionage trial of Chinese Australian journalist
China has not provided any specifics about what offenses Cheng Lei is accused of committing, who has been held for 19 months on suspicion of relaying state secrets abroad.
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War in Ukraine Morally Unacceptable, Politically Indefensible & Militarily Nonsensical
GENEVA, Mar 31 (IPS) – Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
In an address to the 49th session of the Human Rights Council For more than one month now, the entire population of Ukraine has been enduring a living nightmare. The lives of millions of people are in upheaval as they are forced to flee their homes or hide in basements and bomb shelters as their cities are pummeled and destroyed.
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