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German politicians from the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens on Wednesday proposed raising the value added tax (VAT) on meat to the standard rate of 19%. Currently, meat is taxed at a reduced rate of 7%. “I am in favor of abolishing the VAT reduction for meat and earmarking it for more animal welfare,” […]

July 2019 was the warmest month globally ever recorded, according to data released on Monday by the European Union’s climate change agency. “While July is usually the warmest month of the year for the globe, according to our data it also was the warmest month recorded globally, by a very small margin,” Jean-Noel Thepaut, head […]

Police in the U.S. state of Alaska said two German tourists and their guide were canoeing on Valdez Glacier Lake when they had an accident. Their bodies were recovered on Tuesday after a kayaker raised the alarm. The victims, all aged in their 60s, appeared to have been paddling in a single inflatable boat, officers […]

An area of 3.2 million hectares (7.9 million acres) was engulfed by forest fires in remote regions of Russia on Monday. In comparison, the total surface of the nation of Belgium is 3.07 million hectares. With fires raging for days, immense clouds of smoke reached large population centers, including Russia’s third biggest city, Novosibirsk. Authorities […]