Diplomats are focusing on a narrow set of goals in preparation for a summit on #Ukraine’s peace plan in #Switzerland next month to ensure #China and other nations of the so-called Global South attend the meeting.
German Chancellor Olaf #Scholz set the scene for the gathering on Tuesday: “Nobody should have exaggerated expectations,” Scholz said in an interview published on Tuesday. “We are not negotiating the end of the war there.”
New at my Patreon... Last time I was in Switzerland, I took a train to the town of Meiringen - and visited a painstaking replica of Sherlock Holmes' sitting room:
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.
The chances, the changes are all yours to make.
The mold of your life is in your hands to break.
🖊 JRR Tolkien
Having enough electricity in winter is the big challenge for climate neutrality in 2050. This requires gigantic – electricity storage systems or new nuclear power plants, says author Andreas Züttel. It is an explosive result: If Switzerland wants to be climate neutral in 2050, building six to eight #nuclear power plants is the cheapest alternative. That’s how it stands in a study a team led by Andreas Züttel, who researches at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).
"The First Peace Summit for Ukraine is in June — and Canada will be there," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote on X. "I look forward to joining other world leaders to advance our shared goal of just and lasting peace for Ukraine."
Swiss singer Nemo won the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden with their song "The Code," a blend of opera and hip-hop. They scored 591 points, becoming the first non-binary artist to win Eurovision.
Canada confirms participation in Switzerland peace summit (kyivindependent.com)
"The First Peace Summit for Ukraine is in June — and Canada will be there," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote on X. "I look forward to joining other world leaders to advance our shared goal of just and lasting peace for Ukraine."
Switzerland’s Nemo Wins Eurovision 2024 Song Contest (thenarinder.in)
Swiss singer Nemo won the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden with their song "The Code," a blend of opera and hip-hop. They scored 591 points, becoming the first non-binary artist to win Eurovision.