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Putin’s Constructive Dialogue on Ukraine: African Leaders’ Balanced Approach
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-06-17 16:36:31
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed, on Saturday, his “readiness for a constructive dialogue with those who want peace,” during his meeting with African mediators on Ukraine, praising their “balanced approach” to this crisis.
Putin told African leaders that Moscow welcomed their balanced approach to the conflict in Ukraine and that his country was open to dialogue.
“We are open to conducting a constructive dialogue with all those who want peace on the basis of the principles of justice and taking into account the legitimate interests of both sides,” Putin added.
Putin told African leaders that the global food market crisis is not a consequence of the conflict in Ukraine, noting that Moscow does not believe that Ukrainian grain supplies help solve the food crisis.
Leaders from South Africa, Senegal, Egypt, Zambia, Uganda, the Republic of the Congo and the Comoros met Putin at the Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg, northwest Russia, following visiting Kiev on Friday.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who heads this delegation, was the first to arrive Saturday in St. Petersburg, “in search of a path towards peace following sixteen months of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which caused (…) comprehensive instability,” according to what the South African presidency announced. .
This visit comes the day following a similar visit to Kiev, during which Ramaphosa held, according to the same source, “constructive talks” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, stressing from the Ukrainian capital the need to “contain the escalation on both sides.”
On Friday, the Ukrainian president refused to negotiate with Moscow, denouncing a “cheating” by Russia in the midst of a counterattack by Ukrainian forces.
“It is clear that Russia is trying once more to use its old cheating tactic. But Russia will no longer succeed in deceiving the world. We will not give it a second chance,” Zelensky said during a press conference with the African leaders participating in the delegation.
African mediation is the latest in a series of diplomatic efforts that have not succeeded so far in putting an end to the conflict.
The African continent was hit hard following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, with soaring grain and fertilizer prices and the broader impact of the war on global trade.
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Boeing and Airbus: To double their aircraft fleets by 2042
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-06-17 22:23:45
The US aircraft manufacturer Boeing, like its larger rival Airbus, expects the global aircraft fleet to double within two decades. In 2042, the airlines should be using a total of around 48,600 machines, the US group said on Sunday night in Arlington. Boeing marketing manager Darren Hulst estimates that the trend will be towards longer planes with more seats or closer seating.
“Without such productivity gains, the fleet would still have to be around 20 percent larger in 2042,” he said in an online conference with journalists at the upcoming air show in Le Bourget near Paris, which begins this Monday (June 19).
The forecast of the US group corresponds in principle to that of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer Airbus. A few days ago, the European manufacturer forecast that the global fleet would double to 46,560 machines by 2042. However, Airbus’ forecast only includes aircraft with at least 100 seats, while Boeing also counts slightly smaller regional jets. This is the main reason why the total figures for the US group are slightly higher.
According to Boeing’s forecast, almost 42,600 new passenger and cargo planes will be delivered between 2023 and 2042 in order to achieve the doubling of the fleets. Around every second machine replaces an older model, the others serve to expand capacity. “Of the machines that are in operation today, regarding 6,000 will probably still be in use 20 years from now,” said Hulst. Low-cost airlines in particular are expected to grow strongly, increasing their fleets and passenger numbers by two and a half times by 2042 compared to 2022.
As before, the lion’s share of the new aircraft is likely to be narrow-body aircraft with an aisle between the seats. According to Boeing’s forecast, they will account for around 75 percent of deliveries in the years 2023 to 2042. In this segment, Airbus’ model family A320neo has dominated the market for years compared to the competitor model Boeing 737 Max, which was also not allowed to take off worldwide for more than a year and a half following two fatal crashes.
So far, however, the US group has been ahead of the pack when it comes to long-haul wide-body jets such as the Boeing 787 and 777, and especially large cargo planes. Similar to Airbus, Boeing predicts a need for 7,440 new passenger aircraft and 925 large cargo jets for the 20 years to 2042.
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Night owls don’t die younger than others, unless they drink and smoke
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-06-16 05:58:49
Individuals who go to bed late are no more likely to die earlier than others. The determining factor is the intake of alcohol or tobacco.
“Night owls” are no more likely to die younger than early risers who like to get up early in the morning, if they don’t spend their extended evenings drinking and smoking, according to a study by long course published this Friday.
Previous work, with data on nearly half a million UK residents aged 38 to 73, concluded in 2018 that there was a 10% higher risk of death from all causes for diapers. later than for the early birds, over a period of six and a half years.
This British study, the first to explore the risk of mortality, did not take into account factors such as alcohol, which might be involved in these premature deaths.
A difference “mainly due to tobacco and alcohol”
Researchers wanted to know more and their work was reviewed by peers and published in the specialized journal Chronobiology International. They tracked nearly 24,000 same-sex twins, this time in Finland, who were asked in 1981 whether they were morning people or evening people. A third described themselves as more of an evening person, 10% as a real evening person, and the others were morning people.
Night owls tended to be younger, but also to drink and smoke more than others. When the researchers took this data, in 2018, more than 8,700 of the twins had died.
Over these 37 years, the researchers estimated that true “night owls” had a 9% higher risk of death from all causes than others. A difference “mainly due to tobacco and alcohol”, according to them: night owls who do not smoke and drink little did not show an increased risk of dying earlier than early risers.
For the study’s lead author, Christer Hublin, of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, “truly evening people should think regarding their alcohol and tobacco use, if they do.” By itself, independent of other factors, the time at which individuals tend to go to bed – their “chronotype” – has “little or no” effect on their mortality, he says.
“No objective information”
For Jeevan Fernando, a chronotype researcher at the University of Cambridge, the results of this study are solid, but with limits. Whether participants self-qualified morning or evening is, in his view, “unsatisfactory because it does not provide objective information”, unlike more modern methods.
And the study does not include other products than alcohol and tobacco, points out Jeevan Fernando, author of research having shown that “night owls” have a worse mental health – mainly with anxiety – and that drug use might exacerbate the problem.
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