The US-China relationship
Sanctions against Chinese companies after major cyber attacks
The United States and Great Britain are targeting the China-based company Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology and two people connected to the Chinese government, AP reports. This after a series of malicious cyberattacks were directed against, among other things, the British Electoral Commission and politicians in both countries.
According to the British Foreign Office, the cyber attacks may have resulted in the leaking of information on several million British voters, but at the same time assures that it had no impact on the electoral processes in the country.
According to the US Treasury Department, the company in question is linked to the Chinese Ministry of Security and acted as a cover for several operations aimed at critical US cyber security, writes Reuters.
A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in the UK writes in a statement that China neither supports nor tolerates cyber attacks.
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The climate threat The threats to species richness
The EU's new nature laws close to collapse: "Extremely irresponsible"
The EU's planned package of laws to restore nature and preserve biodiversity has been put on hold after several member states withdrew their support for the measures, The Guardian reports.
The new legislation has been in the works for two years and was supposed to be passed in a vote on Monday. Among the critics of the new rules are the Netherlands, Italy, Hungary and even Sweden who believe that they would hit Europe's farmers too hard.
Spain's Climate and Environment Minister Teresa Ribera, for her part, believes that it is "extremely irresponsible" to slow down the EU's green transition.
- Europe cannot afford to let go of its green agenda, just as it cannot afford to let its ecosystems die, she says.
The EU's new nature laws close to collapse: "Extremely irresponsible"
The EU's planned package of laws to restore nature and preserve biodiversity has been put on hold after several member states withdrew their support for the measures, The Guardian reports.
The new legislation has been in the works for two years and was supposed to be passed in a vote on Monday. Among the critics of the new rules are the Netherlands, Italy, Hungary and even Sweden who believe that they would hit Europe's farmers too hard.
Spain's Climate and Environment Minister Teresa Ribera, for her part, believes that it is "extremely irresponsible" to slow down the EU's green transition.
- Europe cannot afford to let go of its green agenda, just as it cannot afford to let its ecosystems die, she says.
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