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Air pollution
"Green lockdown" in Lahore - schools are closed all week

The air quality in Pakistan's second largest city, Lahore, is so bad that schools are now closed for the rest of the week, AP reports.

Since the air began to worsen a month ago, thousands of people, especially children and the elderly, have fallen ill.

The school closures are part of a "green lockdown". Other measures are that half of the city's employees must work from home and motorized taxi vehicles are restricted.

AP writes that Lahore was once a green city, but that rapid urbanization has meant that today there is little space for parks and trees.  

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Tesla's future
Think tank: Tesla already has at least three collective bargaining agreements

Tesla has claimed that it "does not have a collective agreement anywhere in the world". But that is not true, reports the union's newspaper Arbetsvärlden.

The newspaper refers to the think tank Arena Idé's head of investigation German Bender, who should have been able to show that Tesla previously signed at least three collective agreements in France.

For over a year now, Tesla has been in conflict with the Swedish trade union IF Metall, which is on strike and demanding a collective agreement for the company's employees in Sweden. 

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Several dead in volcanic eruption in Indonesia

At least six people have died after a volcanic eruption hit the island of Flores in Indonesia, AP reports. Thick ash from the volcano has risen up to 2,000 meters into the air since midnight when the eruption took place.

Villages near the volcano, known as Lewtobo Lakilaki, have been evacuated and local authorities have raised the alert level to the highest.

It is the second volcanic eruption to hit Indonesia in the past two weeks.