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EU’s circular material use rate slightly up in 2022

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:55 GMT

In 2022, the EU’s circular material use rate (referred to as the circularity rate; the share of used material resources which came from recycled waste materials) reached 11.5%, meaning that 11.5% of material resources used in the EU came from recycled waste materials. This information comes from data on circular material use rate published by Eurostat on 14 November. The article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article.Compared with 2021, the circularity rate increased by 0.1 percentage points (pp). Between 2010 and 2022, the rate increased by 0.8 pp from 10.7% to 11.5%, however, the highest shares were observed in 2018 and 2020: 11.6%. In 2022, the circularity rate was highest in the Netherlands (27.5%), followed by Belgium (22.2%) and France (19.3%). The lowest rate was recorded in Finland (0.6%), Romania (1.4%) and Ireland (1.8%). Differences in the circularity rate among EU countries are based not only on the amount of recycling in each ...

Horoscopes Nov. 15, 2023: Sam Waterston, step outside your comfort zone

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:55 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Shailene Woodley, 32; Jonny Lee Miller, 51; Beverly D’Angelo, 72; Sam Waterston, 83.Happy Birthday: Don’t let the little things get to you. Rise above and do your best, and positive change will unfold. Step outside your comfort zone if it will take you on a journey that offers answers and the chance to create something meaningful. Discipline and uniqueness will make others take note and support your efforts. Trust and believe in yourself and the plans you want to pursue. Your numbers are 7, 18, 23, 25, 32, 37, 45.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Live and learn. Watch, and you’ll get an inkling of what others expect of you. Invest time and money in yourself and learn additional skills to help you land the desired position. Self-improvement will lift your spirits and attract compliments. 5 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you want something, push your way forward. Don’t take a wait-and-see approach, or you’ll fall behind while oth...

Word Game: Nov. 15, 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:55 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — GONDOLAS (GONDOLAS: GON-duh-luz: Long, narrow boats used on the canals of Venice.)Average mark 29 wordsTime limit 30 minutesCan you find 36 or more words in GONDOLAS? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — ACTUATES actuate acute astute case cast caste cause cesta cute cutest tact taste taut teat test east sate sauce saute scat seat sect stat state statue stet suetTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at kzsaxe@gmail....

Bridge: Nov. 15, 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:55 GMT

“If one of your plants is feeling down, do you photosympathize?” — graffitiAt today’s 6NT, South took dummy’s queen of spades, cashed the A-K of hearts, then led a club: deuce, king, ace. South won the spade return in dummy and tried a diamond to his jack. The finesse worked, and he was home.“I could duck the first club,” West said. “Then declarer must guess whether to finesse in diamonds or try for a second club trick. But for all I knew, he had the queen of diamonds, not the queen of clubs.”Would you have sympathy for West?ACE OF CLUBSI wouldn’t. South surely had at least four diamonds. If his hand were K54,1076,KQ83,K97, he would test the hearts, then try the diamonds. That approach would lose only if East started with four diamonds and the ace of clubs.An expert declarer might possibly lead a club to his king if he lacked the queen; West might duck, and even if he took the ace, he might not return a club. But that was t...

Ask Amy: I found out why I was behaving badly, but my wife won’t come back

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:55 GMT

Dear Amy: I suffered an injury that caused internal bleeding. This gave me severe anemia, which I was unaware I had.Related ArticlesAdvice | Ask Amy: The bride and I aren’t speaking because of her non-negotiable demand Advice | Ask Amy: I misled my host about why I wanted to stay in a hotel Advice | Ask Amy: Is this a creepy idea for a high school reunion? Advice | Ask Amy: I told the bride she was free to exclude me, but I’m hurt by how she did it Advice | Ask Amy: We ended up with a near-stranger’s dog, and it feels very wrong to me I was unknowingly battling its symptoms of depression and anxiety before being diagnosed. I had no idea what was happening to me. I had no mental health struggles my whole life (I’m 45) until this medical condition changed my behavior considerably.My wife of almost 20 years left me before I was diagnosed.After diagnosis, doctors were able to stop the blood...

The 10 most expensive homes reported sold in Los Gatos in the week of Nov. 6

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:55 GMT

A house that sold for $5.6 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Los Gatos in the past week.In total, 11 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $2.7 million, $1,173 per square foot.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of Nov. 6 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $1.7 million, condominium in the 100 block of Altura VistaThe sale of the condominium in the 100 block of Altura Vista, Los Gatos, has been finalized. The price was $1,700,000, and the condominium changed hands in October. The condominium was built in 1975 and has a living area of 1,440 square feet. The price per square foot was $1,181. The condominium features two bedrooms and two bathrooms.9. $2.2 million, single-family residence in the 300 block of School CourtThe sale of the single family residence in the 300 block of School Court in Los Gat...

The Gaza Siege: A Harsh Spotlight on the West’s Moral Bankruptcy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:55 GMT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said recently on CNN, “It’s not only our war, it’s your war too.” He was right: The Biden administration has armed, funded, and supported Netanyahu every step of the way as Israel wages a campaign of terror bombings against Gaza. In five weeks of sustained Israeli airstrikes and ground operations, one in 200 residents of Gaza has been killed. Of the more than 11,000 deaths, 4,600 of them are children. President Joe Biden remains entrenched in his support for the scorched-earth campaign of his “great, great friend” Netanyahu. This week on Intercepted, independent journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Jeremy Scahill discuss the horrors facing the people of Gaza and the history of Biden’s support for some of the most extreme actions of Israel. They discuss the unprecedented killing of journalists in Gaza and the violent campaign being waged by Netanyahu-backed Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank. Kouddous also discusses Isra...

UK top court says a plan to send migrants to Rwanda is unlawful because they would be at risk

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:55 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the government’s contentious plan to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda is illegal.Five justices on the country’s top court said Wednesday that asylum-seekers would be “at real risk of ill-treatment” because they could be sent back to their home countries once they were in Rwanda.The ruling is a major blow to a key government policy that has drawn international attention and criticism.Britain and Rwanda signed a deal in April 2022 to send some migrants who arrive in the U.K. across the English Channel to the East African country, where their asylum claims would be processed and, if successful, they would stay. No one has yet been sent to the country as the plan was challenged in the courts.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.LONDON (AP) — Britain’s highest court is set to rule Wednesday on whether the government’s plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda is legal, delivering a boost or a blow ...

UK Supreme Court says plan to send migrants to Rwanda is unlawful because asylum-seekers would not be safe there

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:55 GMT

LONDON (AP) — UK Supreme Court says plan to send migrants to Rwanda is unlawful because asylum-seekers would not be safe there.Source

ICC defends pitch switch for first semifinal at the Cricket World Cup between host India and NZ

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:55 GMT

MUMBAI, India (AP) — The International Cricket Council defended a late pitch switch for the first of the Cricket World Cup semifinals between host India and New Zealand.The pitch for the match at the Wankhede stadium has been in the spotlight, with unconfirmed reports that the Indian team management requested the pitch used for the Australia-Afghanistan game on Nov. 7, and not a fresh, unused wicket.The No. 7 pitch was slated for use at this semifinal but was changed to No. 6 at a late stage.“Changes to planned pitch rotations are common towards the end of an event of this length, and has already happened a couple of times,” the ICC said. “This change was made on the recommendation of the venue curator in conjunction with our host.”There is no grass cover on the pitch, yet it should aid the batters again.“A World Cup semi should be played on a fresh pitch … It’s as simple as that,” former England skipper Michael Vaughan said on X, formerly known as Twitter. ___AP cricket: http...