... which would require no less than four planets to sustain on a humanity-wide scale, according to the World Wildlife Fund. WWF's Living Planet report was released Tuesday, ahead of the UN's Rio +20 summit on sustainable development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June. It warns that the world is currently consuming resources 50 percent faster than they can be replaced — and that figure is rising. The biannual report, produced in association with the Zoological Society of London and the Global...
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Traffic Worries FIFA
... traffic. "Moscow is a big city, and this is not to be ignored," he told reporters on the Luzhniki field. "I am sure a solution will be found." He also said Moscow, as a future cup host, wasn't unique in its size. The next cup, in Brazil, will have matches in such large cities as Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo in 2014, he said. Muller and the other FIFA officials also heard assurances that the city will build the Spartak and Dinamo stadiums on time and rebuild Luzhniki for the football...
210 Foreign Universities' Diplomas Recognized
... 10 Dutch, seven Swedish, six Swiss, five French, five Belgian, three Italian, three Danish, three Norwegian, two Spanish, two Austrian, one Irish and one Finnish. The other universities on the list include eight in Australia, three in Israel, two in Brazil, two in New Zealand, two in Singapore and one in South Africa. Apart from this new list, the state recognizes university diplomas from fellow former Soviet republics excluding Uzbekistan, and vice versa, reported Rossiiskaya Gazeta, an official...
The New Face of Emigration
... In Spain and Greece, about half are. They could stick around at home, perhaps eventually find work and then spend their careers paying for the previous generation's pensions, health care and debt. Or they could emigrate. It is hard to make a start in Brazil, Canada or Germany, but the alternative might be watching television in your parents' house for the next four years. Similarly, elderly Americans drowning in health-care costs should consider hotfooting it to Britain or India pronto. Emigration...
Kremlin Aide Tries to Smooth Over G8 Attendance Flap
... said. Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the G8 consists of the world's eight largest economies; in fact, G8 members Canada and Russia are not among the world's eight largest economies, while non-members China and Brazil are. 387051 179742
Crash Deals Blow to Russian Aviation Revival
... will damage the rebirth of Russian aviation, but agree it deals a psychological blow at a time when domestic air safety is also under scrutiny. The aircraft was on a promotional tour to showcase Russia's arrival as a peer to regional jet makers like Brazil's Embraer or Canada's Bombardier, with Russia especially anxious to shake off the poor safety reputation of its earlier Soviet domestic fleet. With so much national pride invested in Russia's relatively young aircraft project, the crash is likely...
Bodies, No Survivors Spotted at Superjet Crash
... to be designed and built in Russia since the Soviet collapse, and it has been billed as the savior of the domestic aviation industry. With a comparatively inexpensive $30 million price tag, Sukhoi sees it as a challenger to similar aircraft built by Brazil’s Embraer and Canada’s Bombardier, and it has gone to great lengths to bring in Western partners like Boeing and Italy’s Alenia Aermacchi in an effort to make it as modern as possible. The Fitch Ratings Agency said in a note Thursday...
Murmansk: It's Always Colder in Murmansk
... city of Murmansk (+7 815-245-0269; sokolovmy@murmanzkh.ru ); Alexei Veller, head of the municipality (+7 815-245-6464, gorsovet@polarnet.ru ), City Manager Andrei Sysoyev (+7 815-245-5572, citymurmansk@citymurmansk.ru ) Sister Cities : Curitiba, Brazil; Groningen, Netherlands; Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. MURMANSK — Whenever you feel the urge to complain about the injustice of the climate where you live, you can always comfort yourself with the fact that it's probably colder in Murmansk...
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