The Daily Populous

Swiss vote: ‘yes’ to higher pensions, ‘no’ to retiring later.

The Swiss have voted to boost monthly payments for pensioners amid concerns over the rising cost of living in pricey Switzerland.

“The social pact in our country still works,” Pierre-Yves Maillard, president of the Swiss Trade Union Federation, told Swiss public television, RTS. »

Together, they plan to build a $20 million plant that removes 3,650 metric tons (4,000 tons) of carbon dioxide from the ocean every year through the Equatic Process, which uses electrolysis to convert carbon dioxide in seawater into stable solids.

And the treated seawater that is pumped back into the ocean would then have the capacity to absorb even more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Advocates of the Equatic Process and other ocean carbon dioxide removal technology say that such processes would be a big boost for the global fight against climate change. »

On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in an escalation of the War that began in 2014.

Russia will vigorously oppose any attempts to increase the politico-military presence of third countries in the states adjoining Russia.

With no sign of wavering in will by either side, Russia initiated preparations in 2021 for a possible invasion of Ukraine. »

A business class passenger on a flight to Japan who ordered a vegan breakfast was bemused when they were presented with a single banana and a pair of chopsticks.

“Before take-off today, my flight attendant confirmed that I ordered VGML (Vegetarian Vegan Meal) and that my breakfast was a banana, by which I mistakenly assumed she meant that breakfast included a banana,” they began.

Ms Porter was eventually offered a makeshift meal a flight attendant cobbled together from leftover business class trays. »