The 7 news you need to know this Thursday morning, April 27

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Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
26 April 2023 Wednesday 23:48
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The 7 news you need to know this Thursday morning, April 27

Hello good morning!

Every step forward, no matter how small, if it is in the right direction, is to celebrate. And there is in Ukraine. And in the Vatican. And it is expected, today, here, that the latest unemployment data will accompany. We will see.

Ukraine. The dialogue between Zelenski and the Chinese leader Xi is interpreted by almost everyone as a positive step towards a distant peace. On the ground, beyond, the drama continues, like that of the young people who, without being pro-Russian, do not want to go to the front.

Pope Francis attends to a historic demand and makes an unprecedented decision: women and lay people will be able to vote in the synods of bishops. Revolutionary? “No”, says an important cardinal. But the Church opens to a new time.

Debts. Economic uncertainty, between war, inflation, bank scares, technological change, etc., does not stop. And the bulky public debt does not help against it. The EU already asks to adjust 0.5% of GDP per year. The good: now offers flexibility and deals.

atypical spring. "The most intense warm episode at this time since there are records" is being experienced, it is explained when parts of the country are on their way to 40ºC. It "fits" with other signs of climate change, it follows. And the worst: it will continue…

What an Indo-Pacific. The competition between powers with the US and China at the forefront is back on the agenda. And it places the Indo-Pacific, the engine of the world economy and increasingly a chessboard, as the epicenter of its battle. So.

Barcelona spices up the League. Madrid's resounding defeat in Girona with Castellanos' goal poker left Barça closer to winning La Liga. Last night the culé club made amends by losing against Rayo 2-1. Ay ay ay…

Long live science! The prizes, if they are to promote investigations that suppose a full stop, are welcome. This is what happens with the latest Vanguard of Science, which identifies a blood biomarker capable of predicting pancreatic cancer. This.

Anna Romeu, psychologist. "You have to have negative emotions, we cannot live in the happycracy." read it here

Oslo. Cities change against the clock to make them, in general, more friendly to pedestrians, bikes and green areas. Looking for references? The Norwegian capital is considered "the perfect city to discover on two wheels". Here the why.

Leisure, or art? The fame of Cirque du Soleil precedes him. Fewer know about the festival from which its best acrobats emerge, the Young Stage in Basel, which brings together, in Switzerland, every May, the most talented and innovative acrobats in the open air and for free.

Journey to the origin of surimi. The history of "crab sticks" has it all, including legends, such as the one that states that it was an empress (warrior) who invented them in Japan. It also summarizes like few others what the country values ​​as innovation.

Robin Sharma, former financial lawyer. "Dominate your interior and you will no longer need to dominate the world." read it here

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