June 12, 2019 - l'Européenne de Bruxelles

Caster Semenya calls on IAAF to focus on doping after return victory

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The double Olympic 800m champion has appealed the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling which approved the IAAF’s plans for a new testosterone limit. It is for female athletes who want to compete internationally between 400m and a mile. Semenya can temporarily run after the ruling was suspended by the Swiss Federal Tribunal with the appeal pending. She is battling to defend her 800m title at the World Championships in Doha later this year and has been included in South Africa’s provisional squad. “I’m not an idiot. Why will I…

Carbon emissions from energy industry rise at fastest rate since 2011

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Carbon emissions from the global energy industry last year rose at the fastest rate in almost a decade after extreme weather and surprise swings in global temperatures stoked extra demand for fossil fuels. BP’s annual global energy report, an influential review of the market, revealed for the first time that temperature fluctuations are increasing the world’s use of fossil fuels, in spite of efforts to tackle the climate crisis. The recorded temperature swings – days which are much hotter or colder than normal – helped drive the world’s biggest jump…

New Brussels parliament holds first session

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The Brussels-Capital Region’s newly sworn-in parliament held its first session on Tuesday afternoon, inaugurated by the regional parliament’s interim president, Pierre Kompany. The new legislative term will be led by a deeply revamped parliament, after last month’s legislative elections brought in a wave of first-time lawmakers into the parliamentary chambers. Kompany, the 71-year-old mayor of Brussels’ municipality Ganshoren, will lead the regional parliament until negotiations on the formation of a new majority conclude. During the first session, each party designated a leader, some on a temporary basis as the negotiations…