Fred Harter
Freelance Correspondent at The Times
Journalist in Ethiopia | @thetimes @guardian @theafricareport @newhumanitarian
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4 days ago |
observer.co.uk | Fred Harter
It might not work and could have unintended consequences UK shops can no longer sell single-use vapes after a national ban came into effect at the weekend. So what? A decade ago, health authorities promoted vaping to smokers as a way of getting them to quit tobacco. The strategy appears to have worked: 12 per cent of UK adults now smoke, compared to 18 per cent in 2014. But vaping was also picked up by so-called ‘never smokers’, young people who have never lit a cigarette.
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5 days ago |
observer.co.uk | Fred Harter
A nuclear reactor building boom led by Britain, Turkey and Poland is under way in Europe. It is a similar picture elsewhere: Vietnam, Egypt and others want nuclear plants. Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders to start building 10 large nuclear reactors by 2030 and eventually deploy 500gigawatts (GW) of new nuclear capacity in the next 25 years, compared with under 100GW today. The White House is calling it an “American nuclear renaissance”.
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1 week ago |
observer.co.uk | Fred Harter
The public can access just 8 per cent of land and 3 per cent of rivers Welcome to the Sensemaker, our daily newsletter. It features calm and clear analysis on the stories driving the news across tech, politics, finance, culture and more. The Sensemaker will appear here every morning, but to receive it in your email inbox, sign up on our newsletters page. Last week the UK’s Supreme Court ruled wild camping is permitted on Dartmoor, after a multimillionaire landowner tried to ban it on his land.
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1 week ago |
observer.co.uk | Nina Kuryata |Fred Harter
But Ukraine now depends on Europe for its survival Welcome to the Sensemaker, our daily newsletter. It features calm and clear analysis on the stories driving the news across tech, politics, finance, culture and more. The Sensemaker will appear here every morning, but to receive it in your email inbox, sign up on our newsletters page. At least 12 people were killed at the weekend in one of the largest Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian cities of the war so far.
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2 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Fred Harter
Party like it’s 2025Mozambique’s beachside capital, Maputo, boasts one of Africa’s liveliest music scenes, blending local styles with rhythms from Portugal, the former colonial power, and modern beats from across the continent. Last week, it hosted the Azgo festival (the name is local slang for “let’s go”).
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