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China warns it will not tolerate Taiwan 'separatists'
China warns it will not tolerate Taiwan 'separatists'
by  AFP

China on Wednesday vowed zero tolerance for "separatist activities" in Taiwan and reaffirmed that it would take the self-ruled island by force if necessary. It added, however: "We will only be forced to take drastic measures to respond to the provocation of separatist elements or external forces should they ever cross our red lines."

In Norway, old oil platforms get a second life
In Norway, old oil platforms get a second life
by  AFP

At an industrial yard in southwestern Norway, decommissioned oil platforms are slowly being dismantled for a second life in the circular economy. Many of the oil platforms there are coming to the end of their life spans.

Billboards get Poles talking low birth rate
Billboards get Poles talking low birth rate
by  AFP

The billboards are hard to miss: large and plastered all over Poland, they show two blonde girls in immaculate white posing in a wheat field. Observers have been quick to point out that the figures in the original billboard are incorrect: official statistics show Polish women were having fewer than four children on average during the 1950s.

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