Global Governance & Politics

**VIDEO AVAILABLE. CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE.**A giant hybrid sailboat has been created to reinforce the battle against plastic pollution in our oceans.Manta by SeaCleaners is the first-of-its-kind processing ship designed to collect, treat and repurpose large numbers of plastic debris floating in polluted waters, along the coasts, in estuaries, and in the mouths of large rivers.Relying primarily on renewable energy sources, the deep-sea vessel is eco-friendly and able to cross the oceans, intervening rapidly wherever it’s needed. Poised for launch in 2024, the Manta will operate autonomously 75% of the time without the use of fossil fuels, and it will have the ability to extract between 5,000 and 10,000 tons of floating plastic each year.Its design allows the Manta to extract microplastics from 10 mm upward and up to 1 meter deep. Depending on the density and closeness of the layers of waste, the catamaran can collect between 1 to 3 tons of waste each hour. Even more impressive, its hybrid abilities means that this catamaran can operate for up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Each boat is equipped with multiple collection systems, including a set of waste-collecting conveyor belts to bring the plastic from the ocean to the boat, three floatable systems to pick up surface waste, two smaller multipurpose collection rafts for shallower and narrower parts of the ocean that the larger catamaran can’t access, and two lateral cranes to pull larger pieces of debris from the water.According to the designers, led by the company’s founder Yvan Bourgnon, the first mission of the Manta will take place in Southeast Asia. After that, the Manta will operate in Africa and South America but will also intervene in temporarily polluted areas following climatic or natural disasters.The project is three years in the making and will mark the world’s only work boat capable of managing 100% of the plastic waste it collects. An onboard factory will he

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PA via ReutersPrime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech during a visit to Exeter College Construction Centre, Exeter, in which he made a pledge to ensure there was "life-long" skills retraining opportunities after the coronavirus pandemic had exposed the "shortcomings" of the UK's educational system.No Use UK. No Use Ireland. No Use Belgium. No Use France. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use China. No Use Norway. No Use Sweden. No Use Denmark. No Use Holland

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The Long Museum West Bund was founded in 2014 by Shanghainese entrepreneur couple Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei. The museum site was previously the terminal for coal shipping on the Huangpu River. Visitors to the museum can still see the view of a coal hopper unloading bridge from atop a retainer column built in the 1950s.

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12/19/2020 - Bergamo - last weekend in the yellow zone before Christmas; entrances limited by the local police in via XX Settembre to avoid gatherings, controls by the police intensified. long queues outside the shops and lots of crowds on the street. Editorial Usage Only (Photo by IPA/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks while other leaders listen during a working lunch at the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Osaka, Japan, on Friday, June 28, 2019. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS

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Opposition supporters celebrate after a court annulled the May 2019 presidential vote that declared Peter Mutharika a winner, in Lilongwe, Malawi, February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eldson Chagara

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File photo - Chad, Ennedi, Amdjarass, arrival of President Idriss Deby with his wife in his native village and official welcome at the airport. Chads President Idriss Deby has died while visiting troops on the front line of a fight against northern rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday, the day after Deby was declared the winner of a sixth term in office. Deby's campaign said on Monday that he was headed to the front lines to join troops battling "terrorists". Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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