“The Lonza appears to have found its way, but it too early to be able to give an all-clear,” said Matthias Bellwald, Blatten’s mayor.
The sustainability project, which is open to the public, has taken over operations of the working farm in the gardens of the estate, which includes 20 hectares (50 acres) of agricultural and farming land, greenhouses and service buildings. The farm, which provides dairy and fresh produce to the Vatican, aims to create a “circular economy” in keeping with the call of Francis’ encyclical to better care for God’s creation.Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s
with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.The president and vice president of the World Anti-Doping Agency were reelected to unprecedented third terms Thursday in a move the agency’s critics say undercuts its promise to make meaningful governance reforms after years of doping scandals.The third terms for president Witold Banka of Poland and vice president Yang Yang of China will run through the end of 2028 and extend their time in office to nine years.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency,, called it the “ultimate ‘bait and switch’, first promising governance reforms following the Russian anti-doping scandal and then quietly changing the rules the second the world looked away.”
outlined the rules changes made in 2023, which did away with the tradition of having a president represent either sports organizations or governments, each of which represent 50% of WADA’s main policy-making board. When Banka was first elected, he was a government candidate, but is now considered an independent candidate.
“This change ... was done in order to accommodate the introduction of an initial cooling-off period and the formal election process for those positions,” Fitzgerald said. “It was also done to harmonize the nine-year term limit with other members of the WADA Foundation Board and Executive Committee.”The talks seek to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of some of the crushing economic sanctions the U.S. has imposed on the Islamic Republic, closing in on a
Trump has repeatedly threatened to, if a deal isn’t reached. Iranian officials increasingly warn
with their stockpile of uranium.Trump has described Iran as having an American proposal to reach a deal. However, Iran repeatedly has denied receiving such a proposal, including on Wednesday with Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.