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Added on the 25/07/2022 18:30:52 - Copyright : Euronews EN
On Friday, the US House of Representatives passed a bill to end the federal prohibition on cannabis. CNN reports the historic vote on the landmark legislation is largely symbolic. If put into law it would be a major step for the multibillion-dollar cannabis industry and broader social justice movements The bill would effectively legalize cannabis by removing marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act. It would creating a shared federal-state control of cannabis programs, but it does not force states to legalize.
One of the driest places on earth, the Atacama Desert in the Antofagasta Region in Chile, has been putting its high share of solar radiation to good use as it has become home to Cerro Dominador solar plant, the first of its kind in Latin America and one of the largest in the world.
Architectural firm People's Industrial Design Office has designed a community garden in Beijing which is transported around the big city by bicycle to give big city dwellers with no access to their own garden a taste of rural farming. The mobile farm, dubbed 'Bike Share Farm', sits on top of two bicycles and can be cycled from place to place. Pipes run across the metal base with holes for potted plants while solar panels provide energy for the watering system.
One sheep farmer in Russia's Dagestan uses an unusual animal to keep his flock in order. Masha the lioness, who made friends with a flock of lambs when she was just six months old, has grown into a fully-fledged lioness, and farmer Bayrambek Rahimov now counts on her friendship to herd his sheep.
Delegations from the European Union and the Carter Center meet with Venezuelan election authorities in Caracas to evaluate the possibility of conducting observation missions for the July 28 presidential election. IMAGES
NATO foreign ministers meet for the NATO-Ukraine Council foreign ministers' session. One of the issues on the agenda is military aid to Kyiv. It comes on the 75th anniversary of the alliance, menaced by an aggressive Russia and the spectre of Donald Trump's return to power. IMAGES
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