Vicki Barker
speaker
765 appearances
133 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 14 Sep
Vicki Barker’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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In what would have been a world first last April, the 176 countries of the International Maritime Organization broadly approved plans to impose a small environmental levy on the shipping industry, which accounts for 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the same as aviation.
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In theory, the IMO can vote again on the measure in a year, but the U.S.
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and other big oil producers are unlikely to relax the opposition and the pressure that forced Friday's defeat.
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For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
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British soccer team Aston Villa is scheduled to play the Israeli team Maccabee Tel Aviv on November 6th in a Europa League game in the city of Birmingham.
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On Thursday, city officials announced that Maccabee fans will be banned based on, quote, "...current intelligence and previous incidents."
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That's a possible reference to violent clashes between Maccabee fans and pro-Palestinian demonstrators around a Europa League match in the Netherlands last year.
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But Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been among those condemning the decision as anti-Semitic and is said to be investigating what he might do to both reverse the ban and address the security concerns.
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For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
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Their names were Anne Ashby, Mary Brown, Anne Martin, Mildred Wright, Susan Pickenden, Anne Wilson, and Mary Reed.
Their alleged crimes, bewitching to death a mother, a baby, and a three-year-old, and having carnal relations with the devil.
Now, the city government of Maidstone, where the women were executed, has appealed to Britain's Labour government to introduce legislation pardoning them and the hundreds of others executed for witchcraft in the Middle Ages.
But past such attempts have failed, although in Scotland, which executed Europe's highest number of witches per capita—
Then-First Minister Nicola Sturgeon did issue a formal apology in 2022.
For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
This summer's record high temperatures have produced apples with record high sugar levels, resulting in similarly high alcohol levels in cider, as much as 10%.
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But once a cider is stronger than 8.4%, much higher government excise taxes kick in,
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making it prohibitively expensive for pubs and producers alike.
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The big industrial outfits can water down their product, but smaller traditional cider makers stake their reputations on quality, not quantity.
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So many will likely have to sell that potent 2025 vintage at farmer's markets or even in wine stores.
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