How did Germany manage to rank first in performance and trade logistics?
Take a look at our Connecting to Compete scores 2016 edition to learn more: #LPI2016
Connecting to Compete 2016: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy
The 2016 edition of Connecting to Compete scores and benchmarks countries’ performance on logistics.
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Our Juno spacecraft will make its long anticipated arrival at Jupiter on July 4. Coming face-to-face with the gas giant, Juno will begin to unravel some of the greatest mysteries surrounding our Solar System’s largest planet, including the origin of its massive magnetosphere. Details: http://go.nasa.gov/293waDC
The final stretch! Our Juno spacecraft snaps this color view on June 21 as it nears Jupiter and its moons. Juno will arrive at the gas giant on July 4, where it will gain a unique perspective on the Jupiter system. Details: http://go.nasa.gov/293xW7P
Many thanks to ESA astronaut Tim Peake for this post-mission message for Asteroid Day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG2cRdvMd04
ESA astronaut Tim Peake wishing everyone a happy Asteroid Day. After his 18 June return from the International Space Station Tim is currently recuperating at…
Italy and the Netherlands square off for a UN Security Council non-permanent seat after Kazakhstan, Bolivia, Ethiopia and Sweden elected to the powerful council.
Five non-permanent seats were up for grabs Tuesday in the vote by the 193-nation UN General Assembly.
Kazakhstan beat out Thailand in a second round, picking up 138 votes against 55 for Thailand and winning a council seat for the first time since its 1991 independence from the Soviet Union.
But after five rounds of voting, the Netherlands and Italy both fell short of the required majority, standing neck and neck at 95 votes each.
It remained unclear how many rounds would take place to fill the remaining council seat.
Italy has lobbied fiercely for a council seat, portraying itself as a crossroads country in the Mediterranean and touting its experience dealing with the refugee crisis.
The Netherlands, home to the International Criminal Court and other world tribunals, has played up its commitment to international justice.
In 1979, UN delegates voted 154 times in a contest between Colombia and Cuba before finally electing Mexico as a compromise candidate in the 155th round.
The UN Security Council consists of 10 non-permanent members who sit alongside the five permanent, veto-wielding members – China, France, Russia, the UK and the US.
