The Heart
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| Originally published | 2013 |
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| Authors | Maylis de Kerangal |
| Page count | 242 |
| Original title | Réparer les vivants |
| Country | France |
| Genres | Novel |
| Psychological Fiction | |
| Medical Fiction | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2326782 |
About The Heart
The Heart is a 2014 realistic and medical fiction novel by the French author Maylis de Kerangal. It chronicles the events immediately following the death of 19-year-old Simon Limbres in a car accident.
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Sultan al-Jaber has been making headlines since being appointed president of this year's UN climate summit. Here's what you need to know.
Sultan al-Jaber is the controversial president of COP 28He is an engineer, businessman and politician from The United Arab Emirates (UAE).
As chair of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), Sultan al-Jaber leads a company that pumped 2. 7m barrels of oil A Day in 2021, with plans to double that by 2027.
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More Than 130 lawmakers from the US and EU wrote to the UN calling for his removal.
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" We have delivered history today, " he told delegates to widespread applause as the motion passed on The First day of COP28, three decades after the idea was first mooted.
Mr Jaber also urged countries to promise to make deeper cuts to their emissions, work together to triple renewable power and double energy efficiency.
He's also an Emirati politicianMr Jaber is currently The Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of the UAE. He has also held other cabinet minister roles and has been the country's chief climate diplomat since 2020.
As chairman of The National Media Council from 2015-2020, he oversaw the UAE's media, which ranks poorly on press freedom.
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