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Glasgow Times
8 hours ago
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Potential Celtic rivals in Champions League play-off revealed
The Parkhead club enter the play-off round of the competition later this month. Victory in the play-off round would see Celtic advance to the league phase of the Champions League. Celtic are a seeded club for the play-off round, in theory meaning an easier draw. They will avoid Bodo/Glimt, Copenhagen, Ferencvaros and Red Star Belgrade, who are also seeded for the draw. Possible opponents for Celtic include Basel, Sturm Graz, Pafos or Dynamo Kyiv, Slovan Bratislava or Kairat, Qarabag or Shkendija. The draw will take place on Monday, August 4. Read more: Champions League play-off round draw Seeded Bodo/Glimt Celtic Ferencvaros or Ludogorets Red Star Belgrade or Lech Poznan Copenhagen or Malmo Unseeded Basel Sturm Graz Pafos or Dynamo Kyiv Slovan Bratislava or Kairat Qarabag or Shkendija
The Herald Scotland
9 hours ago
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Potential Celtic rivals in Champions League play-off revealed
Victory in the play-off round would see Celtic advance to the league phase of the Champions League. Celtic are a seeded club for the play-off round, in theory meaning an easier draw. They will avoid Bodo/Glimt, Copenhagen, Ferencvaros and Red Star Belgrade, who are also seeded for the draw. Possible opponents for Celtic include Basel, Sturm Graz, Pafos or Dynamo Kyiv, Slovan Bratislava or Kairat, Qarabag or Shkendija. The draw will take place on Monday, August 4. Read more: Champions League play-off round draw Seeded Bodo/Glimt Celtic Ferencvaros or Ludogorets Red Star Belgrade or Lech Poznan Copenhagen or Malmo Unseeded Basel Sturm Graz Pafos or Dynamo Kyiv Slovan Bratislava or Kairat Qarabag or Shkendija
The National
9 hours ago
- Sport
- The National
Potential Celtic rivals in Champions League play-off revealed
The Parkhead club enter the play-off round of the competition later this month. Victory in the play-off round would see Celtic advance to the league phase of the Champions League. Celtic are a seeded club for the play-off round, in theory meaning an easier draw. They will avoid Bodo/Glimt, Copenhagen, Ferencvaros and Red Star Belgrade, who are also seeded for the draw. Possible opponents for Celtic include Basel, Sturm Graz, Pafos or Dynamo Kyiv, Slovan Bratislava or Kairat, Qarabag or Shkendija. The draw will take place on Monday, August 4. Read more: Champions League play-off round draw Seeded Bodo/Glimt Celtic Ferencvaros or Ludogorets Red Star Belgrade or Lech Poznan Copenhagen or Malmo Unseeded Basel Sturm Graz Pafos or Dynamo Kyiv Slovan Bratislava or Kairat Qarabag or Shkendija
Yahoo
14 hours ago
- Science
- Yahoo
EU climate goals at risk as ailing forests absorb less CO2, scientists say
EU climate goals at risk as ailing forests absorb less CO2, scientists say By Alison Withers, Kate Abnett and Simon Johnson COPENHAGEN/BRUSSELS/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Damage to European forests from increased logging, wildfires, drought and pests is reducing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide, putting European Union emissions targets at risk, scientists warned on Wednesday. The European Union has committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. The target includes the expectation that forests will suck up hundreds of millions of tonnes of CO2 emissions and store it in trees and soil, to compensate for pollution from industry. But that assumption is now in doubt. The average annual amount of CO2 Europe's forests removed from the atmosphere in 2020-2022 was nearly a third lower than in the 2010-2014 period, according to a paper led by scientists from the EU's Joint Research Centre - its independent science research service. In the later period, forests absorbed around 332 million net tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year, said the paper, published in the journal Nature. Recent data from EU countries suggest an even steeper decline. "This trend, combined with the declining climate resilience of European forests, indicates that the EU's climate targets, which rely on an increasing carbon sink, might be at risk," the paper said. Today, Europe's land and forestry sector offsets around 6% of the EU's annual greenhouse gas emissions. That's 2% short of the amount the EU calculates is needed to meet climate goals - with the gap expected to widen by 2030. Agustín Rubio Sánchez, professor of ecology and soil science at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, said it was "wishful thinking" to rely on forests to meet climate targets. "Forests can help, but they shouldn't be assigned quantities to balance carbon budgets," he told Reuters. The findings are a political headache for EU governments, who are negotiating a new, legally-binding 2040 climate target - which is designed to use forests to offset pollution that industries cannot eliminate. Already, some are warning this won't be possible. "What should we do when there are factors that we, as countries, as governments, have not much ability to control - like forest fires or drought," Sweden's environment minister Romina Pourmokhtari said in a news conference last week. Over-harvesting, climate change-fuelled wildfires and droughts, and pest outbreaks are all depleting forests' carbon storage. However, some of these risks can be managed - for example, by reducing intense logging, or planting more diverse tree species, which may enhance CO2 storage and help forests withstand climate extremes and pests, the paper said. Solve the daily Crossword
Reuters
16 hours ago
- Business
- Reuters
Novo Nordisk slides further on US competition, new CEO concerns
COPENHAGEN, July 30 (Reuters) - Shares in Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk fell further on Wednesday as analysts warned of persistent competition from copycat drugs in the United States, a day after a profit warning and the naming of a new CEO prompted investors to wipe $70 billion off the drugmaker's value. Novo Nordisk slashed its outlook for 2025 sales growth on Tuesday and said it had appointed veteran insider Maziar Mike Doustdar as its new CEO, tasked with reviving its performance in the United States, the largest market for weight-loss drugs. Novo said the lower sales outlook reflected competition from "compounded" copycats to Wegovy, custom-made medicines that are based on the same ingredients as branded drugs, which took investors by surprise. While Novo said it was intensifying its efforts to regain patients taking copycat drugs and limit unlawful compounding, analysts at Guggenheim said Novo's new 2025 guidance did not assume compounding volumes coming down. Its shares closed down 23% on Tuesday after tumbling as much as 30%. On Wednesday, they had fallen a further 4.1% by 1257 GMT. Novo became Europe's most valuable listed company following the launch of Wegovy in 2021 but its shares have fallen by two-thirds since peaking in June last year on concerns the drugmaker is losing ground in the obesity drug race. Despite the problems, incoming CEO Doustdar said on an investor call on Tuesday that "we are having a fantastic growth right now with Wegovy". "This has really become a severe credibility issue," said Barclays analyst Emily Field. "They don't view the issues that they have as severely as the market does, and that's creating a big problem." Doustdar told investors a priority will be to move faster and improve "commercial execution" but did not reveal any new strategic direction. He currently heads all commercial units globally, minus the United States, which according to analysts at TD Cowen had been "a brighter spot in Novo's commercial efforts, which could help to buoy the current platform as the pipeline advances". Barclays downgraded the stock to "equal-weight" from "overweight". Bank of America also downgraded the stock to "neutral" from "buy".
