Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, said last week: “With the outbreak of the crisis in the Middle East, the issue of energy prices has clearly become even more important, which is why, at European level, we are also calling for the urgent suspension of the application of the ETS to electricity production.”
President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris are due to visit badly-hit states on Wednesday.
A new law has come into effect that allows employees to ignore communications from employers after hours.
Lai, one of the most influential pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong, is accused of colluding with foreign forces.