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Crisis is a 2021 crime thriller film written, produced and directed by Nicholas Jarecki. The film's ensemble cast includes Gary Oldman , Armie Hammer , Evangeline Lilly , Greg Kinnear , Michelle Rodriguez , Luke Evans , Lily-Rose Depp , Kid Cudi (Scott Mescudi) and Martin Donovan .
The Financial Times reported in May 2022 that the crisis caused UK consumer confidence to fall to its lowest level since 1974. [20] In June, charities had reported the crisis is affecting people's mental health, with one publishing a survey where 9% of responding parents had said their children had begun self-harming. [21] [22]
The 2021 United Kingdom fuel supply crisis was a period of a few weeks in which petrol stations in some parts of the UK ran out of fuel. In September 2021, almost 21 years since the last fuel crisis, which took place in September 2000, panic buying of fuel was reported to be caused by media reports of a leaked government briefing discussing the ...
In February 2021, the state of Texas suffered a major power crisis, which came about during three severe winter storms sweeping across the United States on February 10–11, [6] 13–17, [7] and 15–20. The storms triggered the worst energy infrastructure failure in Texas state history, leading to shortages of water, food, and heat. [8]
In 2021, Brazil's worst drought in almost a century threatened its electricity supply. [6] [7] Brazil relies on hydropower for two-thirds of its electricity.[8]Euractiv reported that European Commissioner for Climate Action Frans Timmermans told the European Parliament in Strasbourg that "about one fifth" of the energy price increase "can be attributed to rising CO 2 pricing on the EU's carbon ...
The related global chip shortage has contributed to the supply chain crisis, specifically in the automobile and electronics sectors. During the Christmas and holiday season of 2021, an increase in spending in North America, combined with the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, further exacerbated already tight supplies.
The crisis began sometime around 7 July 2021, when Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko threatened to "flood" the EU with "drugs and migrants". [24] Belarusian authorities and state-controlled travel agencies, together with some airlines operating in the Middle East , started advertising tours to Belarus and falsely promoting opportunities ...
The 2021 Gaza War, sometimes called the Unity Intifada, [34] [35] [36] was a major outbreak of violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict that mainly commenced on 10 May 2021, and continued until a ceasefire came into effect on 21 May.