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News Author: Corporate Communication & Marketing / Korporatiewe Kommunikasie & Bemarking [Alec Basson] Published: 15/03/2021 Wheat straw and mango peels that are normally disposed of in landfills or used as manure and animal feed could potentially be used in the development of renewable, biodegradable and non-toxic active (the ability to respond to temperature and time changes in food storage) food packaging that could help keep products fresher for longer. This is one of the main findings of a...

LWV NEWS On Thursday, Mar. 18, at noon during their Lunch with a Leader program, the League of Women Voters will host Richard Skolnik and Thomas Massaro who will talk about COVID-19.  Massaro will discuss and answer questions about different aspects of COVID, how it can affect children, and the safe return to school as well as an update on the virus in New Mexico and how we are doing winning the fight. Skolnik will present information on the virus from a world vision and the path forward to st...

(Bloomberg) -- Emerging-market currencies could catch a breather following their biggest four-week slide in more than a year as investors bet on a more hawkish tone from central banks in the developing world.Turkey and Brazil may deliver the Group of 20’s first rate hikes in 2021 this week, potentially lending support to two currencies caught in the crosshairs amid surging U.S. Treasury yields. In Washington, the Federal Reserve is expected to leave borrowing costs unchanged, though trade...

On the anniversary since the COVID-19 pandemic was first declared in New Zealand, Green MP Golriz Ghahraman is calling for a fair and equitable distribution of vaccinations here and overseas. “The Government has done a fantastic job of keeping COVID-19 ...

Three-quarters of hospitals saw some impact on their care for child cancer patients during the pandemic, according to a new study

Emerging from the pandemic, will governments choose traditional policies to aid recovery, or adopt a new mindset to build a new world?

The double standards in support to farmers stir Triggering controversy× Developed nations need to look at their own subsidies to farmers, policies on GM crop and pesticide exports The ongoing farmers’ protest has attracted a lot of global attention. So much so that the External Affairs Ministry even put out a rejoinder after some global celebrities tweeted in support of the protest. Some sections of the Indian diaspora, too, expressed their support which has attracted criticism back home. ...

Philipp Trotter is a Research Associate in Renewable Energy at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on electrification in sub-Saharan Africa, covering both technical aspects of energy planning optimisation as well as quantitative and qualitative policy analyses and design. In his current research project, he engages with public and private energy sector stakeholders as well as rural communities in Uganda and Zambia to understand ho...

Public less likely to donate to charities using celebs to front their campaigns, study shows The public were 7 per cent less likely to donate money to celebrity-led appeals, the researchers found 3 March 2021 • 3:30pm Stacey Dooley filming with Comic Relief - she was caught up in a "white saviour" row about her work for the charity in 2019  Charities should stop using celebrities to promote their causes because it doesn’t work, according to new data.  British people are less likely to don...

(Bloomberg) -- Eight years ago, when the taper tantrum roiled emerging markets, the so-called Fragile Five of Turkey, Brazil, South Africa, India and Indonesia suffered the most. Another spike in U.S. Treasury yields is threatening to wreak havoc on at least three of those nations.The Turkish lira, Brazilian real and South African rand led major global declines last week in the worst developing-nation currency selloff since late September. Those exchange rates have the highest one-week implied v...