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Colombia, el país de las mariposas El 20 % de las especies de mariposas del planeta está en Colombia. Así quedó registrado en la más reciente publicación del Museo de Historia Natural de Londres. Se trata de una lista de chequeo que ratifica que la fauna de mariposas de nuestro país es una de las más diversas y posiblemente la más compleja de cualquier otro lugar en la tierra. Bajo el título Mariposas de Colombia, esta lista de chequeo es el resultado de un trabajo conjunto que inclu...

All the 2021 Safta winners The 15th annual South African Film and Television Awards concluded a two-night ceremony with a live, virtual event featuring actors and actresses accepting their accolades with video messages. The Saftas are presented annually by the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF). This year’s awards reflects many changes in the film and TV industry including wins for streaming services and growing genres in the country like telenovelas.  29 Apr 2021 The virtual event ...

The 15th annual South African Film and Television Awards ceremony, kicked off with the Craft Awards on Friday with the main ceremony airing on Saturday night.

What’s on this week’s table for your patriotic Taiwanese? Freedom pineapples! As the WSJ reports: …These days, pineapple consumption is seen as an act of patriotism. Taiwan residents have been gobbling up the fruit since China—by far the island’s largest outside buyer—banned imports of their pineapples starting March 1, citing dangerous pests detected in recent shipments. Does that mean we should all rush out and try and get our hands on a Taiwanese pineapple, in solidarity with the...

If you’ve ever overstuffed your fridge and let some leftovers go bad in the back of it, you’re not alone. People toss more than 1 billion tons of food in the trash every year, according to a new United Nations report. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Nearly 1 billion tons of food is wasted every year, a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme found.

Tobago Xmas clean-up campaign begins File photo of the I Love Tobago sign at the Scarborough Esplanade. PHOTO BY AYANNA KINSALE The Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development launched an island-wide Christmas clean-up campaign on Wednesday. This is expected to run until December 21 and is being done in collaboration with the Community-based Environmental Programme and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) and the Unemployment Relief Programme (URP). A release from the division said during the...