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By KAYODE KOMOLAFE From Lagos to Jalingo, flood news has been reported in parts of Nigeria in the last few days. Streets and neighbourhoods have been submerged after intense rainfalls. Homes have been destroyed with farmlands devasted in rural areas. The socio-economic cost of the destruction is huge. The implications for health, welfare and food security are immense. In Taraba State, at least 4,000 persons have been reportedly displaced in the last two days. About 300 houses have been damaged with some of them now under water in some places in Jalingo, the state capital. Taraba’s northe...

Moscow Says US Waging Biological War Against Russia Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 108 People in line to get vaccinated against coronavirus in Moscow, Russia, July 2. (Source: AP News) Infections and deaths from COVID-19 are again reaching critically high levels in the Russian Federation even as such indicators are mostly declining elsewhere in Western countries, and especially in the United States. Faced with this troubling reality, various Russian commentators and even senior officials have begun suggesting that “this cannot be a coincidence” and must be evidence o...

If a similar asteroid or comet were to crash into Earth today, it would cause another mass-extinction event, wiping out most species and human civilisat...

The former governor of California warns of a need for "great seriousness on the great issues.”

Can lab-grown algae and exotic foods help tackle hunger? By AFP - May 25,2021 - Last updated at May 25,2021 Woman drinking green spirulina, superfood (Photo courtesy of prozeny.cz) By Kelly Macnamara Agence France-Presse PARIS — A sprinkle of mycoprotein in your burger? Cities dotted with photo-bioreactors growing algae? Mass farming of house fly maggots?  These are just some of the food innovations that researchers say will be crucial to combat malnutrition in the face of climate change and other system shocks. With traditional food systems facing severe threats — including extreme hea...