Blue-chip firms with Chinese interests pour cash into UK parliament lobbying group
Wealthy donors including HSBC and the City of London Corporation make the China APPG one of the best-funded in parliament.
Stay updated with breaking news from Mamont Foundation. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Wealthy donors including HSBC and the City of London Corporation make the China APPG one of the best-funded in parliament.
THE SNP registered over £1 million in donations a new database has shown - but what does it reveal about who is funding individual MPs?
weekly newspaper. The oceans have become substantially noisier since the Industrial Revolution. New research has shown how human-made noise negatively affects marine lifeforms, disrupting their behaviour, physiology, reproduction and in extreme cases causes death. Sound is the sensory cue that travels farthest through the ocean and is used by marine animals, from invertebrates to great whales, to interpret and explore their environment and to interact. Using 40 years of research, an international team of experts led by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia ha...
First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. The elusive vocals of a potential namesake of Elvis, the King of Rock, may help marine experts understand how certain sea creatures communicate with each other. The recording of the haunting sounds – those of an orca, or killer whale – was recently captured along the False Bay coast. A shrill squeal with an overlapping squeak towards the end. Followed by a more emphatic squeal and another overlapping squeak. These sounds, documented in the sea off Fish Hoek in Cape Town on 26 January, mark a first for South Africa – the first t...