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What does “Climate-Smart Agriculture” really mean? New tool breaks it down
By Desmond Brown IPS From Caribbean News Service PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 15 2017 (IPS) – A Trinidadian scientist has developed a mechanism for determining the degree of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) compliance with respect to projects, processes and products….
Bottini & Bottini, Inc. Files Securities Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Persons Who Bought Stock in the IPO of ZTO Express (Cayman), Inc. (NYSE: “ZTO”)
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bottini & Bottini, Inc., a law firm specializing in securities class action litigation, announces that it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all persons who purchased the common stock…
How tattoos and motorcycles helped Sailor Jerry’s become the second biggest spiced rum brand in the world
By Tanya Dua From Business Insider The rum brand Sailor Jerry sold a million cases for the first time this year, second only to to longtime category leader Captain Morgan. The company credits its revamped marketing strategy, centered on Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins — the…
Peacekeeper, workers killed in attack on UN missions in Mali
By Bijan Hosseini and Euan McKirdy, From CNN Story highlights Eight people killed in two attacks on the UN in Mali Seven people died in the central city of Timbuktu, while one peacekeeper was killed in Douenza (CNN)A total of…
A drone landed on Britain’s biggest warship and nobody cared
By Mariella Moon From engadget It touched down and lifted off with nobody batting an eyelash. The Pentagon has already approved a policy giving military bases the right to shoot down drones that get too close. A lot of other…
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Tracking a solar eruption through the solar system
Ten spacecraft, from ESA’s Venus Express to NASA’s Voyager-2, felt the effect of a solar eruption as it washed through the Solar System while three other satellites watched, providing a unique perspective on this space weather event. Scientists working on…
Have learn’t lesson from 1962, prepared this time: India tells China
From Kashmir Observer New Delhi: Amid the border standoff with China, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the Indian armed forces are strong enough to meet any challenge to the country’s security as he underlined that lessons have been learnt…
Britain says EU is getting ‘quite cross’ over Brexit divorce bill
Reuters From Daily Star LONDON: Britain said Tuesday that the European Union’s chief negotiator was getting quite cross over the Brexit divorce bill that he thinks Britain should pay but that an agreement would be eventually made. Brexit Secretary David…
Amber Heard serves sweet, sweet revenge on politician who kicked her dogs out of Australia
BY JOHNNY LIEU From Mashable Some, well specifically Amber Heard, might just call it a classic case of karma. The actress fired off a tweet on Tuesday aimed at Australian deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce, offering to send him a…
FBI arrests man who planned Oklahoma bombing that echoed 1995 attack
From WN A 23-year-old man was arrested after he planned and attempted to detonate what he thought was an explosives-filled van outside an Oklahoma bank in a plot that called back to the fatal 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City…
