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Tree branches to fleece jackets: Chemicals plant in Germany bets on biomass
Staring at a pile of freshly cut beechwood, forestry manager Johannes Brodowski wonders if he is looking at the future of Germany’s chemicals industry. A local factory will use Brodowski’s trees and other organic material — instead of climate-harming fossil fuels — to make chemical products used to manufacture items ranging from packaging to car…
Read MoreFarmers block Mexico’s Congress with tractors in protest against new national water law proposal
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Dozens of farmers drove their tractors in a caravan to Mexico City and blocked an entrance to Mexico’s Congress on Wednesday to protest a new national water law that imposes stricter controls on water use. The farmers amassed outside the congressional chamber to protest the General Water Law proposal, which they…
Read MoreIsrael says soldiers wounded in Gaza fighting amid fragile truce
Several Israeli soldiers were injured in calshes in the south of the Gaza Strip, despite a fragile ceasefire, the Israeli army said on Wednesday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said “troops encountered several terrorists who emerged from an underground terrorist infrastructure.” One soldier was seriously wounded. The IDF gave no further details about the incident,…
Read MoreFossil hunters find tracks of animals from about 3 million years ago – a first in South Africa
South Africa is well known for its fossil heritage, a record of plants and animals that tells us what the world was like long ago. Over the past 15 years, our research group at the African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience at Nelson Mandela University has studied some of these ancient species by examining the tracks…
Read MoreFamilies of Kenyans fighting for Russia demand their return
The News The families of Kenyans fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine are calling on their government to help bring them home, as the recruitment of Africans into Moscow’s armed forces becomes an increasingly fraught issue across the continent. More than 1,400 Africans from at least 36 countries — including Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria,…
Read MoreFindings transferred by Hamas from Gaza not connected to hostages, PMO confirms
National Center of Forensic Medicine confirm that the findings brought yesterday from Gaza for examination do not belong to Israeli hostages. Thefindings transferred by Hamas to Israel on Tuesday are not related to either of the deceased hostages remaining in Gaza captivity, the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed on Wednesday morning following an examination by the…
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Read MoreBat Yam mayor warns residents of Iranian intelligence agents recruiting Israeli spies
Iran is targeting Bat Yam residents for recruitment, Mayor Tzvika Brot said, urging locals to report any suspicious outreach before causing “irreversible harm.” Bat Yam Mayor Tzvika Brot warned the city’s residents not to cooperate with Iranian handlers who are trying to recruit them as agents in a video posted to his official Facebook page…
Read More75% of Arab Israelis support Arab party joining government coalition post-war, survey reveals
The survey, conducted by Tel Aviv University, examined the attitudes of Israel’s Arab population following the conclusion of the war in Gaza. More than 75% of Israel’s Arab citizens support an Arab party joining the government coalition following the end of the war, a new study revealed. The study surveyed the attitudes of Israel’s Arab…
Read MoreGerman economy in ‘deepest crisis’ of post-war era: industry group
The German economy is in ‘free fall’, an industry group warned (Ronny HARTMANN) Germany’s economy is suffering its “deepest crisis” since the aftermath of World War II, an industry group warned Tuesday, calling on Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government to take urgent action to spark a revival. Europe’s biggest economy “is in free fall, but the…
Read MoreNigeria grants asylum to Guinea-Bissau presidential candidate after coup
Nigeria has granted asylum to Guinea-Bissau presidential candidate Fernando Dias da Costa just days after a coup prevented the results of the recent election being announced. The 47-year-old, who ran as a candidate for the Party for Social Renewal, was under special protection at the Nigerian embassy, following “threats made against” him, Nigeria’s foreign minister…
Read MoreDoes Olivia Nuzzi Make Good Copy?
In addition to not being a tell-all, “American Canto” is not a book about Trump, nor is it about politics, as Nuzzi establishes in an author’s note. Rather, “it is a book about life in America as I have lived and observed it, and about the nature of our reality, and about character,” she explains.…
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