13 AUG 2018 In the first of many pending lawsuits to go to trial, a jury in San Francisco concluded on August 10 that the plaintiff had developed cancer from exposure to Roundup, Monsanto’s widely used herbicide, and ordered the company to pay US$289 million in damages. The plaintiff, Dewayne Johnson, had …

August 13, 2018 A group of Palestinian fishing boats that sailed off the shore of Gaza to challenge an Israeli naval blockade of the coastal enclave drew warning shots from the Israeli navy on Saturday, the boats’ organizers said. About 20 fishing boats set sail from Gaza City port toward …

13 AUG 2018 The best way to tell if a food is still good to eat isn’t necessarily looking at the sell-by date printed on the package. Expiration dates are based on rough estimates. They can tell you when a carton of eggs or a raw steak will likely reach …

13 august 2018 A fire at the Port of Antwerp has been brought under control, but may continue to burn for several days. The fire started on Saturday in a consignment of 5,000 tons of nickel oxide in a warehouse at the port. About half of the consignment has been …

12 AUG 2018 Scientists have sequenced the full genome of a tiny fern with leaves the size of gnats that could help in cutting atmospheric carbon dioxide, fixing nitrogen in agriculture, and shooing insects from crops. Azolla filiculoides is a water fern often found fertilizing rice paddies in Asia, but its …

12 august 2018 A diverse continent with more than 50 different countries, Africa is blessed with vast natural resources – offshore oil and gas reserves, precious metals and diamonds, iron ore, cocoa, timber and more. That wealth of resources, coupled with an increasingly skilled workforce, key trade hubs and growing …

12 AUG 2018 The saying goes that the Taj Mahal is pinkish in the morning, milky white in the evening, and golden when the moon shines. Though this may once have been true for the famously pristine marble monument, a mixture of pollution and poor management has now burdened the …

11 august 2018 Ghana has stepped up its efforts to crack down on “saiko” – an illegal practice driving the collapse of Ghana’s inshore fishery, whereby industrial trawlers sell fish to local canoes at sea. Last week, the country’s Fisheries Enforcement Unit intercepted an alleged saiko canoe loaded with tons …

Norway-based maritime services company Wilhelmsen Ships Service has been selected to help develop the future Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) regulatory framework for Singapore and will receive dedicated funding for their shore-to-ship drone delivery project. Wilhelmsen Ships Service is one of only four companies to have received the funding following a …

10 AUG 2018 From its early beginnings during and after World War II, the commercial industry for polymers – long chain synthetic molecules of which ‘plastics’ are a common misnomer – has grown rapidly. In 2015, over 320 million tons of polymers, excluding fibers, were manufactured across the globe. Until the …