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CS Kagwe calls for uniform ban on pesticides in COMESA bloc to safeguard food safety
Citizen TV Kenya
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August 8, 2025
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has called for an urgent crackdown on the use of hazardous pesticides within the COMESA bloc, warning that continued circulation of banned agrochemicals in some member states poses a threat to food...
Kenya Pushes for Ban Affecting 21 Countries
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 8, 2025
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has called upon the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) to enforce a ban on hazardous pesticides across its member states. Speaking on Friday, August 8, Kagwe warned that the continued...
The great Indian exodus
Frontline - The Hindu
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August 18, 2025
On January 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his first podcast, interacted with entrepreneur and investor Nikhil Kamath. During the discussion, Modi reflected on an incident when, as Gujarat Chief Minister, he was denied a US visa. Describing...
FINANCING ROUND-UP: CREC, BRUC, Qair and Greenalia secure funds for projects
PV Tech
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August 8, 2025
The funds will support the development of the Stor’Sun I and II hybrid solar-plus-storage projects in Trou d’Eau Douce, situated in Mauritius’ Flacq district. The funding is being arranged in collaboration with SBM Bank. In 2023, Qair signed four...
Two deaths linked to listeria outbreak from cheese sold worldwide
Manchester Evening News
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August 19, 2025
Two people have died and dozens more have been made seriously ill Steven White and Josh Pennington Content editor 20:29, 19 Aug 2025 Health officials have withdrawn potentially lethal soft cheese following two deaths linked to a listeria outbreak....
Cargo ships blocked after coal carrier explosion near site of Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse
Capital Gazette - Maryland
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August 19, 2025
The main channel used by cargo ships to enter and exit the Port of Baltimore was still shut down Tuesday morning as the Coast Guard probed the cause of a Monday evening explosion on board a coal carrier. No large ships have been able to carry...
ET World Leaders Forum: From Rajnath Singh to Piyush Goyal, leading ministers to resolve who’s who of world Inc
Web NewsWire
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August 14, 2025
Run-through Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate The Economic Times World Leaders Forum on August 22, joining over 400 international magnate, business owners, financiers, and policymakers. Secret cabinet ministers Nitin Gadkari and...
Port of Baltimore Reopens After Explosion Halts Traffic
Transport Topics
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August 19, 2025
[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] BALTIMORE — Investigators on Aug. 19 were trying to determine what caused an explosion aboard a cargo ship laden with coal as it departed Baltimore's harbor for East Africa. Officials...
Deadly listeria outbreak linked to cheese as 32 countries affected
Birmingham Live
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August 19, 2025
A soft cheese which could be fatal when eaten has been recalled by health officials over concerns of a listeria outbreak. Two people have died in France, while a further 21 in the country have become seriously ill. It is understood they ate...
Two dead and dozens ill in listeria outbreak linked to cheese
Liverpool Echo
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August 19, 2025
Shoppers are being urged not to eat any potentially contaminated soft cheese amid fears the infection may reach the UK Steven White and Cheryl Mullin 19:36, 19 Aug 2025Updated 19:38, 19 Aug 2025 Health authorities have withdrawn potentially lethal...
Listeria outbreak linked to cheese sold worldwide as two dead and dozens ill
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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August 19, 2025
Two people have died following a listeria outbreak with health officials recalling potentially fatal soft cheese. In France, where the two victims also passed away, a further 21 people also became seriously ill from eating bacteria-contaminated...
Meet Khaleesi: First female dire wolf is brought back from EXTINCTION - 12,000 years after the species vanished
Daily Mail
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August 13, 2025
It has been over 12,000 years since the last dire wolves vanished from the Earth. But the apex predators, made famous by Game of Thrones, are once again growing their pack. Last year, Colossal Biosciences genetically engineered the first litter of...
Two dead and dozens ill in listeria outbreak linked to cheese sold worldwide
The Mirror
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August 19, 2025
Health officials have recalled potentially fatal soft cheese after two people died following a listeria outbreak. A further 21 people also became seriously ill in France, where the two victims also passed away, from eating bacteria-contaminated...
Blue Lagoon by VCL Group Presents Maldives Living Expo 2025
The islandchief
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The 13th edition of Maldives Living Expo 2025 is slated to happen from August 14, 2025, to August 17, 2025, at Central Park, Hulhumale’ and is presented by Main Sponsor BLUE LAGOON by VCL Group. VCL Group, a leading integrated Engineering,...
High Court sanctions restructuring plan for Madagascar Oil
ICLG
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Judge overrides dissenting creditors and gives green light to contested cross-class clam-down. Judge overrides dissenting creditors and gives green light to contested cross-class clam-down. The High Court has sanctioned the restructuring plan...
The Rodrigues parakeet’s last day: what one extinct bird tells us about the role of museums
The Conversation
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August 13, 2025
One day in August, 1875, a greyish-blue parrot was shot on a small island in the Indian Ocean near Mauritius. It was the last time a Rodrigues parakeet was known to be seen alive. That bird was one of only two ever preserved. Exactly 150 years on,...
Visualizing Africa’s Battery Storage Pipeline
Visual Capitalist
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August 19, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Visualizing Africa’s Battery Storage Pipeline This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of...
Labour’s Chagos surrender will cost Britain dearly
Unherd
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August 12, 2025
As Rachel Reeves damns the laws of arithmetic while trying to block out the ever-expanding fiscal black hole in which Britain finds itself, a new Telegraph headline will have provoked another round of cursing. Journalists at the paper have...
What is the Chikungunya virus, signs and symptoms, is there a vaccine and how to avoid catching it on holiday
Warwickshire World
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August 19, 2025
There are outbreaks in many holiday hot spots 🦟 There has been an increase in the number of travel-related cases of the chikungunya virus. The UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) is warning travellers to be vigilant. This is how to avoid...
The 20 greatest all-inclusive holiday destinations
AOL
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The all-inclusive package at Ozen Life Maadhoo in the Maldives, includes drinks, mini-bar replenishment and moreUnexpected costs on holiday can play havoc with your budget. You may have opted to pay for flights and accommodation upfront, but once...