The General Administration of Customs (GAC) said Thursday it has intensified crackdown on smuggling of rare animals and plants through 2015. Customs authorities nationwide discovered 160 smuggling cases from January to November, seizing ...
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The Chinese and Kenyan governments have signed three agreements on the financing of China-aided projects in the East African nation. The three deals on a total funding of 152.4 million U.S. dollars were signed in Nairobi on Wednesday by ...
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Congress on Wednesday avoided a government shutdown by passing a bill that keeps the government running through mid-December, but leaves unresolved a divide over federal spending that threatens to resurface this winter with more perilous ...
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Hu Kaihong: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the news briefing held by the State Council Information Office. The Johannesburg Summit and the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation ("FOCAC") will ...
Gloucester City located in Massachusetts, U.S. will be upgrading its streetlights to warm 3,000K LED lights, reported Gloucester Times. The city’s Department of Community Development drew 50 to 55 responses from residents to decide ...
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Rüsselsheim. According to statistics, a car collides with a deer, a stag or a wild boar every 2.5 minutes in Germany1. In the dark time of the year, the likelihood of an accident increases especially in forested areas. In the longest ...
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Enbridge said it is still eyeing a 2017 start date for the largest pipeline project in company history as oral testimony began in Canada Monday over the Line 3 replacement project. Two weeks of testimony from the First Nations to Canada's ...
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European Union regulators have concluded that the widely used herbicide glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer, a ruling that runs counter to a controversial assessment issued recently by an arm of the World Health Organization. The ...
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The Cruise’s popularity as a vacation option is ever-increasing. The trend has led to bigger and better ships, regularly reaching mammoth proportions to ferry eager tourists to paradise and back. Bigger ships mean bigger ports, ...
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A combination of existing commercial applications and new consumer applications will drive the market for uncooled infra-red imaging technologies, according to Yole Développement, the French market consultancy. The company’s ...
Britain's Prince William meets retired Chinese basketball player Yao Ming and explorer Bear Grylls before delivering a speech on the illegal wildlife trade for China Central Television, at King's College, in London, on Monday. STUART C. ...
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On October 4, 2015, Ministers of the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries announced conclusion of their negotiations. The summary of the TPP Agreement is as follows: Disclaimer: The Following Summary of the Trans-Pacific ...
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Taking inspiration from wildlife in an English country garden, Design Bridge created the nostalgic packaging designs which feature a ladybird, tortoise, frog and mice. Each set of chocolate animals comes in its own box that is designed ...
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Indonesian pulp and paper major Asia Pacific Resources International (April) has decided to make peace with green activists, throwing its weight behind the drive to put an end to deforestation. In response to international pressure group ...
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PPG Industries and Walker Glass Co., Ltd., have combined proprietary technologies to create AviProtek with SOLARBAN® glass, an advanced architectural glass that unites bird-friendly, acid-etched patterns by Walker TEXTURES™ glass ...
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