Australian supermarkets giants have confirmed they source seafood from a company implicated in the usage of indentured slave labourers for prawn peeling. Coles, Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets have each confirmed that they have sourced ...
A photo shows the household register of China. [Photo: cctv.com] There have been heated discussions over a planned points-based residence registration system in the Chinese capital that accommodates over eight million non-locals. The ...
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A Russian warship has fired warning shots near a Turkish fishing boat in the Aegean Sea. [Photo: mini.eastday.com] A Russian warship has fired warning shots near a Turkish fishing boat in the Aegean Sea. The Russian Defense Ministry ...
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Call it a tale of two sectors -- China's slipping manufacturing and flourishing service sector have defined the country's economy. The Chinese economy is undergoing heavy restructuring as it slowed to a six-year low of 6.9 percent in the ...
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Over 15 years after the establishment of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (the "FOCAC"), China-Africa economic and trade cooperation has become a highlight in international cooperation with Africa and a model of South-South ...
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Cause for concern over the potential toxicity of some flame retardant chemicals has prompted the UK’s largest furniture association to investigate further. Findings from research into current and alternative flame-retardant ...
Spurred by major and emerging markets, global photovoltaic (PV) demand has grown substantially this year. According to the latest Gold Member Report by EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, installed capacity worldwide for 2015 is ...
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Anheuser-Busch InBev faced some serious queries from the US lawmakers over its plan to acquire SABMiller. The lawmakers are concerned that deal could stifle the growing craft beer industry. The £71bn deal that was announced in ...
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Continuing to build on its line of coconut ingredients, leading tropical fruit supplier iTi Tropicals now also offers Organic Virgin Coconut Oil as well as limited quantities of Organic Fairtrade Coconut Water Concentrate ex-warehouse, ...
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The Chinese government handed over an appeal to set up a panel to the WTO dispute settlement mechanism on EU’s tariff quota on poultry on June 19, 2015, requiring to hand over the case to review panel. Official from the Department of ...
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Several Canadian cities have announced plans to swap their old traditional streetlights for more energy efficient LED lights, but the country’s sixth largest capital Mississauga, located in Southern Ontario underestimated the finance ...
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CEA-Leti and its partners in the European FP7 project PLAT4M today announced they have built three silicon photonics platforms. The four-year project, which launched in 2013, aims at building a European-based supply chain in silicon ...
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Now it is not needed to pack up furniture in the cooler weather as the winter is heading on its way. Even now one can organize the Thanksgiving dinner in the chiller weather also. Furniture manufacturers like Pride Manufacturers and Lloyd ...
Micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti of Grenoble, France and its partners say that they have built three silicon photonics platforms, as they reach the mid-point of the four-year European Union Seventh Framework Program (EU FP7) project ...
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The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released new rules for food processors to control allergens. The new guidelines by FSIS aim to help poultry, meat and processed egg product ...
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