The National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planner, and the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) jointly issued a document entitled "The Vision for Maritime Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative" on June 20, ...
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Editor: On October 5, the article “It’s about Time to Construct Global ‘Electricity High-speed Network’” written by a Xinhua correspondent was published on the third page of Guangming Daily. The article ...
Woman rice farmer's yields increase with help from @KelloggCompany Origins program. Marisol's family has been growing rice for several generations in Northeast Spain, the place where the Ebro River meets the Mediterranean Sea. Raised in a ...
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A giant Chinese shipping company is looking forward to the opening of Egypt's new Suez Canal waterway as it will enhance world trade. "The new canal will save both time and money," Qin Haipin, liner manager of China Shipping Container ...
Pasta snacks producer Vintage Italia has secured new equity boost from private equity firm Silas Capital, which will allow the company to kickstart the growth of its Pasta Chips brand The company will use the capital in expanding ...
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Trade with countries along the Belt and Road, a China-proposed initiative to enhance international connections, amounted to $236 billion in the first quarter of 2015. This translates to 26 percent of China's total exports and imports ...
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Six years ago, the 5 Gyres Institute formed to answer a question the world had put in its too hard box. Marcus Eriksen, PhD, director of research for the 5 Gyres Institute, explained, “The 5 Gyres Institute’s work began six ...
One quarter of the world's cartilaginous fish, namely sharks and rays, face extinction within the next few decades, according to the first study to systematically and globally assess their fate. The International Union for Conservation of ...
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The sea sponge is about as simple as an animal can get, but its associated bacterial community—its microbiome —is known to approach the complexity of the diverse microbiome in the human gut. Now, scientists at the Marine ...
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Take a culinary journey through Italy this holiday season with the new snack classic, authentic Pasta Chips, an idea born out of the hills of Tuscany and made from real pasta. Whether straight from the bag, dipped, or topped & served, ...
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The Dulux brand has unveiled its 2014 paint trends forecast. The colorful palette is filled with rich, invigorating hues that represent renewal and refreshing change, according to the leading Canadian paint brand. “After four ...
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Methanex Corporation agreed to sell an approximate 10% equity share in Egyptian Methanex Methanol Company S.A.E. (EMethanex) to Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP) for $110 million. The transaction will increase APICORP's ...
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Healthy Seas celebrates an important milestone in its successful pilot program in the North Sea region. More than 20 tons of discarded fishing nets have been brought in so far, and are being stored in the Healthy Seas depot in Scheveningen ...
Tags: Fishing Nets, Yarn
Like Design by Lilliana Basile Lilliana Basile invited Giorgio Bonaguro and Zanini de Zanine to design an object for the Design Weekend in S?o Paulo, at MADE. The result was Ond?, a glass piece what resembles a wave. - Wave that brings ...
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The largest drinking water purification plant in Europe to feature GE’s ZeeWeed 500 advanced water treatment technology is under construction in Ravenna, Italy. Located on the east coast of Italy, close to the Adriatic Sea and part ...