Every time Turkish farmer Fatih Sik drives his tractor across his cornfields he knows the earth could open up and swallow him at any moment. Two giant sinkholes have already appeared on his land in Konya, a vast agricultural province known as Turkey’s breadbasket. “Anywhere could sink, I keep thinking. And I know I’d be […]
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One person dies linked to E.coli outbreak ‘spread by lettuce’
One person has died linked to the E.coli outbreak in England, which experts believe has been spread via lettuce leaves. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it had identified two people in England who died within 28 days of infection with shiga toxin-producing E.coli (Stec). “Based on the information available from health service clinicians one […]
‘More likely to be … spread by wind than soil particles’
New research shows that wind carries microplastics from wastewater at far higher levels than scientists initially thought. As the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering reported, the microplastics studied came from agricultural fields using treated sewage sludge as fertilizers. The UCLA study also revealed that these pollutants harm humans when inhaled. What’s happening? Sanjay Mohanty, an […]
Police battle anti-tax demonstrators as Kenya protests spread
Kenyan police have clashed with anti-tax protesters in the capital, Nairobi, as demonstrations have spread to across the country, including to the president’s home town of Eldoret. Anti-riot police, some on horseback, fired tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters on the streets of Nairobu. There were similar protests in other cities and major towns […]
Kenya Protests Spread, Push Ruto to Take $1.6 Billion Budget Hit
(Bloomberg) — Police sealed off Kenya’s national parliament on Thursday as anti-tax protests spread to more towns days after the government said it would amend a raft of levies in the face of popular opposition. Most Read from Bloomberg After mass street protests kicked off on Tuesday in the capital, Nairobi, the government agreed to […]
Containment grows, spread slows Wednesday
Conditions are expected to improve Wednesday, with cooler temperatures and decreased winds, for fire crews battling a wildfire near Gorman in north Los Angeles County. Firefighters extended containment lines Tuesday around the Post Fire in the Gorman area, and the pace of the blaze’s spread appears to have slowed considerably. As of late Tuesday afternoon, […]
Artificial intelligence advances could spread Holocaust denial, warns Unesco
A United Nations agency is warning that developments in artificial intelligence (AI) could spawn a new surge in Holocaust denial. A report published on Tuesday by Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) concludes that AI could result in false and misleading claims about the Holocaust spreading online. The report suggested this was because […]
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US to research possible respiratory spread of bird flu in cows
By Leah Douglas, P.J. Huffstutter and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -U.S. federal and state agencies are planning research into potential respiratory spread of bird flu among dairy cattle, according to a Reuters interview with Michigan state agriculture and public health officials. Scientists and government officials hope the research will guide efforts to contain the virus and […]
Will FLiRT COVID variants bring another summer surge? What to know about symptoms and potential for spread
As the nation begins its second summer following the end of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency, a new family of viral subvariants that virologists are calling FLiRT is on the rise. “This is not a surprise; this is always in the cards,” Edwin Michael, PhD, an epidemiologist at the University of South Florida College […]
TD Bribery Woes Spread to Florida as New Allegations Surface
(Bloomberg) — Fresh allegations that a longtime Toronto-Dominion Bank branch worker in Florida took a series of $200 bribes to help clients move millions to Colombia by skirting anti-money-laundering defenses are adding to the lender’s mushrooming US legal problems. Most Read from Bloomberg Gerry Aquino Vargas, the now-former retail banker in a Hollywood, Florida, outpost […]