The US has hit China where it hurts by going after its telecom champion Huawei, but Beijing’s control of the global supply of rare earths used in smartphones and electric cars gives it a powerful weapon in their escalating tech war, AFP reports. admin
Heavy rain has been forecast over the Andaman & Nicobar Islands over the next three to four days starting Wednesday as monsoon gathers momentum in the extreme South-East Bay of Bengal, reports BusinessLine. admin
In fact, when it comes to scale, the 20 largest Australian landholders — headed by the 7.92-million hectare Outback Beef S Kidman and Co — occupy a combined 70 million hectares. That’s more than France’s 64.4 million hectares and about five times the size of England, reports Weekly Times. admin
By Ritwik Sinha Dev Bhoomi Foods, a major cold chain player in northern India and a leading importer of fruits in the country, has joined hands with US fruits cooperative agency Tree Top to introduce apple compote products in the domestic market. Delivered in a transparent pouch with year-long shelf life, apple compote is a […]
Australia’s center-right government clung to power in a surprise victory, with voters backing its stewardship of a slowing economy for another three years and rejecting the opposition’s progressive agenda, Bloomberg reports. admin
The US has reached an agreement with Canada and Mexico to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum, and the corresponding retaliatory tariffs, a move likely to ease trade tensions between the three North American countries. Read Here. admin
Welcome rain in the four largest European Union wheat producers raised hopes for a good harvest this summer after a dry spring sparked fears of a repeat of last year’s drought-damaged crop, Business Recorder reported. admin
Global energy investment stabilised in 2018, ending three consecutive years of decline, as capital spending on oil, gas and coal supply bounced back while investment stalled for energy efficiency and renewables, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest annual review. The findings of the World Energy Investment 2019 report signal a growing mismatch between current trends and […]
Talison Lithium, a partnership between China’s Tianqi and U.S. group Albemarle, secured approval this week from the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to expand the Greenbushes lithium mine in the southwest of the state, according to mining.com. admin
In April, the results of a study by a consortium of researchers from seven countries was published in “Nature Genetics” describing the sequence of the entire genome of an Italian durum wheat variety called “Svevo.” Durum breeders suggest this is an important finding that will help speed development of new, improved varieties of the crop […]
