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Top 10 Places to Visit in China - Travel Documentary Posted by: superadmin - 06-12-2021, 10:43 PM - Forum: Travels - No Replies   The powerful new use for cocoa Posted by: superadmin - 06-12-2021, 10:33 PM - Forum: Environment Protection News - No Replies The world's largest producer of cocoa, Ivory Coast, has found an inventive use for the cocoa plant that could power millions of homes. If you've indulged in a chocolate dessert lately, there is a good chance that its cocoa came from Ivory Coast. This West African country is the largest producer of cocoa in the world, where more than 40% of all cocoa beans originate. With more than six million people working in cocoa in the country, it is Ivory Coast's largest export by far. The country's cocoa beans have been fuelling people worldwide for decades, but now another part of the cocoa plant will soon be powering Ivory Coast. The coveted cocoa bean is just one small part of the cocoa plant. While the beans are exported to be made into chocolate bars, confectionary and drinks, the bean shells, pod husks and cocoa sweatings (a pale yellowish liquid that drains away during fermentation) are usually thrown away. Worldwide, the volume of cocoa waste is steadily growing. This waste is now set to become a significant part of Ivory Coast's transition to renewable energy. After successful pilot projects, Ivory Coast has begun work on a biomass plant which will run on cocoa waste. The facility will be located in Divo, a town that produces a large share of the country's cocoa. In the biomass plant, cocoa plant matter left over after cocoa production will be burned to turn a turbine and generate electricity, much like a conventional fossil-fuel power plant. - More -   Biden's preaching the benefits of democracy in Europe but new concerns rise back home Posted by: superadmin - 06-12-2021, 04:45 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies Falmouth, England (CNN)President Joe Biden's attempts to talk up democracy in Europe this week are facing headwinds from back home, where revelations about the Justice Department's attempts to obtain Democrats' data have raised new concerns about the state of American politics. Throughout his time here, Biden is making the case to American allies that democracy must prevail over a rising tide of authoritarianism. His argument has been that democracies are better at providing for their people and the world. He has openly acknowledged that democracies are often messy. But he said this week that the world had reached an "inflection point" where the competition between democracy and autocracy is coming to a head. Yet as challenges back home bubble up, he is finding it harder to point to his own country's own recent history, including the lingering remnants of President Donald Trump's tenure. As he was preparing to attend his first G7 meeting on Friday, reports emerged from Washington that prosecutors in Trump's Justice Department, beginning in February 2018, subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of House Intelligence Committee Democrats, their staff and family members, including at least one minor, as part of a leak investigation. The subpoena included a gag order, which was renewed three times before it expired this year and Apple notified the customers in May. The development immediately drew accusations the Trump administration was abusing its power in a decidedly undemocratic fashion. The attempts by the Justice Department to secretly gather information about Trump's political rivals came after revelations it took similar steps to obtain information from reporters at outlets Trump frequently denigrated. It was the kind of step American officials often decry in the authoritarian regimes Biden is hoping to minimize in his European tour this week. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who's set to meet with the President next week and is a fan of using whataboutism in order to deflect criticism of his regime, no doubt read the reports with interest. - More -   Worry about people first, economy later, says Khazanah economist Posted by: superadmin - 06-12-2021, 04:30 PM - Forum: Business. Economy and Investment - No Replies PETALING JAYA: An economist has sounded the alarm over the fate of the people during the lockdown, particularly those whose incomes are being affected. Speaking at a virtual forum hosted by Sunway Project for Asian and International Relations, Nicholas Khaw, the head of research at Khazanah Nasional, said the priority now should be the people, rather than the larger economy. “We should not worry too much about the economy. We should be concerned more about the people,” he said at the forum titled “Pandenomics: Global Economic Sentiment to Covid-19”. Khaw said the immediate focus was ensuring that people had food on the table and that their children could get an education. - More -   New Trump scandal shows the depth of his assault on America's democratic foundations Posted by: superadmin - 06-12-2021, 12:31 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies (CNN)New revelations suggesting that the Trump administration abused Justice Department powers to target his political enemies underscore just how far the ex-President went to destroy cherished principles of American republican government. They show that the true extent of assaults on democracy by Donald Trump are still coming to light and are probably even now not fully known. But this is not just a drama about the alleged misbehavior of a former President. Taken together with the Republican Party's refusal to hold Trump -- who remains the GOP's dominant figure -- to account for the Capitol insurrection and its nationwide efforts to restrict voting, the new allegations also indicate that the freedoms and core values that have underpinned American life for two-and-a-half centuries remain in almost unprecedented peril. In some of the most chilling exposés yet of Trump's autocratic tendencies, The New York Times late Thursday unveiled a secret scheme by prosecutors against members of Congress conducting presidential oversight. In pursuit of leaks of classified information about contacts between Trump associates and Russia, the Justice Department subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, their staff and even their families, including a minor. In a sinister twist to the story, prosecutors also secured a gag order against Apple, preventing it from informing customers their metadata had been seized. - More -   Don’t make life hard for NGOs who are feeding the poor, says Yeoh Posted by: superadmin - 06-12-2021, 10:53 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: The women, family and community development ministry must immediately issue clear directions for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to distribute aid for the needy, says former deputy minister Hannah Yeoh. The Segambut MP said this was because vulnerable groups depended a lot on NGOs to provide their basic daily needs during the lockdown. “NGOs shouldn’t be made to pay the price when they are already struggling on their own to sustain their operations during the pandemic,” she told FMT. “Don’t make it harder for them than it already is.” Last week, FMT reported that volunteer groups faced difficulties in carrying out their aid and care work due to inconsistent government procedures. Suriana Welfare Society chairman James Nayagam said the NGO was told to apply for a permit through the international trade and industry ministry (Miti). Their application was rejected because they were listed as a non-essential service. He said Suriana had also appealed to the Registrar of Societies, Social Welfare Department (JKM) and police, but they were referred back to Miti each time. - More -   Teen who filmed George Floyd's murder given journalism award Posted by: superadmin - 06-12-2021, 09:39 AM - Forum: Stop Racism and Religious Bigotry - No Replies A teenager who filmed the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer has been given a special journalism award by the Pulitzer Prize board. Darnella Frazier, now 18, was awarded the citation for her courage, the Pulitzer committee said. Her film spurred protests for racial justice around the world and was used as evidence in the trial that convicted police officer Derek Chauvin. The Pulitzers are the most prestigious journalism awards in the US. The committee said they honoured Ms Frazier for "courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality around the world, highlighting the crucial role of citizens in journalists' quest for truth and justice." Ms Frazier came across the arrest of Floyd while walking with her cousin in Minneapolis on 25 May last year. She told a court earlier this year that she started recording the incident on her phone because "I saw a man terrified, begging for his life". Ms Frazier described hearing Floyd "saying I can't breathe'. He was terrified, he was calling for his mom". - More -   An Flying Arrow | Best Drama | Chinese Movie 2021 Posted by: superadmin - 06-11-2021, 05:12 PM - Forum: Chinese/Cantonese Movies - No Replies   Indonesia's coronavirus spike has health experts worried the worst is yet to come Posted by: superadmin - 06-11-2021, 04:21 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies A jump in coronavirus cases on Indonesia's two most populous islands has health experts worried the worst could be yet to come, with few curbs on movement at a time when dangerous variants drive record fatalities elsewhere in Southeast Asia. Case numbers have risen sharply in Java and Sumatra three weeks after holidays that followed the Islamic fasting month, when millions ventured across the archipelago, ignoring a temporary travel ban. In Kudus, central Java, cases skyrocketed 7,594% since then, according to Wiku Adisasmito of Indonesia's Covid-19 taskforce. Health care reinforcements have been brought in, but hospital capacity had hit 90%, local media reported. Defriman Djafri, an epidemiologist from Andalas University in Padang, said fatalities in West Sumatra in May were the highest on record. In Riau on Sumatra, daily cases more than doubled from early April to over 800 by mid-May, while the positivity rate was at 35.8% last week, said Wildan Asfan Hasibuan, an epidemiologist and provincial task force adviser. - More -   Photos show Chinese rover on dusty, rocky Martian surface Posted by: superadmin - 06-11-2021, 03:54 PM - Forum: Astronomy - No Replies BEIJING (AP) — The dusty, rocky Martian surface and a Chinese rover and lander bearing small national flags were seen in photos released Friday that the rover took on the red planet. The four pictures released by the China National Space Administration also show the upper stage of the Zhurong rover and the view from the rover before it rolled off its platform. Zhurong placed a remote camera about 10 meters (33 feet) from the landing platform, then withdrew to take a group portrait, the CNSA said. China landed the Tianwen-1 spacecraft carrying the rover on Mars last month after it spent about three months orbiting the red planet. China is the second country to land and operate a spacecraft on Mars, after the United States. The orbiter and lander both display small Chinese flags and the lander has outlines of the mascots for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The six-wheeled rover is surveying an area known as Utopia Planitia, especially searching for signs of water or ice that could lend clues as to whether Mars ever sustained life. At 1.85 meters (6 feet) in height, Zhurong is significantly smaller than the U.S.’s Perseverance rover which is exploring the planet with a tiny helicopter. NASA expects its rover to collect its first sample in July for return to Earth as early as 2031. - More - Pages (819): « Previous 1 … 654 655 656 657 658 … 819 Next » Jump to page: