The Zambian agri-tech app making farming cool
In Zambia, where agriculture accounts for 35% of the country’s GDP, farming is a way of life. One agri-tech company is bringing the future to Zambian farms. Agripredict, led by young founder and CEO
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Scientists grow human organs for transplant inside pigs
Scientists in the United States are trying to grow human organs inside pigs. They have injected human stem cells into pig embryos to produce human-pig embryos known as chimeras. The embryos are part
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Europe flooding: Five dead as waters rise in Germany and France
At least five people died on Wednesday in flooding across France and Germany, authorities say. Search teams in the Bavarian town of Simbach am Inn found the bodies of three people who had been trapped
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Zika crisis: US baseball league player got virus in Venezuela
The baseball player says he got the virus during the offseason in his native Venezuela. He told sports network ESPN he was bedridden for two weeks with severe body aches, joint pain and headaches. "It's
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Teen cancer death rate causes alarm
Too many teenagers and young adults are dying of some types of cancer, a Europe-wide report warns. Their survival rates for cancers such as leukaemia are much lower than in younger children, says a report
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Exxon Mobil faces 'change or die' moment on climate
Oil giant Exxon Mobil is facing unprecedented shareholder pressure on climate change A significant group of shareholders are seeking to force Exxon Mobil to acknowledge the growing threat from climate
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EU's Galileo system launches satellites 13 and 14
The spacecraft, once commissioned, will bring to 14 the number of platforms in the EU's version of GPS. With another four satellites set to go up in a few months, Galileo is now on course to start the
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India orders inquiry into 'cancer-causing bread'
The CSE has urged the government to ban the use of toxic chemicals in bakery products India's health ministry has ordered an inquiry after a study found cancer-causing chemicals in many bread and other
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Sri Lanka mudslides: Death toll reaches 92 with many still missing
109 people are still listed as missing, according to the Disaster Management Centre The death toll from floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Sri Lanka has risen to 92, officials said. Soldiers
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Billion people face global flooding risk by 2060, charity warns
Coastal urban populations in China are among those most at risk, the study says A British aid charity is warning that by 2060 more than a billion people worldwide will live in cities at risk of catastrophic
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Volkswagen to be sued by Norway fund over emissions scandal
Around 11 million vehicles globally have been fitted with the so called "defeat devices" Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, plans legal action against Volkswagen over the firm's emissions