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DA GETS INPUTS FROM ADVISORY PANEL
Prominent luminaries in the field of agriculture, science, economics, and agribusiness recently convened for their inaugural meeting, usheri

By The Financial District
Aug 21, 20202 min read


US INTEL: WUHAN OFFICIALS AT FAULT
For months, Trump administration officials have been blaming Beijing and the Chinese Communist Party for letting the coronavirus spread.

By The Financial District
Aug 21, 20201 min read


WHO CLAIMS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS NEEDED FOR COVID-19 RESEARCH
A UN-led initiative to speed up the development of COVID-19 vaccines and medications is facing a massive funding gap, according to the World

By The Financial District
Aug 21, 20201 min read


TRUMP FINALIZES OIL DRILLING PLAN FOR ALASKA WILDLIFE REFUGE
The Trump administration on Monday finalized a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), puttin

By The Financial District
Aug 20, 20201 min read


AMAZON REGION IN BRAZIL STILL BURNING A MONTH AFTER BAN ON FIRES
A month after the ban on burning land, the Brazilian Amazon region is still registering a high number of illegal fires

By The Financial District
Aug 20, 20201 min read


AVIGAN TRIAL ON IN PHILIPPINES
The Philippines started its 90-day clinical trials for Avigan on Monday to study the efficacy of the Japanese anti-flu drug against the dise

By The Financial District
Aug 19, 20202 min read


DICT OPTIMISTIC ON CELL TOWER ROLL-OUTS
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is optimistic of a faster rollout of telecommunications towers as local g

By The Financial District
Aug 18, 20204 min read


54.4°C TEMPERATURE IN CALIFORNIA'S DEATH VALLEY COULD BE NEW RECORD
A desert weather station in the United States has registered what could be the hottest temperature on the Earth's surface in over 90 years.

By The Financial District
Aug 18, 20201 min read


STUDY SAYS CHINA’S SINOPHARM VACCINE TRIGGERS IMMUNE RESPONSE
Researchers from China have published results about the safety and efficacy of a whole-virus vaccine. The vaccine triggers an immune respons

By The Financial District
Aug 18, 20202 min read


QUAKE HITS SULTAN KUDARAT
A magnitude 5.1 quake hit Sultan Kudarat Sunday afternoon, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

By The Financial District
Aug 18, 20201 min read


RUSSIANS TO GET SPUTNIK V VACCINES BETWEEN 9 MONTHS AND A YEAR
The head of the N. F. Gamaleya Federal Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology Alexander Ginzburg hopes that Russians will get ful

By The Financial District
Aug 17, 20201 min read


CALIFORNIA HIT BY ROTATING BLACKOUTS
Hundreds of thousands of residents across California experienced rolling blackouts Friday night as state officials and utility crews worked

By The Financial District
Aug 17, 20202 min read


GREENLAND’S LOST ICE NOT RETURNING, STUDY WARNS
Greenland’s ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly the world reduces cli

By The Financial District
Aug 16, 20201 min read


FINLAND RAMPS UP COVID-19 TESTING AMONG KIDS
An increasing number of children and young people are taking coronavirus tests, according to the latest testing figures provided by Finland'

By The Financial District
Aug 14, 20201 min read


IMF BLOG: HIGH-SPEED INTERNET NEEDED
A blog from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has highlighted the need for internet connectivity to hasten financial inclusion, among ot

By The Financial District
Aug 14, 20202 min read


NASAL SPRAY VS COVID-19 UP
Scientists and UC San Francisco announced an inhalable protection against COVID-19 with the goal of being produced into an affordable, over-

By The Financial District
Aug 14, 20202 min read


SACRAMENTO SELECTED AS VACCINE TRIAL SITE
Sacramento has been selected as a site for a COVID-19 vaccine trial. Both UC Davis Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente are participating in

By The Financial District
Aug 14, 20202 min read


ANTI-TB IMMUNIZATION MAY SLASH COVID-19 CASES: ISRAEL STUDY
A vaccination against tuberculosis appears to provide some protection against COVID-19 for people under 24 years of age, according to a new

By The Financial District
Aug 13, 20202 min read


EXPERTS NOTE SHORT CUTS IN PUTIN’S COVID-19 VACCINE
While US and Russian experts have doubted the “iron-clad” guarantees issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Sputnik-V vaccine d

By The Financial District
Aug 13, 20202 min read


GLOBAL WARMING CAUSES CORALS TO REPLACE JAPAN’S SEAWEED BEDS
Tropical corals are increasing and seaweed beds nurturing sea creatures have disappeared in the sea south of Tokyo Bay, local divers and fis

By The Financial District
Aug 12, 20202 min read


DA, DOE PURSUE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi have forged a ten-year partnership for the formulation and implementatio

By The Financial District
Aug 11, 20201 min read


JAPAN’S SAIZERIYA RESTAURANT CHAIN DEVELOPS MASK FOR EATING
Japanese restaurant chain operator Saizeriya Co. said Friday it has "developed" a face mask for use when eating and drinking, possibly a boo

By The Financial District
Aug 10, 20201 min read


THAI FIRM TO CONSTRUCT HUGE WIND FARM IN LAOS
Thai energy giant BCPG Public Company has announced plans to develop ASEAN’s largest wind farm in Laos, capitalizing on rising demand for en

By The Financial District
Aug 9, 20202 min read


JAPANESE FIRM MULLS REMOVAL OF SPACE DEBRIS USING LASERS
A Japanese company said recently it will develop a satellite to clean up floating space debris by using laser beams, with the aim of startin

By The Financial District
Aug 9, 20201 min read
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