Researchers Embrace Artificial Intelligence to Tackle Banana Disease in Burundi — Global Issues

Researchers Embrace Artificial Intelligence to Tackle Banana Disease in Burundi — Global Issues

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Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT (ABC) are using artificial intelligence to help eradicate Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD). The disease threatens the livelihoods of farmers and impacts food security. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Friday, August 05, 2022 Inter Press Service KIGALI, Aug 05 (IPS) – A group of…

Over 5 Crore Complaints Received Against Telcos Over Mobile Services in FY22, MoS Communications Says

Over 5 Crore Complaints Received Against Telcos Over Mobile Services in FY22, MoS Communications Says

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More than five crore complaints were received against telecom operators related to mobile services during 2021-22, with about 54 per cent of them against Airtel, followed by Vodafone Idea, Parliament was informed on Friday. Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, gave…

WMO reports decrease in likelihood of severe Atlantic hurricane season ahead — Global Issues

WMO reports decrease in likelihood of severe Atlantic hurricane season ahead — Global Issues

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The conditions do still point towards an “above-normal” 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, according to NOAA’s annual mid-season update issued by the Climate Prediction Center, a division of the United States’ National Weather Service.  NOAA forecasters have decreased the likelihood of an above-normal season – which could herald more devastating storms…

Nuclear technology helps Mexico eradicate invasive insect pest — Global Issues

Nuclear technology helps Mexico eradicate invasive insect pest — Global Issues

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In cooperation with IAEA and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), scientists there was able to use a UN-developed nuclear-based sterile insect technique (SIT) to eradicate the medfly, more commonly known as the fruit fly. Threatening farmers’ livelihoods The Colima outbreak, detected in April 2021 in the country’s largest port,…

Israeli airstrikes kill a senior figure Palestinian militant leader. Live Updates
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Israeli airstrikes kill a senior figure Palestinian militant leader. Live Updates

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TEL AVIV — Israel carried out a number of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Friday, and the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said one of the attacks killed a senior figure in the faction. The airstrikes culminated almost a week of rising tensions following the arrest of another senior…

Selena Gomez Says She Hopes to “Be Married and to Be a Mom”

Selena Gomez Says She Hopes to “Be Married and to Be a Mom”

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Selena Gomez is still keeping it real as she looks toward the future—a future that includes starting a family. In a new episode of the TaTaTu series Giving Back Generation, released Aug. 5, the singer chats with host Raquelle Stevens and fellow pal Ashley Cook about her mental health journey and her dreams. “I hope to…

To Protect Our Planet, They Need To Be Exposed — Global Issues

To Protect Our Planet, They Need To Be Exposed — Global Issues

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Despite increasing public awareness of (and regulations on) plastic pollution, the global plastic crisis is only getting worse. Credit: Albert Oppong-Ansah/IPS. Opinion Friday, August 05, 2022 Inter Press Service Aug 05 (IPS) – This spring, I taught a new undergraduate course in environmental sociology. Most of my students took the…

Skylar Diggins-Smith Reacts to Brittney Griner’s Nine-Year Sentence

Skylar Diggins-Smith Reacts to Brittney Griner’s Nine-Year Sentence

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Skylar Diggins-Smith and the Phoenix Mercury played their Thursday night contest against the Connecticut Sun with heavy hearts following the announcement of their teammate, Brittney Griner, receiving a nine-year sentence for illegal drug possession and smuggling earlier in the day. When reporters asked the nine-year vet was asked about why…