Dubai (AFP) March 28, 2021 The United Arab Emirates and China on Sunday announced a venture to produce the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine in the Gulf nation, state media reported. The UAE’s Group 42 and China’s CNBG “have launched a joint project… to initiate the first Covid-19 vaccine production line in the UAE”, said official Emirati news agency Wam. It did not specify when commercial production … Continue reading UAE, China launch project to produce Sinopharm vaccine

Moscow (AFP) March 26, 2021 Russian conservationists hailed Friday a rare sighting of an Amur leopard mother with three cubs in the Far East as proof of the efficiency of the country’s efforts to boost the population of the endangered species. Scientists in a Russian national park located in the Primorye region on the border with China obtained the stunning images using a remote camera … Continue reading Russia hails rare sighting of Amur leopard mum with cubs

Geneva (AFP) March 25, 2021 Decades of poaching and shrinking habitats have devastated elephant populations across Africa, conservationists said Thursday, warning that one species found in rainforests was a step away from extinction. In an update of its “Red List” of threatened species, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) highlighted the broad deterioration of the situation for elephants in most ohttp://dlvr.it/RwXGwj Continue reading ‘Alarm bells’ as African elephants see sharp decline: conservationists

Washington DC (UPI) Mar 25, 2021 After decades of decline, many marine mammal populations have seen the numbers increase in recent years. Unfortunately, many others remain vulnerable to extinction. According to a new survey, published Thursday in the journal Endangered Species Research, Earth’s marine mammal species are at a crossroads. Scientists analyzed dozens of studies and population surveys of Earth’s 126http://dlvr.it/RwXGvs Continue reading Marine mammals at a crossroads, survey finds

When it comes to marketing strategies, nothing is more important than analyzing and measuring the actual effectiveness, influence, and ROI of every campaign. Understanding the contribution of every channel and the customer conversion process enables marketers to adapt and adjust accordingly. Let’s discuss what marketing attribution is; and how it can help e-commerce companies grow their businesses.http://dlvr.it/RwQRNv Continue reading The Role of Marketing Attribution in the New Age of E-Commerce

Warwick UK (SPX) Mar 24, 2021 Space weather often manifests as substorms, where a beautiful auroral display such as the Northern Lights is accompanied by an electrical current in space which has effects at earth that can interfere with and damage power distribution and electrical systems. Now, the lifecycle of these auroral substorms has been revealed using social media-inspired mathematical tools to analyse space weather … Continue reading Algorithms inspired by social networks reveal lifecycle of substorms

San Diego CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2021 There are 12 essential attributes that explain why commercial carbon capture and sequestration projects succeed or fail in the U.S., University of California San Diego researchers say in a recent study published in Environmental Research Letters. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) has become increasingly important in addressing climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chahttp://dlvr.it/RwLj3J Continue reading How to make carbon capture and sequestration work and commercialize it

The arts have seen a shift in the last year away from in-person gatherings, but that doesn’t mean that performances, showings, and other creative activities have stopped. Rather, they’ve been transformed, becoming increasingly virtual and digital. We spoke with experts in the arts, design, and marketing to see how these fields have changed and might continue to evolve.http://dlvr.it/RwLhtz Continue reading Arts and Culture’s Virtual Survival Story: The Show Must Go On

Moscow (AFP) March 23, 2021 Russia and China on Tuesday rejected accusations they were seeking to use coronavirus vaccines to project their influence around the world. Speaking to reporters after talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted that both countries were guided by principles of “humanity” rather than geopolitical interests. “Russia and China have been models ofhttp://dlvr.it/RwGvck Continue reading Russia, China reject accusations of vaccine opportunism

Sydney (AFP) March 24, 2021 Rescue teams delivered food and emergency supplies to Australians isolated by floodwaters on Wednesday as authorities warned that swollen rivers posed an ongoing threat despite blue skies over the east coast following days of torrential rain. Relentless downpours over the past week have caused “catastrophic” flooding in Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, with parts of suburbanhttp://dlvr.it/RwGvXc Continue reading Food ferried to isolated Australians as flood threat lingers