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Hong Kong Bans Shark Fin Soup and Bluefin Tuna

Sharks hauled from the Persian Gulf provide fodder for shark fin soup in Hong Kong, and the endangered bluefin tuna is popular there too. But now...

Iran Unveils Plans to Launch Persian Cat into Space, PETA’s Claws Out

Iran said it was going to send a monkey into space in 2011, but that didn't happen. Now a top space official has told...

Half of Tel Aviv’s Metropolitan Area Trash to be Used as Fuel

Hiriya just south of Tel Aviv went from being a teeming trash mountain to a renowned recycling center, and now it will also be...

Chipotle Takes on Big Food in Haunting Commercial, The Scarecrow

Eerie and beautiful, The Scarecrow is a powerful anti-factory-farming message served up in a new commercial that barely refers to what’s actually being pitched....

Qatar’s Al Jazeera America Puts US Climate Coverage to Shame

Recently launched by Qatar's Al Jazeera Media Network, Al Jazeera America has already made a splash for its no-nonsense climate change coverage - something...

Israel and Jordan Strike Brilliant Water Trade Deal

When the $10 billion Red-Dead Canal plan got the axe earlier in August, we discussed plan B for restoring some sense of water security to...

Qatar Solar Buys into Germany’s SolarWorld

Qatar Solar has purchased a stake in SolarWorld AG to give the firm a much needed fiscal boost. Called the BMW of solar panel producers,...

Palestinian Company Harvests Naked Sea Salt for Israeli Activist

Israeli activist Ari Leon Fruchter has launched a new Kickstarter campaign, but instead of getting Israelis naked with Spencer Tunic, this time he is...

Middle East Shipping Lands Prince Charles in Hot Water

Britain’s Prince Charles lectures long on climate change and the local food movement, but a recent discovery about one of his businesses suggests the...

Better Place EV Buyers are Late with Their Bill

Sunrise Ltd, the court-appointed new owners of Israel's Better Place electric vehicle company, now known as Green EV, is struggling to pay the company's...

The Absurdity of Selling Israel’s Private Water to the Highest Bidder

Chronic and even acute supplies of fresh water in Israel and other parts of the Middle East has resulted in over-dependence on desalination. Even...

Mediterranean Surveillance Crew Eyes Oil Spills from the Sky

It's hard to monitor vessels that pollute out at sea, so five aircrafts from Algeria, France, Italy, Morocco and Spain got together to keep an...

Ancient Egyptian River Could be Revived for Farming

Researchers from Al-Azhar University, Boston University and the University of North Carolina have discovered an ancient river that may be revived, in theory, to irrigate...

Gezi Park Stays, Turkish Court Rules

Istanbul's Gezi Park is currently safe from being demolished to make way for a re-development scheme pushed by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. In...

Uncontrolled Garbage Threatens Lives in Syria

Amid the snipers, the rubble and the misery on many Syrian streets is another ugly phenomenon: garbage. In Adel’s* hometown of Janoub al Malaab,...

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Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

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Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

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Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

Jean Pierre Conte is the chairman and managing director of Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm with investments in healthcare, software, financial services and industrial technology.

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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