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Why Africa is facing an uphill battle to make its own vaccines
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 day ago“But how do we enable the long term sustainability of these manufacturing organisations?” Moderna...
Latin America’s farmers are cashing in on hot hot cocoa prices
The Economist· 10 hours agoLatin America’s farmers are assessing the damage. Output has risen in Ecuador and Brazil, the...
South Africa marks 30 years of freedom amid inequality, poverty and a tense election ahead
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier· 5 days agoSouth Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a...
What’s next as ‘heavy-handed’ US negotiates pullout from Niger?
Al Jazeera· 2 days agoNiger announced in March that it was breaking off its defence agreement with the US “with immediate...
Bridgewater and Global Citizen CEOs support push to replenish World Bank coffers
Fortune· 4 days agoGlobal Citizen CEO Hugh Evans’s message to young people is “yes, capitalism has the potential to alleviate poverty.” Known for its high-profile music festival, Global Citizen will lead a campaign ...
Special Operations: Russia Lost It’s Subversion Skills
Strategy Page· 6 days agoA century ago, the new communist government in Russia came to power because of the communists’ ability to subvert their opponents and eliminate opposition without a lot of bloodshed. A more ...
Boeing firefighters threaten strike over poor pay
The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle· 3 days agoMembers of the International Association of Firefighters Local I-66, representing firefighters at Boeing, took to the picket lines in Renton and Everett...
Amid Cocoa Shortage, Investors Develop Taste For Cocoa-Free Chocolate Startups
Crunchbase· 2 days agoProcessors have scaled back or shuttered, leaving chocolate-makers without the usual reserves of...
Fayette school officials don’t value art and music at SCAPA or anywhere else | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLetters to the Editor: Anyone who has any contact with our only specialized arts school, SCAPA,...
Jillian S. Ambroz, DCReport @ RawStory
The Raw Story· 2 days agoNext time you take a bite of a chocolate bar, consider the small hands that farmed the cocoa beans. Industrial food heavyweights like Nestlé USA, Hershey and MARS Inc., rely on cocoa grown in Côte D'Ivoire, the Ivory Coast, to make their confections.
