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Plastic recycling remains a myth, study finds
Business, AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» WASHINGTON: Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report that blasts industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction."
Hong Kong completes airport's third runway
Business, AFP, Published on 08/09/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong marked the completion of a third runway at its airport on Tuesday at a time when the once thriving international travel hub remains cut off from most of the world.
New Maersk ships to run on methanol
Business, AFP, Published on 25/08/2021
» COPENHAGEN: Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S said on Tuesday that it was speeding up plans for an environment-friendly fleet with the order of eight carbon-neutral container vessels, a pioneering project in the highly-polluting industry.
Chile opens vast thermosolar power plant
Business, AFP, Published on 10/06/2021
» SANTIAGO: Chile has inaugurated Latin America's first-ever thermosolar energy plant, a vast complex dubbed Cerro Dominador in the Atacama desert that gives a boost to the country's quest for carbon-neutrality by 2050.
AK-47 rifle maker targets hipsters with 'gadget gun'
Business, AFP, Published on 10/02/2021
» MOSCOW: The Kalashnikov Group, which produces the AK-47 assault rifle, is planning to target hipsters and young people with a gadget-packed shotgun.
New York Stock Exchange threatens to exit New York
Business, AFP, Published on 11/02/2021
» NEW YORK: Is the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) about to leave New York city?
Rooftop farming takes off in Singapore
Business, AFP, Published on 05/10/2020
» SINGAPORE: On the rooftop of a shopping mall, a sprawling patch of eggplants, rosemary, bananas and papayas stand in colourful contrast to the grey skyscrapers of the city-state's business district.
Stuff CEO buys media firm for NZ$1
Business, AFP, Published on 26/05/2020
» WELLINGTON: Struggling New Zealand media giant Stuff Limited was sold in a management buy-out deal for the symbolic fee of NZ$1 (US$0.61), the group's Australian owners Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Limited announced on Monday.
China's giant cow farms befoul environment
Business, AFP, Published on 27/12/2016
» Gannan, China: Giant piles of black manure towering over cornfields, while rancid-smelling effluent from thousands of cows spills onto the land -- this is the price of a glass of milk in China today.
Tax incentives lure filmmakers to Hungary
Business, AFP, Published on 29/12/2016
» Budapest: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Hugh Jackman. Spotting hunky Hollywood actors is no big deal any more in Budapest, now one of Europe's top hubs for foreign film productions thanks to attractive tax breaks and cutting-edge facilities.