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Could Asia’s passion for tofu help solve the plastic crisis?
(CNN)A staple in the Asian diet plan, soybeans have actually been utilized to make tofu, miso soup and soy milk for centuries. Now, the popular vegetables are likewise being turned into an alternative to plastic wrap. Biodegradability is another prospective difficulty. Some bioplastics breakdown completely just when exposed to temperature...
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Poacher manhunt exposes murky world of Indian wildlife trafficking, where bear bile is big business
(CNN)For more than 5 years, mutilated bear carcasses appeared all over the main Indian state of Madhya Pradesh . Lots of were missing their genital areas and gall bladders. But despite the fact that bear farms were presented in the 1980s to take the pressure off poaching, wildlife traffickers like...
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Destructive pest could spread to all of China’s grain production in 12 months
Hong Kong (CNN)The destructive armyworm insect has actually currently infected more than 8,500 hectares of China’s grain production and might quickly impact the nation’s whole crop, a brand-new United States federal government report stated today. In some parts of Africa, as much as 70 % of crops were damaged by...
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Uyghur refugee tells of death and fear inside China’s Xinjiang camps
Washington (CNN)The children’s eyes light up when their mother pulls out a photo of her triplets taken shortly after their birth in 2015. When they grow older, their mother Mihrigul Tursun says, she will tell her children about their missing brother Mohaned. “I will tell them everything,” Tursun says. “I...
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‘We have different ways of coping’: the global heatwave from Beijing to Bukhara
Swimming in the Nile, wearing wet towels, absorbing heat with sacks of rice people from nine countries around the world tell us how theyre coping or not coping with the extreme heat In Cairo people swim in the Nile and absorb the heat in their homes with sacks of rice....
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Kim Jong Un promotes sister at key North Korea ruling party summit
Seoul (CNN)North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s more youthful sibling Kim Yo Jong was promoted Saturday at a crucial conference of the nation’s ruling celebration, state media reported. Like many members of the Kim clan , little is definitively understood about Kim Yo Jong beyond her main rank. According to...
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