DUBAI (Reuters) – United Arab Emirates agriculture technology start-up Pure Harvest Smart Farms has raised $20.6 million in fresh funding and secured commitments for a further $100 million, it said on Monday. Wafra International, an investment firm owned by the … Continue reading UAE agriculture tech start-up secures $120 million investment commitment
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who discovered that hydrogen dominates our universe, finally gets the recognition she deserves in a rich biography, What Stars Are Made Of Space 1 April 2020 By Donna Lu Thomas Faull/Getty Images Book ONE of the lesser known … Continue reading Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: The unsung discoverer of star chemistry
HONG KONG (Reuters) – When 7-year-old Sophia Cheung hears a truck park outside her home in Hong Kong, she grabs her sheet music and runs out the door. Sophia Cheung, a 7-year-old student, practices piano on Ming’s Piano truck, following … Continue reading Hong Kong music school keeps on trucking through coronavirus shutdown
FILE PHOTO: Nadia, a 4-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo, that the zoo said on April 5, 2020 has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen in an undated handout photo provided by the Bronx zoo in … Continue reading Tiger at New York’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
FILE PHOTO: An English ten Pound note is seen in an illustration taken March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Phil Noble/Illustration LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling briefly fell against the U.S. dollar in late Sunday trading on news that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson … Continue reading Sterling slips after PM Johnson admitted to hospital for tests
An artificial intelligence tool is being developed which researchers hope could be used to predict which coronavirus patients will suffer life-threatening lung damage. The team behind the initial study reported 80% accuracy in its predictions of which patients would develop … Continue reading Artificial intelligence used to predict which coronavirus patients are at greater risk of ARDS
Welcome to Daily Maverick’s crossword. The crossword itself is interactive, meaning you can fill it in on your screen. The blue highlight indicates whether you are typing in across or down. Click on the “i” to remove error checking as … Continue reading Crosswords: Crossed Out – Monday, 6 April 2020
PUTRAJAYA: Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob today confirmed the revocation of approval for beer companies Heineken and Carlsberg to continue manufacturing activities during the movement control order (MCO) period. In a press conference here, he said the international trade and … Continue reading Ismail Sabri confirms MCO exemption revoked for Heineken, Carlsberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump expressed hope on Sunday that the United States was seeing a “leveling-off” of the coronavirus crisis in some of the nation’s hot spots, but some of his top medical advisers took a more tempered … Continue reading Trump hopes virus leveling-off in hot spots; advisers take tempered view
FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks during a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news conference inside 10 Downing Street, London, Britain March 19, 2020. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was … Continue reading British PM Johnson still in hospital with persistent coronavirus symptoms
A woman crosses the empty of street Park Avenue in Manhattan as the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in New York, U.S., April 5, 2020. REUTERS / Eduardo Munoz (Reuters) – New York state reported 594 deaths from the … Continue reading New York state reports 594 coronavirus deaths in past 24 hours
FILE PHOTO: A sign directs voters towards a polling place near the state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford (Reuters) – Nine Wisconsin mayors, including those representing the state’s five largest cities, on Sunday urged the … Continue reading Citing coronavirus, Wisconsin mayors urge postponement of Tuesday’s election