Rio Tinto plans $6.2 billion investment in Guinea iron ore project
Rio Tinto’s RIO, single biggest investment over the next few years is likely to be a huge African iron ore project that could reshape global supplies of the steelmaking ingredient. The world’s second-largest miner by market value said Wednesday it expects to contribute roughly $6.2 billion to the…#rio #african #simandou #guinea #brazil #riotinto #guinean #aluminiumcorpof #singapore #chinahongqiaogroup (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The alien hunter: has Harvard ’s Avi Loeb found proof of extraterrestrial life?
The astrophysicist and professor likes to ruffle feathers – and says his critics are merely jealous. He discusses UFOs, interstellar objects and the risks of his all-consuming searchAvi Loeb has a chip on his shoulder. For years, the Harvard astrophysicist has been trying to find aliens. He ’s in the middle of trying to record the entire sky with an international network of telescopes and recently travelled to Papua New Guinea to find out if ameteor detected in 2014 was actually part of an interstellar spaceship. Meanwhile, academics and pundits snipe at him in the media, and he ’s sick of it.“I hear that the scien...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 29, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Daniel Lavelle Tags: Space Astronomy Planets Asteroids Meteors Science The sun Harvard University Source Type: news
Deforestation, Encroachment Threaten West Africa ’s One Health Plans
Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary – a conservation center dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and protecting Sierra Leone’s national chimpanzee. Credit: Stella Paul/IPSBy Stella PaulFREETOWN, Nov 3 2023 (IPS) Thirty-three years ago, Bala Amerasekaran – a Sri Lankan by birth – visited Freetown, Sierra Leone. Since then, the West African nation has been his home, where Amerasekaran has dedicated his life to conserving the chimpanzee – Sierra Leone’s national animal.
In 1995, with support from the national government, he founded Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary – the country’s first conservation center that rescue...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Stella Paul Tags: Africa Biodiversity Conservation COVID-19 Environment Featured Headlines Health Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Sierra Leone Source Type: news
Holdouts in the South Pacific: explaining death penalty retention in Papua New Guinea and Tonga - Pascoe D, Novak A.
The South Pacific forms a cohesive region with broadly similar cultural attributes, legal systems and colonial histories. A comparative analysis starts from the assumption that these countries should also have similar criminal justice policies. However, un... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Germany ’s new national security strategy is strong on goals, less so on means
T do it. The Dutch do it. Even Jamaica, Honduras and Papua New Guinea regularly state the formal goals of their defence and foreign policies. And so now does Germany. Long squeamish about flexing its muscles despite being the world’s fourth-biggest economy and a pillar of European stability, the…#dutch #jamaica #honduras #papuanewguinea #euroatlantic #ukraine #coldwar #christianlindner #thorstenbenner #berlin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
China woos Papua New Guinea with free trade push
SYDNEY/BEIJING -- China is bolstering economic ties with Papua New Guinea as the Pacific nation seeks to expand trade with the world's second-largest economy even while deepening military cooperation with the U.S. The state-owned Bank of China (BOC) has opened its first representative office in…#sydney #beijing #papuanewguinea #pacific #bankofchina #xijinping #gehaijiao #portmoresby (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Harvard astrophysicist says he may have found alien tech from a meteor that crashed in the Pacific in 2014
with Stephen Hawking. Lucas Jackson/Reuters Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb believes that he may have found alien technology. His team found 10 tiny spheres from a meteor that landed off the coast of Papua New Guinea in 2014. "It could be a spacecraft from another civilization, some technological…#stephenhawking #lucasjacksonreuters #harvard #aviloeb #papuanewguinea #meteor #cbsnewsboston #loeb #silverstar #usspacecommand (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The threads that bind: How bilum-weaving in Papua New Guinea tells stories from the lives of women and girls
GOROKA, Papua New Guinea– ”The bilum is woven by women. The fibre is twisted by women. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - July 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
The New Frontier: Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson goes hunting for aliens & UFOs
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is currently searching for a UFO — or some sort of space object — that has crashed near the coast of Papua New Guinea in the Pacific Ocean. The search is part of the Galileo Project that received $1.5 million in funding from Hoskinson in March. The project is…#charleshoskinson #papuanewguinea #pacificocean #galileoproject #hoskinson #harvard #aviloeb #amirsiraj #meteor #galileo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Guinea-Bissau votes to elect legislature more than a year after president dissolved parliament
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau -- Bissau-Guineans voted Sunday in a highly anticipated election to fill Guinea-Bissau's national legislature, more than a year after the West African nation's president dissolved parliament. Nearly 1 million voters were registered to elect more than 100 lawmakers from six…#guineabissau #westafrican #african #portugal #umarosissocoembalo #ak47s #luciabird #justino #santosleguissimo #guineans (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Guinea-Bissau votes to elect legislature more than a year after president dissolved parliament
Bissau-Guineans are voting in a highly anticipated election to fill Guinea-Bissau’s national legislature.#bissauguineans #guineabissaus (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Opening Bell: 5.17.23
Papua New Guinea no fan of the debt ceiling; Canuck concerns; there’s a new financial artist out there and he learned from the best; and more!Continue reading#newguinea (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The US ’s multiple Indo-Pacific strategies, explained
Andrew Kutan/AFP via Getty Images A Papua New Guinea pact reveals the complexity of creating partnerships in the region. The US has accelerated its security and cooperation agreements in the Indo-Pacific region in recent months, renewing strong ties to the Philippines, enhancing cooperation with…#andrewkutanafp #indopacificregion #philippines #papuanewguinea #pacific #jamesmarape #antonyblinken #portmoresby #pacificisland #pacificislands (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Intimate partner violence as a determinant of pregnancy termination among women in unions: evidence from the 2016-2018 Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey - Agyemang-Duah W, Asare BYA, Adu C, Agyekum AK, Peprah P.
There is a demonstrated link between intimate partner violence (IPV) and pregnancy termination, and this association has received much attention in developed settings. Despite the high prevalence of IPV in Papua New Guinea (PNG), little is known about the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Modi extends'Global South' outreach to Pacific islands after G-7
HIROSHIMA, Japan -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attended a forum in Papua New Guinea with numerous Pacific island leaders, as he positions New Delhi as a top advocate for the so-called Global South. The trip came straight after a Group of Seven summit where Modi "forcefully"…#hiroshima #narendramodi #papuanewguinea #pacificisland #newdelhi #globalsouth #modi #ukraine #volodymyrzelenskyy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
