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Sri Lanka Minister who promoted 'Covid syrup' tests positive
LONDON, UK, 23 January 2021 (BBC) - Sri Lanka's health minister, who endorsed herbal syrup to prevent Covid, has tested positive for the virus. She had promoted the syrup, manufactured by a shaman who claimed it worked as a life-long inoculation against the virus. |
Pacific states have led the charge for banning nuclear weapons
LONDON, UK, 21 January 2021 (Guardian) - In 1995, thousands of people marched peacefully hand-in-hand through the Tahitian capital of Pape’ete. The palm-lined streets were awash with songs of protest. On a nearby shorefront, Cook Islanders had just arrived by traditional voyaging canoe: a vaka. They were there to deliver a message of solidarity with their island neighbours, en route to the nuclear test site of Moruroa. |
Floating solar pilot project near Canary Islands
LONDON, UK, 21 January 2021 (PV-Tech) - European Union funding has been secured to develop a 250kWp floating PV unit off the coast of Gran Canaria, which the partners say is the sunniest part of Europe. With waves of up to 10 metres and high winds, the pilot project is an excellent opportunity to explore the outer limits of the floating technology. |
Oceanography & Blue Economy Centre to be created at UWI
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, 22 January 2021 (Loop) - The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, signed a Memorandum of Understanding this week to formalise collaboration in support of a Centre for Excellence for Oceanography and the Blue Economy at The University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus. |
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