The Odds Are Stacked Against Athletes From Poor Countries In Paralympic Sport #Odds #Stacked #Athletes #Poor #Countries #Paralympic #Sport #Premier #League #Serie #A #La #Liga #Champions #League #Ronaldo #Messi

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International disability sporting events have become much more visible in recent years and have been promoted as a way of achieving inclusion and promoting ...


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Is Iran's Anti-Israel And American Rhetoric All Bark And No Bite? #Iran's #Anti-Israel #American #Rhetoric #Bark #Bite? #Factory #Output #Production #Appliance #Equipment

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
On August 27, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, told the newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, and his cabinet that talking to the ...


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What Is Eastern Equine Encephalitis? Two Mosquito Researchers Explain What's Behind The Latest Outbreaks #What #Eastern #Equine #Encephalitis? #Mosquito #Researchers #Explain #What's #Behind #Latest #Outbreaks #Vaccines #Pills #Doctor #Hospital #Pandemic

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Health authorities in the United States are issuing warnings and closing public parks due to a rare but potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease.
This week, a resident ...


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Technology Has Helped Para Athletes Compete For Decades. But It Can Also Create An Unfair Advantage #Technology #Helped #Para #Athletes #Compete #Decades. #Also #Create #Unfair #Advantage #Premier #League #Serie #A #La #Liga #Champions #League #Ronaldo #Messi

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
The Paralympic Games, now a major global event, has a history rooted in rehabilitation.
The first official Paralympic Games was held in Rome in 1960. But its origins ...


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The Paralympics Can Be An Economic Boon For Host Cities And Leave A Unique Legacy #Paralympics #Economic #Boon #Host #Cities #Leave #Unique #Legacy #Inflation #Currency #US #Dollar #Exchange #Recession

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
The mega-event glow continues in Paris, with the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games now well underway. Some 4,400 athletes will take to the world stage to compete across 22 ...


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Development Finance: How It Works, Where It Goes, Why It's Needed #Development #Finance: #Works, #Where #Goes, #It's #Needed #Food #Flowers #Storm #Climate #Change #Earthquake

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Development finance is the invisible glue that connects public and private financing for projects that have social, economic and environmental outcomes. These include ...


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Kenya's Shilling Is Regaining Value, But Don't Expect It To Last - Expert #Kenya's #Shilling #Regaining #Value, #Don't #Expect #Last #Expert #Investment #Fund #Contract #Company #Employee

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Shortly after Kenya's 2022 elections, the shilling depreciated rapidly against the US dollar – the country's main currency for international transactions – fuelling a ...


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New Research Busts The Myth That Crossbred 'Designer Dogs' Are Healthier Than Pedigrees #Research #Busts #Myth #That #Crossbred #'Designer #Dogs' #Healthier #Than #Pedigrees #Vaccines #Pills #Doctor #Hospital #Pandemic

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Labradoodles, puggles, dorgis, cavoodles, cavapoos: whatever you call them, there's no escaping the explosion of designer crossbreeds parading along our streets and ...


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Advocacy Group To Launch National Campaign On Sunday To 'Amplify' Muslim Political Voice #Advocacy #Group #Launch #National #Campaign #Sunday #'Amplify' #Muslim #Political #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
The advocacy group Muslim Votes Matter has put together a high-profile speakers list to launch its national campaign in Melbourne on Sunday, which is aimed at ...


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Avian Flu Has Infected Dairy Cows In More Than A Dozen States A Microbiologist Explains How The Virus Is Spreading #Avian #Infected #Dairy #Cows #More #Than #Dozen #Microbiologist #Explains #Virus #Spreading #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
The current strain of avian flu, H5N1, is responsible for the culling of millions of domestic birds and has sickened more than a dozen farmworkers in 2024 , most ...


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Black Voters, Latino Voters And Other Voters Of Color Show Solidarity At The Ballot Box #Black #Voters, #Latino #Voters #Other #Voters #Color #Show #Solidarity #Ballot #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Shortly before Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's 2024 presidential candidate, several national polls and primary voting results indicated that ...


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Policy, Shmolicy: Election Day Weather And Football Victories Could Decide The Election #Policy, #Shmolicy: #Election #Weather #Football #Victories #Decide #Election #Inflation #Currency #US #Dollar #Exchange #Recession

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
The current presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is shaping up to be an extremely tight contest . Any number of last-minute factors might earn votes ...


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Citizen Scientists Can Help Save Australia's Threatened Species If We Give Them More Direction #Citizen #Scientists #Help #Save #Australia's #Threatened #Species #Give #Them #More #Direction #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Across Australia and around the world, citizen scientists are protecting species by recording sightings, surveying landscapes and collecting samples. No job is too big ...


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Why Are Tall People More Likely To Get Cancer? What We Know, Don't Know And Suspect #Tall #People #More #Likely #Cancer? #What #Know, #Don't #Know #Suspect #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
People who are taller are at greater risk of developing cancer. The World Cancer Research Fund reports there is strong evidence taller people have a higher chance of of ...


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The RBA Is Making Confusion About Inflation And The Cost Of Living Even Worse #Making #Confusion #About #Inflation #Cost #Living #Even #Worse #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
There's a paradox about the way we respond to threats to the cost of living.
On one hand, governments put in place subsidies for things such as rent and electricity, ...


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It Wasn't Just Race And Politics That Motivated Voice To Parliament 'No' Voters. Here's What We Found When We Dug Deeper #Wasn't #Just #Race #Politics #That #Motivated #Parliament #'No' #Voters. #Here's #What #Found #When #Deeper #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
The outcome of the referendum has been chalked up to deepening political polarisation , Australian's entrenched racial prejudice and the rise of populism .
In short, ...


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PNG Has Had A Horror Year Of Conflict But Peace Rarely Comes Through The Barrel Of A Gun #Horror #Year #Conflict #Peace #Rarely #Comes #Through #Barrel #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Papua New Guinea has had a difficult year, beginning with serious rioting and looting in the capital, Port Moresby, and several other towns.
After a payroll glitch led ...


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Fish On Prozac: Chemical Residues In Wastewater Mess With Bodies, Behaviour And Sperm #Fish #Prozac: #Chemical #Residues #Wastewater #Mess #Bodies, #Behaviour #Sperm #Vaccines #Pills #Doctor #Hospital #Pandemic

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Antidepressants have helped millions of people worldwide since the 1950s . But have you ever wondered what happens to these drugs once they leave our bodies?
We wanted ...


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Wasps Can Be Pests In NZ But They Have Potential To Be Pest Controllers Too #Wasps #Pests #They #Have #Potential #Pest #Controllers #Vaccines #Pills #Doctor #Hospital #Pandemic

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
What good are wasps? It's a question we hear all the time. And, let's face it, wasps are routinely demonised .
They interrupt picnics (they love beer and fruit as much ...


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RSV Is Linked To Asthma In Children But We Can't Say One Causes The Other Yet #Linked #Asthma #Children #Can't #Causes #Other #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
As winter rolls on in Australia, respiratory viruses are everywhere. One of the main culprits is respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, which has caused more than 145,000 ...


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How A Downtown University 'Story Walk' Promotes Children's Literacy And Belonging In Higher Education #Downtown #University #'Story #Walk' #Promotes #Children's #Literacy #Belonging #Higher #Education #Vaccines #Pills #Doctor #Hospital #Pandemic

(MENAFN - The Conversation)

Feeling a sense of uncertainty about belonging is most pronounced for students during times of transition, like when they enter university. This can be all the harder ...


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The Mediterranean Diet Is All The Rage Because It Represents A Way Of Life We've Lost #Mediterranean #Diet #Rage #Because #Represents #Life #We've #Lost #Vaccines #Pills #Doctor #Hospital #Pandemic

(MENAFN - The Conversation)

The promise of a long, healthy, happy existence living an active, community-based lifestyle under warm, sunny skies may be within reach. In fact, it could be on your ...


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The Internet Makes It Too Easy To 'Fall Down A Rabbit Hole Of Hate'. So, What Works To Curb Online Extremism? #Internet #Makes #Easy #'Fall #Rabbit #Hole #Hate'. #What #Works #Curb #Online #Extremism? #School #University #Collage #Teach #Student

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
A suite of recent troubling events have once again shone a spotlight on extremist violence, especially the kind involving online radicalisation of young ...


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'She's Just Hitting A Triangle?' Why Being A Percussionist Is Harder And More Crucial Than You May Think #'She's #Just #Hitting #Triangle?' #Being #Percussionist #Harder #More #Crucial #Than #Think #Cinema #Music #Movie #Disney #Netflix

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
OK, tell me if you've heard this one: what did the percussionist say when they landed their first job?
–Would you like fries with that?–
It's just a joke, right? ...


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Colourful Fruit-Like Fungi And Forests 'Haunted By Species Loss' How We Resolved A 30-Year Evolutionary Mystery #Colourful #Fruit-Like #Fungi #Forests #'Haunted #Species #Loss' #Resolved #30-Year #Evolutionary #Mystery #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Most fungi need only wind or water to disperse their spores. But some, including truffles, need a little help from animals.
Usually, truffles and truffle-like fungi ...


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Quantum Tech Is A High-Stakes Gamble. Here's How Australia Can Find A Way Forward #Quantum #Tech #High-Stakes #Gamble. #Here's #Australia #Find #Forward #Investment #Fund #Contract #Company #Employee

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Last week, quantum computers were added to Australia's Defence and Strategic Goods List of controlled items facing export restrictions. That's because quantum ...


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Lebanon Has Made Survival An Art Form. Despite Decades Of War And Unrest, The Vivid Beauty I Found There In 1978 Endures #Lebanon #Made #Survival #Form. #Despite #Decades #Unrest, #Vivid #Beauty #Found #1978 #Endures #School #University #Collage #Teach #Student

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
I first visited Lebanon in 1978, three years into the civil war and six years before Theodore Ell was born. I mention this because, despite the fact our experiences of ...


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Explainer: What Is Rhabdomyolysis And What's Its Connection To Crossfit? #Explainer: #What #Rhabdomyolysis #What's #Connection #Crossfit? #Inflation #Currency #US #Dollar #Exchange #Recession

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Rhabdomyolysis (often abbreviated to–rhabdo–) is a condition that causes our muscles to break down or leak, releasing the muscle cells' contents into the bloodstream. ...


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Harris Gains In US Polls During Democratic Convention Labor Thumped In NT Election #Harris #Polls #During #Democratic #Convention #Labor #Thumped #Election #Meeting #Discussions #Event #Agreement #MoU

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
The United States presidential election will be held on November 5. In analyst Nate Silver's aggregate of national polls, Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald ...


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NT Election: The Country Liberals Claim A Landslide Victory In A Contest Decided In Suburbia #Election: #Country #Liberals #Claim #Landslide #Victory #Contest #Decided #Suburbia #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
The Northern Territory is a different place. On the day prior to this election, Speckles the Adelaide River crocodile was asked to predict the result of the election. ...


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Victorian London Was A City In Flux: Architectural Models Helped The Public Visualise The Changes #Victorian #London #City #Flux: #Architectural #Models #Helped #Public #Visualise #Changes #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
In 1848, the British government decided to draw up a precisely measured map of London . Imperial expansion had seen the city develop quickly, particularly around the ...


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Mpox: African Countries Have Beaten Disease Outbreaks Before Here's What It Takes #Mpox: #African #Countries #Have #Beaten #Disease #Outbreaks #Here's #What #Takes #Vaccines #Pills #Doctor #Hospital #Pandemic

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Barely over a year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that mpox was no longer a public health issue of international concern, it is back in the news. ...


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Kamala Harris: Here's What We've Found Out So Far About The Presidential Nominee #Kamala #Harris: #Here's #What #We've #Found #About #Presidential #Nominee #Meeting #Discussions #Event #Agreement #MoU

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Who is Kamala Harris? That's the question the Democratic nominee for president tried to answer in her highly anticipated acceptance speech at the party's national ...


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Asylum Seekers From Gaza And Sudan Face Prejudiced Policies And Bureaucratic Hurdles #Asylum #Seekers #Gaza #Sudan #Face #Prejudiced #Policies #Bureaucratic #Hurdles #Inflation #Currency #US #Dollar #Exchange #Recession

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
We've been witness to some horrific things in our news feeds lately - around the world, multiple wars are being waged, with people needing to leave their homes to ...


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These Colourful Diagrams Show How Air Quality Has Changed In Over 100 Countries Around The World Since 1850 #These #Colourful #Diagrams #Show #Quality #Changed #Countries #Around #World #1850 #Vaccines #Pills #Doctor #Hospital #Pandemic

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Air pollution is an unseen menace that poses a major threat to human health and the climate. We have created the air quality stripes , a visual tool that captures ...


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Harris Delivers Warm And Strong Acceptance Speech As Democrats Take Joy, Hope And Renewal To The Electorate #Harris #Delivers #Warm #Strong #Acceptance #Speech #Democrats #Take #Joy, #Hope #Renewal #Electorate #Meeting #Discussions #Event #Agreement #MoU

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
In the recent history of convention speeches, Kamala Harris' remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago were relatively short. But they hit all the right ...


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How Rightwing Beliefs Shape Your View Of The Past While Leftwingers Look To The Future #Rightwing #Beliefs #Shape #Your #View #Past #While #Leftwingers #Look #Future #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
The division between right and left around the world has rarely felt more polarised. Of course there have always been differences between people on the different ends ...


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Avalanches Can Grow 100 Times Larger Under The Sea Than On Land Here's Why They're A Risk To The Internet #Avalanches #Grow #Times #Larger #Under #Than #Land #Here's #They're #Risk #Internet #Apple #Samsung #Google #AI #Chat #GPT #Cyber #Security

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Underwater avalanches are powerful natural events that happen all the time under the surface of the ocean. They are impossible to see and extremely difficult to ...


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Thwaites Glacier Won't Collapse Like Dominoes As Feared, Study Finds, But That Doesn't Mean The 'Doomsday Glacier' Is Stable #Thwaites #Glacier #Won't #Collapse #Like #Dominoes #Feared, #Study #Finds, #That #Doesn't #Mean #'Doomsday #Glacier' #Stable #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier got its nickname the–Doomsday Glacier– for its potential to flood coastlines around the world if it collapsed. It is already contributing ...


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'Throughout All Days And Nights, Forever': Could An 11Th Century Contract Prove The Existence Of Same-Sex Marriage In Medieval Spain? #'Throughout #Days #Nights, #Forever': #11Th #Century #Contract #Prove #Existence #Same-Sex #Marriage #Medieval #Spain? #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
In 1061, two men, Pedro Di–az and Munio Vandilaz, signed a legal agreement in which they undertook to share the management of the house and church of Santa Mari–a de ...


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America's Iran Policy Is A Failure − Piecemeal Deterrence And Sanctions Can Go Only So Far #America's #Iran #Policy #Failure #Piecemeal #Deterrence #Sanctions #Only #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran in recent months is frequently explained as another extension of Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza. After all, Hamas enjoys ...


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Democratic Party's Embrace Of Organized Labor In 2024 Elections Has Long Roots That Had Started To Wither #Democratic #Party's #Embrace #Organized #Labor #2024 #Elections #Long #Roots #That #Started #Wither #Inflation #Currency #US #Dollar #Exchange #Recession

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
I wonder what my dad, a butcher and a die-hard union man, would think about the state of our country's political affairs. Is it–Morning in America– as Ronald Reagan ...


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Harris Bets America Is Ready For First Black Woman President #Harris #Bets #America #Ready #First #Black #Woman #President #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

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AFP

Washington: Is America ready to elect a Black woman as its president? Vice President Kamala Harris, who will be officially confirmed as the Democratic US ...


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Multiverse Films Take Characters To Increasingly Dark Places As Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Doom Casting Shows #Multiverse #Films #Take #Characters #Increasingly #Dark #Places #Robert #Downey #Jr's #Doctor #Doom #Casting #Shows #School #University #Collage #Teach #Student

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
The multiverse, the idea of different universes that exist at the same time, has been a plot device on screen and in comic books for years. The success of the recently ...


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Keir Starmer's 'Productivity Theatre' And The Need For A Recognisable Labour Brand #Keir #Starmer's #'Productivity #Theatre' #Need #Recognisable #Labour #Brand #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
Despite securing a stonking majority in the July election, prime minister Keir Starmer's Labour party still appears to lack a distinct identity. It is a brand under ...


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Anthropology Students Present Their Research In Poetry, Plays And Op-Eds In This Course #Anthropology #Students #Present #Their #Research #Poetry, #Plays #Op-Eds #This #Course #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.
Title of course:
Multimodal ...


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Who Is The 'Laughing Buddha'? A Scholar Of East Asian Buddhism Explains #'Laughing #Buddha'? #Scholar #East #Asian #Buddhism #Explains #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
With his delighted expression, round belly, bald head and monastic robes, the–Laughing Buddha– is instantly identifiable. However, astute observers might wonder why ...


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Kamala Harris' Polls Surge Stalls Ahead Of Democratic National Convention #Kamala #Harris' #Polls #Surge #Stalls #Ahead #Democratic #National #Convention #Meeting #Discussions #Event #Agreement #MoU

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
The US presidential election will be held on November 5. In analyst Nate Silver's aggregate of national polls, Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump by ...


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Is My Water Safe To Drink? Expert Advice For Residents Of South African Cities #Water #Safe #Drink? #Expert #Advice #Residents #South #African #Cities #Inflation #Currency #US #Dollar #Exchange #Recession

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
In early March 2024 the residents of Johannesburg, South Africa's largest city and the economic capital of the country, were hit by extended cuts in water supplies . ...


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Climate Change Is A Challenge For Small-Scale Farmers - How A Mix Of Old And New Techniques Produced A Superior Maize Harvest In A Dry Part Of South Africa #Climate #Change #Challenge #Small-Scale #Farmers #Techniques #Produced #Superior #Maize #Harvest #Part #South #Food #Flowers #Storm #Climate #Change #Earthquake

(MENAFN - The Conversation)
New research into rural small-scale farms in South Africa's North West province has found that climate-smart farming techniques lead to a better maize yield, a more ...


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