Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed on Wednesday repeated the government's position that no time limit can be set on the “backstop” in Britain's Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union.
Harsh punishment meted out to two German backpackers for the ‘crime' of brewing their own coffee at the Rialto Bridge in Venice is symptomatic of the way that public space is being eroded and profit being put before humanity. Read Full Article at RT.com
Bulgarian authorities said on Wednesday that they would cull 17,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm in the north of the country, the fifth industrial farm hit by the fast-spreading virus.
China's first privately-owned firm to put a satellite into orbit has announced plans to launch up to eight rockets next year, set to deliver satellites and other payloads into space. Read Full Article at RT.com
The Ministry of Water Resources in China announced that the country has irrigated an area of 74 million hectares, covering half of the nation's farmlands. Read Full Article at RT.com
Certain trees mysteriously avoid touching each other in the forest canopy, creating a leafy jigsaw puzzle in a phenomenon called “crown shyness.”
