AFRIMED: revitalising the Mediterranean’s underwater forests

Embark on a journey with AFRIMED, a ground-breaking European project dedicated to restoring the degraded macroalgal forests (Cystoseira s.l.) in the Mediterranean Sea. Funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries…

Britain’s snail-pace growth has set U.K. households back by $10,500 as peers in France and Germany pull away

Britain has been stuck with stagnant growth for over a decade now. A cocktail of factors, including gaping inequality, have held back British households—and, according to a major new report,…

Eli Lilly extends tender offer to buy Point Biopharma to Dec. 15

An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is pictured at 50 ImClone Drive in Branchburg, New Jersey, March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Dec 4 (Reuters)…

NotePad++ 20th Anniversary Edition Includes New ‘Multi-Edit’ Feature – Slashdot

The free open-source text editor Notepad++ is celebrating its 20th anniversary, the blog OMG! Ubuntu reported this week, “with a new release filled with some neat new features.” In Notepad++…

COP28: France, Japan to support African development bank push to leverage SDRs

A person walks past a “#COP28” sign in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 1, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights DUBAI, Dec 4 (Reuters) – France and Japan…

North Korean smugglers disguised under Pacific island flags

Sydney (AFP) – North Korean “smuggling networks” are registering ships in Pacific nations to disguise themselves while trafficking oil, according to former United Nations sanctions experts and documents obtained by…

It Could Be a Vast Source of Clean Energy, Buried Deep Underground

In the rocky soil of Lorraine, a former coal mining region near the French-German border, scientists guided a small probe one recent day down a borehole half a mile into…

UK to ease post-Brexit travel rules for French school trips

The UK government is to sharply reduce post-Brexit border bureaucracy for French school trips as part of plans to revamp educational exchanges with Europe, which have plummeted since Britain left…

Tech at the forefront: France analysis

The second half of 2022 showed some level of recovery in business travel in France, fluctuating between the 80s and 90s in terms of percentages of 2019 levels, with consistent…

EV Owners Report ‘Far More’ Problems Than Conventional Car Owners, Says Consumer Reports – Slashdot

Consumer Reports awarded a “recommended” rating to Tesla’s Modey Y this year, “with owners reporting fewer issues with its suspension, in-car electronics and general build quality than in previous years”.…