CAPE TOWN, Jan 26 (Reuters) – South Africa has signed an agreement with India to introduce dozens of African cheetahs to the Asian country over the next decade, its environmental department said on Thursday, after the first were transferred last year from neighbouring Namibia.A big cat species similar to the cheetah disappeared from India some 70 years ago.In September, eight radio-collared African cheetahs were released at Kuno National Park in central India after a 5,000-mile (8,000 km) journey from Namibia, the first time wild cheetahs have been moved across continents to be released.”An initial batch of 12 cheetah are scheduled…
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Anthropology professor Jessica Brinkworth led a course that teaches college students to apply their classroom-acquired knowledge of respiratory infectious disease, immune responses and health-promoting behaviors into compelling lessons for K-8 students. Photo by Julia Pollack Delete Edit embedded media in the Files Tab and re-insert as needed. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Most people don’t visit the health department to view student art, but here we are, in the busy main hall of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. We are wearing face masks, reading artist statements and reviewing more than a dozen visual and digital explorations of influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, COVID-19…
Cassava Technologies-backed data centre constructor, Africa Data Centres, has announced that it is building another data centre facility in Cape Town. The new facility will have an IT load of 20MW and is expected to be up and running by mid-2024. According to a press release by the company, the construction of the data centre is part of the group’s ongoing investment in infrastructure in the Western Cape province, and reflects its confidence in the economy of the province and of South Africa, the continent’s largest IT infrastructure and services market. “Cape Town is a thriving city and the second…
On Sunday, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man suspected of stabbing an elderly woman near a gas station in Altadena. Both the Sheriff’s homicide unit and its Internal Affairs Bureau reportedly launched investigations. On Wednesday, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that the state Department of Justice launched its own probe, noting in a press release that preliminary findings indicated that the man killed “ was not in possession of a deadly weapon at the time of the fatal shooting.” Bonta didn’t launch the investigation solely out of personal interest. A state law passed in 2020…
Texas-Based Industry Leaders Collaborate to Raise Awareness and Benefit Patient Families in NeedFORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Cook Children’s and Twisted X®, a Twisted X Global Brands company, have joined together to create the Cook Children’s by Twisted X Collection. Twisted X will donate 100 percent of wholesale proceeds from every pair of shoes sold from this collection directly to Cook Children’s.Twisted X”The partnership between Cook Children’s and Twisted X furthers our commitment to providing patients and families with a one-of-a-kind resource tailored around their health care needs to enhance the overall experience,” said Cook Children’s Health…
COVID-19 & MONKEY POX VACCINE CLINIC The Ector County Health Department, 221 N. Texas Ave., has scheduled a COVID-19 and Monkey Pox Vaccine Clinic from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. today. COVID-19 vaccines are free and walk in only, first come, first served. Monkey Pox Vaccines are by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, for prescreening or for more information, call 432-227-2137. EXHIBITION Midland College, 3600 N. Garfield St., Midland, has scheduled an exhibition of paintings by Nancy Barnard from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, through Feb. 17. For…
STOCKHOLM, Jan 26 (Reuters) – European Union migration ministers meet on Thursday to discuss visa restrictions and better coordination inside the bloc to be able to send more people with no right to asylum in Europe back to their home countries including Iraq.Three years after the 27-nation EU agreed to restrict visas for countries deemed failing to cooperate on taking their people back, only Gambia has been formally punished.The EU’s executive European Commission proposed similar steps vis-a-vis Iraq, Senegal and Bangladesh, though two EU officials said cooperation with Dhaka on returning people has since improved.Still, the EU’s overall rate of…
The spring semester is off to a smooth start thus far after Penn Staters took some time off at home to relax and unwind for the holidays. Most of us likely spent the break back in our childhood bedrooms, perhaps visited by the ghosts of elementary and preschool past. Nostalgia can hit you like a ton of bricks in college. Four years fly by and before you know it, you’re on your own in the real world. With less than 100 days until graduation, why not get back in touch with our inner child and combine our childhood memories with…
Russia, United States in high-level visits to regionRegion has historic Russia ties but bigger Western tradeUkraine war heightens geopolitical rivalry over AfricaJOHANNESBURG, Jan 26 (Reuters) – South Africa and its neighbours were at the centre of a tussle for influence this week when top Russian and U.S. officials visited, offering a rare moment of leverage for governments on a continent more used to being buffeted by events than wooed.With a war in Europe pitting invading Russian forces against Ukraine’s army supplied with Western arms, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen were both on the hunt…
PRETORIA, Jan 26 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday lauded South Africa’s “bold” participation in the so-called Just Energy Transition Partnership backed by the United States and other Western nations, but steered clear of mentioning U.S. concerns about Pretoria’s planned military drills with China and Russia.Yellen spoke to reporters alongside South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in Pretoria on the third leg of her nearly two-week tour of Africa, and just days after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited South Africa.In prepared remarks, Yellen welcomed Godongwana’s “cooperation and insightful views” in their talks so far, and said…