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CIOT welcomes change which will make it easier to produce more hand sanitizer

UK Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) welcomes the easing of a tax rule which should lead to the production of more hand sanitizers to deal with the outbreak of COVID-19.

World Bank Approves US$20 Million to Strengthen Human Capital Resilience for Youth and Vulnerable in Saint Lucia

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved on March 10, 2020 a US$20 million Human Capital Resilience Project for Saint Lucia to improve skills relevant to labor market demands and strengthen the social protection system through increasing...

Improved e-filing for designs in Romania

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EXCLUSIVE: Canada sends second-largest delegation to COP25 out of G20 countries

Canada sent the second largest G20 delegation to an environmental conference in Madrid, more than double the size of the American delegation and more than seven times the size of the Australian delegation, according to the official list of attendees...

New Report Says Federal Lands in Colorado are Being Developed for Rock Bottom Prices

Oil and gas companies have avoided paying more than $1.3 billion to taxpayers over the last decade for the right to drill on federal lands in Colorado, according to budget watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense. Below-market royalty rates, outdated...

Immune cells don't always ward off carbon nano invaders

The researchers from the School of Public Health and College of Engineering say their findings of a more passive entry of the materials into cells is the first research to show that the normal process of endocytosis-phagocytosis isn't always activated...

Memory Reformat Planned for Opportunity Mars Rover

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NASA's Mars rover Opportunity captured this view southward just after completing a 338-foot (103-meter) southward drive,...

Satellites Help Explain Zebra Migration

Every year, zebras in Botswana begin a 580-kilometer migration looking for food. Even though it’s an annual event, researchers only had a general idea when it would start and they didn’t know which route the animals would take or why. That is, until...

Hunting Massive Stars with Herschel

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W3 is an enormous stellar nursery about 6,200 light-years away in the Perseus Arm, one of the Milky Way galaxy's main...

How Dog-Savvy Is Your Child?

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