Moroccan navy rescues 38 migrants at sea

The Moroccan navy on Monday rescued 38 migrants and recovered one body from a boat that ran into trouble off the kingdom's coast, the official MAP news agency reported.

Inclusive policy options for organic vegetable farms

An economist at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations urges governments to support smallholder farmers in overcoming a range of constraints in production, marketing, exports and in the overall value chain to ensure that they make use of these market opportunities and strengthen their competitiveness in organic production.

Doctors warn of global C-section ’epidemic’

Worldwide Caesarean section use has nearly doubled in two decades and has reached "epidemic" proportions in some countries, doctors warned Friday, highlighting a huge gap in childbirth care between rich and poor mothers.

 

US curbs nuclear exports to China

The United States said on Thursday that it will increasingly restrict civilian nuclear exports to China as President Donald Trump vowed a hard line on trade, bluntly warning not to think Americans are "stupid."

 

Russia probes ISS rocket failure

Russian investigators have launched a probe into why a Soyuz rocket failed shortly after blast-off, in a major setback for Russia's beleaguered space industry.

 

One dead as monstrous Hurricane Michael tears into Florida

Hurricane Michael claimed its first life after roaring ashore in Florida on Wednesday, flooding homes and streets and toppling trees and power lines in the Gulf of Mexico beachfront area where it made landfall as a raging Category 4 storm.

 

Three killed after magnitude 6.3 quake off Java and Bali

Three people were killed and houses were damaged after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off East Java province and Bali at around 2am on Thursday. Not much damage, however, was reported, the Indonesian government said.

 

Trade war would slow but not stop global growth: IMF

An all out trade war would slow the growth of the global economy, but not stop its expansion, with the United States and China also escaping a recession, according to forecasts published on Tuesday by the International Monetary Fund.

 

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