November 29, 2021

New study reveals globe-trotting pedigree of South Asian songbirds

Published by Mongabay COLOMBO — The rich diversity of bulbuls in South Asia can be traced as far as the Sundaland region of Southeast Asia, in the islands that today make up Indonesia and Malaysia, a new study shows. Bulbuls, the Pycnonotidae family of fruit-eating songbirds, number more than 150

FXCM October Single Share & Stock Baskets Report

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Nov. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FXCM Group, LLC (“FXCM Group’ or ‘FXCM’), the leading international provider of online foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, cryptocurrencies and related services, is today releasing its data of most popular instruments for the month of October in its Single Share CFD and proprietary

UnionPay International partners with M2M to drive digital transformation in Africa

CASABLANCA, Morocco, Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — UnionPay International (UPI) and M2M jointly announced a partnership to accelerate digital financial transformation in Africa, creating new frontiers by leveraging two entities’ strong core capabilities and footprints. This partnership sets an ambitious product roadmap that allows M2M to provide innovative and customer-centric

Adagio Therapeutics Reports That None of the Mutations Present in SARS-CoV-2 Variant, Omicron, Are Associated with Escape from ADG20 Neutralization In Vitro

Additional in vitro studies to determine neutralization activity of ADG20 against Omicron are ongoing ADG20 EUA submissions planned for prevention and treatment of COVID-19 in mid-2022 Inventory build continues in anticipation of EUA in second half of 2022, with 4 million doses available for distribution over the next two years

Efforts to get the Clanwilliam Dam Project back on track

Minister of Water and Sanitation, Senzo Mchunu, has assured stakeholders of government’s commitment to resolve challenges related to the Clanwilliam Dam project.During the stakeholders’ engagement on Sunday with local business leaders, Water and Sanita…

Visit to West Africa to promote trade, investment on the continent

As part of the country’s economic diplomacy efforts, President Cyril Ramaphosa will this week undertake visits to four West African countries – Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal.In his weekly newsletter, the President said government is giving …

SAA cancels Mauritius flights following travel ban

South African Airways has cancelled all of its flights to and from Mauritius following the imposition of a travel ban on South Africa by the Mauritian government.Restrictions were also placed on at least five other Southern African countries after the …

Pistorius transferred to facilitate dialogue with Steenkamp family

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has confirmed the transfer of convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius to a correctional centre in Gqeberha to start a dialogue with the family of his victim, model Reeva Steenkamp.The disgraced Paralympic gold m…

Minister De Lille to hand over bridge in Ndwedwe Municipality

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille will on Monday officially handover a recently completed bridge in the Ndwedwe Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal.The Minister will be accompanied by KZN Transport Community Safety and Liaison MEC Pe…

Protect domestic tourism during 4th wave, urges Minister Sisulu

Protecting the country’s domestic tourism has been identified as the main priority after South Africa was placed on a travel ban by several countries, following the identification of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.This was consensus reached by relevant s…

SA records 2 858 new COVID-19 cases, over 80% detected in Gauteng

South Africa has reported 2 858 new COVID-19 cases, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) figures.This was 362 fewer infections logged than the previous day.According to the data, this takes the total number of registered…

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