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Sweet success: Jordan's beekeepers busy as honey demand soars
Sweet success: Jordan's beekeepers busy as honey demand soars
by  AFP

Jordan's key tourism industry may have been hammered by Covid, but the pandemic gave a boost to another sector, keeping its beekeepers busy as demand for honey has soared. - Ecosystem service - Rababaa also said that, since the Covid pandemic, "demand for locally produced honey has clearly increased".

Startup bets on kitesurf to blow away shipping pollution
Startup bets on kitesurf to blow away shipping pollution
by  AFP

Inspired by kitesurfing, French firms want to deploy the same wind technology to propel everything from yachts to cargo ships in order to cut the shipping industry's massive carbon footprint. There are also semi-rigid sails manufactured by Ayro and used on the 121-metre-long cargo ship Canopee to transport elements of the Ariane 6 launcher from Europe to French Guiana.

Angola, DRC eye iconic rail revamp to quench global minerals thirst
Angola, DRC eye iconic rail revamp to quench global minerals thirst
by  AFP

Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo are pinning hopes for economic revival on the revamp of an iconic African railway connecting mineral-rich inland areas to the Atlantic Ocean. Angola and the DRC hope the railway will also boost their economies, which depend on oil and mining respectively.

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