In the middle of Cape Town’s Cape Flats lies the Philippi Horticutural Area, an agricultural zone that produces more than half of the city’s fresh produce. It sits on top of an aquifer that allows for “drought-proof” farming in a region where intensifying droughts have become the norm. But due to rezoning proposals by developers, … Read more
Trump could turn the current reality of the US cryptocurrency market upside down. The elected administration will have a new staff, with a view to a strategic reserve of BTC. After a month of the results of the presidential elections in the United States, it seems that talking about Donald Trump has become a bit … Read more
At least one person has been killed and dozens more are believed to be missing after a boat capsized off the coast of the tiny island of Gavdos south of Crete Friday night. Greek authorities said they rescued 39 migrants from the shipwreck and launched a search operation for survivors. Source link
When Katharina Rummenhöller visits her extended family in Peru for Christmas, her uncles, aunts and cousins give her their Christmas wish lists well before she leaves her home in Bonn. There’s one German item in particular that’s always high on their list: Haribo candies. “My family writes to my father to tell him which Haribo … Read more
If the market demands a technology, it will persist over time. Today the Ordinals have fallen into oblivion. One beautiful thing about the free market and natural law is that it does not conserve waste. What is extra disappears into oblivion. Reality is accommodating itself towards the spontaneous desire of individuals, at the confluence of … Read more
Thousands of Syrians poured onto Germany’s streets when they heard of the fall of the brutal regime that had ruled Syria for decades under Bashar Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assed, before him. But now, a week after rebel forces seized the capital, Damascus, many of the Syrians exiled in Germany are asking themselves what’s … Read more
Cyclone Chido inflicted “catastrophic” damage on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Saturday, a senior local official told AFP, battering the archipelago with winds of up to 220 kilometers (137 miles) per hour. Source link
Top Arab, Turkish, EU and US diplomats are holding talks in the Jordanian city of Aqaba on Saturday after Islamist-led rebels toppled the government of president Bashar al-Assad last week. A UN envoy urged foreign powers to work to avoid a collapse of vital institutions after the Russia-backed Assad regime’s downfall. Follow our liveblog for … Read more
🔴 Georgian legislators elect far-right former footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili as president Source link
An electoral college dominated by Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party elected far-right former footballer and fervent critic of the West Mikheil Kavelashvili as the country’s new president. Opposition parties have boycotted parliament since the October elections, claiming that the vote was rigged. Source link